16 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
1
Fragmented market notes appear with distorted terms for wheat and pork prices. The readable portions reference Timothy Seed Puller and various unlabeled products, with garbled brand or person names and an odd mix of items.
A legislative act effective Sept. 5 allows rural townships without an incorporated village to establish high schools. A petition of at least one third of township taxpayers triggers a local vote within 40 days. If approved, three trustees are elected, locate the school near the township center, and secure state approval. The plan sets funding, governance, and field limited to up to the eighth grade with broader education provided by Central High School.
Members from all parts of the county convened at Alma for a Coty Class initiation ceremony. Deputy Grand Commander Aidit M Prive led the event with Dutz presiding, featuring a program of drills, songs, and a banquet.
Hew Nathan Roof of Asnier has long served as a pioneering preacher in Gratiot and Kiba, delivering about four funeral sermons and comforting the dead’s families across thirty years. His lineage includes Civil War service, Colonial era fighting, and a grandmother held captive during the French and Indian wars, reflecting a deep-rooted local spiritual legacy.
The Herald reports a suit begun in Clinton county against Geo A Steel by J O Hicks James B Crawford and H K Lewis for recovery of 25000. Attachment targets an eighty acre farm in Ovid township and shares in St John Land Co. The case stems from the First National Bank of Ithaca failure and mirrors a Savings Bank case decided in Hicks favor.
The Ann Arbor R B will run the Annual Excursion to Agricultural College. Depart Lansing Friday August 23 with train leaving Alma at 7 29 p m. Round trip fare is $1 40. Coaches will go to the college grounds via Owosso and Michigan Central Ry.
In July the secretary of state recorded 470 deaths, higher than last month and $0 less than July 1000, with a death rate of 122 per thousand. Infant deaths under one year totaled 502. The month was favorable, with low infectious disease deaths, while larger cities drove the rise in mortality.
Amusements Manager R D Wagner has secured The Kings Favorite for a one night engagement next Wednesday evening August 21 at the opera house. Mrs Robinson formerly of the Sapho Co will lead a strong company, after two weeks in Detroit. Other acts include A Breezy Time and McCarthys Mishaps with band and orchestra. May Smith Robing in Little Trixie is booked for Sept 24, and the season features a late One company with band and orchestra and Faust Act 4 by Porter J White with the San Francisco Minstrels already on the schedule.
A clipped, garbled ad from Buffalo New York invites readers to write for particulars at a mysterious address. The fragment mentions Pan-American visitors and accommodations but provides no clear details or dates. The piece reads as a stray classified notice with uncertain contact information.
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