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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
5
A grim labor picture emerges in the northwest as hard times push wages higher and farmer demand for harvest hands grows. Regiments form from returning volunteers, while political chatter swirls around Democrats, Republicans, and leaders like Bryan. The piece notes scarce labor, rising pay, and ongoing recruitment as the labor market tightens.
The article discusses distributing copies of Racorp to Alma Sugar Go contract holders, promoting beet cultivation with subscriptions, and potential August 15 startup of machinery. It mentions dry spells in St Towph county, sugar factory activity, blister beetles as a pest, and insights from Anton G2 Vieth on beet sugar prospects and a Bay City factory's capacity. It also covers Grand Trunk Railway excursions tied to Michigan agricultural interests and travel rates.
Notea to t healinven ue agrees to refund money on a 5 cent bottle of Henry & Johnson's Arshenaml Oi Liniment if it fails to cure bumps, bruises, scratches, chafes, cuts, strains, blisters, sore muscles, sunburn, chapped lips or face, pimples, freckles or any external ailment. Twenty five cents bottle offered by Sitannak & Mus, Holl ase.
Entrance into legal study noted with names J. Chas Kier Wheeler Mick connected to the request. Also references a house for sale in Alma and an inquiry to O. F. Brown about the lot, indicating a real estate matter alongside the education note.
A collection of aphoristic lines on how troubles arise from loans and worry, the quirks of hobbies and marriage, the value of a good name, and the misuses of memory. The sayings warn that idle minds and unwise actions lead to loss, while reputations shape access to riches and social standing.
Fragments describe a chaotic press item with references to rail and theater uses, May publications, and political planning. Names and places are garbled. the piece hints at government actions, cultural events, and a theatrical figure, with scattered notes on readers and a distant army context.
J Proctor Knott a famed Kentucky lawyer resigns to chair the law department at Center College Danville. The piece also notes Lindtenstein’s fifty anniversary and related historical oddities, including Prussian Austria peace treaty references and public instruction leader Helen Grenfell’s extensive travel to Colorado districts.
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