This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning names and places, with unclear actions. No coherent event or outcomes readable. limited readable items include references to people, places, and generic activities without verifiable facts.
Fragmented OCR item cites multiple names and events including funerals, visitors, a wedding, and a barn fire on the senior line. Mentions Herbet Stane funeral attendees from Caledonia and Bay City, and a two months old child of Arthuar D Hed. Also notes farm relocation, delivery of a ten pound steer, and a village school event, with several scattered dates and places in incomplete form.
Fragmented local notes record births visits and social happenings in Blasstown and nearby Townships. Mentions Mrs Le Cornwell Mrs Johnston and others visiting Casco wall Jugkven Calintive. A Sunday school tally at Whaca references church and Friel's feed. Unclear lines hint at school, church, and community movements with scattered names and places across Michigan townships.
Fragmentary notes outline a series of meetings, alleged affairs, and civic events. Mentions include MKehireh, Se MKehireh, Crown, and Kellie with references to a county fair, a hotel, and a planned talk on envolvendo weather and local recovery. Dense, uncertain OCR yields limited coherent facts.
Heavy rain disrupts New Hampshire operations as the Gave in Stratsan’s bailgabet faces delays. Local officials report ongoing rainfall and strained infrastructure, with plans to monitor drainage and public safety impacts.
Neighbors aided a fire in progress while a farmer lost sheep and a horse caused damage to a buggy. A girl arrives at a doctor for a birth, and whispers of church, school, and family visits recur amid rough youth and routine town events.
Miss Hortha Bowen of Shied joined Pearl Furman and Myra Roosa at a teachers’ institute held in Ithwen inet week, praised as the wisest interactive session they attended, with strong education fraternity presence. Weather affects farming as drought prompts feedings. local topics include public rope-walker plans and a vandalism incident at Wood Bros. tannery.
A local reader laments immigration and urges counties to publish weekly notices. They warn about foreigners and crime, argue against naturalized citizens voting, and advocate preserving American civic identity. The letter also mentions residents traveling to Howell, Grand Traverse, and Baltimore for family and work.
The report covers residents and events in the village, including Mrs Pratt A. Py Vratt and family accounts, a defection in health and school plans for a daughter, temporary relocations during periods, and local concerns about safety and infrastructure. Also noted are illness cases, weather, and visits by week-day observers and neighbors in Merrill and nearby areas.
W Wheeler reports the Lafayette Red Pants will challenge mug ball temp in Gratiot and Sigmaw counties. E Gould hired by McDonald to dig a well, struck something. Merrill, Doyle, Doty search for money, suspect no race. Joseph Alen offers reward for information on who burned the committee house. Worth Aimes approves.
Local notes recount McNott delivering farewell at dehoo hour on Sunday eve, with townsfolk and relatives gathering. Maps show Ashley and Newark visitors, picnic preparations at Garget grove next Wednesday, and farmers logging low spots. Weather questions loom as drought concerns grow amid village chatter.
Newark residents report fields prepared awaiting rain for wheat planting. Local notes mention Mrs Eillen Gorsuch from Ithaca visiting, Julie Martin and wife with a newborn, Arthur Mikesell injured playing baseball last Thursday, scarcity of feed for milking cows, Frank Altenburg back from the Maine Way, and Wilbur Smith with a comforter under his arm. A Grange tally issue is noted, Laura White travels to Tonin to draft her wasted crops, Nora Howland canvasses for a book, and the Butterfield house repurposed for Dr Howland’s furnace.
Reported efforts by Commissioner Brown to complete a 24 foot span bridge known as the Robinson pridew, along with shortening up the Woodman bridge on the south two tne. The piece recounts work on the east river crossing, planned earth and stone hauling, crop harvesting, and a dramatic incident where John Bowen faced danger while checking on repairs. It mentions a balloon ascent in Ashley and a local school meeting on September Sd.
Fragmentary OCR text reports a slate of small community items including a post-meeting at Brigeettie and visits by Mrs Dorrine from Lyons to Mrs. Meron's. Myrtie Cross and rom visit Mrs. Le. Mew Master's. references to Mes McManter's mixes Laat Morton. funeral for Morton with a large turnout. Inez Wednesday. a long procession and a public display. weather prayers for rain.
In Forest Hill many residents are hosting visiting relatives from Lansing Jackson Perrin town and Benzoin. District Christian-church delegates from Ferrie Center Mt Mensant attend the annual gathering with dust and smoke noted. Seventy five from the local Sunday school join county-wide singing and a district meeting marked by social visits and family gatherings.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after a bereavement for Arion E. Winst. Obituary recalls Herbert Stone born in Lebanon Town Clinton County died August 24 aged months. He married Nancy E. Hechtel in October 1855. He served as Sabbath school superintendent and township treasurer. Funeral at M E Wheeler, buried Breckenridge cemetery. Also notes on Mr Chas Andrews birthday celebration with guests and gifts, including a cane and glass, and multiple family attendees.
Fragmented OCR yields a scatter of transfer entries naming individuals such as Tao Daniel Donnelly, Robert Shiney, Fred Turner, Mary Vs Berdae, Robert Smith, Orland By Walrath, Chas. H. Howd, Wallace M. Comstock, Clarence N. Churety, Turan N. Cowby, William A. Bradley, Lawrence H. Strayer, Abram EH Downson, A. B. Stevens, and others. Entries involve lots, blocks, and fractions in various towns, with monetary figures like 185.00, 125.00, and 1000.00 noted. details are incomplete and garbled.
OCR readout shows a garbled list of transfers, property notes, and names including Sarah A Hijo John F Ziglerstal and Warren Bend Mer with detached locations Pine River and Washington. Appears as a jumble of property notations and assigned heirs or grantees with scattered 100s and 200s amounts.
A veteran tips night owls to dangers of late hours in town, describing eerie sounds and looming threats. He recalls personal scares and urges readers to cover heads and stay alert while moving after dark.
Fragmentary OCR depicts a chaotic scene with Englishmen and foreigners, a tense crowd near Tye, revolver handling, shouting and mockery, and a child asking why Wables is seven. The piece reads like a rough street narrative with vivid, though garbled, dialogue and local color.
Public notice presents a dubious patent medicine pitch hawking a “harmless Guaranteed tobacco habit cure” with faxed testimonials and promises. It touts a mail order remedy, offers free samples from a Minnesota company, and includes solicitations for store openings, farm sales, and rural business expansion.
Thaing 1 Bennet and Gen Pass Avent Tao figure in a compact notice. The brief item names individuals and a military or civil service frame, with limited context but clear proper nouns. Readers see a reference to Thai figures and a pass or appointment in a governmental or organizational setting.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.