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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
5
The Clothing and Shoe Department promotes Christmas presents with a wide range of ready made mufflers, silk mufflers, and handkerchiefs. Prices span from $1.00 to $1.50 for mufflers and 25 cents to 75 cents for handkerchiefs. Holiday neckwear includes pulls bows tecks imperial four in hands clubs and Windsor ties plus shirts collars hats gloves and underwear at low prices.
Local shop advertises remaining bargains from a 30 days sale with greatly reduced prices as it closes out.
A broad ad listing silk waist patterns skirts fine dress goods kid gloves handkerchiefs linens curtains fur sets shawls spreads chenille curtains and many more items. Call and inspect the large complete line with easy showings and no trouble to view goods.
The New York Mail and Express comments on Alger's report, Panama Canal debates, and Cuba Spain peace terms. It notes military losses, bills for rearmament, and public reaction to peace, with figures on wounded, deaths, and troop movements through the era's global conflicts.
A December 5 Emerson Farmia Club gathering at Mr and Mrs Jothan Allen’s home drew sixteen families. Members debated sending a delegate to Lansing for the State Farmers Clubs annual meeting and elected Mr T M Hoteman as delegate. Jordan Allen reported on sugar beets under USDA and State Agricultural College guidance, noting potential for a local sugar beet factory in Gratiot county. Delegates Henry Treat and Jothan Allen will visit Bay City farms and a beet factory to study prospects. The next meeting, an all day January gathering with a picnic, will be at Geo Coloma’s home.
Reporters at the opera house found a genuine military bazaar run by the ladies of St Johns church. White tents were replaced with military fronts and guns displayed before each booth. Soldiers sold wares while Old Glory hung throughout and the general headquarters tent offered cakes and pies, with a well attended supper in the evening.
The obituary for Naomi Briggs notes birth in Homer Ohio and a pioneer family lineage from Plymouth Massachusetts. It details her marriage to Wm Clark, Civil War service of her husband, their moves to Michigan and Alma, and four sons with the family remaining after her death. The piece also includes a public notice about settling debts with A. W. Brock, a list of local advertisers, and a brief column on Philippines bread and diet.
A New York Sun item notes American lanterns reach many destinations worldwide including South America Australia New Zealand and parts of Asia with few sent to Europe. It outlines tubular lanterns modernized for better combustion and brightness and cites prolific production in about 40 states. Also recounted is a Paris case where a woman kept 2 600 pipes and was imprisoned for theft amid trial records and a Robert Louis Stevenson anecdote.
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