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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reports brief items from Millot County recounting notices about mail insertions and newspaper distribution. Mentions of Miss Josephine Brady returning home and Rev Megaw conducting services at Alma college and local church events appear amid unsettled text and garbled phrases.
Northwest New Haven reports farmers concerns and local activities as families adjust to winter. Mentions Herth Church improvements, Pisuk in Ithaca caring for grandmother, Ralph Club planning a new house, Mrs Malford selling at Wees store, Arthur Malford in new outerwear, Pred Wayman and Charley Langdon future projects, and Christman tree preparations at the Howes home.
Riverdale items report arrests, court actions, and public notices. Mentions John Gaunt, Hag Chey, andCONIerA Hines with unsettled disputes and potential penalties. Includes social visits, church matters, and local business changes amid winter effort to preserve community institutions.
Lanier dlees af the Hhaen high school dred advotage of the ged sletching ane roe wat Lo Mite. Neves Inet Monday mtatit. where there are quieriained by herr former slasemele, Miew Myra. Li speak in the highest prateo of Myra's ability in that line mars Dingman's horse got freatened fast Thoreday end ran arway.
A tattered local column reports Merchant boys hauling wood at ten cords daily. Mrs Paller visits brother W Merchant. Babe Finch buys fodder at one dollar per ton and Clayton Ropsa reports a productive drive well with ample water. Also notes on sick improving, Eva Olds marriage, and a memorial for Reuben Botsford.
Toledo visitor F Duck and his nephew D Webby visit as Sunday school scholars plan four Christmas trees at the Davis school. The state Sunday school superintendent visited the Davis church Sunday. Packard hauled five cords of three foot wood to the barn this week. Merchants set straw to Stanton parties for supper, one load weighed 4000. Weather hindering corn busking. prayer service Thursday at Y. Plow. Mr Handford of Clinton county seeks firm. Mr Corstok of Tonia made pleasant calls Wednesday.
Union Home Mra Brewbaker on sick list. Mr and Mrs Williams and others attend neighbor supper. Gen Waite and Hattie Eli visit. Mr Weidman returns from Grand Kepida business trip. Henry Lindsey horse foal born Thursday night. Mr Ges Bo Andrews ill with rheumatism. condition improving. Grandma Toner celebrated thirtieth birthday. Visit at home of Mr and Mrs Mico B Andra. Frank Hyde of New Haven and Mrs Lack attend. Accvundron tea to be served at L G Loomt residence Tuesday evening Dec 17. Bogtiehman's Gobight event planned. James Grabeagh recovering from illness enough to sit up part of day.
North Wheeler Chas Woodcock bought a timber parcel in Porter township where he will build a camp and start a business. M Bechtel and Robert Clark have started cutting trees and making bolts for Arthur Stone, continuing ongoing work.
Earl Kine is very ill with fever. a Christ ase tree is to be formed at the Table school house. Revival meetings with Bush Creek are announced. Local residents plan travel toward the south part of the plate to visit Iola Hiver and Chiemde. The funeral was led by Porter at MoBobo with interment in Wheel cemetery. Multiple names and short local updates appear, including hospitalities, visits, and business notes from the area.
Harry Ticklepaugh died recently at the Center hospital after a long illness. He leaves a wife and several children in reduced circumstances. The Epworth League will host an old folks reception on the tenth at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Le F. Prive. A large crowd attended the BE V. gathering at the southeast corner of Fulton. Five hundred people were present Sunday evening the sixth inst. Wood news: the Wood boys consider a 9 mile move from Middleton to Elmyra in Otsego County. A social at the brick schoolhouse yielded a good time. Mr. Meier and wife of Alma visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Avery and Edith were in Tikes tist Friday on business. The W I C elected officers: Pres. Maggie Ferrie, Vice Pres. Alige Avery, J V Pres., Sarah Plunk, Rec. Ley Kerrie, Treas. Mary Clow, Chap., Gary Weal, Conductor, Rose McGronot, Ast Con, Ciara Ferris, Guard, Mertin Peck, Asst. Guard, Lydian Evey, delegates Avery and Thoupoor. After the election, members shared a feast of oysters served by the post. Hyde A. Rt. post officers: Com. Chas. A. Buttons, SV. Com. John Evegid, Yo Com., John Wood, Officer of the Day BT. Peoks, My GC. W. Geer, GW, Phillips, Chap. Me. Wiles, Installing Officer, John tooth. While Mrs. D Lang was returning home, her horse bolted and threw her, but she was not seriously injured. Will Medler was in town last Saturday.
Miss Maggie Porter returned from Almo Jant Monday where she has been attending school this winter. A daughter of Martin Miller arrived home met Thursday morning on an extended visit to her parents. A. Vankope and F. Randall are drawing Joye to Breokenridge. Mrs Clyde Wiremare has for some time been on the sok. Liat in rapidly HeeOVET Ita. The people of the Presbyterian church are precreations for 4 Naina trou. Mr Barnes horse tx on the gain. Next time you take the girlefor a ride us fad better do the driving yourself. How is it that George Craner visits Scotchville so often. A singdhlond tram here attended the Lycowin at North Wheeler last Saturday night. If we thie, Ms Joseph Bennett from tears Lansing is boot betting hie friar's of this pride. Mr By psports to msake this his future home. James Borley and his mother were in St Louis Saturday. Miss Maggie Porter and her mother visited Alton Saturday.
A garbled notice from Elwell reports a party at Geo. Austin's home sponsored by Mrs. Roapp in honor of Mexican J. L Jill. Ed. Mofit is listed as a new resident. Mentions of Dr. McLachtin, Jerry Miser, Barlan Worthing, Mies Modine, Homer Vin Enekirk, and Mise Snider suggest recent marriages or social events, though details are unclear due to text corruption.
Shifting Sams lists numerous property transfers and conveyances across Gratiot County. Names include B Kirby, J Marshall, Julius B. Kirby, Mary E. Mizer, Lucretia Smith, Lucre, Lillian Cook, Francis Le Cook, Kant, and others. Amounts range from small plots to substantial parcels, with multiple lot and block descriptions and street-adjacent references.
A fragmented reminiscence traces a performer shaping silent era cinema through ambitious tales and fairy tale imagery. The narrative blends memories of early broadcasts, artistic aims, and the central figure’s attempts to capture fate, talent, and love amid a shifting media landscape.
A fragmented wire service note from the Tendon Globe cites questions about women's rights. It mentions elderly spinster figures and a general stir over progressive reforms, reflecting partisan tensions of the era.
A fragmented OCR item mentions likely names and places including Pitts and Albania with a garbled phrase about pain and tinnitus. The readable content is insufficient for a coherent news summary or identifiable event.
A fragmentary tale describes a bachelor named Whitehorne living near a town, with local whispers about a distant cousin and a famed poet Whittier. The piece musingly notes a universal force and the idea of vast numbers of people born yearly, touching on global birth figures and social gossip.
A garbled historic OCR fragment shows references to Castoria and a child, with phrases about giving Castoria for ailments and aging. The text is incomplete and unclear, but suggests a nursery remedy context and a medical notion attributed to a caregiver.
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