23 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1887
Page
1
A cluttered year end page details Scott's Restaurant gifts Waterfary Watches Porters goods and Mrs. Knight Kinney entertainment. Local business ads mention Porters grocers Farwell jewelry loom and Miller Co book sale. Community notes cover church events school reports and Christmas plans, with brief mentions of Taft administration and local leaders.
The council held a regular session detailing salaries for officials and staff, sewer and drainage directives, and clock and street commissions. A United States District Court decision noted passengers must pay fare if a carrier contract requires transport to a destination, even after leaving and reboarding, with the Erie Railroad example cited. The report covers payments to health officer, clock salary, and work on sewers, plus a note on a court ruling affecting passenger fare and onward transport obligations.
A dated telegram-like letter from Crane E Simanen of the Academy of Volapuk argues that the American Philosophical Society opposes Volapuk adoption and that the American Philological Society should not consider the subject. It claims the committee report contains glaring errors and calls for a revised, careful examination of the facts.
A long mixed advertisement page thanks friends for bereavement, touts goods from Gro G. Nicools Jeweler in St. Louis Michigan, promotes Dr. Weaver and Webb’s “Something New,” offers real estate and farm land, harness, shop items, and photography services by L. We Miller, with several notices for sales, rent, and local businesses.
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