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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1896
Page
4
Fragment reads as a public notice from Gratiot County Printing Company about Alma mailing items for a mission via second class mail. Text is garbled but suggests a postal or publishing notice related to mail distribution.
The Gratiot County Republican Convention of last Saturday named W. A. Leet as its congressional candidate. Leet, a highly regarded Gratiot County attorney, is praised for integrity and ability. The piece urges Republicans to unite to secure his nomination and comments on contemporary political tensions and national affairs.
A 19th century New York custom house tale details an inspector and a German family smuggling diamonds. The plan used a German girl and her father to hide stones in her chignon. The diamonds' sale yielded profits surpassing four thousand dollars for an informer, who evaded payment by abandoning the case when summoned by witnesses.
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