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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
4
The long contest for Ohio state senator ends with Marcus A. Hanna elected. Republicans praise his service while condemning traitors who opposed the result. The report notes shifts in business failures and notes on gold production and flax trade.
Maryland Steel plans 15000 tons of rails for export to British India Australia Mexico and South Africa while Illinois Steel Company ships 200 tons to Japan. A wave of demand from large buyers signals strong foreign market interest as Democrats react to December revenue figures showing a dip in fall months.
The piece notes mixed views on prosperity with freight and farming activity suggesting recovery, cites Judge McKenna’s Senate indorsement chances and rising recusants under a new law, records Ithaca GOP action naming W A Leet as chairman, mentions a December surplus, and includes a local medical endorsement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Olney Mo, sold by Hevens.
Rev and Mrs A K Baird return to the Sanitarium from Iowa and Paul Powers comes home from the Sanitarium. Grand Rapids talks electric railway to Alma. Shiloh battle scenes and evolution of the New World offered at the opera house tonight and tomorrow. Rathbone Sisters install officers and G A R hall hosts joint installation with W W R C. Bodine, nine, truant found at a woodcutter camp. A purse containing a New York draft and cash is urged to be returned. Ladies Aid reports success and plans at Methdist church annual meeting. Replevin suit Ackles v sheriff continues. Agricultural College calendars reveal record enrollment and new student surge. Streetcar extends to college grounds aiding visitors. News of Mr Nichols’s death in Missouri and funeral details.
A large Alma audience enjoyed Mr King the famed reader and impersonator in a varied program of Shakespearean readings and impersonations. The show featured the Chariot Race from Ben Hur with vivid clarity and highlighted the performer’s skill in shifting between tones, entertaining students and staff alike.
A brief notice reports Jonathan Nichols died last week south of town with his family. The cause is given as a dreadful illness, described obliquely as consumption.
In Alma Week Issue Mrs M Seallen purchased the millinery stock from Mrs G E Hatchings and plans to continue the business with regular stock replenishment of latest styles. Mrs Bary Miller will be retained as milliner, ensuring quality work. Seallen moved to Alma last May and now plans to stay and operate permanently, starting a sale to fund spring stock.
Prof Sicoud and Prof A Robert Nivoad organize the Conservatory of Music and School of Modern Languages in the Pallasky block second tier. Four departments violin piano voice harmony and theory begin Feb 1 with adult German class and children's session Saturdays. The ME orchestra will rehearse at the new rooms and Mrs. Nicoud directs.
Fragmentary report cites Carrington event discussions and local remarks by residents and organizers. Incomplete phrases reference a plan or project, names appear as G. H Wright and Frel Waewall Juteneory, with unclear context and timing.
A review hails the production as finest of its kind and notes the new realism in song and sentiment. The event features popular prices of 10 and 25 cents for tonight and tomorrow night. An article covers the organization of the Supreme Court of Honor in Alma with L. J. Johnson as state deputy, 65 charter members, and officers including J. M. Montigel as Chancellor. The society, with roots in Springfield, claims 30,000 members and full payment of all claims, presenting itself as a premier fraternal insurance group for men and women on equal terms.
Dover Oct 41 1900 Mrs Franklin Greaum reports Ely Brothers Balas reached swiftly and gave relief as advertised. Daughter says application provided relief. Balm advertised as Ely’s Dream Balm. Trial size priced at 1 cent. Mail orders accepted. Ely Bros at 06 Warren St New York City sell and ship.
The Village Council held a regular session with members Baxley and Tristoes Dean present. Items discussed included street lighting, lamp maintenance, and the obstruction issue in trust or Piabt block. The street lamps and stores were to be impone table price, and Lewis McAdamne and Arthur Rowete were enrolled in the Alindhire Department. The liquor bond matter involving J. N. Ford was deemed outside council jurisdiction. The Special Assessors met with the County and presented a plan for property assessments. The meeting adjourned after routine motions and adjournment actions.
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