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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
7
An OCR fragment traces Captain Serene and a variably named crew aboard freighting ventures from Francisce toward Banrasielaso. Characters Gibney Mor ny and Neils Halvarsen navigate salvage bids, boiler repairs, and a wrecked derelict later revealed as the Obamapeake, with rival plans, theft, and peril amid a South Seas salvage expedition.
On board the Mageie VM Exquire McGuffey mourns a lost ally as the crew readies heavy weaponry to shell a threat. Gun crews prepare explosive ordnance with the hope of rescuing or avenging missing mates, while the hull buckles under jungle peril and uncertain escape.
In a dramatic excerpt a cannibal siege unfolds as captors bind Captain Scraggs to a post while Commodore Gibney and crew plan escape. The pirates exchange taunts and leverage a distraction, and lawless combat erupts with gunfire driving the attackers away. The narrative ends with reader anticipation for the next installment and local notices of births and visits.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Jacques and children of Alma visited John Jacques and wife Sunday. Miss Mira Greenman ill for weeks. Miss Rogan of Edmore stayed with Mr and Mrs Fred Leiter. Mrs Julia Rice left for Pontiac to stay with her son Charlie. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn Clark died January 18. Mrs Cora Nunn visited daughter Meo. Miss Geneva LaMay with relatives at Sng thaw. Dr and Mrs Highfield summoned to Port Lambton Ontario for death in family. Walter Vonleuven in Alma Thursday. Many local youths attended the Alma movie Thursday night.
Mrs Charlie Whittemore and family visited Alma area friends with recent travels to Woodstock and nearby towns. Numerous locals including Dr Highfield, Mr Hall, Mrs Budge, Kathleen Camling, and Harry Palmer were seen in Alma Ithaca Ves tavburg and Shepherd Lane areas visiting relatives or on business. Community members reflect on deaths, purchases, and visits as residents from Alma, St Louis, Edmore, Shepherd and Pompeii exchange weekend notes and attend society meetings.
Mrs Florence Webb of Alma spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Arether Childs entertaining about 40 friends and neighbors with dancing cards a supper. Mr and Mrs Fred Lenis hosted a gathering. A 10 lb boy was born to Mr and Mrs Wilbur. Fire damaged Exnery Church but neighbors helped extinguish it. Several local residents entertained or were ill in Riverdale and surrounding areas.
Alma residents Fre and Mrs Sullivan visit Homer Leannel and family. Shepherd guests include Mr and Mrs Ervin Trop and three children with George Lents family. Ed O Bryant of For val HU and Olive Hoyt family host. Parl Whitcraft stays with Geo Shoemaker. Hugh Johnson visits parents. Stanley Ball travels to Lansing. Edna Wilk with J A Wilk’s daughter. Frank Hall hosts Riverdale kin. Mr and Mrs Chatman host company. Lynn Gee and Laurel Gee visit Summer. Nelson Simmons away from action. El Hoyt visits aunt Ed O Bryant near Foreoy Hill. St Louis resident Herryman spends night with Toland. Lauren Bush and Ampter Otley hosts return to Lansing.
Fragmented ad style notice promotes Catarel medicine and a blood purifier claiming relief from catarrh linked to constitutional conditions. Includes garbled rail timetable fragments and scattered product references, lacking coherent date or clear local relevance.
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