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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR lists names and a printer firm in New York. It includes Bent ile, ryperand third, Pattie Munk, Crik Shetty dhwe Bark, qwartalt, Geek Lee Bruny, and the firm SCOTT & BOWNE at 409 Pear St New York.
In a domestic vignette a clerk’s fiancée Nell wrestles with pride and truth as Pattie schemes to matchmake. Nell’s friend Pattie pressures confession while John Brent drives toward reconciliation, testing trust, conscience, and affection amid a busy, entangled circle.
The forty third annual session of the National Grange at Des Moines last month approved resolutions on taxation and transportation benefiting agriculture. Debate centered on proportional representation and the voting framework, with state granges favored a model linking voting power to membership and alternates. Investments and finances were reviewed, with assurances that funds are secured in real estate loans and high grade bonds, though ownership and management had faced scrutiny.
A bellboy shouts declare in a busy downtown hotel lobby prompting an irascible old gentleman to demand the meaning. The boy shows a yellow envelope addressed to J. D. Clair, triggering a startled reaction as the scene unfolds amid talk of displays and shop windows.
A garbled recounting blends a narrative of womanly mimicry and romantic coercion with a courtroom moment. The text references Clorinda, Mist Henderson, and a youths companion, then shifts to a legal scene in which a judge comments on a crabbe phrase and biblical authority. The piece reads like a fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century column, with stylized dialogue and clipped descriptions.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes remarks on a playwright whose wife inspired some of his best works. It recalls how he created those plays prior to his imprisonment, reflecting on the personal influence shaping his art.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Tom and Tese discussing a father named Dix, a dog chain and muzzle given away yesterday, and a remark on disputing every disputable matter. The tone hints at family tension and property transfer in a terse exchange.
Oliver Wilson of Peoria Illinois state Grange master and national Grange lecturer was born in Belmont County Ohio in 1849. A founding Magnolia Grange member and longtime Illinois master he supported two cent passenger rail rate and royal option laws and advocated direct primaries and a federal parcels post. He urged reforms to elections and national policy while stressing unity within the Grange and rural interests.
The Empire State Grange, now over 90000 members strong, presses for fair farm policies and tax protections, coordinating with local granges and the U.S. movement. At the state fair the Grange float and goat unit won second prize in the industrial parade, highlighting agriculture’s political clout.
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