This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1892
Page
4
A period article reports a long session of the general assembly committee revising Presbyterian doctrine. Substitutes flood chapters on infant salvation and works, while a later section condemns prayers for the dead amid discussions of grace and election. Democratic leaders discuss gerrymander risks and fair redistricting under census rules.
A biographical sketch records Michael Pollasky Sr born in Terstona Mangary March, his Hungarian noble lineage and patriotism, exile with Kosuth, voyage to New York then Detroit, and his long life as a respected, outspoken linen printer and family patriarch in Alma.
A lifelong self reliant man with no debts and a hatred of burdening others spent 14 years in Alma after leaving Detroit to live with his son Michael Pollusky Jr. He cherished family, was devout, and died peacefully in full dress, mourned by descendants and honored by his community while Michigan towns expand utilities and markets.
The San Louis Valley in southern Colorado covers about 45 000 acres with rich black soil from two to six feet deep, bordered by mountains and streams suitable for irrigation. It lies along the Denver and Rio Grande Railway with a high summit pass near Fort Garland and Sierra Blanca towering 14 500 feet, while the Grand River drains the valley and offers water power. Government land remains unclaimed offering homesteader rights for less than improvement costs, and cattle and sheep grazing suit the foothills for years to come along the D and R G R routes through Alamo and Del Norte towns.
The article notes little excitement at polling places with Arcada recording only 274 votes from a 720 youth population. Partial returns list names Wonerson Wheeler Lotovette Hotbing Bovilie Sumner with unknown totals, indicating incomplete results across towns.
The Sunday School session of the Mb Church adopts solemn resolutions mourning the deaths of Sisters Flora and Carrie Rasaberanes. The record expresses gratitude for their service, prays for comfort for relatives, and requests that the resolutions be read and copied into church records.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kind words and support during the fifteenth wedding anniversary. The writer thanks friends and the “Diswoure stabded” for best wishes and sincere sentiment, hoping for many more similar returns from family and neighbors.
A jumble of names and properties appears to record transfers and owners. Individuals such as Charlie Girton Adela Barton Bromia Hitles John Grout Ellen Woodward and groups tied to locations like Me ty Huvermen 64 Lytmat Cohoon are noted with various lot references and street directions.
The Alma Driving Park Association placed its books in the hands of A Woodward and stock must be paid by note or cash on or before February. The committee acted in good faith and expected every subscribed dollar to be paid to meet honest bills and fund the treasury. Stockholders are urged to settle unpaid accounts to enable next year’s meetings and dividends, and to urge others to pay up.
A patriotic notice promotes the American Tariff League’s publication supporting protectionist policy. It lists authors including Mr McRenney and David Thuis and invites readers to request the complete set by mail, offering delivery to any address in the United States.
A reflective piece on daily politeness arguing small acts of kindness ease friction in life. It praises the gentlewoman’s tact and the golden rule, noting how cheerful greetings, considerate words, and a caring voice soften life’s stresses and invite happiness. Quotes from Browning and Lowell illustrate kindness as a daily virtue.
A satirical piece argues men underestimate domestic duties. It imagines a week at home with babies, chores, and relentless noises to show why wives endure constant trials. The author likens male lectures on temper to distant folly and mocks male detachment from household hardship.
A Chicago Tribune quote shows a scholarly inventor touting electric current tests on a boy with shocks to store psychic forces. He argues he would sacrifice a boy to continue the experiment if the first died, provoking a bold, unsettling debate on science and morality.
A pastor hesitates to accept a wider work in a larger town as he prays for guidance. After a fortnight the elder son jokes that his father is still praying, but unsure about leaving. The anecdote, told by Tid.
In a Vermont hamlet George Stowe, a heedful drinker with a sharp wit, lures locals with simple misreads and sly gambits. His feigned deafness and beguiling candor mask a sly, recurring trickery that earns him both laughs and wary esteem. A deacon’s attempt to reform ends in a public display and unintended prayer.
A tribute extols the woman of forty as more attractive and self possessed than in youth, praising refined dress, grace, and serenity. It contrasts aging beauty with youth, notes social solace in her company, and lauds her charm and vitality. The piece shifts to a colonial note about Formosan Malays and the absence of white visitors.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.