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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
The Alma Record, official Alma paper, issued Friday July 7 1905. Dowh Wanners serves as secretary and treasurer, with a general manager and rate line for transmission through the mail. The Recomp boasts three times more readers in Alma than any other paper circulated there.
The article honors Secretary of State John Hay, noting his long loyal service and strong diplomatic training. It recalls his birth in Indiana on October 5, 1834 and his education at Brown University and subsequent career in Lincoln and McKinley administrations.
The article reports on migration statistics showing the majority paying about $50 each, with government actions and congressional oversight. It notes literacy rates, railroad timing, and debates over private versus public control.
Fragmented text appears to reference ferry, fees, and a luminal public transit note with unclear names and dates. The readable content is limited to scattered terms about a ferry, charges, and possible people or places, but concrete facts or events are not discernible.
The readable fragments describe a garbled message with names and phrases, suggesting a disrupted record or note. Without coherent entities or a clear event, the item reads as an incomplete transcription with no verifiable facts to summarize into a full news item.
Unclear fragmentary text yields no coherent event or names.
Mrs. Robert Jenkins of South Wheeling suffered a horrific accident in front of her confectionery when fireworks exploded in her lap. She was disemboweled and not expected to live, according to reports from Wheeling, West Virginia.
Secretary of State John Hay died in Newbury New Hampshire after midnight Friday. His wife was at his bedside as physicians pronounced pulmonary embolism the cause. The death followed a day of largely satisfactory condition with worsening chest pains and difficult breathing overnight.
ABaltimore hosts the Eastern City convention with thousands expected as Jona Curistian Badtavor leads the event. The opening in Armory Hall is at 4 PM with Rev Francis B Clark presiding and welcomes from Gov Warfield Baltimore Mayor Tim HHS and Rev Oliver Huchel.
Mitch ell of Oregon was convicted of accepting pecuniary compensation for lobbying before Washington departments. The verdict followed a trial where jurors deliberated overnight. Jorge Bennett moved for a new trial as Judge De Haven scheduled the motion and then dismissed the jury.
A yearbook study from the Department of Agriculture examines why sand clay roads perform well in the South. Key factors include thorough padding and saturation mixing, proper drainage, and clay choice Ferruginous over chalky clays. Proper roadbed design and moisture control emerge as essential to durability under varying weather.
The article traces beard taxation from Russia under Peter the Great to France's clergy levy, noting a beards tax of 3 4d for a fortnight’s growth in Russia, repealed in 1762 by Catherine I. It mentions medieval shaving fashion, Elizabethan and Jacobean styles, and literary references to bearded forms in Chaucer and early modern writers.
A rambling chimed tale critiques shop weight tricks and customer trust as a retailer allegedly tallies fractions over a pound. The anecdote hints at moral questions about value and fairness in trade practices.
A garbled OCR passage describes artificial eyes made of copper and porcelain, with lead and wax fittings. It mentions a mold for copper plate eyes, a frame or pin, and a method involving a tube inserted beneath the eyes. The text references government terms and historical attention to prosthetic eye construction.
A garbled Philadelphia Press snippet hints at potato shortages and quick changes in diet, using humor to reflect local concerns. The text muddles questions about potato supply and preparation, suggesting readers faced sudden scarcity and improvised meals.
Poor old Bronox has completely lost his bearing and fears he will lose his job. Floorwalker says he is to be transferred to the complaint desk. Philadelphia.
A fragmentary quip notes that ignorance benefits from a simple wash of thorax and water, implying a rough remedy for dullness. The text reflects a satirical voice. The line juxtaposes bodily imagery with epistemic deficiency, suggesting a mock wisdom.
A late 19th or early 20th century note from Michigan reports relief after half a century of courting, praising Pine Foot Cough Syrup as a remedy after other remedies failed. The fragment mentions Imlay County and local remedies or offerings, with a hopeful conclusion from the writer Nat foaed.
The piece argues that improving public highways will boost productive energy, create markets, and raise wealth, employment, and moral progress. It stresses highways as essential to national vigor, asserting other economic questions pale beside road improvement for America.
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