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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
8
A detective’s week old charge against F W Hastings of Louis for misplacing a dollar piece seems weak. Hastings explains losing a dime-like coin on the mail floor and misplacing letters in a pigeon hole while handling daily duties, with the envelope showing no tampering and custody hinting it may have been dropped.
A Saturday opera house program drew commendation for all involved. Businessmen’s support, graceful costumes, and the young performers impressed. The fairy dance by Miss Grace Porton and Miss Bertha Spicer stood out, with charming singing and humorous onstage antics. Manager Mr. Gerls and St Johns parish ladies deserve thanks for the success and for extending gratitude to assisting church groups and patrons.
The latest arrivals at the sanitarium are listed, including W Westover Pleasant J S McBride Barton Fauchion W Hub bell Toledo Epstein McComb City Miss J G Van Winkle Belding W J Loughridge Mrs A S Allen Lexington Ky Mrs FP B Sherman Mrs Bagley Dr F W Mann Detroit S J Anthony and wife Denver Colo J R Dorenburg Ypsilanti C M Gubertson Newman L N D Ball Chicago Mrs P B Arnold Toledo Herbert B Johnson Chicago H T Moore Goo W Forsyth Chicago L W Dudley Chicago Jas Hallman Logansport Ind Mrs H L Wexler Mrs Seigermann Mrs A Lichtenstein Memphis Tenn Mrs J Bell Detroit Mrs E Green Byron.
The state teachers institute for Gratiot county will meet in Ithaca from 10 a m Monday August 10 to Friday August 14 with topics including Arithmetic grammar history physiology civil government pedagogy algebra geometry botany reading and orthography Full particulars on board to C O P Tuttle Ithaca Mr C A Stillson Tampico writes August 10 1901 of Clinte Kidney Cure praising its health benefits and claiming personal recovery The letter is signed O E Maman
Yesterday the Rev Lafay ette Church celebrated eighty years with a family reunion at its southeast town home. About forty guests attended including Mrs James Clark of Chicago. A sapients dinner followed reminiscing of Auld Lang Syne. Alma Court of Independent Order of Foresters No 775 elected officers for the ensuing term: C R Frank Ellicott, C R Marea Chapin, Ree See George Emerick, Fin See J W Glass, Treas A R Dingman, Chaplain C F Beebe, Sen W J F Schwa rts, Jun W M Downing, Sen B O Abbott, Jun B M Wint, Court Physician Dr E B A Bagley, Court Deputy P M Smith.
The new brochure for the Sanitarian by the American Bank Ne Gu of New York has arrived. It is a colored work of art with ceream color, mutrouts, and Nite bronze green. Printed in brown on white paper the interior and exterior illustrations are brown and blue, with a thirteen color inograph of the building at center.
HD BRET ERESS holds services at 00 p.m. in residence on corner south of Free Merhodiet parson ages Meron. Dr. Tiruske will praic him the short ing. No preaching service in the event day. PRESBYTERIAN morning subject Constraining Love. No evening preaching during July and Angus Y P.8. GC Boat day subject Books and reading low to get paid from them. BAPTIST services conducted by the pastor.
In a sequence of probate items from a historic notice the July hearing covers the estates of Lataye atte Swear lind deceased and Qourt fant siestivor with accounts pending. Other entries include Robert Smith estate with administrator’s account, Hezekiah Norton appointing Goo. W. Photo as guardian, and Nimble Howell and James Frost estates with executors and administrators named.
New publication by The Dr. and C. Line offers an illustrated pamphlet mailed for two cents postage. It features tin engravings of summer resorts between Cleveland Toledo Detroit and Mackinac with artistic half-tones of Upper Lake points of interest. Includes tour information costs of transportation and hotel fare. Addins A. A. Schultz G. P. A. Detroit Mich.
A Brooklyn Citizen report discusses an Ohio experiment to extend electric city roads into rural areas with tracks for horse-drawn vehicles. It weighs potential gains, notes European road efficiency, and cites doubts about profitability over long rural spans and freight use.
A fragmentary tale recounts northern Scottish beliefs in fairy abductions during infant swaddling, including a mother’s loss and a cow offered as a prize. A beggar’s gaze, a unnatural health drop, and a dramatic rescue lead to the child’s recovery, with persistence of fairies in local lore.
A fragmented excerpt from Contemporary Review describes unknown Macedonia and its vague borders. It notes diverse ethnicities including Turk Beds, Arnauts, Serbs, and Greeks, and mentions the Vardar river region between two historic lines. The piece suggests difficult geography and contested areas near the Drip net Morse, with European influence rising in the last decades.
A blurred description portrays a striking natural oddity seen from the Cape Verde harbor. It depicts towering cliffs, dark formations, and a bold ridge, with awe in observers as the scene suggests immense scale and grandeur near the islands. The passage blends imagined detail with atmospheric notes about the landscape and distant features.
A New York Ledger piece discusses future prospects in culturing bacteria for dairy and beverage production. It envisions butter and cheese bacteria becoming established through fermentation advances, alongside beefing up microbial processes in beer and tobacco product care.
Night Huston writes to Jerela about leaving home for club evenings and plans to change behavior. He promises a lean toward family time, trusting his wife to handle the baby, while noting support from Brett or Jack to attend theater. The tone reflects acknowledgment of past grief and a wish to restore happiness at home.
Fragmentary article from the Chicago Obuoride notes a jailed individual and unclear details. The readable text references a person named Wil Plea nuy and a cryptic quote about a trial or judgment.
A strange advertisement touts a pre warp bottle remedy named Bolus Cole and Thots Con claiming to prevent bowel issues and cholera. It promises cure for various abdominal complaints with several dubious doses, urging readers to invest in a family policy against sickness.
The text compiles a jumble of names, places, and items from a village council meeting and adlike content. It mentions Breanne, Pyke Tinkin, OSU, Wexent Wkett, Deena, Army Division, MRA, and various local figures. It also references remedies and local commerce, with unclear sequence and multiple unrelated snippets.
A jumbled OCR text mixed with medical remedy promo and travel items. It mentions Chamberlin's Cough Remedy, sales and local advertising, and scattered travel and camp gathering notices. Names, places, and dates are partially legible but many fragments remain unclear.
The court orders a hearing on the petition for Donnie Foeneralt’s estate on Monday, July, at ten in the forenoon. All interested parties must appear at the Probate Office, with notice by publication for three weeks, as directed by Judge of Probate.
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