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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
2
A garbled county brief reports a large crowd enjoying entertainment and local chatter. Names like John Cleney Corrie Strangworth Miss Ella Hautard and a Lansing link appear amid unclear details from a weekend lake outing and fishing trip at Deener's lake with references to a sister.
Several young residents stay at Crystal. WoC T U met at Mrs. Cook’s home. Epworth League held a Sunday meeting. Clark Loomis and HJ Chisholm elected school trustees. Dr. Watson declines election after seventeen years on the board. Baldwin wildfire losses recalled. Vague berry offer for payment. George Clark improving. Crops decent, corn not as good as last year. Sisson rebuilding store. John Rowell to build anew after fire. Jan Cornwall to build a new fanny house. Clarissa Holmes visiting Mrs. John Davis.
Pleasand Valley neighbors list residents and visitors including Mrs Amer and Mrs A J Shive on the list. Mrs CA Davis entertains friends from Belleville Canada. Oats nearly all cut and wired for harvest. Prospects for price of corn are poor. Frank Norton and Dates Burlingame have wine north after berries. Mary 08 is sick with diphtheria. Minnie Guss home from Charlevoix. Farmers improving plates on new buildings. Raspberries ripening and will be a big crop.
Flurry Busey celebrated his sixth birthday with friends. Mrs Ensley of Buffalo has been smitten her cousin tenior Emsley, returning home with her father. Adelina and Anna Held enjoy vacation at home. Adela expects September return to Ypsilanti. Ante to Ithaca next year. Ora Spencer will attend Ithaca school next year. Harloch re-engaged to teach next term. Mr Erbert’s new house near completion. The first threshing in the area featured Harlan Woodard and his father.
The late son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Sing died Wednesday July sickness cholera typhoid fever illness reports mention Minnie Wood Mua Lake and Nelson Spore with Elmore and Sumner visits. The fragmentary text references several names and places with health concerns.
The page notes individuals visiting and staying with relatives, including Gerard of Park Lake, Carl and Harriet Vanderbeek, and Mrs. Crawford. Henry Parkinson died after a long illness, with funeral services at Mok church led by Rev. Jones. A reader reports Murdoch Blood Beters curing diabetes in Daberg, New York.
A fragmented page notes a new store doing well, visitors from Tacoma and Wise Creek, and a cousin visit last Monday. Mr Herron of Wealthy merchants mentioned, youth riding late draws parental objections. Wheat harvests weak, prices low. Carrie Thompson left Friday for Detroit to work in a corset factory. Bulna to join August first. John Tinkham trapped a large red fox last Monday. A small crowd attended the Alma circus last Tuesday.
Horrace Sayres continues tent revival meetings with emotional testimonies from women converting. Local residents visit Altia for shows as Tallon adds four front-drive ells. Sage and Spagiax trips noted. ice cream social planned. Town folks socialize, fish at Hock Lake, and discuss recent conflicts ending with a juvenile joke about settling debts with a boxing bottle.
The fragment lists multiple land transfers and property actions including shifts of ownership such as Dehavan to Aerbert Hynean and Wheeler to Mary Dehaven, various lot transfers in Arcadia and Ithaca, and named spouses in 19th century deeds. It references parcels, section notes, and values, indicating a schedule of real estate dealings and associated parties.
A New York Sun reprint recounts Sally Haghr’s brave woods chase near Cortland County where as a girl of 15 she faced a panther. She lured and battled the beast with a club then killed four young panthers before the mother pounced. Sally’s feats, culminating in marriage to Jim, are passed as local lore from a historic incident.
Pearsons Weekly surveys global laundry labor, detailing Korean washers pounding garments in streams and drying on boards, Japanese women scrubbing by hand with soapy goo, Chinese girls washing similarly, Egyptian men washing on riverbanks, and Frenchwomen pounding dirt out on stones, all reflecting vivid cultural routines.
In Michigan's state prison, about 600 convicts keep more than 100 pet canaries, hung in outdoor cages for light and air. Guards say the birds comfort inmates, reduce restlessness, and improve cell appearance, with birds occasionally bred by prisoners and kept as a form of credit in the prison system.
The text critiques Christian customs seen as pagan, citing the Christias tree and its Germanic origins. It condemns practices like decorating homes and churches with green and exchanging gifts as pagan worship elements.
A muddy OCR fragment presents a vague quotation about truth and error attributed to Cole Cide. The text is garbled, mentioning truths trottie and power of truth, with references to being bedridden and duemiery pot, making the overall meaning unclear and unsalvageable.
An old journal recalls a Seattle ad pitch that backfired as readers ignored ads yet later demanded explanations. A publisher notes the public’s interest in advert copy, while a London anecdote from a lecture about a coronation shows a buxom spectator breaking the oratory mood with a sharp quip.
An expert toul juggler at a great Enghiel needle factory performed a rare feat by driving a mid sized cranmon sewing needle length 144 inches to bore a hole through its entire length from end to end the opening just wide enough for a fine hair to pass.
A fragment from a local page mentions a painting seal and a medical claim about heart disease cure. The text references individuals and places but is garbled, leaving unclear details about events, dates, or locations. The item appears like a brief clerical note or advertisement fragment amid other notices.
A new program opens in Lect or to prepare women for business, offering secretarial work, shorthand, and typewriting. The six month course aims to boost earnings and provide practical skills through a comprehensive training plan led by instructors and provided with tuition details and admission steps.
Worwen reports colleges grappling with new admissions rules and dean changes as Mount Holyoke and Bryn Mawr note faculty resignations and shifting roles. Vassar intensifies junior tutoring while Mount Holyoke expands botanical studies under Professor Hooker amid campus tensions.
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