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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
4
The Attorney General Oren notes a new gate law enacted by the state legislature affecting quail hunting. The bill repeals parts of the old law and sets the open season for quail, with clarifications on enforcement and penalties. A local parade was held recently celebrating the law.
The text is garbled and incomplete but indicates a stalled compromise as a step strike and remarks on a presidential or congressional context. Names and specifics are unreadable, leaving the core claim that talks failed to produce agreement.
The sheriff reports jail crowding with eight cells for men and women, five or six inmates sleeping in corridors, and growing inmate numbers. Among those confined are Biase and Sarah Quimby for child murder, Fletcher Janner for armed threat, and several others charged with raps, truancy, and disorderly conduct. The board of supervisors warns against blame and urges adding jail pages and facilities to prevent further releases and ensure proper confinement.
A fragment from London Answers discusses the sulfur content in onion odor and its alleged medicinal properties. It mentions apothecaries and minerals, sulfur compounds, and historical uses of brimstone in tonics, with digressive quotes and unrelated dialog threaded through the text.
A historical portrait explains how the White House uses a single entrance for public, family, and diplomats while guards create a brief privacy moment for the president and his wife. It notes a courteous bow to spectators and occasional casual chats with reporters, reflecting republican accessibility.
A pair of readers discuss how a woman’s walk reveals character. They describe a black gown figure in gray who uses subtle motions to manipulate others, contrasted with a calm, fair woman who avoids tactics. The scene mocks judgments based on appearance and walking style, noting social perceptions and the power of impression.
A Philadelphia youth returned from a European trip aboard steerage with foreigners, fooling an interpreter by claiming unknown languages. The hapless interpreter asked Polish, Russian, Yiddish, French, German, Italian, and more, while the "foreigner" finally revealed the joke by joking about language itself. The incident ends with the interpreter nearly collapsing from the ruse. Washington (is.) Democrat
A dissolution notice lists Maik Man and Harmer as parties, with initial ages and attempted settlement terms. It states due obligations and potential closure actions, with reference to meeting dates and the involved individuals and entities in a formal dissolution proceeding.
The Alta village council held a July meeting in the council chamber with President Babike and Trustees Delavan Hannat Hayt Pistbew present. Motions covered water works, a bridge petition, cemetery matters, and road work with orders drawn for various contracts and surveys.
The article notes Wilbur Nelson will speak at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and at the Presbyterian church in the evening during a union service. Alma Lodge F. and A. M. No. 24 holds a regular meeting Tuesday evening July 26 with Master Mason work. An excursion by the Ann Arbor Railroad to Orchard Beach Manistee Michigan is planned for August 11 with a special train from Alma at 6 05 p m and fare round trip 150 with return from Manistee at 6 30 p.m.
The Sunday July 76th excursion to Toledo by the Alma Ohio and Railroad departs Alma at 6 24 4 a m. Round trip fare is 1 25. A special attractions show will be at the Casino with encamped Second Regiment of the Ohio Nations Guards. The Regimental Band of sixty and a dress parade in the afternoon showcase the Soldier Boys.
The text extols August Flower as the premier medicine, claiming it cures indigestion and biliousness, cleans the system, stops fermentation of undigested food, regulates liver and nervous function, and relieves headaches and fatigue with a few doses of Green's Aug tat Flower in liquid form, touting Green's Prize Abinianac.
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