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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1898
Page
4
The article recalls Memorial Day honors with wreaths and public tributes, recounting the heroism of soldiers and the nation’s wartime resolve. It discusses Spain and the Philippines policy, noting ongoing debates over officer pay, military aid, and territorial questions as the United States contemplates actions in the Philippines and potential consequences for state and national figures.
The North Side captain J C Bright issues a challenge to A J Hall of the South Side club to a baseball game on the college campus next Wednesday afternoon June 5. FW Hooper to umpire the North Side game. Bert Woodward accepts to umpire for the South Side.
Dr Kelly named chief Hip-to-wa-na-eo medicine man selecter for both tribes in a contested contlieg. F. W. Hooper and Bert Woodward reportedly did not see a ball. Admission 10 cents to aid Africa. A plan to chain auspices to posts fifteen feet apart. Name to be called at 3 o clock and continue.
The annual field day at Alma highlights track events including dashes hurdles and running events. Notable athletes Mosaré Leng Stevens Sifiebotham and Divine challenge four other college men to a mile relay. Afternoon events feature a ball game with the Dadle team from Mt Pleasant on campus at 2.
The campus hosts a tennis event with free admission for most exercises, plus a 25 cent ball game fee. June 12 to 16 mark commencement week with sermons, graduation ceremonies for Kindergarten and Academy, an annual music concert, alumni meeting, and addresses at the Synod of Michigan. Also noted are excursion rail rates to Detroit for the Maccabee Grand Review, school field day for girls, and a house rental notice.
A jumble of local items includes Judge Cabell to lecture on the Cuban question at the opera house on Friday June 10 with a satirical display on the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor. A Pine River picnic and a Village Council meeting outline other community activities and municipal bills.
In Paris a dressmaker and three assistants, all about 25, plotted suicide together after talks of troubles. They wrote farewell letters, drank cherry brandy and coal, and were found dead next morning. A separate account recounts a theater autopsy case where a woman poisoned herself in front of friends. Also notes An Arbor railroad excursion to Lake Erie Park and Casino Toledo with special train at 9:00 am and half-price fares for children under twelve.
A fragment from Grand Rapids includes a train schedule to Alma with a round trip price of 1.00 and departure times noted. Additional text advertises furnished and unfurnished rooms for inquiry, a help wanted notice at Angels House in Alma, and a health ad for Dr J H Meleyn's Strengthening Cordial and Wood Partier with prices and local distributors.
A sensational 19th century promotional prospect advertises Official War Book by Congressman James Hankin Young about the Spanish American War. It touts biographies of Dewey, naval defenses, battle ships, lavish illustrations, and claims of mass appeal and easy profits for agents.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Dr J H McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm as a cure for kidney disorders in Maine readers. It also promotes White Mark Foley's Kidney Cure with a money back guarantee and Grain-O as a coffee substitute that does not disturb sleep.
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