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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1896
Page
4
William A. Leet announces his candidacy as a provincial convention hopeful in Alma. He endorses Republican doctrines from Lincoln to McKinley, favors protection and economy, and argues the convention should nominate him to govern the district for the greatest good.
A large community banquet was held at the Wright House on Friday evening with sixty covers. The event featured speeches, musical moments, and a toast list, highlighting local students and staff, followed by a social hour and reflections on the school year. A separate note announced new railway connections linking Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Saginaw, improving through service and ticket validity on the Go& W. M. and DL& M lines.
Gratiol county prepares a July 2 event with a $300 prize, featuring a grand illuminated street parade. July 4 events include a ball game between the St Louis Brows Stockings and Mage Wepce Grants, plus parades and a concert by the Acmes quartet. Citizens are invited to ride in the parade and attend speeches at the Menysenn house after the races.
A Midland based plan outlines where teachers will rest or travel this summer. Names include Miss Otis in Montcalm County then Ann Arbor for studies, Misses McLaren Hubbell and Smith in Alma with local trips, and Prof Ely with Mrs Ely bicycling to Buffalo for the National Educational Association meeting. A large class confirms at St. John’s after Bishop Davies visit, plus a Gala program and Alumni meeting with officers elected.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a story mentioning Alma Illinois hospital, a Chief Sargent figure, and references to delays and a set of phrases about time harmony and products. The readable content remains obscure with no clear events, dates, or names to confirm a full narrative.
Mee Phovbe Cheuus of Junction ti Tl was told by her doctors there was no help for her cough. She bought two bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery and was completely cured. Another patient, Sian Viner, suffered from consumption and improved after using Klages New Discovery within two weeks. Trial offers and local store details are mentioned along with promotional phrases.
Taken up a yearling teeter and a Jersey heifer with a yearling Jerney hall. Owner please call, pay expolar and take away. Titos Pravin au.
A jumble of notices shows farm equipment sought by farmer Varnes and a request for a full dreoded chria poland ching bear. Separate items list a Shrine meeting the Peoples Sovtory and travel dates June through September amid political and social notices.
An unclear historical page fragment mixes a sharp questioning by an old gentleman about a corkscrew with garbled names and several organizations. The text lists individuals, societies, and references to temperance pledges, markets, and various entities, but readability is compromised and specifics are not coherent. The result resembles a cluttered public notice or noticeboard excerpt with scattered proper nouns.
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