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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1889
Page
4
The legislature votes to adjourn on June 20, one day earlier than the 1967 session. The Saginaw Daily World questions district realignments and notes a discussion of congressional appointments. A sharp critique of a butter town plot and pension reforms follows, with Queen Victoria and Irish relief cited, and wool market chatter closes the column.
Two British cruisers and two US revenue cutters plus three US warships are moving toward Behring Sea as England and the United States near a settlement over Alaskan fisheries. The dispute hinges on whether Behring Sea is open or closed water. open would allow foreign fishermen inside a three mile shore line, while a closed sea would reserve fishing rights to the United States. The Alaska purchase from Russia complicates the historic claim lines.
The document discusses a disputed Arctic sea right claimed from Russia and the crackdown on Canadian seal fishers by England. It then reports a June gathering of the M E Church in Alma Michigan honoring Mr and Mrs Kelso with gifts and resolutions noting Mr Kelso’s resignation from the First M E Church and praising his service and character.
The Alma Crilon School commencement will be held Friday evening June 24 1850 at College Hall. The program lists Mrs. Prasah and Ameren Customs, Hand Forte Chorus, Mal Cline Fanny, Mentors of Today, Milcewn, Hivcitadiens and The Bridge of the Dap. An orchestra and various performances follow as read from the fragmentary schedule.
Commencement exercises began with Dr Moriting's sermon at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning, praising perseverance and spiritual welfare. Dr Barkley delivered a practical address on Christian character, with Markley’s manner and the rhetorical exercises receiving praise. Lelia A Stevens led the musical concert, while her students’ performance showcased the teacher’s talents. The elaborately decorated hall and orderly program reflected Alma College’s standing among educational institutions. The college closed on Wednesday as festivities concluded.
Local items report visitors and townsfolk including Mrs M Reidy at Milliken's and John McKee visiting his brother Will at the college. The Bee Hive shows a payroll of 666.61 with 53 men, plus sales of bed spreads. college baseball hires Carleton battery at 30 weekly and heads on a 30 day northern tour. A Theodore Nelson lecture recalls war duties and Gen Grant while a Herbert A Milliken Concert Company sails a six week tour with Lelia Stevens Lara Pitcher and S A McDonald as advance agent.
Notice is given that by virtue of a power of sale contained in a mortgage dated August 16, 19th century, recorded in Gratiot County Michigan, the mortgagee will sell at public auction at the Gratiot County Court House in Ithaca Michigan the mortgaged premises described as the northwest quarter of section 31 town 12 north range 4 west including adjacent street reservations. The amount due is the principal and interest with attorneys fees and costs, and the sale will occur on a specified date at two o'clock in the afternoon. This notice lists the names of the mortgagor and mortgagees and states the terms of the sale, including a fifty foot street reservation and payment of the debt to the mortgagee. Only legible fragments could be read from the document.
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