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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1888
Page
8
In the wake of wheat crop failure Ed Medler prepares to sow about 12 acres of buckwheat. Beverly expands his farm with a new Tenco, Eckert fences a wild wood lot, and a local school in the Eckert district nears closing with a picnic in Moyers woods.
Fragmented minutes from Alma Michigan describe city governance actions and adjournment phrases. Mixed in are notices about vendors, building lots for sale, notices of property listings, and local business promotions including a millinery store display and housing lots for sale. The record mentions individuals like J Honea and W C Jiliusen and events on streets and crossings.
An assortment of old notices describes a for sale lumber wagon with double box and spring seat, mules, cattle and calves, and shopwear hazards. It includes other stray curios and local anecdotes about fashion, trains, a poetry mention, a dining scene, and early medical reports on phosphoric acid treatments for tuberculosis.
A fragmentary OCR shows numerous place names and terms like Lansing Grand Rapids Detroit Portland Marquette and South Lyon, with titles such as Traffic Manager and station notes. The readable content is chaotic, lacking coherent narrative or dates, making a definitive summary difficult.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Toledo Ann Arbor and North Michigan UP lines with unclear references to schedules lines wheels and destination names. It includes garbled phrases about stations Howell De De West Lanes and Pinec with PLN Ny WE ME Plensene. No clear events or dates emerge.
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