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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
3
Readers report a jumble of names and dates as a community marks a national holiday with scattered notes. Mentions include local figures, a Tipton connection, a church hosting monthly meetings, and planned cream and cake at the express office.
A garbled page with names, places, and social notes. Mrs William Sherwood visits Crystal Lake relatives, children’s day planned at Emerson church, a near miss with a well incident, and a brides gift anecdote about a garter with initials.
In a battered New Orleans shop a dice table conceals a magnet and wiring used to steer outcomes. A dealer explains the device allowed winning bets by pressing a knob to activate a magnetic plate, tilting dice to show favored faces while the operator controlled play. Meanwhile a patent medicine ad hovers amid the clipping.
The article lauds Pasteur for saving millions of francs by teaching disease prevention in herds fields and hospitals. It notes biology courses now cover bacteriology, with lab options for further study, and that practical knowledge spreads as disinfectants and antitoxins become common. It criticizes superficial popular science while highlighting safety gains from germ theory.
Vague notes describe public opinion on an immortality themed item titled Immortal 10. The fragment mentions Lex receipts, Mr. Bryan, and a nominal selection, with uncertain details about the event timeline and participants.
Donmorats are respectfully referred to the first congressional district of Maine for particulars on how the year 1900 will unfold.
The article notes a Massachusetts legislature hearing proposing a practical law regulating vehicle tires. It covers wide tires on most vehicles with two inch or greater axle diameter and stage coaches, tall coaches, and other passenger vehicles not on steel rails. It would ban drafts with iron or steel tires under specified width limits and accelerate enforcement, praising Massachusetts as a model for Michigan.
The piece argues that southern interest in local factories grows with protective policy. It cites planned mills in Griffin Americus Greensboro High Shoals Roanoke Rapids and Durham plus a 104000-spindle Olympia mill and 2100 looms. Kentucky and Tennessee examples show industrial self reliance potentially lifting labor demand farming wealth real estate and regional unity. The author sees protection as key to a broad southern economic revival.
Mrs J N Coleman from Luding Michigan reports a boy's illness improving after using Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills. The letter says lashes fell out, boils appeared, and the child grew tired after full course. Kalamazoo theater Lakeview opened with large crowds. authorities planned arrests to test the law tonight or tomorrow.
Word arrives that Edmond Pirh, once the university’s oldest living graduate, will attend tomorrow for commencement week festivities. He currently lives in Elisborough, Illinois, having graduated in 1849. The event highlights the long history of the university and Pirh’s enduring connection to it.
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