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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1887
Page
4
The piece is a damaged fragment from Alma Record dated Friday June 24, 1587, with stray letters and garbled lines. It appears to be a local notices column or correspondence note, but specific events, names, or actions are unreadable in the provided text.
An OCR fragment reports a courtroom or legal matter with references to individuals, dates, and actions. The legible parts mention a hearing time and a sequence of events, but names and precise charges are obscured. The piece appears as a partial public record note from a legal proceeding.
The article recounts a witness account by Mr. Nichols detailing Lincoln’s 1864 life and a conspiratorial plot to kill the president. It describes guard details, the August incident near the White House, Lincoln’s hat with a bullet hole, and the discovery of a plot by accomplices tied to Major operations around the Executive Mansion and Treasury. It also mentions guard changes and a plan to fire from inside the residence, suppressed by vigilant soldiers and officers.
A chaotic recollection follows Sam Cox on a Western campaign trail with Mayor HME and George Spence. The group encounters a German farmer who trades plowing for seven up whisky while Cox debates attending a rally and contemplates a final burial request for his ashes.
A fragmentary report describes a tense scene at a Detroit Grand Haven Milwaukee depot with a young groom suspecting a fraud scheme. A cashier and a woman identified as a mother and daughter exchange words while a man in a hat navigates a suspicious purchase, then departs for Ponting as authorities advise caution and waiting for verification of funds.
An OCR heavy page shows a crowded array of medicinal product ads from a historic paper. It mentions Kemp’s Vile, Bevt, and Webb brands with prices around 40 cents to $1.08, plus numerous tonics, salves, tonics, and disease claims. The text includes arced phrasing about cures and health benefits, with many product names and promotional claims.
A curious OCR fragment lists bargain department items including ladies gloves coats and seersucker coats. It mentions prices such as 1.0 and 1.29 and touts Latin styled branding and “Warranted” garments as best in the state. The text references Faye Rist and general shop categories like Ponigata Beery Pale and Kil Clothing.
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