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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
4
The article reports a close vote against granting women a seat in the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Loveland Ohio. It argues the defeat hides a future victory, praising women’s indispensable church roles and urging continued advocacy. It cites women as central to church operations and finances.
The seventh district convention met in Mr Pleasant Tuesday to elect two delegates and two alternates to the national convention in St Louis. Denois E. Alward served as temporary chairman with Charles D. Crandall Air Rapids and Dr Baleuck Kalkaska named delegates at large. George W. Minchin Evart and LE Slantar Mancelona were named alternates. Resolutions backed McKinley for president and Stanton as candidate for vice presidency. The delegates elected are noted as capable to represent the eleventh congress.
Morning and evening sermons across Episcopal Baptist Methodist and United Brethren churches. Epistles reference 1 p service and Sunday school times. U B reports securing a building at Mechanic and Grant for services at 2 p.m. Village clerk’s office to review the 1806 assessment roll on May 12 and 13 with Wilson as assessor.
A Chicago Record description notes that in France and a few other nations travelers from America may undergo police questioning at entry. The interview covers name, age, origin, residence, passport, and past stops, but is rarely strictly enforced. Visitors are treated as privileged, often seen as business prospects rather than suspects, paying freely for sightseeing.
A garbled account attributes the living cap's origin to a tale involving Henry of Navarre, a misbound banquet, and a jeweled cup. The report cites Lord Lyons at Paris and a sequence of royal mishaps, suggesting a legend of a cap tied to a courtly rite and a Queen’s inquiry into a prototype.
A long fragment reports life at a socialistic settlement near Paracas, detailing labor by men and women, standard hours, pay, and rations. It describes work in clearing, subdepartments, and factory tasks, plus community routines, education, meals, and evening gatherings in the dining hall with newspapers and letters.
An advertisement touts Poloy's Sarsiparilli trial size as a cure for lost appetite and ambition, urging men to exchange cash quarters for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It promotes Holley Wood tonics and other remedies sold by CE Mahan, Druggist, urging families to keep a medicine chest ready.
General N A Miles recounts a North American Indian hunt where a Lidian hunter uses bow and quiver to target a buffalo among a herd. The rider frees an arrow from horseback, striking swiftly while avoiding the stampede, with careful ambush and timing to secure the kill.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century navy piece discusses shipboard language and discipline. It notes muster on Sundays when Articles of War are read, hist ory of profanity, expectations of officers and gentlemen, and how complaints travel up to department heads without lasting reforms.
An extended garbled text passage appears to discuss various topics, including travel, cultural observations, and literary critique. The readable fragments reference English and Scottish youths, a convent, a badge, and a New York prose figure, but the overall content is severely jumbled with many misspellings and unclear narratives.
Guidance on spousal care from a dated health journal advising patience and calm during a wife's trials. Recommends keeping Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home as practical self care. Mentions sales by a druggist.
Alma Michigan village council met May 1 with President Ely and trustees present. Minutes were approved, several waterworks and cemetery workers were listed, highway and water orders approved, and the treasurer’s report noted. Notifications included water mains on Center and King Streets, a drainage study, and sidewalk repairs on Mechanic Street. The Ann Arbor RR Co plans May 17 changes to trains between Toledo and Franksville.
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