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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1898
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows an editor and a publication date, Friday May 2, with unreadable lines about Alma I Record and Crown. The readable elements include publisher initials O O and editor mention, but no clear event or main action.
The piece discusses a silver currency proposal and its expected political impact, arguing about monetary reform and the effects of redeeming greenbacks, with commentary on bullion standards and bank reserves. It notes preparations for a Republican gathering in Gratiot County and mentions pension cases and local civic issues.
County readers hear Dun will not seek lieutenant governor renomination as Republican plans July convention. Mrs Win Blayes dies aged 77 after long illness. Tirzah Norton born near Mt Morris NY, married Wm Hayes, moved to Gratiot county. Funeral held at M E church with Rev Daniel sermon. burial at St Louis cemetery. Community offers sympathy to bereaved family.
Alma Talent showcases Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It at the opera house under Muss Eveunere MoHILL with a largely amateur cast. Orlando to be played by Sherman L Divine, Jaques by James Gargett, Oliver by Earl G. Torrey, Celia by Miss Bonella Grieg, Rosaline by Miss M. day, Touchstone by M. W. Clift, Celia and Phoebe among others. Costume sources include Pittsburgh. rehearsals ongoing. Memorial Day program follows with G A R routine and a parade to the cemetery.
Next Tuesday May 31 at 2 30 Miss Ethel LaVoy Packard of the New Era Cooking School Worcester Mass will lecture on how materiel food quality affects teeth nerves muscles and the body. Attendees should bring a spoon fork and napkin to sample natural foods cooked during the session.
Sheriff McCatlough captured another Messinger robber at Owess early this week. On Tuesday he arrested Fred Cornford, a young man with strong gait proof. Cornford appeared before Justicee Danham on Wednesday. examination adjourned to Thursday June 2 at nine o'clock due to missing withers.
E Pettyjohn and Co moved their stock of dry goods and furnishings to a newly fitted opera house location next to Webb's drug store in Alma. The firm promises a strong stock and active community involvement, forecasting increased sales and better service for the county. A free demonstration lecture by Ethel LaVoy Packard is set for Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in the Alma Opera House, showing ways to bake and cook without flour or shortening and inviting housewives to attend with utensils for in‑presence demonstrations. The note mentions school activities, including welding training, rhetoric classes being combined, and a report of a lively Prolay night and sports events in the week.
Fragments describe a Presbyterian church page with morning and evening services, a sermon titled The True Soldier's Calling, new music releases, advertised letters, rental notice, and unrelated ads and mail matters. Names include Reverend Charles E. Bronson and ships/music mentions.
Advertises Official War Book by Congressman James Rankin Young on war with Spain. Claims portraits of Dewey and officers, 100 pages, cheap, and leads to aggressive agent sales with promises of large daily earnings and credit. Ends with kidney cure ad and contact lines for Bivins & Rhodes.
An advertisement proclaims Foley's Coke Cure as a strong remedy for bowel complaints, noting its warmth when concentrated and that dilution reduces its strength. It promises relief and lists price at 25 cents and a reference to Bivins & Ropes as sellers.
A beauty claim ties dull skin to a disordered liver and promotes De J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm as a solution. The ad promises a rosy complexion, relief from offensive breath, bilious feelings, and overall liver cleansing benefits. Sold by B S Wein.
A claim is made that pneumocardia is a blood disease and that a vegetable compound can cure rheumatism. The Sure Cure Rheumatic Tablets are marketed as guaranteed to cure the worst cases at 60 cents a box with mail order available and free samples offered.
An OCR fragment lists Foley remedies for consumptives and burns, McFlean’s liniment, grain coffee Grain-O as a night drink, and Foley’s Kidney Care with promotional claims. It references Bivins & Roppes and B Wenn sellers, with scattered product blurbs and cautions about claims.
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