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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
6
ADMA RECORD details an event or notice from Alma Michigan. The readable fragment mentions location Alma and a record or notice related to a person or entity. Specific names, dates, or actions are not clearly legible in the accessible text.
Henry F Severens of Kalamazoo is proposed for the U.S. district court seat in the western district of Michigan. Described as a diligent, learned lawyer with judicial temper, he is said to be in the prime of life and highly fit to discharge duties for public usefulness and personal honor. Born May 11 in Rockingham Vermont, Severens studied at Middlebury and pursued law in Michigan, forming partnerships and practicing in Kalamazoo County, gaining broad recognition and literary talent while active in politics. The piece also notes broader naval and public affairs commentary and references to pension policy positions and other topics.
A violent cyclone swept southwest to northeast across Mercer county Ohio causing widespread destruction. Dozens of homes were flattened and several towns faced severe losses with many families left homeless. Deaths and injuries were reported across Carey Wyandotte and nearby communities as telegraph lines failed and aid efforts mobilized.
A garbled OCR fragment references British railway matters, board of directors, government, and various place names but is too corrupted to extract coherent facts or identify individuals, dates, or events with confidence. The piece lacks a discernible, verifiable narrative or outcome.
In a May session report the Senate and House discuss a bill to limit foreign vessel privileges in U.S. ports, a 24,8000 funding item for Detroit plans, and a Michigan Marquette building appropriation of 812,6000. Senators Malmor and Morrill weigh government spending on building versus rent, while pension and tariff questions prompt debate and adjournments. House actions include pension calendar work and a postal and shipping bill debate, with supporters and opponents named.
A garbled fragmentary text recounts hopes of Don Cannons for a triumphant return to Madrid, notes on Sir Henry Tayton at 86, a mysterious death after a meal, and observations on Berlin’s electric lighting. It also mentions Chauncey Depew, Roscoe Conkling, and various others amid jumbled biographical and political allusions. The piece shifts to cultural notices about painting, theater, and portraits, with later insertions of personal reflections and social topics.
The article surveys spring dress trends with bonnets, gloves, and new trimmings. It notes striped pongees, Tuscan straw, beaded accents, and velvet plastrons. Silk tricotine appears in refined waists and canopies, while white embroideries and crinkle textures shape summer ensembles for young wearers.
A fragment from a mid century magazine describes a comical scene where a recruit is trapped by his own lie in a recruiting office. The narrator notes dramatic lines and a tense moment at the breakfast table with a fellow hunter, while references to a town, county, and river place the scene in a rural setting. The passage hints at broader wartime recruitment intrigue and public interest in German publications.
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