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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1895
Page
4
The piece notes speakers and party lines as leaders in the Gratiot County political scene pivot on the silver tax and constitutional issues. It highlights the push for American security abroad and the looming question of party control.
The lower house defected on a key vote delaying the death penalty measure. Observers expect a possible U S Supreme Court challenge over constitutional aspects of the Wilkon tariff reform and related income tax provisions, with experts suggesting legal action may come soon to resolve the issues.
The senior exaugrations occurred Wednesday and Friday of this week as Bly was to deliver in fiddies. The graduating class Ta 1h TLE eventing is noted, with Mids Stevetes unwell this week. Hobbie Woolward took her plaid on the pho sui Veot. Hostevetur at the Midi teahead Institute, Aw itat About Hi Dodi beluting to the schious were sent to Aint Acbor six weeks ago. Dues have been returned and aie ft eseujel dent condition.
A clerk named Suaith allegedly siphoned forty thousand dollars from a railroad company. The case involves repeated thefts during a single day and prompts a legal challenge in a martial court setting. Details remain unclear due to corrupted text.
The notes describe various college activities and visits including Medialwardal day with Juhn Savitt of Boston visiting the chapel, Mrs. Ginee Maikiock traveling to HHA, and Yeas of Wycomesiitgne visiting Olt Trovit. A Water I stir sermon last Sunday is noted, with details about preparatory departments, weekly studies, and readings. The Firat Moestaterian Church events are mentioned along with a city day gathering and a planned relay.
Walter Gest longtime public servant and soldier died Wednesday morning. He served as postmaster general and secretary of the treasury under President Arthur and held various cabinet roles under the present administration. The rural dispatch notes a Russian title appearing in Michigan, with speculation on future political shifts and farming forecasts tied to alfalfa and crop needs.
The United States Supreme Court denied the application of Mugen V. Debs, leader of the arrest strike, for a writ of habeas corpus. The decision stands as a doctrine affirming the government's right to preserve order nationwide when lower authorities fail to uphold their duties.
The publican state convention was held in Zanesville last Tuesday with Gov. Alas. Bushnell dominating for Governor on the sixth allot and Foraker seen as the likely senatorial nominee. John Sherman attended and delivered a rousing speech regarded as a key campaign note for Ohio politics.
The state legislature adjourned sine die Tuesday morning after a lively session with horseplay in both houses. The chamber core was strewn with documents and missiles as members hurled paper wads and books. A dispute over the reapportionment bill heated the endgame, while the bill copying the 1892 law failed to pass and congressmen will be elected under current districts.
The Weekly Free Press seeks new readers as veteran humorist and prose writer M Quad retires. Darin plans to publish four months trial, inviting subscriptions at a reduced rate.
The article essay discusses inherited physical, mental, and moral traits, arguing that families show persistent characteristics across generations. It cites historical lineages and names like Stauet Wigsineuns and Charles I to illustrate how bloodlines supposedly carry tendencies such as virtuosity or vice through centuries, linking wealth and power to inherited dispositions.
A Philadelphia Record account describes a green bachelor among friends at a lively gathering. He nervously handles the awkward social moment as a woman enters with a baby and jokes fly about the infant, revealing the crowd’s mixed signals and the bachelor’s discomfort.
A spoof notes strange math on smoking, love, air pressure, and daily routines. It claims a man smoking a meeting size pipe emits 700 puffs per event, four pipes daily for two decades yield 20 440 000 smoke clouds, and two lovers together for four hours produce grand totals. It parodies large-scale cosmic motions and travel around the sun.
A Wishey Post writer recalls a fat, bareheaded patron who disrupted a performance. After every act she stood, blocking an aisle and prompting murmurs of ire from other attendees. The episode ends with the writer's quip about confronting the woman if ever met.
A fragmentary feature describes peanut cultivation's reach from Africa to the Americas, detailing plant growth, pod development, and varieties white red and Spanish. It notes Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee as U.S. growing areas, with a rough annual use cited and a claim of nearly five million bushels produced in the county.
Two Inotue college students on vacation spent a frightful night reading a stack of Gothic and classic stories. They tried to fall asleep after a long reading session but found it nearly impossible to quiet their racing thoughts and fear.
A Treasury Department worker is described as having a chronic urge to attend funerals. The Washington Post notes his transfer to a new division and the chief’s tentative reactions. The piece also explains a solar day and a civil day, and recounts Tours Visher, an early pilot in Delaware, whose life illustrates thrift and sacrifice amid war.
A damaged text fragment describes a Liverpool find of a fish, weighing fifteen Peters, with cobblentanes welding over the ports. It suggests the fish appears to have suffered from the weight and possible use of alakens in a deep sea fishing event, though details are unclear.
An advertisement touts a claimed universal cure labeled Chew matic Cire, described as unequaled and 0 positive in all cases. It promises rapid relief from severe attacks within days and a complete cure in a week or less, offered by Graft Medicine Co in Chicago with narcotic free composition.
A fragment outlines a first class representative for the community doing special work, with brief notes on hours pay and employment. It mentions Globe Bible Publishing Co in St Louis and people in Tennessee, plus a testimonial claim about a remedy for debility and dyspepsia sold by local dealers.
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