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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1919
Page
10
At a gathering the padding recipe was shared and the host commented on its charm while noting its low cost. Diners smiled at the remark as the moment highlighted frugal cooking humor.
Phebe Rebecca Sibley Brannan born November 23 1868 in Stuben county New York died November 7 1919 at Alma Michigan aged fifty years eleven months and fifteen days. She married William Brannan in 1864 and bore eleven children Edith Hyde Alma Alice Caswell deceased Glennie Cremant Colorado Leon Ithaca Charles St Paul Minn John Lester Burton Ralph deceased Arthur Mary at home plus others. Survived by husband and children mother sister brother and many relatives. Funeral by Church of Christ November 10 conducted by Pastor C D Poston. Interment Riverside cemetery. Also listed are uncalled for Alma letters dated November 10 1910 with names including Fred Butler M L Brown Edward Cruger Mable Collins Wren A Dawson Ethel G Davies Newton Flewelling A Moerke Hazel Hodges Alva Hopkins Richard Lovell George Leonard and others. Postmaster note Dead Letter Office pending November 24.
The large Kerepest Koziatro cemetery in Budapest displays an unusual custom where nearly every family buries its dead with X rays, paintings or statues on the gravestones. Wealthy families commission recumbent busts and life like statues of relatives, while some stones show multiple generations and even weather protected portraits, creating a vivid, ritualized remembrance at the site.
The text argues history cannot be a mere record, but requires imagination to understand and interpret the past. A historian must see past and present together, using experience to convey events vividly as if unfolding now, much like Gibbon and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers shaping understanding of revolutions.
A historical notice recounts Rev George Harvests plan to wed in London misfired as the wedding at Compton failed amid anger and a second engagement also breaking off before the church.
Fragmentary 19th century prose speaks of a spirit that satisfies many hearts. The text mentions distant knolls and pine stumps, a dul March sun, and a call to aid the poor and humble in simple life. The sense is devotional and inclusive, urging shared warmth.
A lengthy notice cites Mrs. Garlock endorsing Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney relief and repeats a city commission meeting in Alma to address street actions and a proposed railroad, with details on public objections, street vacating, and future hearings by December 14. The text blends testimonials with municipal notices and a product advertisement.
The United Doctors, a group of licensed physicians, offer free visits to diagnose and advise treatment for various internal diseases without surgery. They travel to communities, provide home care instructions, and promise no charge for consultation. Married women must accompany husbands. minors need guardians. Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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