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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1896

Page

8

Local Notes from Alma and Nearby Towns

M Gray visits Sheridan while F W McCabe and Geo W Bates visit Ithaca on business. Francis Palmer, Sheriff Pettit, Dr J H Lancashire, O W Sexton, H H Hinds, and Geo P Stony appear in Alma on various errands. Poultry shipment to Buffalo and local church services are reported along with school and college updates and a tuberculosis case investigation.

M. Gray Sheridan F. W. McCabe Ithaca Geo. W. Bates Kimball Lake Francis Palmer Sheriff Pettit Alma J. H. Lancashire New York O. W. Sexton Chilson H. H. Hinds Stanton F. W. Hooper Buffalo Geo. P. Stony

Birthday celebration by college societies at the Brooks home

Twenty five Alma college youths from Alpha Theta and Zeta Sigma gathered at Dr and Mrs Brooks home last Monday for the Zeta Sigma birthday. Music by the Mandolin Club, Rat Canna Cake refreshments, and pleasant conversation followed by late departures and thanks to the hosts. A Social Club formed at Adam’s Hall with weekly dance lessons by Prof Horst and Mandolin Club music. Officers elected include President B A Bivins and Secretary Treasurer Geo Sharrar.

Alpha Theta Zeta Sigma Societies Brooks Zeta Sigma Society Mandolin Club Alma Adam's Hall Horst of Saginaw Cera B.A. Bivins Geo. Sharrar Jt, Lemessurier Carls Brown Floyd Woodward

School Notes Preview Pilgrims Reading and Garden Projects

Mr. Ely maintains a window garden in his office while primary grades study the Pilgrims. Mixes Dunlop gathers bird nests for reading classes. Jefferson led Monday chapel exercises. A college basketball lineup for the North Michigan Normal game Saturday includes Foote, Gargett, Howe, Downing, Brock, Sidebotham, Nelson, Tubbs, Holmes and substitutes.

Mixes Dunlop Rey Jones Jefferson North Michigan Normal Northon Foote Vought R.t. Gargett Howe Fuller Downing

Dancing party and oyster supper at Morse Down Farm

A dancing party and oyster supper will be held Thursday evening November 26 at the residence on Morse Down farm one half mile east of Riverdale Seville. Tickets cost 60 cents including supper The public is invited with ample room to enjoy the event Oras R Knowes hosting.

Seville Morse Down Riverdale Oras R. Knowes

Ann Arbor records show motor routes and admin notes

Fragmentary notes from Ann Arbor mention transportation routes and administrative references. The garbled text lists names and places such as Mato Fatem and ERS on Lan Opt Eres, with scattered initials and unclear context. Further readable details are needed for a precise summary.

Ann Arbor ROR Howe Sra

Church Services And Annual Meeting At Alma Presbyterian

Rev Carl Narri s will preach morning and evening with Sunday school at noon. Gospel meetings nightly at the Shenlode church. Thanksgiving sermons and patriotic themes noted. Alma Presbyterian Society holds annual meeting with officers elected and reports read. funds nearly raised for coming year.

Narrisr Carl Vresrytirian Joseph Alma Presbyterian Society C. E. Society D T. Ewing Kt. C. Ely

Pain Balm Heals Woman After Two Hour Trial

The wife of Leonard Wells of East Brinsfield Massachusetts suffered from eurilyin for two days, could not sleep, until Mr Holden offered Chamberlain's Pain Balm. After a thorough trial the next day she felt well within two hours. The bottle proved worth its cost and was sold at 50 cents per bottle by CE Matiaz.

Leonard Wells East Brinsfield Mass Holden Thoreough Matiax

Inception of Fish Hatching in Medieval Europe

The Scottish Review notes that during the Middle Ages the church's Lent fish supply spurred early fish culture, mainly through enclosing waters and regulating freshwater fish. It suggests monks and nobility pursued oyster spat and primitive hatchery ideas, but high costs limited large scale artificial hatching, with monasteries and seigneurs developing systems to ensure suitable spawn material.

Church of Rome

Travelogue on French roads and farming life in Pearsins Magazine

A fragmented travel essay describes France, praising pristine roads, tree-lined lanes, and meticulous road care. It notes mild winters south of the Loire, abundant gardens, and large vegetable production, interwoven with sketches of shepherds and rural scenes. A second, unrelated tale from Pearsins Magazine portrays a labor dispute over Sunday work and wages, with a worker defending a Sunday rest contract against his employer.

Loire Toaire France Patates DT Wipersona Jinan Monlay Ivan John Pearsin's

River of Cocertain Mind: The Wabash as a restless river

Leroy Armstrong writes in New OTANI of the Wabash as a shifting river that defies a fixed course. He describes its southwest pull toward lakes, sudden bends toward the north, and wild diversions through woodlands and shallows, where currents test voyageurs and paddles.

Mississippi Canon Leroy Armstrong New Otani

How They Got Wheels in a Thrifty Neighborhood

In Louisville’s Courier-Journal style vignette a thrifty elderly colored woman, her four daughters, and a working life near Washing and Woning are described. Each daughter bought a fine bicycle after the old mother’s death, illustrating modest wealth and personal advancement within a community.

Curbstone Club Patel Louisville | Courier-Journal

Chewning White Feit Hat Mystery Explained

A garbled OCR note hints at Chewning White Feit and Choon with a pasty lundie of reagent. The text mentions a hat and a future date when a decision about the hat will be made, with unclear details awaiting clarification.

Fragmented OCR note with garbled names and places

A garbled OCR snippet presents scattered phrases about offers, fuel, Bible, and names like Mamet and Hanke. The text is unreadable, with many misspellings and broken words, preventing a coherent summary of events or facts.

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