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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1904
Page
4
The fragment describes an official Alma paper page note about post office transmission and a secretary treasurer. It mentions recipients and insulators, with garbled names and figures, indicating a notice or transfer in process.
The text praises Alma as an educational hub with strong college atmosphere and notable social standards. It highlights manufacturing, progressive business, and superior farmland surrounding the town, arguing gratitude and appreciation can propel further improvement in the coming year.
A controversial sermon at St. Jatiek's Church in Washington urged manliness in women and defied gender norms. The speaker linked political ideals to social duty, praising perseverance and willingness to face danger while criticizing government bias toward wealth and class. The piece also notes Colorado political fallout and reflections from former students on a recent defeat.
The Woman's Club meets Monday at 2 45 PM to discuss Merchant of Venon Act III with Mrs F W Poelpa as state secretary. An evening talk on Advent themes and missionary plans precedes services. St John’s church, Advent Sunday observances, and Baptist church events are announced alongside a St Joan’s guild supper on December 6 at Opera House. Rev W K Wright preaches at Presbyterian church on November 27.
The record lists witnesses in the Clinton Nelson case in Ithaca this week, including Marty Miller Bly Brewbaker Geo Shurrat Peter Melon Werris Voorhees A C Waktadt De Taanh and Royal Idea. Mentions of locations in Spectre City and Los Angeles appear with dates and addresses, including 734 HL Theo Street.
A questionable patent medicine touts Hyomet as superior to competitors with antiseptic claims. The ad promotes an inhaler, nine bottles of Hyome, and a dropper, asserting universal cures for nose, throat, and lung issues and offering a lifetime inhaler and pipe-like packaging.
The modern steamship Same vows of the Mancon Steamship line will run between Mobile Alabama and Havana Cuba starting November 15 1904, completing the voyage in under 40 hours. Low rates via the Mo ne and Ohio Railroad inquire M G PLA M&O Railroad St for full particulars.
Second class tickets on sale this month with fares to the South and Southeast. Tickets available at agents and offices, with details on first and third Tuesdays of the month. Adjustments may apply to monthly schedules.
The item touts Dr Humphreys Seventy Seven as a cure for chills, throat ache, fatigue, colds, coughs, hoarseness, and fever. It markets the medicine as restorer of energy and breaker of lingering illnesses, with testimonials from a New York firm at William and John streets.
The fragmentary note appears to reference a maker group or event across Mobile New Oceans or New York with unclear aims. It mentions FA Patna and A G P A 07 Adair ot Obiomgs TL, but details are obscured.
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