03 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1886
Page
1
An East Saginaw departure via the D L and N line offers a Tuesday trip to Petosky with a 1317 depart time and same evening return tickets. The text cites unclear fare details and route specifics including a return by a regular stream until September with incomplete pricing.
Mrs Wes Elwell Bamborough is very sick and Mrs Grants sister from Olde visits. Lizzie Lathep attended a late institute in Alma. Will Tinkham of Stanton visits his aunt Mrs Langworthy. Mary Parker heads to Kansas after visiting Michigan friends. School resumes after two months with about 40 scholars enrolled. Olli Suit teaches. Gus Cheviot returns. Pitt Taylor and Lew Malin finish ditching July hay. Naby died on the cloth. Mr Me lost his wife about two months ago and many friends offer sympathy. Charley Davis and wife move from Cand Rapides after a year. friends welcome them back.
A fragment from a town column notes a calendar of school and community activities. It mentions a lecture or exercise at Chapel Hall and an upcoming term with attendance aims. It also references staff changes including a resignation in music and a replacement from Ohio, with several named individuals tied to the school and community fabric.
A light frost prevails with no damage while school opens next Monday at Pine. Eagan lays a drive well for eight. Moody notes cold wave after last week's fever heat. Ground good for wheat sowing and pastures stay fresh as crops prosper. Children prepare to attend Normal, boarding at home, and Myron Reece of Grafton Ohio visits relatives. L. L. Carpenter recalls 25 years since his last local visit. Oral history contrasts horses and wagons with newer well tilled farms and comfortable homes.
A widow announces the reopening of her late husband’s market to settle debts and support her family. She appeals for patronage from locals, inviting buyers to purchase two American Sewing Machines, each priced at twenty eight dollars cash, with two forty dollar models offered for immediate sale.
Village clerk announces a public notice following a council meeting. Details are incomplete in the OCR text but identify Alma and Fike Village as involved parties and reference TV related actions within Meadow Alley. Further readable fragments are required for full factual clarity.
Advertisements announce two central lots for sale by G. Ward and a 160 acre farm one mile from Davis School house with multiple improvements. Prospective buyers are urged to visit Alma on the 8th and 120th of each month for earnest solicitations and viewings.
An unclear report describes a man named Mr. A purchasing Par melee's Blood Purifier for his wife and allegedly harming himself afterward. The ad appears as a damaged OCR snippet, noting a price of 61.00 per bottle and a brand or seller “BB, Webb.”
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