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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
2
A fragmented county report mentions town events on Friday and Saturday night, including attendance by residents and visitors. Some names and places surface, with scattered notes on community activities, a soldier’s correspondence, and local responses to postwar duties.
A jumble of notes mentions Gidding of St Louis, a city event Monday, and talk of a new evaporator. Townsfolk are urged to bring stamps for a prepaid service and visit new residences by Montfort and Engineer Ketcherson. A Bowler Hat remedy is advertised amid scattered health claims.
Fragmented text describes a local gathering with references to Free Methodist preaching at Center schoolhouse, Adventists, and names like Ela Watson and Dreckeundie. Mentions moving and tests for fifty, with unclear locations and roles, in a midwestern town setting.
Fragmented text notes public meetings and community notices involving Pleasant Valier, Renton, and local figures. Mentions include a Tuesday event, Friday meeting at a venue, and references to individuals such as Stewart and McCune. Details are garbled and partially unreadable.
Testimony details a bank robbery plot involving Strable and others at the People’s Bank of Mt Pleasant. Witnesses outline loans, seduction of depositors, and a sequence of transfers totaling thousands of dollars, including a $1,000 check and shipments between Grand Rapids and Mt Pleasant banks. The case centers on Struble and associates manipulating funds and property before a shooting incident near the Fourth National Bank of Grand Rapids.
Readable fragments describe Ryan's testimony and a bank robbery at the Farmer's Bank. Statements reference a deposit retrieval plan, bullets found in vaults, and inquiry into how the robbery would affect the bank's operations. The account mentions the Parner's bank and the Mepitel die Went form, with details on timing and persons involved.
The report shows wheat yields varying by county with state totals for August and year-over-year marketing figures. It notes lower fruit output and mentions recent prices and expected yields for oats, barley, and other crops while flagging weather impacts on production.
The article lists ten remarkable works in masonry and engineering. Highlights include the Taj Mahal tomb built by Shah Jehan in Hindustan of pure white marble, the Temple of Karak, famed Chinese Great Wall, the Eiffel Tower, the Suez Canal, the Hell Tower exhibit, and the Forth Bridge. It notes dimensions, materials, and the scale of each project, emphasizing their grandeur and influence on global labor.
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