25 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1891
Page
1
A collage of community notices, church services, lodge meetings, and local rumors from Alma and Arcada Center. Items include appointments, school openings, travel to Canada, political tidbits, and a dramatic copperhead snake incident in a den. Government and church entities feature alongside residents’ updates and events.
Ordinance No 21 amends ordinance seven to require nonresident auctioneers to obtain a license from the village clerk, costing ten dollars per day for the first five days and five dollars per day thereafter. The measure takes effect twenty days after passage and publication, with certification by the village president and clerk.
Fragmentary text indicates exam dates tied to September 4 and a sequence of garbled terms. Mentions Pine County and fall or winter sessions, with notes about certificates not yet secured and a plan referenced as 2.5. The passage is incomplete and lacks coherent facts.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette notes the first batch of twenty policemen examined for height shows Officer Jim Eggleston remaining the same height since appointment, while others largely grew shorter or heavier than before. One officer was found over six inches shorter, and most were overweight except Eggleston.
A Philadelphia Times item about farm fowl hens and a wild pheasant nesting conflict ends with a note on hatchment attempts. The Post reports a grandfather tale about almahouse and a daughter misquoting fashion, while Birdseye youths misplay with an old coat near the railroad dulling repairs. In Moulton township carpenters uncover a vest and a patchy stock of animals, while repairs reveal 250 killed creatures.
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