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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1896
Page
4
The notice indicates the record is entered at the post office for transmission through the mails as soon as the matter is closed. Dated Friday September 25, 1818, this item appears as part of the editor's note.
National ticket items list William McKlin of Ohio for Proside Garret Hobart of New Jersey for Vicw President Hazen 8. Poriouletmnet Gevery Tiemas for Secretary of State Wandin GATDNER of Allin for Hl. of St. distine. WED Bes of flormen Speliea mt ah Tatailies FRENCH of Heth Por Att f a PRED A M AVSNanp of deand Iaphde Foe sajodvinidey of Vublicl veitur then TARO HAMLMOSD of EYL or Memories of Sine Haart at Batucadol MBs W. SIMMONS of Oitoe MEK of Petralt STAN of Mant COUNTY eavia
A local report notes a senatorial convention scheduled Friday September. The party cites Tar Shite Retalor as the nominated candidate with a slate including several named delegates. The convention will determine the grant of one delegation as part of the process.
A reader letter from Indiana criticizes free silver and urges policy changes to aid silver miners while promoting higher value wheat. The writer links tariffs on Canadian eggs to a broader national defense of six eggs per dozen and cautions Congress against overreaching, arguing the nation can sustain itself from Atlantic to Pacific.
Wm E Curtis of the Chicago Record, visiting Mexico, reports that Senator Stewart of Nevada secretly owns a principal Mexican silver mine. It yields about 7,000 dollars weekly in profits at current silver prices, explaining his advocacy for free coinage and his withholding of this fact from the public.
The item details a heated outcry over free coinage of silver and a Muskegon county silver convention incident. It notes alleged political insults toward President Cleveland, claims about Sheriff candidate S J McCullough, and remarks on party platforms and McKinley’s electoral prospects amid local campaign funds.
The fragment hints at a heated district race with talk of a young, active candidate and a woman contender. It mentions keeping touch with the people and implies a shift in representation, but the exact names, places, and dates are unclear.
Citizens urged to read and weigh two committee candidates carefully. The call emphasizes selecting the person best suited to carry county affairs forward for the upcoming two-year term.
C E Borchgrevink in Century describes a penguin colony with an organized road network. Penguins maintain pebble-free paths, walk in a traffic pattern with fat birds moving to the Fiukt and thin birds heading to the Jeff, while aggression is absent and order prevails. The scene depicts a remarkably civilized, peaceful community on the island.
A Picayune report notes a New Orleans dinner where women and the woman question are debated. A guest quips that two preachers find women to be the source of evil, another voices that women are the salt of the earth, and Aunt Susan cites Lot’s wife in a laughing epilogue.
A garbled exchange shows a speaker named Straud expressing fear of a pope and seeking consent, while references to Maric and Mario hint at a debated fortune. The text is partial and lacks clear narrative context or outcomes.
Last Saturday's meeting of Democrats Populists and Free Silver parties drew delegations from eight towns. A joint convention was arranged with equal votes per party, distributing offices among groups, and nominating a broad county ticket including Judge of Probate and Sheriff. The process was orderly but factions clashed over some offices, ending with a harmonious yet unsatisfactory result to most voters.
A troupe forms a crescent as pipes signal the start. Dancers move in a rotating line, stepping forward and to the right, bending with each beat while the youth conductor claps, sings, and directs changes. Laughter and joy mark their graceful, exalted national dance free of sensual East influence.
The piece contrasts Senators Jones and Stewart, once advocates of silver, now endorsing a gold standard. It quotes Jones favoring a purely gold standard and Stewart criticizing silver as non redeemable in gold. It notes both support the Chicago platform's demand for free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, and questions the weight of their change given their silver mine holdings since 1874.
A historical analysis compares silver standard countries with the United States Mexico Peru and others. It cites purchasing power of currencies and wages for mechanics and laborers, noting depreciation of Mexican currency and dollar wage parity in the United States. The piece discusses implications for trade and monetary policy as voiced by Hamilton.
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