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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1895
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR note advocates travel to Florida from Detroit with vague motives. Mentions improving time and wealth, but details are unclear and names or dates are missing. The piece reads like a recruitment or promotional line with no concrete events.
Unclear text notes funds priced from five to seven per unit with ambiguous foil details. Readers urged to call or write for fuller information.
Correspondents will receive communications no later than Thursday as all presses of Gratiot County Printing Co. will be closed earlier. No insertions after Tuesday. If urgent, send an extension directly to Nome offices, timeliness matters. Late matter should go to all three papers separately since each paper’s Saturday page is set at home.
Beebe Wer and Mrs L J Baker visited friends near Saginan last Sunday. Biney Coffin and wife are visiting Clinton county this week. Mrs J C Randels is ill. Mrs Phillips of Portland, visiting here, left for Vermont to spend winter. The Emerton crowd, about eighty youths, gathered at J A Randels door and entered uninvited. Revbin Brown spoke for the young friends and presented a collar and cuff box. The event was lively and well received.
Elm Hall notes mention several locals planning to attend the county fair on the 27th including Moeris Us from Yorkshire. Edward and Arthur will visit. Mr Clapper and wife entertain relatives in Lelie this week. A forest fire caused damage and Little Forest Church mourns a death. funeral held at the mother’s residence east of town.
Sumner and Corkl residents mingle with visitors from Chicago and Alma. A pleasant dance at Char Ferrie Hall entertained locals. Miss Lillie Beaver joined Miss Clara Ferris for weekend visits. Various families traveled to Holland to visit relatives. A ball game entertained nearby towns with Sumner boys winning. School officials plan to take the school paper to the fair, while a door in a bed area burned recently but caused limited damage.
The item records Mrs. D. Seaman visiting her daughter Mrs. Baldwin at Hall last Wednesday and Thursday. It notes Mr. Heath of Shiloh visiting Mrs. Fence at his place last Saturday and Sunday.
Sethtoy partners are eating their corn as Ate Hasan and Siallian wed Dagguiwr reform home from Greenville after three weeks visiting friends. Deregulated names include An deren and Tandy with a cousin from Canada. Against her school bell, Mr. Chambers, teacher.
S$. W. Newark notes sickness in the household with Mrs Carnos line boon on the sick list for a week. Mrs. Dewst Walker confined to bed. Lawrence, injured by a wolf, expected to recover. Stromwe building a new house. Mrs Goo Richardeon of Ithaca visited the area last week. Newark boys played Shummer last Saturday at Kagens, score 2 to TS in favor of Newark. Carnes and family visited Pewann over Sunday.
Clifton Maxon Wheeler and wife spent Samday in Sumner Bohvol began at the enterprise house last Monday with Minnie Lane a teacher. N M Bradford and wife spent Samday in this place Mrs Mary Weed and Mrs Hon Hohe are very ill Elder Sprague has returned from conference and will be with us for another year. B Swope and wife visited friends in Riverdale Saturday. Willie Bradford bought and now whal Tas day. The Ladies Aid meet with Mrs Darlington Wednesday. Dr Clark of St Louis was in town Tuesday. A little girl arrived at Frank Goodnough's Monday. Mrs Johnson went to Cary Wendel Miss Hattie Wobater returned home in vid Saturday. Charles Allen returned home from Jackson Tuesday. Aint Maxon is visiting friends in Laws.
A dance at T. Kirwin's Hall was held last Saturday night as a sign at the commercial house announced openings at Dr. Will occupy JB rooms and Adam's store, with residences in K. E. Moble's area. A store was burglarized last Saturday night with knit underwear stolen, followed by a suspect planning a larger scheme. The goods were later moved to New Cook store before dawn Tuesday. Sheriff Pettit and Deputy Sheriff Arregh of Alma arrested Kirwin Tuesday afternoon for the theft.
About thirty five friends gathered Saturday to celebrate Mina Azana Daoslin's birthday at Seville Center. She received gifts including a silver sugar bowl and creamer. After a pleasant afternoon, guests sat to a fully spread table.
Probate docket lists hearings in September on estates of Theadace H Foland Rosa Moore and others minors guardians appointed for real property issues administrative appointments for George W Packer and Mary A Babcock, orders for special commissioners and guardians, and hearings on accounts with references to Sunbury or Newark and Aronda drains and Wall L Howell estate. The notice ends with an advertisement for liver bitters.
The Lansing State League baseball team travels to St Louis Park for a Saturday Sept 28 game against St Louis. Officials expect a heated ball game with the Senators in the balance as fans anticipate a 2 p m start.
The Ann Arbor Railway Co formed to succeed the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan. Directors include Wellington Burt, Wm McChore, A. Wright, and prominent New York financiers led by Edward Simmons. Capitalization set at 7,250,000 with 4,000,900 preferred. Bonded debt 7,000,000.
OCR remnants show a long list of land transactions and assignments in Ithaca and surrounds with numerous names, parcels, and dollar figures. The text then shifts to a political critique of currency and finance, referencing a 1890s style debate on silver, bond syndicates, and widespread distrust of bankers, ending with a sensational indictment of financial elites and a lament on economic bondage.
A fragmented notice discusses a work titled Banker's Dream, published by Progressive Book Pub. Co. in Vineland, Nod, with a focus on declining prices and cautious speculation on financial trends. The summary preserves readable details while avoiding sensational wording.
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