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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
8
Devoted to Alma College interests the Porles Club resumes activity. George Kuinte to lead service club. Rey Killeen visits. football practice begins. prayer meetings attract many students. Several notes on faculty, absences, and student events follow with a list of visitors and upcoming activities.
The piece discusses how dress codes vary by activity, noting that fishing requires waterproof gear like gutta-percha waders, while other fields allow personal style. It comments on trends shifting from corduroys to homespun, the kilt's declining use, yet Balmoral favoring Scottish attire, and references a New Lippincott October issue.
Farm for sale on main road three miles from Alma, six miles from Inhach, four miles from St. Low in Siaures rally area. Ten acres of rich pasture, good house, barn and outbuildings. Three wells and two orchards. Cheap price with easy terms. Inquire of G. F. Brown, Alma. 1060 tf.
Two fat sheep strayed or were stolen from a yard on Statest street Saturday night September. One horse noted as weighing about 1850 pounds is also mentioned in the notice. The owner resides in Forest Hill and asks for information leading to recovery.
Local brief notes recount attendance at state and county fairs in Ithaca and Alma, movements of residents between Alma Grand Rapids Saginaw and other cities, appointments and visits, and ongoing school and church activities. Multiple residents including J Baldwin H B Jefferson T A Ely W J Gargett M L Osterbont Ala O D Moore and others are mentioned with travel, work, or health updates as well as fair attendance and local business happenings.
Church services across denominations are listed with times for morning prayers Sunday schools and evening services. A fatal accident near Delevan is noted with details of a brakeman suffered severe foot injuries after his foot was caught under a locomotive wheel. The report mentions hospital care and the worker’s brief tenure and injury outcome.
The ceremony united Mr. and Mrs. McGumbh in a formal church setting. Afterward a cordial reception followed at the parlor, with delegates from the church and local community attending. The couple plan to reside in Alm while Mr. McGumbh attends college next year.
The Broadway Magazine description highlights full page pictures and diverse content including theatrical attractions and city life. Readers are invited to subscribe or send ten dollars in silver to the publication office at 11 St Broadway, New York City.
Waldo Fiske of Alma and Lula Fiske of this place were married at the home of the bride’s mother in Holly on the 16th by Rev W S Buck. The couple attended the Detroit meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge then returned to Alma and plan housekeeping. Both are well known locally the groom in the Alma Roller Mills and the bride at the Alma Sanitarium.
The DG Rog Wy Railway announces a temporary Holiday route suspension from October 2 to 10 with one way fare and return limit by October ath. Tickets must be deposited with Chicago agents for a 50 cent extra fee. Inquiries directed to Gro. DeHaves GPL AL 1072-1.
An old notice promotes a fourteenth annual Ohio excursion by the Ann Arbor line with train leaves from Alma and Toledo and says excursion tickets are $4 round trip to Toledo and half fare to other named stations via several railways. It also advertises Caple & Hall hardware crates and Chamberlain's remedy, with contact details for W H Besxery in Toledo and local drug firms.
Note to readers hawking Arniveamt Oil Liniment for bumps strains cuts and skin ailments. Claims quick relief and external application. Appears in a vintage line with pricing of a bottle at twenty five cents and bundle offers. Local seller Holland associated with the ad.
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