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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1889
Page
3
A Chicago Times reader poem laments the death of a young child. The speaker mourns grief and questions earthly relief, while asserting that each child who dies sprouts an angel in heaven and that divine comfort awaits beyond sorrow. The piece frames mourning with spiritual consolation.
In Mellenville a stiff Lady Letitia guards family dignity as Tone Mapleton faces social pressure in a snowbound plot. A toboggan collision kills Tone, saving a romance with Millett Everson, unmasking Letitia’s pride and ending in a double wedding and renewed fortunes.
The text lists several political figures including Albert G. Porter of Indiana and Gilman Marston of New Hampshire, detailing their careers from early law practice to national service. It notes Porter’s roles as state attorney, congressman, first comptroller of the Treasury, and gubernatorial candidate, and Marston’s rise from New Hampshire legislator to congressman and potential U.S. senator. It also mentions Walter Evans, James Nelewn Miston, John Davie Washburn, and other officials, outlining wartime service, public offices, and party affiliations, with scattered biographical notes and affiliations across multiple states.
A historical warning describes the dangers of tossing a baby into the air and catching them. It cites several near fatal or lasting injuries from falls and mishandling, urging fathers to abandon such risky behavior to protect infants.
A fragmented meditation on a historic Scottish battleground where natives and Saxons clashed. The text laments the lack of monuments or orderly memory, noting scant vegetation and an abandoned landscape where stories of the dead linger amid heather and time.
A garbled OCR style report recounts a waterhouse incident with scattered names and actions. It mentions a person at a station near a bus or boat event, mentions a rear power point, a water burial, and an awkward reply after a skuntered return, framing the incident as aggravating.
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