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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1888
Page
3
Fragmentary poetic draft by Edgam Wakeman contrasts the throng and distant songs with vivid nature. It evokes an aerial raid mood, night skies, harvest fields, village spires, and a call to uplift the lesser toward the larger truth through a lingering Angel of Inter days.
A first person reminiscence of a party ambushed by Crow or Ute Indians near a desert stream. The narrator is captured, faces death at the stake, and a dusky maiden within the village helps him escape, revealing she is white, having lived with the tribe to hide from pursuers. They flee at dawn with emigrant companions to Fort Bridger, ending with the narrator’s wife urging secrecy.
The Providence Journal recounts the history of the Independent Order of the Sons of Malta, detailing its brief revival around 1861 and its roots in earlier similarly named groups. The piece notes the order’s fragile existence, fluctuating activity, and the humorous episode where a neophyte’s new silk hat is swapped, provoking tempers and eventual rueful understanding.
The report outlines how different areas set payment periods from two to twelve months. Asia Minor and France prefer short terms of weeks to a month, while Austria Turkey Russia Mexico Brazil Costa Rica and other markets commonly permit six to twelve months. Some regions reduce risk by shortening or eliminating credit after past losses.
The piece laments ingratitude to wounded veterans, recalling war songs of Union and Confederate armies, praisesBattle Hymn of the Republic and John Brown's Body, and honors Chaplain McCabe and Adelaide Phillips. it also discusses higher education for women and historic colleges.
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