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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1894
Page
6
Otsego mourns for Mrs. B F Baxter an early Tocumach resident who died Saturday. The community recalls her as a longtime neighbor and figure in local affairs with ties to the town’s earliest days and social life.
Several years before the late war one naval vessel prepared for sea service lay at the stream opposite the navy yard. Its departure was delayed for months by a reef built from beef bores empty cans and other refuse cast overboard. Only at high tide did the ship break free from the trap I had unknowingly created.
An observer recalls the World’s Pair and coffee visitors at the Fair. The conversations reveal how long travelers have seen the show and how fatigue shifts comfort, with stories of food, seating, and worn patience after weeks of sightseeing. A well-dressed traveler brags of staying power, while others joke about needing portage plasters for sore knees.
Secretary Hoke Smith urges Congress to create a Classification Division in the patent office with 44 staff including clerks and assistants. Patent Commissioner Seymour notes each of 32 examining divisions handles over 14 000 domestic patents and similar foreign filings. They warn current classifications are defective and demand prompt exams to avoid delays. The proposal would cost about 4.00 per year and operate with full staff each working day.
The Senate debates territorial bills for New Mexico and Arizona, with Democrats arguing territories lack full representation and bills facing House passage. Quay and Dolph plan speeches to stall time, while naval construction dominates defense funding debates amid Treasury strains.
The article notes the treasury’s large gold reserve and exports as volatile factors. It discusses potential reductions in the gold reserve, the belief gold will return, and estimates a July end balance near 59 million dollars. It cites 1902 May to July export surpluses totaling about 90 million dollars and mentions New York hold totals around 75 million with 50 million in transit.
The article discusses a proposed arrangement to divert surplus gold from the chearing-house to the banks, amid demand for gold for export. It notes the fall of the quid reserve to around 25,000,000 and the treasury balance implications, stressing the need to maintain convenience and balance in the general treasury.
A Detroit Free Press interview recalls a 17 year old trainee who endured a strict martinet boss. After six weeks away on the road, the clerk returned to find the boss paid a long outstanding bill with interest, praising discipline and offering a higher post in charge of collections.
The New York Tribune recounts how Cardinal Lavigerie’s facial hair sparked jokes among Algiers clergy. A priest explained Africans mistook him for a woman due to shaving, prompting the cardinal to grow a large beard that soon became famous across northern Africa.
An elderly mother discusses entrusting house management to Phyllis over Dorothy. Phyllis is praised as gentle, patient, and capable, with a firm stand on important matters. The dialogue contrasts Phyllis’s steadiness with Dorothy’s tendency to resist and create strife.
The Victor Pneumatic tire shows no rival due to superior durability and quick puncture repair. The inner tube can be removed in under five minutes and is the only tube removable through the rim. Victor’s improvements keep pace with modern requirements.
OCR text shows jumbled lines with corrupted phrases and stray words. Despite chaos, readers glimpse a poem or ballad style piece with references to night, rivers, and distant shores, ending with unclear attribution to Marper's Bair.
A distorted OCR fragment presents a series of strained lines with names and phrases that resemble a personal note or letter. It mentions a wife, a kneeling or coveting line, a engagement or marriage theme, and a reference to a location or event described as a parade or solyr mei, all tangled in garbled spelling and syntax.
An OCR readable plea lists numerous patent medicines including Dullata’s Great German 25 Cent Cough Cure Bacon’s Celery King and Otto’s Cure. It touts quick relief for coughs colds throat and lung ailments and offers free samples from B S Webb’s drug store and Vane Den Berghe. It references testimonials from local merchants and a sales pitch for liver pills and tonics.
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