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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1888
Page
7
Fragmented undated text evokes Venice with images of sails bells and chorus. It blends past present and future in a lyric meditation on glory memory and destiny, referencing Venice and mystic tones as it contemplates art beauty and longing.
In a damp Cooney Island setting Mickey Finn conceives a raft to save his family and three goslings during a week of heavy rain. He builds a small craft, tests it on the pond, and guides it toward the house as floodwaters rise, enduring parental scolding and public alarm before delivering the stolen brood and goslings safe ashore.
An unfinished verse portrait depicts Wilt Visecuntt Assmao as a gentle noble king. He dreams of sorrow’s end and divine beauty, hearing dove calls and tasting breeze as flowers bloom. The poet moves through regal realms and awed by heavenly grace, feeling the universe within.
In a domestic quarrel, a mother questions why her daughter Flossie cannot wear a low-cut dress like sister Clara, deeming the style unsuitable for her. The exchange reveals family disagreement over modesty and appearance.
Marion Taylor later Mare Ann Taylor pursues stage fame after a coach guides her into dramatic roles. Her first Juliet falters, critics mock her voice and bearing, and her star fades. She later marries Mark Downes, but he moves on, and she eventually weds a comfortable mechanic, remaining content with a plain life. New York, Winter.
A garbled OCR note describes a parable-like fable where a speaker stumbles during prayer and a humorous line about a broken nose appears. The fragmented text hints at a moral about the present reverence for wartime sacrifice beginning early, with scattered phrases referencing memory, prompting, and a sailor-like scene.
A brief humorous exchange unfolds with Mrs Mood remarking on her husband's sobriety from the previous night. Colonel Mood confirms only two drinks. A puzzled Mr Blond Penicents asks what troubles the household or if someone is ill, in a light punchline.
A planter recounts an extraordinary scene in Ceylon where elephants of a herd removed a dead big cow elephant. They carried the body across a stream and up a rocky bank, then hid it in grassy banks as neighbors wondered how the body could be moved by a herd at night.
A friend proclaims he will stop bathing citing medical opinions from relatives and neighbors. The letter mixes humor and argument about bathing timing and safety, noting concerns about warming, cold water, meals, and nocturnal bathing while proposing an alternate routine.
A confectioner explains sugared violets are imported and pricey. The buyer hopes to buy, imagining a large shipment, while the violet treats gleam with sugar coating, a dainty delicacy for refined tastes.
Sleepless people in America should seek sunshine and avoid shade to gain strength and beauty. The piece argues women are pale and delicate, while sunshine will transform them into healthier, more robust figures, asserting sun exposure as a patent influence.
A fragmented school lesson from August 5 1BBE outlines Leviticus and Exodus themes with discussion of offerings and atonement. It notes priests Aaron's sons handling the altar, the sacred process, and the spiritual symbolism of blood and life, ending with a curio about a Michigan head dyed hair and a fancy brooch.
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