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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1891
Page
6
A discursive piece urges valuing educated individuals and community virtue over wealth, argues for artful school architecture, praises diversity and American assimilation, critiques child deaths in England, condemns czarist policies, and extols a Christian answer to life’s questions. It laments gaps in physical education and Mainstream schooling, contrasting European and American primary art training.
In Carondelet known as Vide Poche, one Joe Marstall recalls a Mississippi River tale from 1849. A boat fire on the levee produced a drifting raft with a large chest and a drowning man whose partner saved the chest after retrieving life preservers. The chest contained the drowned man’s fortune, about a million, paid to keep quiet. The owner later rewarded the finder with 5300, while a Vancouver, Washington, note mentions a 6000 foot span and a 4 million dollar pier cost.
An 1849 to 1851 Colorado River crossing tale from Hartford Courant recounts a family’s thirst calamity on a southern California bound migration. A ten year old girl’s prayer is said to have summoned warm, clear water from sand, quenching the party near Cooke’s Well and guiding them to the mines.
A large modern railway bridge project in the western United States advances, spanning the Columbia River near the region’s edge as a major technological achievement in national rail infrastructure.
The United States may seal documents only with a presidential warrant authorizing the secretary of state to affix the great seal. The seal is used mainly on treaties proclamations commissions pardons and passports. The old seal worn out in 1846, replaced by a new one, and early vigilance contrasted with modern reliance on newspapers for information.
The article discusses how spoons became widespread mementos for travelers and well to do visitors. It notes spoons from England Denmark Norway Sweden and other countries feature handles and stems symbolizing national motifs and flowers, with windmills and other emblems showing regional pride.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes the menace of hippos on the Upper Nile and Nile crocodiles, and recalls man-eating sharks and tigers. It cites incidents of hippo attacks, giant Nile crocodiles, and a string of regional fatalities, highlighting India and other regions where wild predators prey on humans.
Ancient paper mills near Amalfi and Tivoli rely on water power from streams and the Anio river. Workers beat and grind straw and weed pulp in old-style mills, with new German machinery in some sites, producing wrapping paper and straw pulp at low cost. A separate anecdote notes a classroom scene about American discovery and a dramatic tale of a submerged mute in Memphis.
An advertisement touts Shilohs Consumption Cure as a unique cough remedy with a guarantee. It claims a free sample bottle in the United States and Canada, urging use for coughs sore throats bronchitis and croup with promises of relief, plus Shilohs Porous Plaster offered at 25 cents.
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