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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1891
Page
2
A 1891 commentary urges bold deeds for all to do three great exploits: give life, save a child, or win a birthright. It contrasts heroic battles with everyday acts of mercy, recounts case studies of sheltering women, and stresses Christian duty, urging practical aid to strangers, especially the unemployed and displaced, through faith and action.
Historical notes describe attempts to measure a light beam’s sharpness through ultra thin cuts. An experimental setup used a wedge of light between carefully spaced paper edges to reveal a clear, minute opening. Researchers calculated wedge gaps from visible light leakage to confirm the minimal cut thickness.
Fragmentary text describes devices and procedures for cleaning and preparation. Mentions a person tending to something and an entrusted device. Content is garbled and lacks coherent events or clear entities.
A Detroit Free Press article recalls the opal’s fabled powers from ancient Rome to medieval superstition. It narrates Sibbi’s discovery of a glowing opal in a cistern, its danger in touch, and his voyage to Cairo and Constantinople where the gem changes hands and funds mosques. The piece blends myth with travel lore and includes a scientific aside on moon heat measurements and a note on a new telegraphy system using Kynexronic symbols.
Southern pagers relay a strange tale from Thibodeaux Louisiana where Mam Khoa an elderly reputed witch is said to have died after a prolonged illness. Her corpse bore a cloven hoof image burned or etched on one temple provoking belief she sold herself to Satan for money. Witnesses dispute the deed while exhumations and cross examinations fail to settle whether the mark was made in life or after death.
The Telegraph in Europe notes that the United Kingdom sent more telegraphic messages than any other country, with Britain and its people dispatching vast numbers. France, Holland, and Denmark showed lower but notable activity, while Germany and others contributed to a high volume of telegrams amid varied uses and social content.
London produces about 750000 tons of household refuse yearly and resorts to numerous methods to dispose of it. Waste is sent via the Thames to marshes and treated at works where material is sorted through sieves. Paper is recovered for packaging, straw and fodder, bones and bottles are processed, and organic matter is ground into fine dry powder for reuse in various products.
A dated ad promotes Shilow's Cure for consumption and coughs with a free sample bottle offer. It claims benefits for croup and whooping cough and urges readers to ask their druggist for Sulloi's Cure and Stiteh's Porous Master, listing prices of 25 cents and 1.00 dollars.
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