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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1891
Page
7
A fragmentary verse urging kindness and cheerful deeds while time and fate shift. The speaker pleads for a kind word or act, noting how people and moments fade like shifting shadows. Reflects on impermanence and the human impulse to give before time ends.
A fourteen year old boy saves a child from a truck accident and, gravely injured, earns the trust of a surgeon, a capitalist, and a doctor. They pledge to ensure his future by funding a farm for him and his siblings, gifting tools and support while he recovers. The story follows his recovery, the gift of a farm, and the family’s rise from hardship to hopeful prosperity with the surgeons and philanthropist watching over them.
A mosaic of relic legends and spectral episodes unfolds from historical text. It recounts Mahomet’s mythical ascent on a mysterious beast, lunar omens around Mecca, and a moon’s miniature voyage, interwoven with a haunted narrative about Dorothy, Ally, and Mr. Penfold. A market tale closes, detailing frog catching fortunes in New England.
The article notes over 20,000,000 cigars are produced daily in the United States and about 420,000 boxes are needed to contain them. It mentions box production nationwide and sources timber from Central America and the West Indies. It also highlights Miss Courtney Wolthal, daughter of Senator Jim Missivelppi, as a noted Washington social figure described as a prettiest young woman in the penticular circle.
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