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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1888
Page
7
A Practical Farmer piece urges contentment as the path to happiness on farms. It argues misfit farmers and wives spoil family life, while embracing purpose and sunlight in work, nature, and simple living leads to harmony and lasting success.
Practical home care guidance covers hoarseness remedies with egg and sugar, quilt care with potato mushers, fruit sweetening timing, tar removal using orange peel, fumigation with carbolic acid and camphor, and general housekeeping. Advice extends to brushing walls, matting care with salt water, velvet renovation with borax wash, and preserving grain carpet by cutting into strips and weaving like rag carpet for durability.
A verse from St Nicholas by X. I. Badcock contemplates Ruth’s birthday across ages from two to eight, noting love grows with time and describing playful lines about dolls and tea cups as the child ages. It reflects on which age Ruth seems most dear and how affection evolves in a family scene.
An observer recounts visiting a Pier 12 oyster stand where a vendor used a metal bottle with a stained label to rinse an oyster with vinegar after serving it in a shell. The tale notes the odd scene, warnings about unscrupulous dealers, and the crowded street humor of the encounter.
The description notes a northern offset for modern Jerusalem, a wall surrounding with two tuies and a binlé in circumference. It mentions gates Jaity Danmascus St Stephen's Galden and David's Through Jaffe as the main commercial route. A David-named tower and an 8 necitadel are described, with four quarters inside including a Muslim area where a tradition hints at transfer of control from Muslims to Christians.
A brief note on whether school teachers should marry shows Belgian officials quarreling over duties and leisure, with complaints about married women interrupting work. It cites Belgian laws granting leave but demanding payment, and harsher Prussian and Saxon rules. American teachers are reminded they have benefits to be thankful for.
The article notes nail growth varies by age season and finger, with fastest growth in summer and on the right hand. It ranks middle finger fastest, thumb slowest, and describes a humorous incident where a boy comments on making mud after rain, shocking a nearby lady.
A Philadelphia Record explainer cites a French study claiming there are over 46 lunarities among married men versus single ones. Mrs Hliffers notes the humor, while Mr Tiliffers urges readers to consider the social jokes around troubled husbands and their wives.
A jumble of 19th century ad copy blends medical quackery with rural mores. The piece mocks a town debate on doctors and remedies while promoting Dr Bull’s cough syrup and catarrh cures. It references Dr Pierce and Hall's Cats to boost sales and touts sensational tonics, nostrums, and deafness cures in a brisk, local voice.
A bloated advertising snippet touts Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites as reducing mortality among consumptives and subduing throat and lung infections. It promotes palatability, availability from druggists, and a trial bottle offer, with mentions of Brown’s bronchial troches and Kemp’s Halsam for throat and lungs.
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