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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
3
A Saturday Review Orange survey describes a Chrina wedding procession in Cairo with a crowd, camels, carriages, and a concealed bride. The piece notes the mix of old and new customs, a circumcision, and the modest public behavior of Egyptian women as they meet strangers.
In Frederick Maryland a storied memorial to Governor Tom Johnson depicts the reverence of a people for a stubborn Patriot praised by John Adams as essential to the Revolution. The article recalls his roles with Washington, the first Congress, the Constitution adoption, and Maryland’s early governance. It also notes a new invention for recording piano music using a typing instrument that captures performance as Morse-like dashes.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune captures a peculiar exchange on reincarnation. The speaker remarks on Elia Wheeler Wilcox’s beliefs, while another asserts a different view, joking about figures like Gbo and a salamander in a colorful, satirical mood.
The article surveys professional chess players, their earnings, and the economics of the game. It notes a small number of high skilled professionals, some earning modest incomes, the rise of chess writing and books, and the travel and study demands. It also describes amateur clubs, social dynamics, and a New York chess hub with diverse players. It cites Paul Murphy of New Orleans and profiles a Pope’s private apartment in a separate note.
A Boston clergyman, the Rev. Robert MacDonald, is portrayed as sympathetic in the pulpit with an easy presence. The account notes his persuasive delivery and ability to move listeners, drawing them into his viewpoint. A separate fragment references a merchant’s beggar scene and a weather joke from the Chicago Post. The final line mentions Rostin owning a mine in Khersam, presented as a present from provincial subjects.
A Macallan's Magazine excerpt discusses mercenaries as professional soldiers. It argues fighting is often misjudged and that short service wars distort the old ideal. It notes disdain for mercenaries, shifts in training, and contrasts past soldiers like Valentine Baker and Helmut Ut Was.
In a tale from Youth's Companion an incident on a mother's birthday reveals John Dalton's color blindness. At age nine he presented his mother with stockings both he and his brother saw as drab, while she perceived them as bright red, prompting discussion and a moment that helped spark scientific interest in color vision.
A fragmented text mix recounts a staged house scare with a mistaken intruder and a humorous Boston barber story about misheard doctors and marple busts. It also mentions a teacher asking why every month has 28 days and a quip about expecting the worst.
A fragment describes nature forming silver mines as water percolates through rock, creating deposits over millennia. It then shifts to a China treasure transport scene showing bullion moved in logs of wood on pack animals, marked with imperial flags, with no guards. The piece also includes a humorous anecdote about a doctor and Pat Shinnegan in a prose vignette.
A Philadelphia man was arrested on warrant for assault and battery on his wife after she testified he beat her so badly she was kept in bed two days. The prisoner claimed he lost his temper when his hat was thrown back inside the door. Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Mn Mathartic, cure constipation forever. 10e, the. 11. CC. tall, drugevits rotund money.
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