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The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1888

Page

4

Breakfast to dinner a daily meal guide from 1890s times

A column on meal timing and appetite argues that a hearty breakfast prevents indigestion and improves mood, while skipping breakfast leads to discomfort and hunger. It cites alcohol use and morning appetite, and tells a London trade anecdote about Mr Blaine learning a linguistic nuance in a naval bootmakers shop in Lancashire.

Jess Tippling Philadelphia Europe Blaine London Lancashire Lonion Mr. Blaine. Fishman

Wild Beasts in India Kill Twenty Five Thousand in One Year

The latest official report for 1586 tallies 24 541 people killed in India by wild beasts. Snakes caused 28 deaths, big cats 114, elephants 2, hyenas 1,160 by other animals including scorpions jackals boars crocodiles and foxes. Tigers wolves bears and hyenas led human fatalities while overall beast destruction rose, with rewards paid increasing.

India Acreass

Different Dfferent Street Car Conversation Ends In Advice

Two women on a street car discuss a bad cold. One asserts a strong remedy while the other remarks a gentler alternative. The exchange turns to morality and propriety, ending with a suggestion of ginger tea as a nightly cold remedy.

Ani Cwlly

A Sea Story From An Ocean Tale

A fragmented sea tale claims the ship la Tredaie caught fire from spontaneous abortion. It supposedly was abandoned, drifted for eight months, burned for eleven days longer, then towed into a repair yard and rebuilt as a warship serving in the Clitic trate.

Yton Transcript la Tredaie

Learning Prose Craft in Stevenson and Hawthorne

A reflective piece compares Louis Stevenson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, noting how their youth practices of daily descriptive writing shaped lasting prose style. It cites critics praising Stevenson’s word choice and Hawthorne’s meticulous recording of daily experiences as foundational to mastery, with lessons drawn from European and American literary tradition.

Mayer Roth Stevenson Nathaniel Hawthorne Mawthorne Nioge Jil Dagberry Hawthorne Lathen Mentana Franklin Poe Ili Wistar Sitan Milton Edmund Dake Verdi Strongili Ant Saintertionve Jimeeli Goethe Burns Heine Puina

St. Louis Lecturer In New York City Plans

Around the county notes Leon Heard in Stolen and Dr Wheeler of St Louis is in New York City taking a course of lectures. Frank Thutterfeld of Newark damaged in hiding timber and Adam Gwhiner seeks $400 damages from a defective sidewalk. The Odd Fellows organize a lodge at Edgewood above Sisson’s store. Miss Adams Alma at home for holidays. W H L Taft visits Grand Rapids for the week. Stella Conn Saginaw visiting Knouse. Xmas eve party at Amus hall. Young people attend ball at Mima Tuesday night. LN Booth returns from St Paul Mo for Xmas with family. Riverdale reports dull business due to wet weather. Albert Strong of Saginaw visits town. employed with Wells Stone Mercantile Co.

Dr. Wheeler St. Louis New York City Frank Thutterfeld Newark Adam Gwhiner Ithaca Odd Fellows Edgewood Sisson Adams Alma W. HL. Taft Grand Rapids Stella Conn Saginaw City Knouse Atamus LN. Booth St. Paul Riverdale Merelan Albert Strong Jo Saginaw John Adams Albert Wells Stone Merchantile Co Saginaw

Elwell Happenings Summary of Local News

Nate Holiday, who died here last week, was taken to New Haven for burial. Reuben Moliday, Nate's brother, who has been sick nearly two months, is on the mend. Janne Milsinger is dubbed a great chopper and motor of wood. A Christmas Eve tree event brought numerous presents and happy children amid scarce wood.

Nate Holiday New Haven Reuben Moliday Nate Janne Milsinger

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