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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1887
Page
4
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A recounting of a stagecoach robbery in August long ago near Merced. Five travelers aboard a Stockton bound coach face an armed ambush by four raiders, with clashes over plunder. The narrator and companions endure captivity, some violence, and eventual surrender, losing cash, watches, and gold while escaping with life intact.
Recounter recounts an ascent to a rift high on a cedar covered mountain. Two men placed rocks on a ledge above the targets and dropped stones to stun the guards. They seized sixteen watches five pins and other valuables worth at least sixty dollars. They guarded the fortune and escaped before repeating the robbery.
The article describes the rising fashion of microscopy as a leisure activity with affordable gear. It lists prices for single and double power instruments, mounting supplies, and common accessories, plus the simple wet mounting process and dyes used to prepare specimens. It also notes a separate item about a monumental sculpture to Leon Gambetta at the Louvre and its delayed chrome work, with expected completion for January near the 60th anniversary of the tribune's death.
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