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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1892
Page
7
A damaged fragment describes a narrator recounting a false beloved, with vivid lines about eyes lips and teeth. A sudden wheeze and sneeze erupts as the beloved collapses, left eye on the ground, leaving the speaker to confront a gruesome discovery.
A vivid reminiscence describes a night stagecoach stuck on a prairie road. Passengers witness a dramatic highway robbery with three bandits, the death of a baby, and a woman’s grief. The tale also recalls an earthquake in Lass and notes Japanese opium laws, punctuation trivia, and a toddler’s henhouse joke.
A collection of supernatural accounts compiled by psychical research societies in England France and America is examined. The piece cites testimony from investigators and details several reported apparitions including a priest, a test of telepathic connection, and a double seen by multiple witnesses.
A tale recalls Gen Grant soothing the daughter of a Jackson ally who killed Ellsworth. The Fire Zouaves under Col Hilsworth first marched on Alexandria and Ellsworth was killed after pursuing a rebel in a house. Jackson’s daughter later secured a government post but faced removal by a loyal supervisor. Grant supposedly intervened, restoring her to her clerkship with a note promising no more persecution of loyal women. The incident is praised as chivalrous civic action.
A hunting party in a native village in Todia captured a female tigress after it attacked their camp pet cub. The cat later escaped its tether, and the tigress returned, devoured the cub, and carried it off into the darkness, leaving surprised officers to witness the dramatic scene.
William Baldwin time keeper at the Farrel foundry in Ansonia Connecticut shed skin after fever and eruption. He loosened skin at the wrist and removed it by careful work. The process spread to the hand foot and body with large pieces peeling away exposing healthy skin beneath. The skin shedding appears ongoing as healing progresses.
A 15th century tale from Kamehameha III of the Sandwich Islands is cited by Detroit Free Press noting a shortage of food led to a decree banning turning staples like potatoes sugar cane and melons into intoxicants. Penalties ranged from fines and labor to irons, with strict enforcement claimed to restore prosperity.
Letters from readers describe chronic rheumatic pains and backache relief attributed to Jacobs Oil. Claims include long suffering relieved after topical applications and internal doses, with testimonials from Mr Murphy Miss Alcott Mr Leake and others across several states praising rapid improvement and restored mobility.
An innocent Madagascar trader asks a newspaper how to act when his house is broken into and he surprises the thief. Not versed in local law, he seeks guidance. The editor advises to take precautions and respond firmly to the burglar.
Aged family of eight women resides in Vario, Sweden. Three are widows and five are old maids. Their combined ages total about 700 years, with each woman nearing ninety.
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