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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
4
A late 19th century reflection analyzes murder statistics from the United States over five years, noting 43 002 homicides and 1 118 lynchings with 723 legal executions. It argues public sentiment against capital punishment and ponders juries delivering non capital sentences, while touching on language and political figures of the era.
Ed Kelly shipped butter and eggs to St Ignace yesterday. Roller mills unloaded a carload of wheat in forty minutes on Wednesday. Rov Peter Wallace to preach this evening at the M E church for wage earners. Roller mills shipped five carloads of flour to eastern markets this week. Eight carloads of wheat received, five from Tonia. Will and Al Davis surprised at home with music. Mrs Davis served refreshments. Ladies Union Aid to meet Tuesday afternoon February 11 seeking clothing donations. Charles Turrell lease of Caple Hall for a drug stock. Walter Beck supervising repairs. Brotherhood of St Andrew junior branch elected officers. Dr L D Niles of Ann Arbor leasing church block offices. educated at M A C and U of M. Three Alma youths riding behind a horse. Ladies Aid M E church to honor Miss Schenck February 10 at the relief hall. Henry Brewbaker’s cow noted for high butter yield. milk tested twice. LawrenceMontigel ill. medicine contained chloroform, emetic given, burns from matches caused by lamp left burning. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Foley’s Honey and Tar promoted for throat and chest ailments.
The February program for the Woman's Club surveys Renaissance topics. It covers Italian mindsets, reality in Mealy, art motives and methods of the High Renaissance, Florentine style, and Bartolommeo. Papers include The Renaissance and its influences and Fra Bartolommeo sketches, with Art for Arts Sake pages 125 to 155.
Condensed testimony from Chas B Hood of Columbus Ontario and J D Brown of St James Hotel Fr Wayne Ind testifying to cures from La Grippe cough using Dr King’s New Discovery. BF Merrill from Bahtwingville Mass praises reliability and cure, while Mr Hen Ming of Chicago keeps it on hand for croup relief. Store listing notes Bob Webb’s drug store.
An item discusses the thumb’s opposing power in grasping within historical rites and early descriptions. It notes how the thumb’s unique strength enables grip while other fingers add support, referencing ancient ceremonies and a Chicago Tribune line about hand anatomy.
Reading notes describe kerosene use to degrease and clean chime vile and shades from a wounded bird care facility. The process involves washing with kerosene to remove grease, then rinsing thoroughly. Chicago is cited as having hired help to manage the care of injured birds, which are received and tended at the facility.
A sprawling, tangled reminiscence appears to mix memoir and poetry about wartime figures and events. It references Churchill era figures, allies, and wartime logistics, with drifting names and places scattered throughout. The noisy musings touch on memory, library collections, and a sense of historical echo despite garbled syntax.
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