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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1888
Page
5
A 1886 Alma Record item recounts a curious medical tale from Enyclewood lif where a man with two broken ribs allegedly mended faster after a doctor advised mush and milk inside a corset. The column riffs on corset use and a Mrs Siddons anecdote, plus a string of light vignettes about courtship and city life.
At the ye ir hospital of Lambolaters in Paris they employ wooden tubs with pin lids as incubators. The devices maintain near 80 degrees until the infant is two months to eleven weeks old, weighing under two pounds, and have stayed alive and thriving.
A detailed, sensational description of cremation at Fresh Pond crematory Long Island. The article depicts the brick building two rooms the retort the glass bullseyes the furnace the heat two hours to reduce a body to ashes and notes the remaining ashes are placed in an urn. It also includes miscellaneous items on chestnut origins and wedding presents and fashion trends.
A Georgia reader recounts Mr John I Giddens finding a three foot venomous snake in his hat after morning routines. The piece wanders through jokey scenes: a Detroit man taking a fourth wife, sobbing guests, a Yale graduate with little business experience, art critics groaning over critiques, the Pope on colors, theater ushers and a Salem prayer mix up, and a barber shop quip about a clerk.
A reflection on train dispatchers who direct movements along spur lines, guarding countless lives. The piece praises their relentless vigilance, noting a moment of lapse could bring fatal results and stressing the extraordinary responsibility they bear daily. It emphasizes gratitude for these quiet guardians.
Miss Ethel and Miss Clara recall a compliment from Milas Ethel Mr Feather about a new dark velvet suit. He remarked that the wearer never looked better and noted a notable difference the dress maker had made.
A fragmentary recount of the 1671 royal banquet where Vatel, distressed by short roast and delayed service, attempted suicide amid a lavish dinner for the King. Gourville consoles him as seafish arrive and the feast ultimately proceeds, Jonquils scent the scenes.
The notice touts Ramston Cough Tradhes for throat dryness and coughing relief aimed at public singers and speakers. It also endorses Electric Bitters by a county attorney and a Kentucky resident, claiming malaria and other ailments are cured or warded off. Trial bottles free. large bottles priced.
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