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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1892
Page
8
A Peck’s Sun item describes Milwaukee streetcar riders labeled as wrong ear kickers. It details women perched on seats with parasols, conductors navigating crowded aisles, and various kickers such as wrong change dust and smoke kickers. The piece uses humorous observational tone to catalog behavior on city cars.
A famed German literary figure in a Chicago restaurant explains his soup remains untasted because he has no spoon. The waiter, unaware of his status, retrieves a new bowl, prompting the patron to reveal his joke with a calm, amused chuckle.
An old Maine settler recalls Captain Prout of Prout's Neck with a two gauge muzzle loader. In spring 1860 he fired at ducks gathered at a barnyard pond, missing the desired count yet gathering useful harvests of game. The anecdote appears in Forest and Stream with local color and rustic quotation.
The South Atlantic university to be built by Presbyterian synods for North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida at Annas ta for 300000 dollars faces approval. A Chicago student was fined for teacher assault leaving him deaf three weeks. Montreal teacher fined twenty five dollars for similar.
A young furnace repairman recalls near misanthropy softened by a school’s midwinter breakdown. He learns perspective changes how faults and people appear, noting that most growlers exist alongside thoughtful, considerate individuals. The tale, sourced to the New York Sun, reflects on outlook shaping experience.
An excerpt recounts a dialogue where an Indian observer compares America to Egypt, noting corn tobacco watermelons and a great river while a camelian Egypt shares crocodile cuisine only dogs, sparking Darweesh’s amused approval and a playful clash of cultural humor.
Guidance from the New York Recorder on preventing child colds during winter. It discusses causes of chills such as near windows, drafts, and cold footwear, and urges supervision of nursemaids. Practical steps include warming the child, chest rubbing, and limiting outdoor exposure to prevent croup and hoarseness.
The piece notes how many dangerous trades attract workers despite risks. Electric plants, wallpaper and leather paper factories, brass ornament production, and other fields expose laborers to deadly or debilitating conditions. A Connecticut firm advertised for young strong applicants for a toppling dangerous tower job, warning that few stay years and that death is nearly certain for workers in that line.
A fragmented 19th century discourse on ambidexterity argues left hand training benefits in education music sports and boxing. It cites examples from childhood development to athletic prowess and cites John L. Sullivan and other athletes as proof the left can be as effective as the right when practiced and balanced with proper instruction.
A detective recalls finding fourteen five hundred dollar notes and a score of fivers hidden in a bound bundle among a deceased man’s belongings. He notes criminals and midlife earners hide wealth in unlikely spots such as Bible bindings, chair legs, false ceilings, and even bedding. The piece emphasizes meticulous concealment over obvious locations.
At a Yerger mansion evening sociable a musical young lady performed a piece titled Sylvan Sounds imitating birds. Guests remark how her singing resembled birds yet humorously note she dines after singing with tea cale and ice cream, a playful contrast to the birds.
A newly married Prague couple planned a balloon flight to their Stettin home to avoid railway dangers. The balloon landed near Leaskow in Brandenburg, unable to continue without refilling. Deemed unsafe, they were forced to take the train, described as hateful and perilous.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and phrases about physicians, diets, and ailments. No coherent event, proper nouns, dates, or locations are discernible to form a factual news item or card teaser.
Fragmentary text shows scattered phrases about impure bina items and medical topics. Named entities are unclear due to corruption. no coherent event or identifiable individuals emerge.
A dated testimonial from S18eel Rimiston Stok, signed November 11, 1801, claims discovery of a permanent relief after trying physicians and a single bottle of Dullman's Great Germ Linkwent. the letter reports neuralgia relief and urges sale by Vio Deiorgh in Ohio.
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