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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1897
Page
7
The Milwaukee Journal relates a tale of Father Darcy visiting a Dublin mansion. The host parades costly bindings and shelves of books, claiming the desk volumes are his intimate friends. Darcy smiles and praises the host for never cutting his intimate friends, in a sly quip about loyalty to books.
A Bremen steamship Dresden brought a camel to Hoboken in a crate sized for a creature not built for sea travel. The animal lay down for days, hind legs paralyzed from cramped confinement, prompting a radical sling hoist to revive its motion. After the lift and some testing the camel regained use of its rear limbs and stood, ending the wandering woe.
Describes how lava flow cooling creates cave-like passages in volcanic streams. A molten interior remains as the crust forms, hollowing a conduit that can extend several miles. As streams deposit ash and cinder further, caves may stay intact in Azores formations and invite exploration.
A man living near Philadelphia reported a headless bird event. He attempted to decapitate a bird, but the head ripped away and the body hopped about. Moments later the bird flew briefly, then vanished into a pine thicket after moving around in a seemingly intact neck.
A fanciful tale recalls King Carlos of Portugal riding with a strong mount. During a nut hunt, the horse panicked and charged toward a steep precipice. The king allegedly steadied the animal with a swift blow, saving himself as the horse plunged onward.
A New York Journal piece reports astonishing cross species bonds. A lioness nursing a puppy, a Maltese cat caring for chicks, and a terrier and cat pair acting as mothers in shared homes illustrate deep interspecies care.
A fragmented report discusses relative tolerances of cold in different peoples and recounts a polar expedition tale by Dr. Moss. It notes a candle flame failing to melt wax at subzero temperatures and describes a candle skeleton forming in extreme cold, with a glowing tongue of flame in darkness.
A rare mammoth beaver skull from the Quaternary era has been found near the Michigan Indiana line and is held by George A. Baker of South Trend Indiana. The specimen, one of only six or seven with such preservation, shows the beast in context with contemporaries like Herkttedon and micgite therium, with teeth and bone structure described in the fragmentary report.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions kings, soldiers, and a government with payments. It references King Wihebert and King MWume berthawdienes, claims of fines and wounded soldiers, amounts in francs, and distributions among the royal family and the injured, all amid unclear context of Abyssinian ties.
An inventor, a Polish engineer, unveils a roaming military crematory designed to dispose of soldiers killed in action. The device, drawn by electric horses, aims to prevent epidemics from burial sites during campaigns. Testing plans are reportedly under consideration by military innovation leaders.
Official inspectors declared meat tainted in London and ordered it removed to the Smithfield market. Horses and cattle were weighed with 100 pallone each, the meat was slashed and defiled red, then treated with a chemical bath that caused discoloration and halted decomposition.
Two Austrian princes, heirs after Archduke Charles Louis, are depicted in a controversial 19th century career. The elder, Archduke Ferdinand, travels the world amid public scandal and royal discipline. The piece notes their inherited flaws and sensational acts that tainted Vienna’s image, drawing comparisons to a famed Neapolitan criminal.
The American Field condemns foreign and some American hunters for slaughtering deer antelope and other big game in the Teton Basin and Jackson Hole. It argues park laws ban transporting dead game and urges Capt Anderson, Yellowstone park superintendent, to enforce the statute and restrict hunting. It also suggests using Packson's Hole country for Yellowstone access.
A fragmented 19th century discussion on mourning customs for men. The piece notes heavy black attire and the shift from crape to crape substitutes, detailing how hats, bands, and silk ribbons symbolize grief, with variations by relation to the deceased and formal display practices.
Report from the international femiliat congress in Marie lot month Mine. Marla Dogon proposed her presence while Leone Towsade argued for precedence for the mistress of Woleleg-bowe. An uproar followed as delegates challenged authority, unsettling attendees and provoking sharp remarks about decorum and power within the council.
Detroit's famed Belle Tete was purchased by the clip in 1879 for 200000 dollars. Since then over 1000000 dollars have been spent on beautifying the depot.
Dr Selden H Talcott, medical superintendent of Middletown State insane asylum, argues that excessive early rising in farming communities drives insanity more than diet or air. He notes high farm related commitments in New York state lunacy reports and contrasts with low persecution in professional classes.
Mont Vangerous Merton mallsh Coney The Manwcles near midway between Fuliwath Rowdered at the Lived point are the Best dangerous point on our English coast. They extend seaward about three miles with bold spars jutting from the sea guiding ships toward Palmenth Thar. At low water rocks are visible over a vast area and frantic caution is advised for vessels approaching. Each winter and sometimes summer, wrecks occur on Jones rocks often at night when sailors lose their bearings. Bells two to three miles offshore warn vessels, though storms and high winds hinder their sound from reaching passing ships.
A Philadelphia Record item laments that young men show little interest in the details of Pasteur's life and the public readings surrounding it. The piece critiques their lack of engagement and contrasts it with past attention to scholarly recitals and notable figures.
A narrator recalls social dances and a New York Mercury comment about private hosting, invitations, and gender roles in society. The piece critiques bachelor invite norms, suggests dinner parties as substitutes for ballrooms, and hints at forming an anti-private dancing league with generous pay.
Publical claim of fewer cigars and cigarettes is contradicted by government data showing a ten month home consumption rise in cigars to 3,508,200,487 and cigarettes to 8,334,147,900. The article links increased female cycling and cigarette use, noting private brands marketed to women and higher prices per hundred.
A tale of birds using wings as weapons in conflicts from forests to swamps. A hunter is injured when a bird strikes his forearm. geese and owls feature in similar incidents. The piece also recounts a Texas congressman Culberson and a criminal statute, noting his vigor in prosecuting a case and securing a conviction before meeting the convict at the penitentiary with a pardon and the law vindicated.
Opeles and Mallomda report that during the Whit Manilay holidays, travel from the city shifted to bicycles as people avoided trains and cars. Railways struggle with the surge in bicycle use, while transit operators gain temporary relief from crowded routes as demand exceeds expectations.
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