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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
4
A Grand Rapids Press editorial argues for a state party organ with capital to run a strong paper in Lansing. It denounces railroad passes as bribes, notes regular Friday adjournments, predicts inaction on rail issues, and expects loyal legislators to be rewarded while passes are exposed. </s>
The Commercial Bulletin of New York attacks tariffs as inflating consumer prices while praising free trade. It cites past opposition to the McKinley bill and argues that dress goods and carpets remain cheap, arguing tariff claims are unfounded. The text references price quotations and quotes from the St Paul Journal of Commerce to illustrate wholesale costs.
The piece discusses price changes linked to the infamous McKinley tariff with examples like hooks and eyes, needles, Corticelli sewings, shirtings, sheetings, cotton prints, and window shades. It notes lower costs across hardware and fabrics, predicts further reductions in sugar and tin-plate, and cites the long woes of merchants and consumers during the first four months of the policy. It also records a business dissolution altering Delavan partnership and announcing new management.
A six ton iron wagon and a brick cart caused a dramatic Broadway jam as mules balked and cars collided. A red bearded man tapped the mule with an umbrella, the animal pranced, and police presence contrasted with the street chaos. The blockade lifted in about ten seconds.
A St Louis Republic excerpt describes a spider preparing for a skin change. It details the spider stopping eating, anchoring with web, and shedding the thorax and abdomen in stages. The creature appears limp and lifeless during the process but recovers quickly, seemingly brighter afterward.
A policeman on the city hall steps alerts a man trying to catch the attention of a deaf mute nearby. He notes the mute ignores shouting but reacts to shintling, claiming the behavior proves the mute’s sensitivity to subtle cues. The piece cites whimsical nursery and childlike remarks from Robert as examples of imaginative commentary from youths.
A garbled excerpt mentions paying out sums of money and suggests a remedy involving a teaspoon of table something dissolved in wine or cold water. It references a religious spouse and a banker figure, with scattered phrases about dresses and Sundays.
Chauncey Snyder tracked a large wild cat after seeing tracks near Overlook Mountain. A brutal nocturnal fight with his dog Jack left Snyder with a deep shoulder wound and Jack badly shredded, but they killed the 34 pound monster, the largest of its species ever recorded in Catakillaingston Angus.
Ruth Ashmore in Ladies' Home Journal describes a southern girl under an English maiden’s mistletoe wreath, a playful ritual kept through Christmas night. The piece notes a procession of kisses, the affection of grandmothers and mothers, and the festive desire to linger under the mistletoe while guests enjoy a light, chaste flirtation.
Paris Missouri note highlights young Harpist Prank Harris Pool son of clothing merchant John Pool aged six and a half. Described as beautiful bright and the pet of Paris he plays popular tunes on a harp with perfect time. He reproduces melodies heard on piano or sung and has been praised for renditions of Home Sweet Home Cricket on the Hearth and Patrol Comique.
Lawyer A B Bragg received a valuable cane crafted by a Massachusetts state prison inmate. The 22,500 tissue paper pieces form a culineiy rod with a German silver handle. Bragg represents the petitioner in a pardon case.
Fred Rackliff captured a large leatherback turtle in a river at St George. Believed to be the best specimen ever taken in these waters or within 1,000 miles. Its origin and arrival remain a mystery. The creature was alive when found and moved to prevent it from destroying the weir.
The Bangor Whig reports the largest pair of mouse antlers ever seen in the city if not the state, received by Thomas F. Allen from Andover, N B. They measure four feet eight inches across with twenty one prongs, larger than the famed Jumbo antlers. Mounting will be done by L. Crosby.
A speculative plan from the Armepharic Railway suggests extending an atmospheric railway eight miles up the Jungfrau. The proposal envisions two parallel ten foot diameter tunnels with cylindrical cars driven by compressed air, providing an elevated rail system and witty rails for the cars.
Henry Gibbs 31, born in Clay county Kentucky, has survived numerous gunings from 1900s era violence across Jellico Cumberland Gap and Louisville area. He was repeatedly shot in ankle knee breast shoulder side and thigh with multiple attackers including Cotton Collins Tunner Cole Griswold and Broughton leaving over 20 bullets removed. He remains active and jokes about long shooting days despite fifteen wounds and seven day layoff.
William Dodsworth, once a wealthy Ohio citizen, spent lavishly during a long eastern honeymoon with Hamilton, a heiress. Relays of coaches between Hamilton and Philadelphia drew nationwide notice as he burned money and lit cigars with bills. Now he faces a police court disorderly conduct charge, fined and sent to the workhouse for lacking one bill once used.
Mrs. Fred Robinson, returning from farming duties with her baby, narrowly escaped a high trestle collapse on the Lake Erie and Western line near town. Her dress snagged on a spike, leaving her suspended momentarily while bystanders rescued both mother and child from a deadly fall.
Hagermann of Morrisville lost use of his right hand when, after sleeping with it under his head, he awoke unable to raise the arm. Medical efforts to restore circulation have failed and months may pass before use returns. The Philadelphia Record notes a rise in national banks, while Hannibal Mamilin remains a tall figure in old time attire. An Albany Express item says yuan Juan arrived in Schenectady seeking work after paying $7.50 for a plot, selling nearly all property for $10,000.
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