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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1887
Page
5
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New York letter describes Mrs. Ferdinand Ward living in a grand Stamford home with three horses, while claiming an income under $1,500 a year. Reporters note her demeanor and speculate on her husband’s Wall Street fortune and alleged misdeeds.
Fragmented lines ponder immortality versus mortal decay with echoes of faith. The speaker asserts the soul’s permanence beyond physical change, contrasting material frailty with enduring inner being and universal spiritual truths.
A cautionary tale warns teachers especially young ones to resist answering every student question when they do not know the answer. The piece argues pride prompts false replies and tells teachers to admit ignorance, then seek the correct answer for the next class. It recounts a personal lesson about admitting not knowing the highest mountain, later revealing Mount Everest as the correct answer.
In Stillwater New York physicians report Avker's English Remedy as a positive cure for whooping cough and related ailments. Advertisements claim Shiloh's Vitalizer and Shiloh's Cure offer guarantees and nasal injections with each bottle. Also notices advertise farm and land sales near Alma and Maple Rapids with multiple locations and rental options.
A garbled antebellum style advertisement touts various remedies for "Consumption" with mentions of Belford wholesale paper, Henke of Chattanooga, and King’s New Discoveries. The piece reads like a quack medical pitch with distorted phrases and claims of complete cures, lacking clear dates or verifiable details.
Auction notices describe eighty acres in Arcada Township, including the west half of the southwest quarter of Section seventeen, with bids for partially improved farmland. The listing references the Model Bar and states prices in ten cent bottles, alongside a barter or sale of six eighty acre lots at a bargain through JW MeLEOp.
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