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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1887
Page
5
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A milk room scene shows a Jer dairyman and his young helper preparing milk for customers. The story notes diverse uses from medicine to nourishment and quotes a physician praising milk as a tonic and even recounts a cow spared from the butcher to provide daily milk for a convalescent customer.
Henry Watterson writes from Switzerland about patriotic lessons learned after the war. He describes seeing the American flag waved from a hotel window, hearing Hail Columbia, and being thanked by a royal host who ordered the flag in honor of the coming Fourth of July, prompting the author to express renewed affection for the United States.
The article notes Mr. Tilden remained a bachelor despite wealth political clout and domestic tastes. It recounts a past engagement to a NYU colleague daughter of leading Democrats that ended when she fell ill in Washington during winter 1847. A later attachment to Leila Morse did not lead to marriage, with her family advising against the match.
The text discusses historical gold to silver ratios across eras from ancient times to modern periods, noting fluctuations from near parity to higher premiums and citing specific approximate ratios and dates as the discussion progresses.
A fragmented historical piece argues tobacco use in public is improper for gentlemen especially around ladies. It contrasts after breakfast, in transit, and post dinner smoking rules, mentions cigars and pipes, and mocks cigarette holders. It weaves in advertisements and garbled notices, reflecting period attitudes on smoking and social conduct.
A garbled advertisement notes a theater piece titled Consumption with a cast member Bos and Webb involved. The fragment mentions Shilab's product and care remedy, likely a promotional insert for a medical or health item tied to the show. The readable names include Bos and Webb.
An advertisement by M. W. Ellsworth & Co. seeks agents to sell works on the labor movement including The Tellinu Dewelords Trevellick and Tim SICCASFIL TOvARKEEPER. It invites editors ministers and intelligent citizens to own and read the book and offers commissions for active agents in Michigan.
J E Allen & Co Greencastle Ind offers 50 dollars in prizes for the three best word lists formed from the sentence Allen's Corn Extractor sent to their Greencastle address. Entries require 25 cents, must use Webster's dictionary words, and no letter used more times than in the sentence.
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