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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1897
Page
8
Fragmentary verse memorial tone notes memory and life. It names Anne Keove Aldrich and evokes a gift or tribute in a solemn reflective voice. The readable lines suggest themes of love loss and remembrance without clear narrative or date details.
An 1890s account recalls a dawn-broken clash in a Sierra Leone-Senegal frontier zone. Arab leader Samory’s raids, local Sofas and Mandingoes, and a night assault test British Haussa and West Indian troops. Casualties mount as bayonets flash, leaders fall, and treachery is exposed amid swamp and forest.
A New York visitor engaged to a Caracas heiress. After limited meetings, he slipped a hand toward hers at a window. The startled fiancée fled, erasing her presence in fear. She vowed to return to the Andes rather than endure further restraint and perceived danger.
The New York Journal rails at Mrs Jobe Jacob Astor and Mrs George Gould praising luxurious bathroom decor. It notes patient artistry in basins, porcelain fixtures, skylights, and water features, claiming vast wealth enables extravagant taste and urging cleanliness alongside opulence.
A traveler recalls a farm bull named Huts who challenged a rhinoceros. The beast charged, the bull dodged and struck with blows to the thighs as steel bullets failed. After a tense exchange the rhinoceros was finally brought down by determined attack and the bull expressed triumph.
A historical report describes a man who began laughing uncontrollably, with doctors dubbing laughter a symptom of nervous system issues. The text notes attacks, frequency, and accompanying sensations. it mentions unrelated criminal arrests involving thieves and a princess amid six months of upheaval.
A bright young man from Oak Park advocates cigar smoking as a social tool arguing it is an old man's duty to learn. He convinces his bachelor father to try smoking, gifting a pack of cigars and a pipe. after three attempts the father quits, while the son and his friends keep the ritual alive.
A garbled excerpt outlines a boy's improvement on an imagined programme with fairy tale whimsy. The Washington Star notes the potent tale evokes pleasure on a boy's face as he hears a fairy tale answer and wishes granted by a story’s queen.
A lively argument centers on the rising prominence of bicycles in society. The young advocate claims bicycles offer freedom and style, while opponents fear waste and distraction. Local voices note growing public scrutiny as more people ride and discuss the trend.
A fragment describes Catherine daughter of Dy Smith of Dumfries sending a simple congratulatory message to the Queen praising her reign. The note mentions a sitter and a pigeon delivering a brief personal message to the monarch and her family, kept in her room.
A scrambled report describes a petrified object labeled in salt stone showing motion suggestion. The fragment hints at a strange mechanism or feature observed by observers, with unclear details and names obscured by OCR errors.
In Gratiot County Michigan Kate of Biaciown county holds a mortgage dated July 28, 18xx to secure debt owed by Alpheus and wife Sumner Michigan. The notice states foreclosure by public sale at the county court house on a specified February day, describing the mortgaged parcel in Bum ber township and the proceedings led by Dananier, Attorney for Mortgagees.
Derault as mortgagee under a trust deed, with attorney fee, schedules sale on March 7, 1907 at 1 PM in the Gratian county court house. The property, located in Mickivan village, will be sold to highest bidder to satisfy debt and costs. sale to be conducted by Paine Attorneys Li Moriwagen and others.
A court order sets Monday February 4 at ten in the forenoon for a hearing on a probate petition. It directs publication of the order in a local newspaper and requires notice to interested parties. The case concerns the estate of a deceased individual and appoints an administrator if proper.
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