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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1895
Page
3
In a shop dialogue, a customer complains a shoe hurts corns and seeks a design that won’t pinch. The clerk offers a new indented shoe and discusses black stockings and socks as factors. The exchange centers on comfort, fit, and whether changes in hose color or style affect wearability and foot health.
A Louisville man on a bridal tour to Washington learns his bill totals four for himself and four for his wife per day, prompting humor over the charges. The clerk explains the pricing and the story spreads from a Topekaville observer.
In a rural scene two elderly men, a doctor and a captain, share rough humor while rabbit hunting. A playful attempt to pull a rabbit from a burrow backfires as the captain unintentionally hurts himself, provoking stunned reactions and a darkly comic moment as they react to the wound.
A fragment from a New York World column discusses fashion and social expectations for an emancipated woman. It contrasts male gaze, theater box etiquette, and hotel society norms, noting critics urge refined dress and social polish while implying resistance to emancipation in public spaces.
London gossip traces the prince of Wales quarrel with the Duke of Portland to a failed invitation involving Lady Brooke. The dispute allegedly sparked by refusals to include her at Wellock Abbey and Tranby Croft, linking the feud to the infamous baccarat scandal and a potential future king’s stance.
Fragmented text discusses Republican hopes for national fiscal relief under Cleveland's administration. Mentions plan to sell silver bullion to retire treasury notes, the potential political shifts in the U S Senate, and key figures like Cox, Burr, De Vine, Claire, and party dynamics. Focus on finance policy, silver debates, and upcoming senate composition.
A fragmented Michigan wire of notes reports financial disputes, insurance actions, and property losses. Articles mention Monies McCantey and Jodie Abel, a barn loss near Manistee, larceny cases in Saginaw, and a push to prohibit certain contracts. Officials discuss land, bank debts, and state hatcheries plans for millions of trout and salmon, with regulatory efforts for food safety and fraud prevention. The piece weaves incidents across Kalamazoo, Traverse City, Midland, Flint, and Lansing, reflecting a busy period of legal actions, property damage, and government programs.
A garbled OCR summary discusses state banking, private bankers regulation, and public expenditure on travel for officials. It references exams for county school inspectors, the state's health measures for tuberculosis, a proposed state hospital, and debates over budget cuts and travel allowances. Names and dates are obscured by the OCR.
A damaged notice advertising a dubious business opportunity claims a shipwreck tale and a plan to sell a patently risky product. It invites readers to join a Columbus Ohio based scheme promising profits for both ladies and gentlemen within a few days, urging test use and reporting back through the column.
Bale A Ho and A W Stone reside five miles north of Breekenrides and 3.5 miles northwest of Wheeler. They report a quantity of seasoned lumber including hemivel soft maple and black with lumber for one. They will menish all genties of sized bounds, ereeting and bill staff.
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