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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1892
Page
3
A New York Sun excerpt recounts a trading schooner chased by a suspicious dhow near Flores Java routes. The crew, small and tense, observed nightly prowling, endured eerie near-captures, and debated whether the shadowing craft was pirate or spirit. The danger culminates as dawn nears Sunda Strait with no decisive encounter.
University periodicals published by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore include the American Chemical Journal the American Journal of Mathematics and the American Journal of Philology. A large number of university professors contribute to these journals.
A reporter recalls a near death ordeal in the Gereal country of the Kick Range New Mexico where Mr Rowe was captured by Apache warriors. They tortured him with threats and an eye removal, but he tricked them and escaped with intact life despite severe danger. He later recounts a second incident of being abducted by a hostile hostler, chained in a cabin and eventually escaping after thirteen days, with his captors stealing his money and belongings.
A correspondent recalls a perilous bear hunt in a snowy wilderness near a station. After a noisy chase, a native shoots the bear at close range while the hunters retreat to safety. the carcass is skinned and meat shared. The tale includes excerpts about cold, wind, and frostbitten sufferings.
Mr Lavien Barrow of Medina Kentucky disappeared after traveling to Fayette County to attend landed interests. A letter from his host claimed he had not visited his home for months. His brother searched for him but found no clue as to his whereabouts.
A North Plains Coin girl, of religious turn, refused food to a tramp and soon suffered a bizarre insatiable appetite. After failed diets and delirium, local doctors tried forcing meals and then reducing intake, while her parents seek a family remedy to avert "a threatened famine."
George Howell of near Muneve Indiana, a victim of consumption, tried dog flesh as a cure. He procured a months-old pup, killed it, and today ate his first meal claiming the meat tasted pale and promising improvement in health.
A garbled fragment collection discusses an elevated walk removal in Lincoln county, eking out a Sabbath sign, ancient hot air baths on Kiathtin Island, a new Hinckwell Island healing method, tuberculosis dust on continental railway cars, a cheap nose disinfectant, Wolfe’s comet observations, a German knitting machine invention, aurora Dorentis light theory, meteors and spectroscopy, German wire rope preservation by boiling graphite in tallow, and a trumpet shaped grease reservoir for rope lubrication.
Early reports from farmers across Manitoba and Saskatchewan indicate strong yields and high acreages, with many regions recording crops like wheat oats and barley. Officials note the soil’s rebound strength and government incentives aiding settlers, while railways offer land offers to attract newcomers.
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