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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
4
The Alma Record notes rising prosperity with new houses and business blocks, while contrasting optimistic local progress with political fears. It mentions residents criticizing deceptive labor-driven campaigns and laments a partisan divide, urging unity and continued development.
Anarchic squabbles over sugar schedules of the pending tariff bill spark sharp clashes among Senators West Jones and Mills. Amid calls for tariff reform, New England cotton mills plan steady summer runs under the Wilson act, while McKinley comparisons show tariff outcomes. Ex Governor Altgeld announces a July Fourth New York rally despite expected opposition. Gold in Mexico trades at a premium of 112. A wobble in the metal exchange underscores shifting economic currents.
A humorous column discusses Chinese beliefs about spirits hindering renovations. It describes consulting an astrologer for lucky days, placing a square token to expel spirits, offerings to unseen residents, and warning neighbors. The piece then shifts to praising agricultural science in China where farming has millennia of history and continuing skill.
A Mennonite match often flows through the minister who approves the union and guides negotiations. Engagements proceed with banns read from the pulpit two weeks prior, the couple may meet privately, and a lengthy sermon on marriage duties precedes the public vow. The couple answers affirmatively and is married in church before resuming services.
A curious engineering structure at the mouth of the Nervion River near Portugalete and Las Arenas transports passengers cattle and vehicles without hindering river traffic. It features two 200 foot towers with a suspended rail line and passenger carriages hung by steel cables ready to move at quayside level, offering rapid regular transit like a stationary inclined bridge. A similar pont transbordeur is planned over the Seine near Rouen by a French company, signaling broader adoption of this Spanish design.
The North American Review notes athletic activity aids health and can aid physical improvement when pursued rationally. Excessive rivalry may cause overtraining and harm heart lungs and digestion. Yet most sound youths avoid injury. many still participate in public contests, with 600 to 700 entries reported in major city meetings.
An Indian boy narrator conveys a parable about a young bird and a sly cat. The bird sings of doing right and hopes for heaven, but the cat treacherously closes in and kills the bird, leaving only scraps. The tale ends with the cat’s dinner and the bird’s implied moral.
Cyrus C. Thornton of near Bolivar Massachusetts displays an eight link chain of human bone fragments polished to ivory. He bought one chain for $50 from a former New York infantryman who wore it after Libby Prison imprisonment. The bones came from amputated limbs and took months to shape into the connected links. Thornton wore the chain for years, later only on Memorial Day and at reunions.
The Albany Journal tells of two English green reporters sent to a suburban town to cover an orphan asylum fire. The telegraph arrives with a cheeky message from the reporters and a terse directive to locate the fire and jump in. A second item, A Russian Joke, recalls a k yiddish style gag about youths and holidays in a Russian periodical.
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