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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1889
Page
7
Fragmented lines present a mix of archaic phrases and scattered imagery. The text references The Cherokee rose, dread, terror, and various invented names, suggesting a poetic, experimental piece rather than a clear news item or obituary. No identifiable events or persons provide concrete summaries.
A Wyoming Territory tale recounts a young woman of eighteen accepting a perilous railroad posting. Seven masked robbers threaten, but she signals for help via telegraph to dispatchers, aiding a posse and sheriff to capture the gang. She later marries the handsome superintendent she aided.
A narrator watches crowds at a Washington and State street corner and meets a fifteen year old tin-turned boy who once had a prosperous family. The boy works in a small shop and lives with kind people on the North Side. The narrator leaves with a sense that the boy’s home is broken, a reflection on many city families.
Horace Vernet, en route from Versailles to Paris, shares a compartment with two unknown Indies who mock his age and dress. In total darkness during a St Cloud tunnel pass, Vernet allegedly kisses his own hand and the ladies accuse each other of a kiss. He departs Paris pondering which companion kissed him.
A garbled passage presents a dialogue about courting a daughter, betting on a horse race, poker strategy, and dealing with a woman. The text is incomplete, with phrases like don t bet and what s the sure way of coming out ahead. It reads as a dated, misread excerpt of conversational cryptic guidance.
Two local brothers Lew and Dave were identical in appearance from birth to death. The tale notes Lew had no teeth while Dave did, and the only reliable way to tell them apart was by a bite test.
A social duel between Mrs Wheelox and Mrs Slatherton ends with scratched faces and a kiss, after pistols fail and rivals clash. The scene unfolds in Chau tauqua with Miss Leonia Dainty and Barbara Chandler acting as seconds, amid comic etiquette and theatrical farce.
A historical note describes rare all black dresses in mourning wear and a lively range of Directoire and Empire influenced traveling gowns. It highlights Persian and Oriental silks, bronze and silver embroidery, and lavish trims, with remarks on mohair skirts, camels hair coats, and broad variety in drapery hems and finishes.
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