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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1891
Page
6
An excerpted prose piece discusses sociocultural values, discipline, and the dangers of self indulgence. It weighs private pleasure against public virtue, critiques unethical commerce and legal practice, and argues for restraint, promptness in payment, and responsible philanthropy. It also notes rising divorce figures and calls for reform in legal and social norms.
A Sunday sermon extols God as the author of all rain and events, arguing weather reflects divine oversight. It blends biblical imagery with tales of tears, motherly prayers, and historical allegories to defend faith amid climatic ambiguity and human loss.
Progress in solar chemistry shows copper silver and vanadium moved from doubtful to definite. Rowland reports silicon likely present. carbon aluminum cadmium and zinc gains seen. Oxygen nitrogen and chlorine remain elusive though Janssen evidence suggests the B line of oxygen is earthly. Janssen notes on solar photography improve sunspot detail and doppler shifts confirm solar rotation but sunspot cycles remain puzzling.
A collection of curious notes on trained baboons in the Cape tradition and anecdotes of animals learning useful tasks. Stories mention a railway signal baboon, a baboon groom riding and guiding a horse, and a troupe of monkeys performing tricks. The text shifts to discuss the tomato’s history post Revolution, Lycapersicam naming, and broader colonial racial demographics, ending with a fragment on petroleum use and woodworking tools.
A humorous scene unfolds as a married seal couple quarrels over playful mischief while a pelican attacks the male seal with its beak. After twenty tense minutes, the angry mate relents and allows him to stay. The incident draws a crowd of onlookers and ends without further incident.
Scent farming grows as an accredited industry in parts of Australia. Flower crops have been raised for scent production and a long-running scent farm operated under the Victorian Viticultural Society at Dunolly, illustrating established practice across regions.
A Preface traces the word preface to a greeting at meals meaning Much good may it do you, showing its original hospitality sense before usage in books.
An old ad claims Shilun's Consumption Cure treats whooping cough and chest congestion. It touts rapid relief, urges readers to consult a druggist, and lists a price of 19 cents with an alternative 25 cent version. The text uses medical promises typical of early 20th century patent medicine adverts.
This fragment urges women to use a method to guard against painful, profuse, scanty, suppressed, or irregular menstruation. It presents a single imperative action framed as essential for female health.
An 1840s advertisement from Bradfield Regulator Co claims two family members cured of menstrual irregularity after using one bottle. The notice notes testimonials and urges sale through druggists in Atlanta Georgia, promising valuable information for women.
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