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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1895
Page
7
An advertisement extols Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil as a universal remedy. It claims to treat pits, cuts, burns, cracks, ulcers, rashes, and various skin and bodily issues with instant effects. The product is presented as a longstanding cure priced at 1.60 dollars.
Concord and Muskegon County are cited amid a jumble of local notes. Fire and accident reports, crop updates, tax and pension details, a saloon dispute, and a courthouse decision populate the page with scattered incidents across Michigan counties.
A narrator visits novelist Martin Rayner at his sequestered countryside home near Salisbury Plain, where a village church, a vicar, and Miss Darby spark a provincial romance. After days there the narrator learns Rayner’s lifelong devotion to a departed love, and Rayner secretly arranges a future match by gifting a fortune to enable the narrator to marry Miss Darby, the vicar’s daughter.
Fragmented text references Detroit Milwaukee Grand Prix and schedules with garbled place names and times. Mentions a Paris task force or parlor carew and extra charges for distance with a sunset fee. Contains misspelled names and unreadable phrases.
A bizarre tale centers on a peculiar satchel with a ticking ring that intrigues a porter. The device, allegedly linked to a clockwork mechanism, causes murmured fear until a mystery unravels and laughter follows. The stranger reflects on a possible misplacement by his wife and unpacks remnants found inside.
A New York Journal report describes six young monkeys fighting in a downtown animal importer window. A restaurant worker’s cat appeared, hissed and spat, startling the primates into silence as they fled to a cage corner.
The piece argues chess is a dangerous intellectual vice that can ruin lives by consuming time and ambition. It likens constant play to mental intoxication, warns of neglect of duties, and presents a cautious view of the game's effects on character and fate.
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