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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
7
A customer from Carmi Illinois testifies that she used four bottles of Mother's Friend during earlier pregnancies and that it helped more in ten minutes than her other two children did in total. The remark frames Mother's Friend as a blessing for expectant mothers.
A secret gathering of labor chiefs in Pittsburg on July 9, led by Sam Gompers and other presidents from the AFL United Mine Workers and steel, pledged coordinated action to support miners in the wage fight. They reported widespread coal suspensions across Kentucky Tennessee and much of West Virginia and urged broader union cooperation and arbitration talks with operators.
The San Francisco and Raleigh officers have been sent from Smyrna to Tangier to support U S Consul Burke’s representations to the sultan. The effort has yet to yield results as American citizens report harassment in business, restriction on hiring native workers, and occasional violence against them.
A fragmented diary style piece discusses breeding cows for winter dairying and adopting silos for year round feed. It cites Hoards Dairyman figures on milk composition, notes on Jersey cows, and a Bow Jersey dairyman favoring silage over summer feed. It emphasizes price awareness and prudent buying and selling in dairying markets.
An analysis of Richard D.G. Gilder's Century critique of Wagner Tolstoi and Goethe notes, arguing genius amid eccentricity. It discusses Nordau's Degeneration, Tolstoi Wagner Swinburne, and the notion that degeneracy accompanies genius, framing mental illness as a facet of creative distinction.
A New York World excerpt recounts Daniel Janin and peers famed for their delicate penmanship, including a quick Latin retort to a French critic. It notes how printers struggled with ornate scripts, and mentions colonial uses of coconuts in crafts and curry, with cultural tidbits from various regions.
Fragment from Temple Bar notes cats show affection by chest cuddling and kneading, resembling human bonding. The text links fondness for warmth with potential danger to infants and mentions a vivid scene of a cat on a sleeping person’s chest. A second fragment references a cry of the boundless coon of malstenoe and a stray line about time and a fence.
An account of lure evolution in Jefferson County depicts natives switching from flies to artificial baits after a boy with Adirondack trout tackle demonstrates a seven ounce rod. A Grizzly King fly lures a two pound bass to a Cedar pool, fueling curiosity and a shift to light wood rods and larger gear as locals embrace new methods and bigger catches.
A collection of historic precedents shows vice presidents sworn in before presidents. Examples include John Adams, Millard Fillmore, and Andrew Wheeler, with inconsistent dates and religious considerations noted. The 1799 instance featured a vice president without a serving president, a curious early government anomaly.
A Wabash Times interview reveals a local poultryman boasting his hens hold the world’s best laying power. He describes a black deck of 200 hens and a theory that black fowl outproduce others, recounting the mysterious missing white-feathered hen and a hollow potato cache with eggs as proof.
Kirk Greenwood describes last fall's hunting on a Wievele bike with a 22 calibre rifle strapped to the frame. He hunted gray and black squirrels on Long Island Staten Island and in New Jersey along with rabbits and game birds. The article notes repeater rifles and the idea of pistol barrels for portability, plus a Toledo wheel company device to carry shotgun or rifle on a wheel and other proposed wheel hunter displays.
In Ambaston Derbyshire a 600 year old loaf is tied to the Soar family descendants. Originating from King John’s grants, the loaf and related parchment deeds were historically conveyed with the bread and relics kept as part of the family’s property record.
An article from the State Republican in Lansing features endorsements of Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. It quotes Excitor General W. Stone and multiple residents and teachers who report relief from nervous and digestive ailments after using the pills, with testimonials of improved health and capacity to work. The piece highlights supposed nationwide popularity and claims the pills are best selling among remedies.
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