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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1891
Page
3
Fragmentary lines lament yesterday and lost prize or laurel. A speaker recalls burying dust and crowns, grieving bygone triumphs. The tone is elegiac, obscured by garbled phrasing and stray phrases of memory.
James Mayne, driven by temper, pursues the missing jewels of Lady Merton. Detective Blayne tails clues from Stonelay to a semi detached villa and a Victoria hotel, identifying a neighbor and sister and proving the thief is within reach. Lady Merton recovers the jewels with Blayne's cautious aid, ending a tense fortnight of pursuit.
A dinner party tale unfolds about Simpson's boy and a dog that cannot swim. The dog falls in, the boy cannot swim, and the dog drowns while the boy somehow survives and later buys another dog. The dialogue riffs on a familiar twist ending.
Arold Brinkworth of Mount Sterling Kentucky displays a rare moonflower specimen said to be the only plant of its kind to reach the United States alive. The vine blooms white with a yellow moonlit stain, and closes as night ends, thriving on air with minimal root moisture in hothouses or outdoors. Also included is a brief anecdote about love at first sight from a New York Weekly item.
A playful yet instruction filled piece on weather talk. It surveys folk beliefs about barometers clouds animals insects and birds signaling rain storms and warm spells. It recounts jokes from London courts about donkey ownership and comic misinterpretation of a judge's advice.
Fragmented prose recalls Civil War era reflections on Gen. Wheeler and Sherman. Anecdotes recount battles and future U S lawmakers, with literary quips from Harper's Bazar and Philadelphia Record. Miscellany includes postal era curiosities, college enrollment, and wedding puns.
A narrator encounters a murderous-looking man in Roosevelt Street, who commits a brutal act and then shows a sudden mercy by buying flowers for a grieving mother. The scene contrasts violence with a moment of unexpected kindness, leaving the crowd and narrator moved by a moral transformation.
The article describes making tea dust into tablets at Hankow factories tied to Russian trade. It notes dust costs about 20 cents per pound, tablets weigh two and a half ounces, are formed under heavy pressure, wrapped in foil and paper, then packed for export to Russia. It mentions travel convenience and compares tablet ten to leaf tea. The piece also features assorted India and cow references, plus a dialogue ending with a quip about courage and death.
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