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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
6
A New York sporterian recounts a windy summer episode with a birchtark canoe and a crumpled newspaper wad used as a windproof aid. After failing to light a pipe, a Californian partner crumpled paper and waved away the wind, inventing a device to start a fire or light the pipe.
Fragmentary historical reminiscence discusses Frances I, once king of Nantes, and his era amid Italian unification. It recalls his stance against Italian unification, the Napoleonic period, and figures like Cavour, with notes on Naples, the Hedomyed line, and the failed cohesion of Italian states prior to unification.
A report from Dashowr reveals graves from the twelfth dynasty infant with a jewelry set including a wreath of flowers, coronet, pearls and precious stones. The discovery is credited to M. de Morgan and Mme de Morgan, director general of Egyptian antiquities.
The Advertiser notes that New York spends a staggering amount on banquets and dinners at uptown establishments during a season. It argues the city’s social life rivals Paris and notes these figures exclude private dinners hosted by the wealthy.
A steam craft described as a long steamliner is reported to have carried passengers across 65 116 miles in a year, a claim noted as among the best records for a steamship. The piece mentions a round trip of 85 miles in three hours and compares rail travel times, noting a total travel time loss near four minutes.
The article discusses Brigham Young's advocacy of irrigation in Salt Lake Valley, arguing it transformed arid land into productive agriculture. It credits irrigation with enabling controlled moisture, diverse crops, and increased yields, while praising the leader's vision of smallholdings, local labor, and self-sufficiency within the Mormon commonwealth.
A garbled report describes a young woman from Minn who visits a Washington taxidermist seeking an order for a furan and plumage related to a fashion aim. She claims she has hunted around the city for this shade and mentions a bright camiry Wied and other items in her possession.
A jumble of mis-spelled lines covers military topics, economics, laws, and technology. It mentions German forces, a 2 billion pound euro estimate, Vermont legislature, and British regulation in a chaotic mix with references to Joan of Arc and a powerful rotary gun, all in murky diction.
Clippings discuss ocean temperature measurement under high pressure, viviparous mammals, luminescent sea life, planetary speeds, sun Earth light travel, vaccination debate, Roman archaeology in Hampshire, Distant dye dyeing furnaces, and Sir Robert Ball's forecast of sun powered machinery.
A collage of stage gossip and oddities including royalties for Sanpers, Meaghannr’s Paris court win over a horse bill, a Gilbert and Sullivan plot outline, a naval mutiny tale on Ringarooma, and feats of telegraph and transportation history such as a long submarine cable, electric railway mail service, and a suspended power line across Lake Wallen.
The new opera EVANGELIMANN titled The Gospel Man features Wilhelm Klenal as author and Max Arvang, a tenor with a varied career, delivering a curious centerpiece. The piece, performed with great showmanship in Berlin, showcases Arvang among Bohemian elites and a cast of diverse professions.
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