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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1889
Page
7
An old garden scene described in wistful verse recalls decayed blinds, a crumbling arbor, a sunken path, and memories of flowers and neighbors now numbered with the dead. The speaker bids farewell to a cherished place, with a grim, bittersweet tone.
Peter Riggs, a penny pinching landlord with tenement wealth, dreams of more money until a midnight encounter with the angel of death spurs reform. He vows change, aids struggling tenants, lowers rents, and by year’s end has transformed into a generous benefactor, sharing wealth and housing with Mrs Mercer and others.
A young woman proposes to publish a manuscript via fifty cent installments at ten percent royalty. Five authors share the work, so ten percent of fifty is five cents each, totaling twenty five cents. The publisher notes the odd split, joking about profit and the impractical division among five, and rejects the offer.
An aged parishioner, once taught to confess her faith, finally proclaims amid ceremony that she renounces all beliefs. The tale, shared with glee by a cleric, highlights the irony of zeal and ignorance in a conversion scene.
A fragmented theater lobby exchange shows weary talk between friends about drinking and plans. Mentions Canada and Mother Vieturke in a dated, garbled print with imperfect OCR.
An American traveler recounts a San Francisco Call correspondent trip from Los Angeles to New Zealand. He describes vast natural wonders including boiling mud pools, snow peaks, and the famed Sutherland Falls near Milford Sound. The account notes scientific curiosity, a government survey, and the hermit of Milford Sound, Mr. Southerland, with vivid terrain from Arthur River rapids to viewing platforms and a two hundred foot natural shower bath near the falls.
Observers describe small garnets and rubles found among rocky defiles. A patch of asbestos is noted along with rich copper and quartz veins though unlikely to be workable. Avalanche danger and two large landslides during the fall hinder work, heightening unease at the site.
A Texas writer in the Galveston News argues overextended parental control in offspring marriage choices. She notes sixteen as a common decision age, warns against undue pressure, and urges sympathy between mothers and daughters while valuing genuine esteem over mere infatuation for durable marriages.
A letters from readers describe tools and machines seeming to tire or lose edge with use, then regain sharpness after rest. The correspondent compares chisels razors and axes to locomotives and suggests crystallization changes from heat and friction may explain intermittent wear and "tiring" behavior observed by engineers and workers.
The passage blends a creedal meditation on unknowable truth with garbled lines about darkness and hidden power, attributed to George Herron and Chicago Herald. It shifts to a domestic vignette about Freddy, a seven year old, and a minister and wife confronting a claim about a tower, presenting a collage of disrupted phrases and untilted narration.
The piece warns that spring diet shifts toward fat producing foods overload the liver and bile leading to health issues. It promotes Warner's Safe Cure and Warner's Rate Pills as remedies that purport to cleanse kidneys and liver, prevent blood poisoning, and prepare the body for warm weather.
The Iow A. Lin claimed 124 ounces of gold valued at 2200 deposited at the Philadelphia mint. He produced a worn receipt whose writing had faded from age after years in a belt. A counter claim by a New Yorker named Squelrs led to review by the first comptroller of the currency, who confirmed the California claimant as rightful owner.
A youth is arrested after a streetside incident involving a small pistol and a questioning officer. The story veers into a discussion of a Paris university article on health benefits and a product claim for Safe Cure as a digestive remedy.
In Atlanta a shoewaker claims to have crafted the largest pair of shoes ever. Leather measured estimates suggest the pair would stretch to 36,000 inches if cut into stripes. The shop shows a sales figure of 4 pounds with dimensions around 14 by 54 by 8 inches.
A young grammarian mispronounces a geography riddle about the Gulf of Mexico and four great lakes. A Lewistown father tests his son as the child correctly identifies the intended four great lakes amid the garbled question.
A chaotic fragment covers a child’s skepticism about creation stories and a prayer meeting anecdote. It includes garbled lines about God making man from water and mud, then shifts to references to Warner’s Log Cabin remedies and a curious advertising voice for various potions and cures.
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