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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1889
Page
4
Fragments from a May 10 1880 issue discuss capital punishment for guilt, post office reforms under Wanamaker, a national debt totaling 1 101498, reducing April expenditures, and a long list of late 19th century inventions. The piece notes that those aged around fifty witnessed a transformative era of progress and scientific achievements.
Readers note the Alma Record and The Alou Ricons t celebrate eleventh volumes with praise from multiple papers. The Grand Ledge Chair Company expansion, steady employment, and rising orders highlight regional industry growth and agricultural census calls urge farmers to track operations for valuable data.
The former Michigan G A R commander Rev Washington Gardner now pastors in Cincinnati Ohio. He spoke in Jackson Michigan on soldier life and suffering, urging that pensions be paid only as moral appreciation not monetary compensation. He cites the Abbott bill and safeguards to avoid wrongful executions and notes the case of William Rogers as a reminder.
Farmers urged to visit Tara of L. HL Treat three miles south of Alma to view his Grey Percheron stallion and his foals. The article notes the stallion’s strong conformation and feet, his achievements, and a five dollar standing fee to assure the horse remains at the barn.
The undersigned committees ask Alina business leaders to keep streets in front of their properties clean and clear on Saturdays. Street commissioner will inspect and ensure proper sweeping. Citizens are asked to keep fronts free of dirt and filth. Five announcements appear.
A discussion of how facial expression reflects inner virtue. It argues that true beauty comes from within through self control gentle feelings and habitual nobleness, shaping the face and smile. External features and color matter less than inner character. It cites how years of effort cultivate expression and personal integrity.
The piece surveys how Macaulay’s eloquence and period voice resist easy copying, arguing that genuine style cannot be replicated. It cites examples of imitators and recalls dramatic anecdotes about travelers and officials enduring extreme danger with calm, illustrating how strong cadence and rhetoric defy secondhand imitation.
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