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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1889
Page
7
Fragmentary notice urges readers to write to HB. Jobson & Co. at WH Main St Richmond Virginia about available work. The readable lines mention profitable opportunity and hopeful employment but lack complete details or clear instructions.
A fragmentary article surveys historical firearms advances from Ferguson’s breech loader of 1780 to 1814 rifles, noting Ferguson’s device and a century of evolving ordnance. It mixes battle recollections at Oriskany and Kings Mountain with reflections on the pace of weapon innovation and its impact on warfare.
In Din-city and nearby, a man explains how his father Law Becker bought a Louisiana State Lottery ticket at the March drawing. He describes sending another ticket to New Orleans, later discovering it won one twentieth of the $800,000 capital prize, and having money collected by a local bank.
A jumble of notes mentions Winnipeg residents, a Trumgvaal punishment, and South African press opposition. It references a Vienna museum opening, cloud photography challenges, and quotes on malaria and kidney disease. It cites various professors and figures amid medical claims and wartime rhetoric.
The Smithsonian reports a jade rug about ten inches across with a hollow center, linked to the Haun dynasty ritual. The piece, described as pale, is tied to a historic rite where officials offered flowers and bowed to the throne, signifying subservience.
A garbled historical snippet mentions Mudge Jowler, Afra Mouser, and Tir Huil's Syrup with a dubious claim of curing rheumatism. It includes stray phrases about Salvation Oil, a dealer at 17 North Broadway, and a line about over 2,000,000 youths receiving English education, all in fractured form.
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