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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
9
A fragmentary item describes a Partin city trend a school teaching blushing as a modern novelty. The piece mocks social rituals and references fashion, etiquette and courtship, noting the revival of a supposed primitive art among young women and the cultural commentary surrounding it.
The report outlines a total of 20 000 horsepower needed for the Paris exposition with 15 000 for lighting and 5 000 for motive power. It projects 440 000 pounds of steam per hour over 205 days and seven hours daily, totaling about 601 300 000 pounds of steam, plus 200 tons of coal daily and over 240 million cubic feet of condensed water.
The poem recalls mountains valleys prairies and coastal scenes. The speaker memories a dear old home hearing surf wind pine trees and bells by the shore while imagining gales geese and flying foam amid a dreamlike coastal landscape. The refrain elevates childhood memories and the enduring pull of home.
A perilous river rescue aboard a traveling craft unfolds as Spider dives for a drowning child, saving her and the mother’s life while risking his own. Passengers rally to aid the exhausted man who returns to shore, later joining a Colorado-bound family as a valued helper and companion.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls how a single gesture can surpass words in persuasiveness. Jones notes some men imprint power through tone and motion, with Brown recalling his father’s hand wave and crossing knee as the moment that impressed him most.
A Baltimore Sun Chester correspondent notes that the diamond back terrapin fishery shifts to Kent County Maryland with thousands in winter quarters. Sliders and red bellies fetch up to 2.50 dollars each for large males and 0.75 to 1.50 per dozen for the smaller variety. Females are prized for their eggs, which number 25 to many, laid in sandy beds near nesting grounds. Terrapins burrow three to five feet deep and are vulnerable to sun and nest predation.
A statement notes that combining hypophosphites with cod liver oil enhances value by toning the nervous system and imparting strength to the entire body.
The narrator, under Roosevelt era prose, describes a perilous voyage south and west toward unnamed ports. Warships pace the blue waters, drills and torpedo boat maneuvers punctuate tense days. The crew faces danger with resolve, aiming for a distant triumph in an unsettled open sea.
A chaotic fundraising attempt for U S soldiers in Manila collapses after a large public subscription fails to materialize. Admiral Dewey cancels the drive, stating public subscriptions conflict with American naval dignity, and funds are refunded. Consul Wildman and troops feel the impact as the episode ends with disheartened bluejackets.
In Brooklyn a lumber dealer with a peculiar habit accepts pennies as payment fees from a local Italian street musician. The organ maker, after several attempts, presents a bag of pennies and a smile, offering 2.5 dollars worth of pennies. The dealer agrees to take them but plans to curb further penny deposits for a year or more, seeking other coins to overload future bills.
The text contrasts Constantinople with European capitals, noting narrow dirty streets and modest private villas next to grand marble mosques and palaces. It compares the seraglio and public buildings, and likens the city to a grand yet divided capital with rich architecture versus squalid housing.
Ailest Worn in Miresneliteetts notes Mary Spooner of Aveshnet Mass who just celebrated her 105th birthday. She reportedly lived discreetly by walking and had resided in three towns without changing her residence due to boundary changes. Her homestead shifted from New Dedford to Fairhaven then Acushnet.
A correspondent from Tau sinne reports Lavaux district between Lausanne valley and Vevey, population 10000, boasts every prison in the canton of Vaud is empty of prisoners, with white flags raised.
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