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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1891
Page
3
The piece surveys declining university membership and shifting attitudes toward immigration and press freedom across Europe and America. It condemns harsh policies, warns against mob-like influence, and argues for law, liberty, and selective immigration control amid wartime and global tension.
The article unfolds a sermon style narrative describing a six day creation sequence from Monday to Saturday. It details light, earth, seas, rivers, mountains, vegetation, animals and humans as divine acts, with vivid imagery of celestial lights and Earth’s early phenomenons, concluding with reflections on worship and destiny. It also notes a later administrative decision regarding a veteran’s widowed claim and a separate, stark report on Sing Sing Cemetery for deceased convicts.
The Parla corresponsent recounts Count Vou Multka Dur visiting the Parle ex position with the emperor and Prince Bismarck in 1887. Napoleon dined at St Cloud with Napoleon and, after a remark by Moltke, Marshal Randen laughed and warned him. Napoleon later overhauled French armaments, adopting the Chassepot gun.
The 75 year old widow, heiress to a fortune of 173000, starved to death in Lisle over four weeks. Once thrifty and frugal, she earned food by begging sewing and odd labor, gathering coal from docks, and scavenging from markets. Her granddaughter, a sixteen year old daughter, inherits the fortune and faces plans for dissipation.
An amusing note on female posing as a trend describes women sitting with one foot on a chair seat, using the chair as a prop, and balancing while reading. The writer mocks the posture as insecure and fragile, suggesting it could topple with a touch. The piece cites Min Chiefman’s class and Cousin Mudie’s report in London Truth.
An unclear inscription on a San Bind recalls a temple sun dial motto and a builder’s note about “Be gone about your business.” In Port Townsend, eleven American sealing schooners sailed to Victoria for healing, with three more en route under British authority.
A Chicago public park clocks time by a floral display laid out as a huge semicircle. Stone in the center casts a shadow to indicate the hour, with petals and greenery arranged to align with the sundial concept. The idea echoes European work but adapts with local landscape craft.
An Allahabad Pioneer estimate suggests Nidias treasure hoards, jewels, and ornaments in India amount to about a lakh rupees. The report mocks the scale, noting valuables in Montgomery and Kulu areas and tied to a broader claim about wealth in the district.
The article portrays Japanese residents in New York as temperate, gentle, and well integrated with Americans. It notes about two hundred individuals, praises their melodious language, pleasant demeanor, and the respectful service of Japanese ladies, with favorable views on their social mingling.
A disjointed OCR fragment describes a man aiding a woman then a commotion with witnesses and a husband. The text is garbled and names or places are unclear, but hints at an incident in Milwaukee with a confrontation and authorities responding. The readable bits imply a domestic or public disturbance with bystanders and a consul or official present.
A reader wonders how to cope with rising prices and asks Mrs. Ruttlag for advice on purchasing wigs and daily necessities amid inflation, reflecting concern over cost of living.
A vintage advertisement touts Shiloh's Consumption Cure claiming universal availability in the United States and Canada. It flatters the remedy as a unique cure for coughs bronchitis and whooping cough, urging prompt use for children and promising refunds or trial options, with prices noted for the cure and Shiloh's Porous Plaaster.
A dated health note urges women to use a specific remedy to guard against painful profuse scanty suppressed or irregular menstruation though the text is incomplete and the exact product is unspecified.
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