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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1891
Page
6
A broad survey discusses European social and economic policy, irrigation, and the dangers of lax laws on explosives. It critiques temperance cures, cites eminent domain and public welfare in resource use, and condemns Jay Gould as a symbolic highwayman whose wealth shields him from punishment.
A Brooklyn sermon cites Egypt and Exodus to compare ancient tyranny with modern labor and domestic oppression. The preacher condemns tax burdens, wage slavery, and abusive husbands, urging liberation through Exodus and the emancipating gospel.
A New York Greek scholar, once famed for his mastery, laments that whiskey has ruined his career. He recounts a chance encounter on Sixth Avenue and reflects on how his abilities declined while he worked on a popular work about ancient Grecian divinities.
A historical overview of Westminster Abbey as royal burial site and coronation venue. It notes Chaucer and other notables honored there, ongoing space shortages, a royal commission’s unclear recommendations, and the difficulty of expanding a sacred edifice without offending antiquarian sensibilities.
Lady Oavis Taylour, soon to marry Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck, is regarded as among London society’s most beautiful women. She is tall and slender with striking features and pale hair, wearing a white feather. Her high spirit is noted as part of her character.
A compiled list translates and preserves a column of Native American names for New England rivers and places. It pairs names like Chicopee, Skowhegan, Merrimac, and Monadnook with rough English meanings, noting locations from lakes to falls and rivers across the region.
At the Boston Maritime Exhibition a new Cold Blast Water Still distills water into fresh sparkling drinking water. The device uses simple design to process water and produces a victor water perceived as lively and clear, with a suggestion of malt-like flavor from the method.
A garbled clipping from Danbury Connecticut mentions a two year old baby and a claim about a “queen of Italy” with an 87 000 dress. The text also references a woman who is “honest” and a notion of catching something by the bir and an Atlanta note about twenty one children, all part of an unclear historical snippet.
An advertisement touts Shiloh s Cure as a peerless medical breakthrough. It claims free sample bottles across the U S and Canada, urges use for coughs sore throats and croup, and lists prices 10c 50c and 1.00 for the remedy and a Shiloh s Porous Plaster at 25c.
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