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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1889
Page
2
A fragment from Alma Record discusses Indian voting eligibility ahead of a presidential election, the role of earnings in voter alignment, and the potential party loyalties. It also notes a murder trial delay, a New York police court incident with a boy of nine, and dairy export values signaling American farming progress.
A visitor describes London’s Bank of England as a monumental wealth magnet. He tours brick and Portland stone halls, notes the cashier’s famed signature on notes, and details the bullion yard vaults, soldiers, and a vast payroll. The piece covers note production, destruction, and the bank’s role in managing national debt.
In Culpeper Virginia a colored family led by Richard Morton endured ten days of intermittent stone showers aimed at their cottage. Neighbors, a Brooks estate party, and Rev. Wm Roberts attempted to uncover the cause, firing a revolver at stones from a distance, but no culprit was found. Local officials and residents remain puzzled.
In a quaint tale two spiders enter a church and seek space to spin their webs. The altar and pulpit invite contest as the sexton sweeps, leaving one spider unable to perform. One spider grows weak while the other prospers, revealing a moral about effort and harmony in sacred space.
A remarkable discovery in Egypt reveals tablets or letters forming a literary correspondence 8 400 to 4 040 years old between Egyptians and Asiatic rulers. The Vienna tablets show dispatches from Palestine Syria Babylonia and western Asia. The find promises fresh access to ancient literary life and hints at more texts to come.
The New York World notes that inspector Byrnes was allegedly robbed by a pickpocket, a claim few would expect but reportedly true according to the source piece.
A Washington letter to the Philadelphia Telegraph says President Harrison loved children and collected baby photographs. Dozens arrive daily, many labeled with names like Benjamin Harrison Smith or Robinson. Photos show infants from a few days old to several months, some with parents, some in uniforms, some naked, with varied poses and expressions.
The piece muses on vanity in women and the public gaze while noting new oil discoveries in the Canadian Mackenzie Basin. It reports anthracite in the Rocky Mountains and a railway engineer’s claim of a high quality oil field in northern Canada, with Parliament having studied Mackenzie resources.
A mosaic of humorous exchanges and social observations. It recalls a society scene with remarks on aging, money, music, politeness, and conduct. References include mothers, debutantes, clerks, and a general sense of everyday foibles. It also notes a shoe strike, a drinker, and a joke about a national tileLagers union.
At the St Louis fair the Burlington Route secured first premium in agriculture and horticulture for a display of Nebraskan and eastern Colorado farm products. The Nebraska fruit exhibit featured forty two apple varieties from Fillmore County, drawing praise and challenging regional misconceptions. Immigrant interest and land settlement prospects were noted as settlement opens government land. An Archibal chemist near Birmingham reportedly found a method to remove phosphorus from iron for Bessemer steel at low cost. Roane’s test claimed success.
Food for Consunptives lauds Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites as a strong, palatable remedy easing throat and lung irritation and aiding wasting diseases in adults and children. The boring cutters' union, started in Baltimore in 1855, now has fifty five branches in nineteen states with headquarters at Berea, Maryland.
Card of thanks notes gratitude from cured patients of Kemp's Balsam and invites readers to try a free bottle via any drugstore. Mentions large bottle prices and potential testimonials. Also references favorable K of L prospects in Britain, traveler employment bureau claims, and a 20-delegate St Louis convention of Natural Typothetas, plus pamphlet offers and Paris Telegraph remarks about a busy city exhibit.
Fragmentary ad text shows references to a new Wyoming constitution provision about work in mines and public works, plus a claim for HALLS CATARRE CURE and other products. Mentions Burlington Route agent in Chicago and Cheney & Co manufacturing in Toronto.
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