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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
6
The article surveys scientific discovery, its mixed moral value, and dangers. It discusses Labrador Grand River cataract proof, parsnip cultivation in Guernsey, and social reflections on poverty and rights. It warns that safety standards fail when new risks arise and cites historical cautions about weapons and laws.
A sermon series on the Gospel archipelago aboard the Minerva during a voyage from the Pyramids to the Acropolis. The speaker traces Cyprus Rhodes and Patmos, linking Biblical visions to travel, lamenting Cyprus history and praising religious rise, with a vivid Patmos panorama ending in prophecy and comfort about heavenly departure.
Nellie Copeland of Indianapolis a five year old girl is sent to the insane asylum at Kankakee Illinois after attempting to kill her sleeping mother with a fork. Observations describe lifelong mental disturbance including violent fits and self harming behavior beginning in infancy with dangerous impulses toward fire and killing domestic animals.
A farm laborer named Veter Wein garter, sixty, secured a marriage license in Mascoutah county to wed Miss Famine Hoenth, aged twenty, without her knowledge. When she learned of the arrangement she assaulted him with a horse whip, retrieved the license, and returned it with the note Not wanted. Wein garter has left the community.
A Toston businessman bath incident in Bridgeport left one leg severely cut after his foot broke through a wash bowl. The gash measured eleven inches and cut an artery. An additional wrist artery was severed in the same accident.
In a letter to the editor the writer praises American naval fare claiming sailors are served vegetables canned meats and even fresh fruits via the meas fund. A separate report notes the murder of lumberman George W. Perdar of Chrisman found on a railroad track with head injuries. authorities suspect foul play and deliberate placement.
A jumbled OCR extract reports a seven pound gold nugget valued at 4700, labor notes in Hoxton and California, unusual weather, traffic and rail terms, a Maine gold find, age calculation by Chinese customs, domesticating Japanese pheasants in California, spring saddle mechanisms, Boston hospitality, and a stray anecdote about a horse stable guest.
A garbled excerpt from a Demorest's Family Magazine advertisement touts it as a great treasure for family readers. It urges sending 10 cents to W Jennings Demorest of New York for a sample copy, claiming the publication provides day’s subjects, homekeeping tips, and guidance for men women and children, with the aim to prove it the best informed family periodical.
An early fake medical remedy advertisement touts Shiloh's Cure as a universal cure for coughs throat and lung disease. It claims nationwide distribution samples and urges buyers to ask their pharmacist, listing prices from 10 cents to 1 dollar and a porous plaster.
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