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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1886
Page
5
Fragmentary text suggests discussion of beading, likely printing or layout details, and subscriber counts. No clear events, persons, or organizations are definitively identifiable in the readable fragment.
A fragmented notice outlines subscriber duties and publisher liability for undelivered or unpaid papers. It states subscribers remain responsible until billing is settled and clarifies consequences if papers are returned or not paid, including potential legal action and fines.
A narrator recalls a nocturnal vision where a child appears, calls their name, and offers solace. The dream speaks a pure language of the sky, implying reunion in an afterlife. The vision tempers grief, returns quiet content to daily tasks, and hints at future meeting in love beyond this world.
A fragmentary boisterous collage of quips and parodies citing comic bites about money, politics, travel, and daily frailties. It riffs on talents, trains, umbrellas, and the hangers on of life with playful puns and dated humor attributed to Robert J. Burdette.
A collage of quips and coinages strings together odd phrases about dampers, pens, stamps, hills and mountains, shoes and soles, a pious printer, a bound book, fate’s finger, a husband’s deck, and jokes. The Detroit Free Press notes missionaries in Fiji celebrate Christian jubilee with a joke about eating missionaries, resolved by offering hogs.
The Hart son socialite May Mansfield, famed for beauty and charm, became entangled with wealth and deceit. After abandoning an earlier poverty, she married her coachman Will Whittlesey amid scandal, deception, and a tense divorce pursuit that led to flight and legal entanglement across New Haven.
A writer laments gender roles and aging, claiming women seek wealth and independence while men fear changes. The narration critiques female ambition, beauty standards, and societal control, lamenting perceived losses of femininity and traditional order.
A discussion on what defines a true playwright contrasts recognized drama masters with authors whose works endure. The piece notes that many writers fail to gain acceptance despite talent, citing examples of reformers and critics who influence a play’s success and the wary reception of new field entrants.
In Ottumwa Iowa a traveling minister ordained weeks earlier held a private ceremony for an elderly couple in his room claiming it was their marriage. The story includes a man recounting his parents long relationship and a mock wedding plan. the piece closes with a mix of quotes and a Wall Street joke about hops and a widow seeking divorce.
Fragmentary description of eighty acres in Ye tow ship of Arcada. Mentions west half in South West quarter of Section seventeen, township eleven, range three west. Notes distress and Atma but details are unclear.
Notice states Thigstar has disposed of a half interest in a drayage express business to BN Chadwick. Redman & Chad Wieck will conduct contracts and operations in first class manner. Debts owed must be paid promptly to settle business. references to local remedies and notices follow.
An advertised patent remedy named Shilor's Vivilizer claims to relieve Constipation and dyspepsia. Priced at 75 cents per bottle, sold by BS. Webp. The garbled copy preserves the product and price, indicating a 19th or early 20th century medical quack format.
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