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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1888
Page
5
A Western Christian Advocate tale recalls Robert Grier, famed almanac predictor, and his claim that a boy with his father’s almanac foretold rain. The story ends with the boy revealing his father’s almanac lied about no rain, while the farmer was soaked.
Cor correspondent from New York World reports London hospitals offer free care to many, yet Dr Campbell notes that many applicants are well dressed and prosperous. He observes a striking well off patient, a continent‑bound aspirant to operatic stardom, always with her brother. Personal exams by clinic students are deemphasized, and the well to do endure this to avoid private fees.
A Bavarian legend claims Kaiser Wilhelm II gains years from a magical spirit thus preserving strength to rule. The tale says drops were offered to Moltke and others while he withholds it from the Crown Prince for fear of weakening the heir. Gazette report notes many monarchs sought the secret but none secured it.
A report from the Society of Physiciana at Charity Hospital in Berlin details a railway worker shaken by a sudden train movement. He developed rapid cognitive loss, anesthesia, headaches, sensory deficits, and later melancholia, with partial recovery yet lasting weakness. Thomsen calls this “railway brain” a cerebral disturbance from shock, urging continued study of surviving cases to understand lasting neural damage and legal implications for rail firms.
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