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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1894
Page
3
An early 20th century school column discusses the origins of education terminology and argues teachers must understand mental philosophy. It outlines learner stages from five to twenty, emphasizing curiosity, language, arithmetic, geography, and the need for varied short lessons aligned with developmental periods.
Miss Mary Proctor daughter of the late professor Rick mid A Proctor questions Mars signaling earth arguing no inhabitants remain or could signal due to vast distance and atmospheric changes. She notes canals likely not signals and recalls her upbringing in Dublin England and St Joseph Missouri with a public speaking career and astronomy lectures.
The piece details Democratic and administration tensions over Hill's gubernatorial bid in New York, opposition to the tax bill, and fears of a GOP win. It notes administration tactics, silver dollar circulation controversy, Cleveland's stance on silver, and internal unease after a controversial Wilson speech abroad.
Fragmented state dispatches report September product details in the Atlan tic mine area near Heaton copper region and tax salt price moves at Saginaw. The Muskegon Reformed church care, local deaths, a failed bond, a new Washtenaw County Livestock Co receiver, and the Cadia West Bay City bond issue are noted amid weather and agricultural updates including fall plowing, potato digging, and wheat sowing.
A garbled dialog sample from a Street & Smith publication features lines about an anxious mother, a clock misbehaving, a singer with too many lines, a nursemaid baby’s thumb sucking, and a plan by Bachelor Carl. It evokes a stagey domestic vignette with unnamed characters and dated phrasing.
In a fragmentary, OCR like text a poetical reflection hints at love and longing. Names and clear events are scarce, but the lines suggest a dramatic emotional scene and a conversation that alludes to devotion and fate within a turbulent lyric frame.
A skewed OCR description of a wooden mountain ride called The Flying Mountain at Peterhof with a tall oblong structure, a central carriage, and side grooves, detailing the ascent and rapid descent mechanism, windlass lifting, and safety claims. It notes spectators in a grand seating area and an amphitheater for tournaments, with references to nobility and officials.
The Philadelphia Record recounts a vivid interview about Mrs John Drew and a child prodigy actress who later refuses to name the adult at her first stage appearance. The story follows Mrs Drew receiving encouragement to attend a festival and a rediscovery of old ties with Joseph Jellymon and other figures as they recall past performances.
The Chicago Herald describes a Chinese restaurant scene where the first ambition of a Chinaman is said to hate a splendid codtin and a poor man starves to gift one. The piece notes the altar-like table, debt avoidance, and a ritual of burning paper horses idols and clothes to aid the man’s journey to heaven.
New York Tribune reports about 4 000 pensioners in viewed countries who revive chicks from Washington quarterly in payments. Two thousand in Canada receive 45 000 yearly, while Germany pays six year and 70 to Great Britain. Wine checks total 126 100 yearly. One town in the islands gets 24 every three months, and four trips yearly checks are sent to those in Africa.
A clipped note notes that bathing in cold water can irritate the ear and may provoke inflammation. It mentions intolerance to cold water and the stimulating properties of sea water as potential factors, with a vague America connection.
A bustling collage of quotations and stray facts references an appreciative onlooker praising a worker, a serial story feared by many "Indies" and a range of household tips. The text also notes Meyerbeer and a pianist, while discussing plant hardiness and steamship cargo figures amid scattered garbled phrases.
Mr G W Makinsey, Kakunni? postmaster, recalls severe heart trouble since leaving the army after the late war. He describes palpitation, shortness of breath, inability to sleep on the left side, and growing alarm before his attention was drawn to a remedy or treatment.
A garbled newspaper fragment touts a Fort Farwest event and a New York style wacky item. It mixes local notes about attendance, crowded venues, and fictional cures, promising “positive cures” and money refunds with a long list of ailments. For Sale by B Webb.
A reader from Catskill reports long trusted relief from Dr King’s New Discovery, used for eight years with consistent success. The testimonial asserts the remedy’s strong record against colds and similar ailments, noting the product’s availability at local drug stores and its enduring value to households.
The patient was troubled by illness with trembling, loss of appetite and weakness. Three bottles of Blac k Hitters helped Edward Shepherd of Thirrshurg after a leg sore and seven boxes of Bucklen’s Nemen Salve aided recovery. John Speaker of Catawda, with fever sores, was cured by one bottle Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Swid at B.S. Webtys drug.
The May 7 start showcases the fast steamboat express No. 14 and No. 0s west, linking Muskegon and Grand Haven with Milwaukee and the northwest via the Que line. Daily trains except Sundays, Wagner Parlor Buffet, 26 cents per distance. Sailings from Muskegon 10 pm and Grand Haven 9 pm to Chicago daily except Saturday, arriving about 2:00 am. First class fare perks, beer options, low rail fares, and contact details for more information.
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