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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
4
The notice promotes the Krenn Iy as a premier advertising medium reaching most homes in Gratiot County and nearby towns. It states that advertisements must be hand delivered, not later than Wednesday by noon, to ensure inclusion.
October weather warms Alma as carpenters reap a bonanza with local and imported workers busy. Notes mention Clarence Neely of Saginaw in town, Ithaca merchants closing early on Saturdays, and varied anecdotes from local life, industry, and a teacher’s tale about a dog fight near a classroom.
A San Jose man claims a scrapbook once owned by George Sando rson contains a hexameter ode to Washington. A dealer in Alexandria area papers uncovered manuscripts and a memorandum in Washingtons handwriting listing mansion furnishings bought between 1759 and 1704. The itemized bill includes desks, stoves, mirrors, lamps, fabrics, and household goods, with notes on farms and a controversial letter offering to purchase a enslaved man for driving duties.
In Arkansas Traveler style report, Captain Mavilton confronts Jasper Payne, a well known Black politician, found praying in a hen-house. Payne explains he sought counsel and urging to vote Democratic ticket for Mavilton. The encounter ends with Payne offering chickens as a gift and a reflection on white politicians obtaining office.
A reader laments that English women forget sewing methods and recalls an old christening robe by Mrs. Grey's grandmother. The piece features tiny stitches, fine muslin, and delicate joining, described as a labor of love with meticulous yet simple work.
A Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind report debunks myths about blind people. It notes blind individuals enjoy smoking, learn colors, and possess normal vanity and bashfulness. The piece argues absence of one sense is not compensated by others, and highlights education and practice as key to skill.
A fragmentary Riverside tale centers on a storyteller delivering a children friendly episode. A boy and a girl listen as a narrator recounts a moral about affection and clever mischief featuring a mule and a chocolate ending.
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