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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1889
Page
7
A nostalgic verse urges nurturing youth with gentle praise and loving guidance. It envisions a home where affection grows like blossoms, with children's sweet minds kept in care and memory, shaping lifelong tenderness. The piece laments fading beauty and celebrates parental devotion as a gardener tends a tender family.
In Ludleigh the arrival of Uncle Archie with his wife Estelle Gerrard upsets family plans. Mrs Gerrard’s cold hospitality tests old ties as Irene Marshall and Mrs Kayvet plot to ease the transition, while Archie bears weariness and longing for reconciliation. The scene shifts to the Hall and a tense welcome, foreshadowing a troubled marriage and future strife.
Pryce and Mabel Vanwhan marry after a costly engagement and lavish wedding. To avoid debt they adopt a cash based life, with Mabel managing household finances while John supports her aspirations. Six months in, bills rise but they agree to live within earnings, expanding their savings to a robust cash basis. Over years they thrive, building a prosperous, debt free household and a lasting partnership.
A poem reflecting on a leaf as a relic of past springs. The speaker notes the leaf’s brown, withered state while spring life continues around it. The verse contemplates lost joy and love now desolate, comparing memory to a fallen leaf.
James M. Swank of the American Iron and Steel Association tells a Philadelphia Record man that iron's value lies in its recycling. He argues old iron is remelted, recast, and reused, with worn-out stoves, horse shoes, boilers, and rails finding new life. He predicts vast recycled iron and steel will sustain industry as long as population grows, reshaping the earth’s ore supply.
A fragment discusses alarm over appetite loss after overeating and the value of rest. It cites historical notes on frugal eating by Roman soldiers and Syro-Syrian workers, noting temperate diets and steady activity as models for endurance and health. The passage references the 19th century Journal.
Hungarian railways announce a bold fare reduction experiment likely to yield harvest. A ticket that once cost 1 florin now costs 0.8 florins, with broad changes reflected in the fare sample.
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