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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1886
Page
6
A broad paste of anecdotes features Pimms Rdiver satire on tobacco harms and a dog that chews tobacco. It reports Phil Armour aiding a reader to study, Mrs. Gamewell returning from China, Rev. Seymour defending a vulnerable woman, miners in Michigan and Oregon wealth stories, and notes on a tempera ture certificate dispute, a Buckly contribution, and Beecher-Stowe health rumors.
A compilation of anecdotes and reminiscences recounts the infamous year without a summer. Old residents recall heavy snows in June and persistent cold through August in Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, with farmers suffering crop losses and unusual winters. The piece mixes personal recollections, weather oddities, and rural hardships, including a Vermont farmer’s dramatic tale of a man’s death during the cold season. It also touches on related notes about papal life and American oratory.
Correspondent notes the cargadores of Zacaneas and northern Mexico as the mobile labor class. They carry heavy loads with scant wages, minimal education, and rough living. Their garb includes a wide belt, leather apron, and sandals. They haul goods, timber, and produce through streets, often barefoot or in rags, under a migrante guard. Women fetch water. markets and streets teem with labor, animals, and crowded life.
A Diles Sun letter argues excess whisky supply harms farmers and the nation. It urges stopping manufacture for a few years to allow “deserving citizens” to drink it up, compare whisky to other goods, and reflect on prohibition-like measures. It includes anecdotal figures about barrels and government taxes and laments distilling ease.
A man describes a yearly swindle where a wife is pressured to settle back expenses from household items and wills. He recalls encounters with milkmen and collectors, the looming threat of lawsuits, and the tactic of organizing receipts to counter the bill in court. The moral is to paste receipts in a book to defeat collection efforts.
A Wolf Creek correspondent recalls a harrowing climb to a high rock near Bhull nunwerrain Taats in which King reached the top as hundreds of rattlesnakes emerged from crevices. A shot frightened the snakes, and King, fearing a deadly fall, leaped off the ledge injuring his left leg after landing some miles away. News of the incident drew neighbors to the scene as rescue parties moved toward Hiners and surrounding areas.
A San Francisco Chronicle excerpt recounts a humorous mind cure episode where a patient seeks morphine free treatment. The narrator administers sugar and water as a supposed remedy, and after she drinks a teaspoonful she sleeps well, later revealing the "treatment" was only brown sugar and water. The tale ends with the patient’s outrage.
A rural household reports a baby refusing milk, claiming milk is chewed grass. The exchange reveals a misinformed view of sustenance as an early curiosity in daily life. Separately, a note mentions Spain aiding Cuba's independence movement, with slavery noted as nearly ended.
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