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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1891
Page
2
A reflective column discusses gender bias in genius and character, the growth of language through common speech, and the role of silence in communication. It contrasts deaf education advances with social expectations, and muses on rural virtue versus urban ambition and athletic competition.
Dr Talmage preached at the New York and Pennsylvania Exposition in Elmira on September 6 drawing a large audience of farmers, horsemen, and townsfolk. He used Genesis 20 8 to depict the gospel well and urged all to gather around Christ offering eternal water and pasture. The address praised farming heritage and urged universal invitation to salvation.
A Chicago Herald summary argues Japan moved from absolute monarchy to a constitutional system by 1870, amid deep social change. It notes lingering feudal attitudes, patriarchal family power, and high temple wealth, with Christian influence rising and a vast shrine economy shaping society.
St. Louis Republic notes a strange summit marker atop Mont Katalitin placed by an Apparition tub to denote the weekly hourly distance and a geometric hint about the peak. The tale blends myth with measurements such as 20 inches high and 12 inches wide, observed during a strange street scene in a foreign setting.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a collage of names and phrases across various topics. It mentions Пан Newt Longt, Chan Mir Pylathe, references to geometry study, a hive, a band mistaken for cavalry, and quotes from Detroit Free Press and Washington Post. The text includes stray dialogues about cameras and odd questions from a natural history lesson. It ends mid-sentence with a reference to a biblical or aphoristic question about man's chief end.
A garbled clipping recalls violent incidents and curious tidbits from a late edition. It describes a heavy gun detonation near a railway, damaged structures, and fatalities linked to accidents and joy. It mentions magnetic Kodak markets, a fourteen year old’s death from joy, and a Clark County family tragedy.
A Salt Lake editor recalls a Chinaman saying he would return to China to buy four wives. He explains price as Pitty dollar for a belly good wife and two hundred dollars for a belly fine wife. A Springfield hotel keeper excuses a prior failed fire escape scene with a tale about removal after the first trouble.
An old patent medicine ad touts Shiloh's Cure claiming relief for whooping cough and catarrh. It advertises a free sample bottle in the U S and Canada, urges consulting a pharmacist, lists prices of 10 50 and 100 cents, and recommends Shiloh's Porous Plaster at 25 cents.
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