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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1887
Page
7
A resident recalls moving into a new neighborhood where neighborly praise proved false as a lank woman forced entry, begged goods, and spread vicious rumors about the family. The piece then shifts to a social meditation on modesty teaching youth and warning against false propriety in early 20th century life.
The speaker offers a rambling set of directions to locate a farmer's house, naming landmarks like a red barn, a big door, a black dog, a lame duck, and a white mare. The route includes forks, roads, hills, and a church, with multiple turns and yard specifics, concluding with a warning about a dog and a potential false lead.
A late writer explains energy as a universal convertible matter concept. He cites Correlation by Mt We Grove in 1802 and discusses foot pounds as mechanical energy, the earth's impact if fully converted, and the sun storing energy as uplifted ocean water, totaling vast power estimates.
One of the largest windmills in existence powers flour milling at Great Yarmouth England. It has four sails 40 feet long and 12 feet 6 inches wide, extending 100 feet from point to point. With a 26 mph wind it delivers 55 horsepower and can grind about 150 barrels of flour in 24 hours. The millhouse is 11 stories tall, 99 feet above the foundation, and 35 feet in base diameter tapering to the top.
A chaotic OCR page recounts diverse items from knights of Sabo in New York to a Missouri nine-brother baseball club, dental and medical ads, weather notes, railway exports, and varied opinions on public figures. It includes names like Audram County, Hinesville, Wy Leable, and mentions of Hitchens house and Victoria Morosini Schilling Halvcamp.
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