Unruly Michigan notes and oddities across the state
A scattered register of Michigan items reports new tax rules taking effect December 1, deer hunting limits, water works fundraising in Newaygo, time standard adoption in central cities, a fatal road accident near Ewart, and various local incidents from Lansing to Osceola and Kalamazoo.
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Cadillac
Dookie Huck
Lansing Hiss
Kalamazoo
Crouch
Jackson
Newaygo
Tustin
Osceola
How He Cheated Them Smuggler Tracked Across Ocean
A famed diamond smuggler, pursued by New York customs, sailed from Antwerp aboard the Riyal with a Hamburg detective shadowing him. Rumor said the man hid the contraband in his thick black beard and whiskers. A Hamburg dispatch claimed he shaved off the beard mid voyage and remained unaware of the seizure until five days out, now aboard the Rhynlond with seventy carats aboard.
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Jackson
Meserole
Michigan
Grand Rapid
Jyman T. Kinney
Weat Michigan Lumber Company
Union City
Euugene Jones
Howard City
Jones
Decatur
Mise Belle Chadwick
Freeman Yarpley
Farnley
Kittleman
A. O. Fisk
Coldwater
Mavle Park
Aree Beckyays
Egypt
Selisieh
Semneh
Cairo
Gulf of
Herodotus
Reypt
Gulf of the Sea
Esneh
Assouan
South Africa
Great Lakes
Ocean
Arabian Range
Nubia
Minety
Upper
Middle
Sitcing
Figari Bey
Marina
Ciira
Metuphis
Thedaat
Remes
Central
India
Huziey
Rhynland
Custom House
Rosanberg
Rosenberg
Hcers
Iat
Rosenbe
Phiaf
Hamburg
Rosenborg
Metropolitan
New York Custom House
Ingain
Antwerp
Hambure
Hag
Seaman’s Free Trial of Dr King’s New Discovery
A rush at F G Seaman’s drug store offers a free first bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Regular size one dollar. Also a note on an elderly Massachusetts voter who cast a first ballot this year. A promise of rewards for cures with Electric Bitters and a quip about Ben Butler’s portrait.
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Roo Ona
F.G. Seaman's
Dr. King
Massachusetta
Sensible tonics and political notes across the papers
A collage of medicine ads praise Kemp’s Balsam and Ayers Sarsaparilla for coughs and blood cleansing, with refund assurances and free trials. The column also mocks political renomination, rails against party maneuvers, and cites Cleveland and Butler as figures in the era. Promotion of boots and hair balsam share space with scathing editorials.
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Mia
A. O. Hyde
Spiral Stairs and a Doctor's Remedy in Cold Brook
An interview excerpt from Parson P Perry of Cold Brook Mass recounts hardship and recovery. The narrator details malarial illness and weak digestion, then credits Parker's Tonicas with rapid improvement, claiming renewed health and vitality without other medicines. The piece blends reflections on life’s climb with personal medical testimony.
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Roy
Hostake
Parker
Wise Theory
P. Perry
Baptist Church
Coldbrook
Mass
Bucklen's Arnica for All Ailments Ad
Bucklen's Arnica is advertised as a universal remedy for eruptions sores piles and various aches. The ad claims relief for warts corns burns and skin conditions with a money back guarantee and mentions Beaman as the local seller.
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Bucklen
G. Beaman
Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters Ad Tout
A compact promotional notice extols Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters as prompt relief for pain, contrasting them with slower remedies. It emphasizes rapid action upon application, claims high efficiency from chemical agents, and cites Seabury Johnston Chemists of New York as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Seabury & Johneaon
Chemists
New York
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Detroit
Ferrerat. Pty Sag
Lansing
Vicksburg
Mich
Charles Miller
Ewart
State Horticultural Society
Haton Rapids
Niles
Haplish Capitaliata
Qontonagon
Thomas J. Navin
Adrian
J. S. Patton
Greenville
Grange
St. Joseph County
Ben Archer
Lake Shore Railroad
Goo, Marshall
Flint
Ludington
Hik Rapids Iron Company
Washington
Democratic House
F. G. Seaman
Philadelphia Press
Ben” Butler
Chicago News
Smith, Simmons & Peabody
Gen. McClellan
Democratic Party
Bouton Herald
Philadelphia Times
Benjamin F. Butler
Gen
Philadelphia
Ayer
Cleveland
John Kelly
Rhvinible Architectues Inn New
Higan & Ohio Ff. R. M
TSS Oor
Miles
Manhattan
Alexis Junction
Thawthorn Wan
Jammaria
Nonroa Junction
Ugh
Britton
WAT
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Stahl Teenngo
Cambridge
Mi i
Aullison
Teron Shu
UA Logen
Lno Ve
BS Pulswhit
Agusl
Searkville
Kellogg
Henan
Oom
Marahatl
Mrn. R. Tene Card
Ingwells Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Doxte Chola Grasa
Kensington
Chicago
Congo
Atlantic
Wagner
City
Bullolo
Ear
Wera Uchansa
Meilea Ig
Dowasgi Il
Bo & le du
Setae
Atonal
Ae Ay Jackson
BC Fares
Albion Area
Marshall
Lawton
Alamasco
Dow
Buchanan
Bn Pacific
StavIosa
San Homer
Bhierwood
Abarmond
Rivers
Sige
T. Shanahan’s
Merchant Tailor and Clothier
State Street
Cronin Bros. Block
C. W. Wehersteher
C. B. Webster
Pat
Jay Fallon
Ty Livesayer
Texas
Maine
Oregon
Cuba
Kper Mfg
Gregg
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