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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1889
Page
3
A fragment discusses Warner's Log Cabin Remedies and their claim to match standard wagons of the era. It mentions H Warner & Ge and Warners log cabin medicine, plus a note on wolf issues and rural inflation affecting wheat prices, with scattered phrases about consular trade and farm tensions.
A vivid survey of opal sources from Arabia to Hungary and Mexico. It details ancient supply routes, famed Lunparion and Nonius gems, the fire opal’s hues and fragility, and the opal’s shifting reputation from superstition to rising modern demand.
A Wide Awake writer notes a New England woman who used thrift to the extreme after her mother died, selling or hoarding medicine and meals. The piece recalls a lifelong stinginess, including a biscuit fate at table and pin and pinholder stories from school days, showing regional frugality in humorous form.
In a New York Tribune note Sawyer from Wisconsin jokes about a local preacher famed for shrewd bargaining. The preacher, after attending a funeral, claimed to have “improved the time” by making 25 in a wool trade while mourners viewed the corpse.
A Cincinnati Time-Star editorial argues for flag displays above all schoolhouses while classes are in session. It envisions the stars and stripes sheltering students beneath its shadow as they study, and calls for lowering banners when school ends.
A brief exchange from the New York Weekly features a young lady requesting two pairs of large, comfortable shoes while a new boy jokes about a box of sixes. The humorous vignette captures social chatter over fashion and footwear.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Hulls Cough Syrup and other tonics as cures for coughs consumption and liver ailments. It touts remarkable results, urges readers to request two bottles via express and pays postage. It also includes praise for a Favorite Prescription and mentions New York sales and Government postage statistics.
Afragmentary notice appears to describe a family gathering with scattered phrases about fathers, sons, sisters, and brothers. It mentions remedies for coughs and lung trouble and hints at a free bottle offer from a local source, with unclear names and places.
A garbled OCR item describes travel promotions linked to a panorama exhibit near Paris and mentions Niagara Falls, a New York Sun stance, and a Detroit Woodward Avenue agent offering round trip tickets from Detroit to New York with a brief window for sale and travel in spring. The text also references a medical claim and various misread entries.
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