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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR indicates a meeting notice for LMA Encampment with scattered names and times. The readable items reference Wednesday and Friday afternoon sessions, plus individuals such as Patriareti, Citas, and Vicilare. Details are unclear but suggest schedule and attendees.
Washington reports in April that the Senate plans two bold measures targeting trusts and corruption. A key plan revives the Sherman act, imposes marking on trust-made goods, and restricts interstate commerce to curb trust power. The House considers pension and civil governance bills tied to Pacific cable funding and territorial questions.
Four persons die and two are wounded in a drunken disorderly house run by Mrs. Sioux in Windber near Johnstown. An Italian suspect is at large, with one casualty found beneath a South Fork train. Names include John Halverson Ed McCauley Samuel Shives and a missing Rifler.
The April 1 deaths include Mrs Guidfrey of Thuaca from tuberculosis and Miss Hunter from pneumonia. John RR Wilson returns from Ann Arbor for a short vacation. The Ladies Aid Presbyterian church held an Easter supper. The Caswell infant died of pneumonia and was buried at Emerson cemetery. A small fire at the Warrington House was extinguished before the fire department arrived. Mrs John Burns traveled to Morrill on L. O. M. business. Caroline Nichols remains sick. Also mentions Roy Pettie visiting relatives and Ed Breyman in the city.
April happenings show Beebe residents noting absences and visitors across towns. Courence Johnson and family sit at Mrs Wall’s bedside. Miss Ada Munroe visits relatives near Sanjay. Theodore Decker and Mr Wilips travel between towns. Measles and illness reported. Gilley’s returns home. Clinton Wiles adds to his house. Elizabeth Johnson dies. funeral at M B church with interment at Everson cemetery.
This item appears as an advertisement promising a universal kidney cure with bold claims. It offers no verifiable medical evidence and may be promotional in nature rather than a legitimate treatment notice.
An 1890s style testimonial touts Dr A W Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a simple test and cure for kidney issues. It urges self diagnosis with three questions and promotes the pills as a worldwide cure, detailing a painter Isaiah Manigold’s recovery and pricing at 25 cents per box.
Washington April 1 The president accepted Porter’s resignation effective May 1 and appointed George I Cartelyon of New York as private secretary, with other longtime aides and private secretaries noted. The Supreme Court ruled on who pays for postage on stamped packages in a related wage case.
In Forest Hill April, Mr Shiy becomes owner of Traster Parm, Mr Evans relocated chores, and Mn Ray continues work. Rose Newemb hosted a pleasant afternoon. Mrs Newormily returned home to relatives, with Pearl present. The Lady Commander presented Mrs Newcomb a rocking chair as guests departed to the social.
An advertisement from Humphreys Medical Co claims instant relief for piles burns boils cuts and a broad list of ailments including skin eruptions inflamed throat and insect stings. The note promotes prices of 260 600 and 1.00 with prepaid options and lists the New York address at Willem and John streets.
The notice mentions a questionable herbal cure billed as a universal remedy and lists names linked to social activities. April events include visits by Mr and Mrs Win Pitt, a surprise for Miss Myrtie Becker, and a Dora Wiley birthday gathering. Geo Katenhus hires carpenters for a stone house and Belle Shong with children visit John Witt.
Sumner mourns the death of Mrs Ed Medier once a local resident. Funeral attendance from the town is noted. An Easter address was delivered Sunday by Rev Chase of Ferris Center. Revival services will start next Thursday evening. Ed McKinstry, a Pettits and Bachelors news clerk, moved into a new place a mile south. HL Ferris bought a house. Mbert Conner moved into OG Hammon’s vacated residence.
Apr 1 update from Wheeler reports F Vanorman improving. Chas Bush and wife visited by Will Slypolite. Jake Wolfgang from town on Monday. L He Hoke rents Dave Lockwood farm. Mrs C Bradford visits Breckenridge. Scott Every of St. Louis visits friends here last week. W M Bradford relocates near Breckenridge to farm work. Mrs Bert Thompson returns to Breckenridge. Mrs Murphy returns from Barryton with Laura Thoms. Jobe Humbert doing repairs for Dr A J Evans between here and Breckenridge. Edith Carroll survives a Lake Michigan voyage after a storm, boat adrift and crew seasick. two box cars and machinery wheels lost from vessel North Wheeler.
The item compiles scattered brief reports from a newspaper page: several deaths and crimes including a misspelled list of people and places, a train wreck near Cincinnati and near Hainesville Alabama with fatalities, political conventions in Des Moines and Wisconsin, an execution in Toronto, and a Denver arson death. It reads as a miscellany of crime deaths political notes and local disasters.
An advertisement extols Del McLean's Livera Kidney Bath as the best medicine for coughs and colds. It cites testimonials about cures for throat and lung troubles, urges readers to buy from Sharrar & Mulholland and Hivine & Rhodes, and warns against counterfeit products while referencing local merchants and community notices.
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