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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
7
A Draremond Tenn merchant touts Chamberlain's Cairo Cholera and Bowel Remedy as a sure cure for dysentery with no doctor needed. Ads claim it, plus Burdeck Blood Bitters and Dr Thom's Electric Oil, aid health, while Turkish mine work details and a Rocky Mountain Tea promo appear among the notices.
The article surveys fertile lands along the Louisville and Nashville railroad in Alabama, West Florida and Mississippi as bonanzas for fruit growers and truck gardeners. It cites varied yields and profits from small plots, including radishes, potatoes, corn, melons, hay and strawberries, with notes on per acre returns and seasons.
G A Park reports on freight and railway work involving Louisvlor and Nashive Louisville lines. Officials discuss schedules, routes, and maintenance, with focus on co operation between the two railways to improve service and safety.
The Catholic Federation of Societies convened in Atlantic City with a solemn requiem in St Nicholas Catholic church for the late Pope Leo XIII. Bishop Messmer of Green Bay presided while Vicar General Fox of the Trenton diocese preached on The Late Pontiff. President Roosevelt sent regrets to President Minahan. Delegate Joaquin Ferran from Puerto Rico urged the government to record tithe lands in the church name and noted the shortage of priests. Mintant Hanska spoke in Sioux and was translated by Father Diliman of Rosebud.
Philadelphia reports Charles M Schwab will sever his official connection with United States Steel Corporation today. The executive committee will meet to consider acceptance of the resignation with W E Corry named to perform active duties. Schwab will also resign as a director, ending his official role in the company.
Aug 4 in Matewan West Virginia William Adair a timber dealer was shot dead by his wife after he fired three times at her missing. She pursued him with a Winchester as he attempted to flee toward the woods and killed him. She plans to plead self defense. Local neighbors and Woodmen were at a picnic nearby.
Advocate General Davis and Secretary Root release papers on the government glove contract with E. Ro Lyon. Littauer Bros middleman sales trigger inquiry with possible statute violation. Root and Justice Department to continue investigation. findings hinge on two missing witnesses. May Wed Duke notes Gladys Deacon visiting Anmdel castle. reports link romance to Crown Prince of Germany and potential Catholic ties.
New York residents Halpert J. Fink his wife and baby and friend David W. Ellis escaped serious injury when their automobile collided with a motor train on the Brooklyn rapid transit line. The car was overturned and occupants were badly hurt. Mr Bilis Hives in Flint Michigan.
Charles Reed, a young man from Barberton Ohio, was killed at Battle Creek Michigan after disembarking at Marne line by mistake and then slipping while jumping from a freight. Reed had intended to travel to Battle Creek and reportedly stole a rifle on the next freight before the fatal fall.
A testimonial declares Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cured long standing female ailments, restoring regularity and easing pain. It claims Golden Medical Discovery, Pleasant Pellets, and Lotion Tablets supported recovery, with one patient noting substantial relief after previous costly treatments.
Reports from across California describe Sunday night seismic disturbances with little damage. A San Jose center produced broken crockery and a fatal heart condition death of Mrs. P. M. Buston during the shock. Lick Observatory noted it as the heaviest quake in its history and the seismograph broke.
Conductor Devlin of Indianapolis killed when a pansenter train on the Ble Four collided with a freight at Taira Ohio. A farm worker murdered Charles Madworth near Mount Ayr Indiana. the house and horses were burned with victims found in ruins. Turkish troops in Macedonia cause official unease as embassies in Constantinople press the grand vizier. Norfolk and Western southbound No 8 wrecked near Portsmouth spreading rails. Engineer William Simonton of Columbus fatally injured and twenty five others injured. Six wills of General Cassius M Clay offered in Madison County Kentucky court. objections sustained to predating. Also, a sensational ad copy proclaims beauty for lonely women and a grand Indian industry claim with fuel from the Rocky Mountain region.
An old allegory shows a girl staring at a grasshopper while stepping on a snake as a warning against heedlessness. A man neglects his family’s needs to buy a cyclone cellar, ignoring a bottle of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for bowel complaints, a remedy praised as prompt and reliable. Available from Bivens & Roades.
Aug 4 reports from Niles Bay City Kalatwane Quincy Three Rivers and Bingham describe a violent storm with lightning wind and rain. Crops acres of corn apples peaches blown from trees. Telegraph and telephone lines toppled. One fatality in Bay City as 17 year old William Hill dies after being struck.
A Lan caster man F J Green credits Electric Bitters with curing years of indigestion and nervous debility. He says the tonic greatly aided his wife as well, praising it as a grand invigorator for weak women and a superior remedy unmatched by others. The review is backed by a guarantee from Starrur Mule Holland.
A long standing leg ulcer on J. B. Orner Fravkita Grove, U1, resisted four years of medical treatment until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed it. The remedy is praised for cuts bruises eruptions and piles and is sold by Shorter and Marbolland’s drug store.
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