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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
6
The report notes cautious progress at the Hague conference as powers consider suspending armaments and easing military constraints. Delegates seek a path to international peace without compromising sovereign rights while evaluating the czar's proposals amid ongoing war concerns.
A double disaster leaves dozens dead as a trolley crash at Bridgeport Connecticut and a ferry gang plank collapse at Bar Harbor Maine. the Bridgeport incident involves a trolley car plunge from a trestle with multiple fatalities, while Bar Harbor sees a mass casualty on a hinged ferry plank affording a deadly fall into the water. Police and hospital crews rushed to aid victims as rail and harbor authorities investigate.
An old health advertisement touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a purifying blood remedy. It cites ailments of the blood and organs and claims dramatic personal cures, with dubious testimonials and garbled vendor text.
The soothing and tempting properties of Chamberlains Cough Remedy offer pleasant taste and prompt relief, praised by many. Sold by Bryna A Rulups druggists across the area.
The article describes a massive camp on the west side of the Muskegon River about 20 feet above water, with 68156 feet of street, 24 feet high center, 16,000 shingles for the roof, 00 tents from the state, electric lighting, six drive wells for drinking water, a dining hall under construction, a 20x80 kitchen, and a 20sY0 adjutant’s headquarters. George W. Crawford will command the camp. H. E. Hardy is commandant. W. S. Tucker handles privileges. AD Cogger oversees dining. It is billed as the largest reunion ever held in Michigan.
An old patent medicine ad extols Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve and Flood Pills. It claims thin blood starves nerves leading to nervous exhaustion and prostration, promising new life and vigor with the pills. The box bears Dr. A. W. Chase's face cut and facsimile signature.
A chaotic paste of OCR fragments reports a building collapse and injuries, a deadly blaze, and mentions of cholera like remedies and a civil war era illness. It references Andrew Jobe, Mrs Dr McCyteheon, Mrs Syms Duilley paper mill sale, and the American Writing Paper Co. amid state, county, and town notes on public buildings, hospitals, and jails.
Mrs Burlick of Liberty reports Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved her sick child after dire dysentery. The ad touts the product as a safe, pleasant cure, claiming it relieved the baby's cough fever and other symptoms, with testimonials from Sharrar Mulholland and Chauncey Georgia references. It urges mothers to trust the remedy and warns against counterfeits.
Journal excerpt cites Rodol Tryspepsia Cure as a public confidence builder for all digestion disorders. It notes the remedy’s ingredients are sad yet claims reliable relief, with attribution to James M. Thomas in the American Journal of Health. Proceedings involve Slimerar and Mfilhollasel.
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