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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
6
A garbled OCR page mixes medical cures, product ads, and scattered names including DeWitt and Witeh, with references to Alma, St. Louis, and various vendors. The legible bits mention DeWitt's Witeh Balm and related remedies, interwoven with fragmented editorials and notices.
The report blends scattered notes on Peninsula society and a Michigan Seventh Day Adventist camp near Michigan with references to services and arrangements. It mentions church groups, official meetings, and local commerce, including a Richardson hall gathering and community amenities.
Fragmented text describes a large coal miners strike affecting the Qwos o Coal Company with supply shortfalls and new shaft plans. Mentions a Hay City fan and Tay City Wien, plus references to hearings, testimony, and possible prosecutions or investigations amid industrial unrest.
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The passage lists urban metrics for Greater New York including 167001 buildings with 150000 residences, 1210 miles of streets and 1000 miles of sewers, daily water use of 400 million gallons, a population around 10,200,000, about 100000 arrests yearly, 26 places of worship, 900 burglaries and house thefts annually, 125 miles of waterfront wharfage, and 3000 violent deaths per year excluding suicides.
A sprawling urban scene describes mass boarding, rivers of people, and vast growth with mentions of parks, elevated trains, and a booming real estate market. It highlights marriage subsidies abroad and a Dundee Advertiser note on dowry free weddings, alongside Shaker Digestive Cola claims and health product pitches.
Disjointed OCR notes describe a Sunday Exessit travel segment with parlor car service to Detroit and connections to Durand Port Huron New York and Boston. Mentions sleeper cars on east bound trains and a Milwaukee route with J A Hoan and various stops including Detroit and New York.
An advertisement fragment touts DeWitt s Little Early Risers as a famous remedy for constipation biliousness and liver troubles. The copy mentions W M Rennels of St Louis and BS Webb Alma as associated names.
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