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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
4
Advertisements reveal remedies for coughs and throat troubles by One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Reports note Mollman Co railroad car orders with automatic couplers and air brakes, plus earnings shifts in the Ann Arbor line. References to Mr Crilluss' Conk Book and Dr John Hill confuse. The piece blends literary quotes, product pitches, and stock-like notices with fragmented local events and poetry lines.
A fragmented line suggests a character named Tommy going downtown for a while in Cincinnati. The garbled text mentions a teacher and a person nicknamed Cincinnati, with minor references to a bet or a task. No clear event or date is discernible.
Fragmentary notice says DeWit's Witch Havel Salve provides inotent relief and cures. sale notice attributed to BOS Webb. No verifiable dates or locations present.
The Fanfulla of Rome reports a long discussed project to drain Lake Trasimenus is set to begin this year. A capitalist syndicate has acquired the surrounding territory and aims to complete the immense undertaking within two years at an estimated five million lire. The lake spans over thirty miles in circumference with three small islands and an average depth of about five fathoms.
O Berry of Spencer Missouri testifies that after thirty years of wiles and failed cures he found relief from piles using DeWichit Wich Hazel Salve. He claims the salve finally did the work and offers to write for verification.
An old ad notes a cough remedy marketed by B. S. Webb with a sale pitch. It mentions affordable payment options and cautions about illness risks like pneumonia, urging readers to buy the cure locally. The fragment shows a dated, promotional tone typical of period advertising.
Fragmented verse describes a dusky autumn scene with varied surreal lines. A narrator recalls children, a lamplit porch, and shifting imagery of night and light. The piece ends amid a Chicago Tune s-dlerald reference, suggesting a periodical publication.
A narrator recalls his father Reuben Pettibone and his unmatched hunting lore. He claims precise animal anatomy knowledge let him shoot hearts and nerves for instant kills, winning scores of birds with minimal waste. The tale includes charged dialogue among region men in various jackets and a dramatic bear and pheasant sequence.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a medical advertisement from Demus Medical of Elkhart and Dr Miles offering a heart cure. The garbled text includes references to a product, possible testimonials, and contact details, with unclear dates or names.
The narrative from Youth’s Companion recalls the Harcourt brothers, North Carolina merchants and Quakers, who paid official debts owed to British creditors after the Revolution. It notes private honor prevailing as the state, bankrupt by war, faced Entitled creditors pressing for payment, and the Harcourts funded the treasury as their old affairs left them poor.
A recipe from N Ledger instructs sweet Pektes and five hundred small encumbers with elder vinerar, clananen, and elawes. It directs combining sugar and poppers, soaking pickles in salt water overnight, then cooking in cold vinegar, boiling briefly, and diluting with water if vinegar is strong.
A Kansas innovation boosts rabbit coursing as jack rabbits prove superior to cotton tails for the sport. Charles Payne promotes live jacks, using nets and a coordinated drive with farmer boys, drums, and fog horns to corral the quarry. Rabbits race toward nets then into special pens, with some dying from shock or neck injuries.
Fragments describe a late 19th or early 20th century scene in Anorin and New York with references to Mr Tyler of 81 Bay Monn Street. A man on a Cullen Trolley car aids a tired woman and her boy, returning a strange sense of civility amid a chaotic journey aboard a crowded car. The narrative blends local gossip with a dramatic rescue and a distant New York City setting.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It promotes a sample bottle by mail, price fifty cents or one dollar, and asks readers to mention Alma Record. The note claims genuineness from the publisher.
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