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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1891
Page
3
An advertisement proclaims August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach and liver issues. The copy asserts the remedy’s efficacy, tracing its rise from a small town to a nationwide presence with a large manufacturing plant and broad sales. It credits G. G. Green of Woodbury New Jersey as sole manager.
Meadow Lake once grew from a lake formed by a dam on a rock basin in the county. In 1864 crowds rushed to Summit City as the Excelsior boom drew ore and blasting roared day and night. The city flourished briefly with mills and mining deals before a panic sent residents fleeing, leaving wrecked homes, empty shops, and forty three standing houses as the ghostly remains of a once hopeful town.
A collage of lighthearted quips from Harper's Young People and other papers. Jokes touch on trains delays, marriage, drum majors, polite society, and country humor, with exchanges about wives, governors, and twins. Snappy one liners reflect period manners and wordplay.
A sprawling, mixed collection notes wind velocity with height, Santa Fe’s status as oldest U S capital, a London export price for matogyny, German army figures for 1509-93, a dam across Audra scoggin river, and stray items on begging letters, cures, and fashion. It blends curiosities, odd claims, and vendors’ notices with scattered data.
An odd promotional notice appeals to travelers to pack Syrup of Pigs for kidney liver and bowels to prevent fevers headaches and sickness. It claims pharmacy availability in Sound in 00 bottles via leading druggists and mentions a Far Eastern religious structure, Catarrh Cure, and mucous surface treatments in Japanese context.
A fragmented clipping mentions a "Holy Cleveland" event, fashion notes on silver bracelets, and a Push for home schooling with Bryans College in Madely New York. It references tobacco pouches, concertina players, and a cautionary Castoria ad with medical and household claims, ending with a home remedy for diphtheria.
A noisy ad fragment discusses a novelty word-game and a machine advertisement for Odell Type Writer. It mentions a volcanic eruption at Colima and endorsement of Flys Cream Balm for catarrh, plus early 19th century glassmaking notes and Scott s Emulsion cod liver oil.
Characterized as a year round remedy, the ad claims it purifies the blood and outperforms sarsaparillas claimed to work only in certain months. It guarantees benefit or money back, pledging to cleanse and renew the system for skin and scrofulous ailments plus related conditions. Proponents offer $500 for incurable catarrh trials, asserting cure potential.
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