Local State News Highlights Economic and Political Moves
A compilation of state happenings notes Brent County road work and forest policy, a plan to convert agricultural lands for demonstration forestry, and a push for road improvements from Mt Pleasant to nearby districts. The Michigan Sick Benefit Association bills surface, along with embezzlement cases and a jail escape. Local officials debate a special election on alcohol measures while a prominent preacher targets liquor dealers.
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Michigan
Kite Willner Chapin
Labulla
Wexframt
Mt. Pleasant
Dr Wheeler Nerve Vitalizer Promised Cure for Nervous Prostration
A patient recalls two years of fatigue and nerve weakness in Columbiana County. Doctors called it nervous prostration and advised rest. After trying various remedies, the patient reports improvement and claims to be cured by Dr Wheeler’s Nerve Vitalizer, praising its effects while noting it is a commercial preparation.
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Wheeler
Flick
Oxs
New Garden
Columbiana Co
Sabout
Dr. Wheeler
Sam
Vane DenBergt
G. W. McKinsey
P. M
Kokomo
Ind
Miles Parey
Wheat crop report notes December yields and feed use
The December crop report states wheat growth was modest this fall and the crop enters winter in poor condition. It estimates about one fourth of the 1804 wheat crop will be fed to stock.
Saginaw inviting Cleveland Sandusky Toledo groups in January
The Saginaw Valley Lumber Dealers Association invites simple organizations from Cleveland Sandusky and Toledo to visit Saginaw in January. The liquor dealers association will seek a law requiring druggists to post bonds equal to those for saloon keepers, a proposal denied by its president.
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Saginaw
Phe
State
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Castoria Refrain Recounts Pediatric Use in Ad Copy
An old ad style verse touts Castoria for infants and children. It repeats a line that as a baby and as a child she cried for Castoria, and as a mislike or mis, she clung to Castoria, extending to misbehaving children.
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Castoria
Mis
Shifting Sands and Property Transfers Across Gratiot County
A garbled OCR listing multiple land transfers and deeds across Gratiot, naming William T. Nolbett, Dina J. Pratt, Alvin D. Pettit, Silas B. Bowrean, and numerous others. Includes lots, sections, additions, and parcels in communities like North Star, Washington, and Barnes addition, with various grantees and grantors.
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William T. Nolbett
Dina J. Pratt
Alvin D. Pettit
Silas B. Bowrean
Wallies
Wyman
Derry Grate
Washington
Janes W. Payne
Violet E. Payne
Felton
James M. Daniel
James Worter
Tehnon
Emory M. Hoyt
Geo. W. Bibles Et al Prote
Ofw
Wheeler
Aultmar Ny
Lena M
Tarek Arend
H. Walby
Clinton Nelson
Ofnwand
Samper
Stephen Wood
Irving Woods
George P Honting
Angust PF. Broske
Lanca Shire Wdd
Alta
Jerry Grutaugh
Wallace W. Wyman
Washington Sun
Willian S. Curtis
Cornelia A. Lalas
George
Elvert
Lee Ogate
Davi Plogel
Alvin A. Flegeln
Ee Ee
Evra W. Gamble
Emerson A
A Boston Woman Tries a Newspaper Scheme
A Boston woman crosses the street and is accosted by a tenacious youngster who begs for money. She persuades him to enter the newspaper business, loans him 20 cents with a signed contract, and after a day and a half he returns the funds. He then earns a dollar fifty, keeps most of the money, and continues investing, while she questions his progress.
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Boston
Colon
Tale of Morley's abstinence vow inspires laborers
In a story shared by Morley himself a labor meeting asks if he can go without drink. He admits occasional wine after dinner but after being asked to forgo his own drink he replies he will stop from that hour. He then abstains except illness or medical orders, a tale noting his changed conduct.
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Tate Saniel Morley
Lahorehere
Morley
Middigg
Bill
Pye Smith
Commercial Ddvertiver
Dejected Sailor Seeks Advice In Shopworn Courtship Tale
A rugged seaman frets over a missed romance with Linwood girl as he recalls nightly advances and warnings from his lover. He laments staying out late, while the mother of the girl offers stern counsel and a promise of help at home. The scene unfolds with a village wit and anxious undertones as tensions rise over a hoped-for future.
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Linwood
Uwe
Ford
Fred Tay
Elk
Ree Press
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