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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
2
Fragments from Alma Record contain mentions of Badlion and General Macager RET Sonewlaty Rod Trementer and other brief entries. The item appears as a retail life feed from The Alma Record Company with date line showing December 1, 1905.
The article reports on upheavals across Moscow Warsaw and Lodz including revolts and strikes. Gen Doubasoff says Moscow revolt is controlled while authorities seize insurgent papers and weapons. Workers protest across cities as troops restore order with heavy casualties feared and looming armed actions in several regions.
Daring thieves organized to steal art treasures broke into Dante’s ancient house on Christmas night. They ripped a wall to take relics of the poor and scrawled on the wall a taunt about Florentines and their beggared state.
Mary Ramsey Woods of Hillsboro Oregon born May 2 1787 was famed as possibly the world oldest woman. She recalls events from the French Revolution to Lewis and Clark and the War of 1812 while maintaining lively memory and daily routines despite advancing age. Her testimony on property matters last year showed sharp recall and her interview conveys awe at a life spanning revolutions and nation building.
The snippet advertises daily travel from Chicago to Los Angeles with connections via Union Pacific North Western and The Salt Lake Route and promotes a Digestive cure claiming to aid digestion and reduce dyspepsia. It mentions a general agent in Detroit and a Chicago address for tickets and reservations.
Taxpayers are advised of a meet schedule in Forest Mill and nearby towns with weekly appearances by Louis at Messinger's, Alma at A. J. Hall's, and a town hall gathering in Forest Mill. A refund offer covers Greene's Warranted Syrup of Turpentine for coughs or colds, with a 50 cent bottle refunded if ineffective and a 25 cent bottle offered as proof medicine.
Exclusive first class tour under the auspices of the Tourist department Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line to California leaving Chicago February 7th. It covers February and March with sunshine and flowers as the land of promise. All expenses thirty five dollars including railway fare sleeping car meals and hotel expense. Service first class. Full particulars on application to S A Hutchises Manager Clark Street and 120 Jackson Blvd Chicago.
An ad warns of sudden bad scares from abdominal pain and possible appendicitis. It promotes Dr King’s New Pills as a universal cure for bowel and stomach issues including headache and biliousness, guaranteed at Geo E Sharrar’s drug store. Also offers teachers contracts and school papers for sale at the Record office.
An old advertisement extols Orine Laxative Fruit Syrup for billiousness and headaches, claiming it sweetens the stomach aids digestion and acts as a mild liver stimulant without irritation. It touts curing habitual constipation and assures no nausea or gripping, urging purchase from Geo. K. Sharpur and mentioning advance payment and cheap bundles while noting various remedies and quick relief claims.
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