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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
6
A scrambled OCR page mixes health claims, household tips, and local notices with numerous broken phrases. It mentions tonics, a city gas meter change, a public figure name, and scattered advertisements, but readable content is minimal and largely indecipherable.
The chief exponents of music in Japan are women while most men would consider women ridiculous for singing or playing in variety performances highlighting a notable gender divide in the arts scene reported in the source.
Soothing for burns and sores and relief for piles touted as virtues of DeWitts Witch Hirzel Salve. Marketed by W H Renvels of St Louis with BOS Webb Alma in a local trade notice style.
A long interview details a woman’s twenty year struggle with kidney disease. The account describes medical trials, wife’s experiences, and a patient’s response to remedies including Doran’s Kidney Pills. The piece notes a public event in Buffalo and references a poster about health products and a remembered figure in a regional community.
In 1580 the value of materials used by the cotton mills of this country was $102,000,000, rising to $150,000,000 by 1590. A visit to Boston’s Latto quarter reveals a club parlor scene with a dainty young woman dismissing thought transference as obsolete, while odd phrases about intense vibrations appear.
A fragmented account describes the peculiar tastes of ill patients and how caregivers adapt meals. It notes specific foibles such as preferring beef tea served from a silver pot and a patient resisting usual forms of feeding.
A fragment from an etiquette guide for women bathers at the seashore. It warns against conspicuous bathing attire loitering near the surf and bathhouse areas inappropriate contact with men and discussing others progress. The text includes garbled phrases but conveys a moralizing tone about modest dress behavior and decorum at the beach.
A reflective piece on child psychology and education highlights that many children confuse light and reflection about the moon and shows geography misconceptions. It discusses the value of manual training in bringing realism and practical skill to boyhood, with anecdotes from Daniel O’Connell and notes on fungal spores and plant reproduction.
A Philadelphia Times summary warns that subtle electric forces within matter could ignite global catastrophe. The piece describes lightning-like discharges from polluted water in a bottle and charges within rocks, portraying an imminent, all consuming fire that could envelop the planet and alarm observers on other worlds.
A tale portrays Miss Edith Rockefeller in a humorous maidof wealth scene. She visits a Broadway shop with classmates to buy a gift for a teacher. The price exceeds expectations, and a clerk humorously asks if their father is John D. Rockefeller, prompting surprise and a quick sale at the desk counter.
A freestanding exhibition in New York featured a card trick where the audience selected a card and a paper described it after being shown to lack of the card. The eight of clubs was identified, prompting a polite exchange. Also noted is Rev. David Macrae’s Little volume of Children’s Quaint Sayings with humorous tales. A girl from Aberteen is praised for strawberries she picked on Sabbath morning, and a delivery remark about yesterday’s growth is quoted.
A garbled dialogue mentions Professor Schurlich and a doctor debating a limp while a Cyclopian Bankee locale features massive stones and heights of 36 feet above a formation. The text notes the War Department established by act of Congress on August 7, 178%.
A jumble of medical claims and oddities from an old newspaper page. Vague references crown cures for coughs and fevers with Dewitt’s products amid scattered names like St Louis Alma and Detroit Free Press, plus stray lines about a lost child and local events.
A historical ad claims DeWitt’s Little Liver Pills rapidly cure constipation biliousness headaches and liver derangement. Marketed as a safe non-gripe small pill, the text lists W. T. Kennels of St. Louis and B. Webb of Alma as endorsers or sellers.
Chicago correspondent reports the Grand Trunk Railway system planning the Roxbury connection with the Lorraine and Sen Arbor lines. Officials indicate improved regional service and potential timetable adjustments to accommodate the expanded route.
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