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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1894
Page
2
A dense Albany style report covers federal debates over Hawaiian affairs, wariness about potential upheaval, and votes authorizing construction projects for rail and river work. It notes pending Senate action and political maneuvering around the issue, with emphasis on leaders and key measures.
Fragmented 19th century items note political quorums, proposed silver bills, drownings in the river near Irnship, a Kansas woman claiming mania, a Newark death, dynamite injuries in Kansas, Pacific lumber drops, insurgent fire on a Newark ship, a state building damage in Illinois, a predicted wheat crop rise in Kansas, a train murder near Ottawa, riot convictions among coal miners, postmaster confirmation for Nashville, lynching near Birmingham, property damage in Homer Louisiana, a murder charge in Havelsburg, gas deaths in Metiosha, a ship with sixty souls near Niemraugas, and a Warren fire with $60,000 losses.
A Southern Pacific express train on the Los Angeles line was wrecked by masked robbers near Roscoe station, with robbers blowing open the express car and taking strong boxes from Wells Fargo. Fireman Masters and passenger Harry Daly were injured, engineer Thomas escaped, and the gang fled on horses toward the north, leaving a chaotic scene of wreckage and fires.
An ice floe broke from the coast of Lagermannland, St. Petersburg province, Tuesday, carrying off fishermen and their families. Over 500 people are reported in danger as coast residents work to rescue them and await succor from authorities.
The remedy offers comfort and improvement by fitting the world’s best products to bodily needs, presenting pure liquid laxative properties in a pleasant taste. It cleanses the system, dispels colds, headaches, fevers, and constipation, with benign action on kidneys, liver, and bowels. Sold by druggists in the West and in bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co, name printed on every package.
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