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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
6
The text advertises dubious nerve nourishment claiming pure blood as food and praises a product called HOODS PILLS as a favorite family laxative. It imitates sensational health claims and uses Bizarre spelling and fragmented sentences without clear factual support.
In Chicora Pennsylvania the Herald cites Richard Vennel on One Minute Cough Cure as the greatest medical cure yet, claiming it cured his family of coughs and colds after others failed. He says it helped his children through measles and rapid expectoration.
A brief vintage advertisement promotes One Minute Cough Cure from W H Rennels of St Louis and B S Webb. The copy includes odd phrases and a general promise of quick relief, typical of old medical ad language. It mentions garden weeds and a lawyer and client dialogue in a fragmented, inconsistent style.
An excerpt notes that chief exponents of music in Japan are women and that men might find singing or playing ridiculous. The piece then shifts to an advertisement praising Witch Hazel Salve for burns chapped hands piles and sores, claiming instant relief with suppliers listed as W. H. Rennels of St. Louis and B. S. Webb in Alma.
A fragmented advertorial piece promotes Don's Kidney Pills to ease back and urinary pain. It quotes a testimonial from Mr Charles Hoffouin of Jackson Michigan detailing long kidney and bladder trouble, hospital visits, and relief after using the pills. It mentions Foster Milburn Co as the mail agent in Buffalo and lists a 3 cent price.
In Bordeaux a wheeler dealer known for poor wares devised a ruse to boost sales. He learned the dates of local funerals, wrote to the deceased thanking them, and sent a delivery of wines at the moment relatives gathered for the funeral. The bill was paid, revealing a grim, cunning trick.
A critical view explains how insiders in small firms rig capitalization and control, directing big dividends to favored subholdings while outsiders face limited influence. The article notes chiefs can strip assets, transfer claims to parent or sub companies, and sell or exchange interests with little shareholder protection.
A fable tells how a self serving squirrel hoards nuts while an owl sits idle. Winter arrives and the owl stays perched, causing the squirrel to jeer. A blue jay eventually eats the provident squirrel, prompting reflection on prudence versus luck.
A seventeen year old girl performs a dramatic human arrow act in a large tent. She climbs four high perches, lies on a plank, and is launched from a crossbow to sail through the air toward a target. A second performer on a trapeze catches her as she lands, delivering a graceful toehold into safety.
James Carter of Masham Yorkshire reports a rare field observation at London Field where a starling struck a rock midflight and died instantly. The Field notes such a fatal midair collision is unprecedented in its pages.
A tale recounts Daniel O Connell securing release for a young Irish prisoner during his Ireland circuit. On a second tour, O Connell again freed Truman from custody. The grateful prisoner professes lifelong gratitude and pledges defense.
The text explains that every plant from vegetables yields seeds and describes fungal spores as tiny reproductive bodies. It notes some spores are so minute that millions laid side by side would barely cover a square inch, illustrating extreme minuteness in spore size.
A scattered report details counterfeit money in Perry, postmaster changes at Devene and Longville, rye shipments to Baltimore, fifty three criminal cases in Macomb, and a new electric plant in Gram Haven. It notes unwatering at Centerville mine, a despondent Bethel man taking morphine, a bear killed near New City, and planned shafts in Akron and Fairrove townships. Also mentioned are hog cholera, postal receipts up, bank instability in Van Buren County, a divorce case in West Branch, street changes in Buchanan, and talk of electric lights in Charlotte with a municipal plant vote upcoming.
A chaotic scene near Waters shows neighbors confronting a disturbance with shotguns and revolvers. Investigators note police and fire officials responding as residents seek order. McKinley era issues mentioned alongside public notices and unrelated ads. The text also features product pitches and medical cures typical of old newspapers.
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