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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
7
A speaker urges loyal citizenship and self reliance, stressing honesty, fairness, and duty to country, profession, and fellow citizens. He emphasizes earning success through effort, personal courage, and responsibility, expecting challenges as opportunities for growth.
An assortment of motivational lines urging discipline optimism and practical effort. It includes aims to save time, study one’s craft, cultivate health and temper, and live honorably. The snippet also contains ad-like notes for Chamberlain's Tablets and a movie listing, plus a garbled passage about infrastructure and a bookish reference to Great Lake Hemet Dam.
Dr George Robert Parkin visits Alma delivering remarks on democracy, monarchy, and the House of Lords. He contrasts British and American systems, praises hereditary influence in government, and cites wartime mobilization while urging mutual understanding between nations. Music notes discuss locust grasshopper sounds and wing-beat communication, with Idlehour listings for Sunday and Monday.
A fragmented medical ad notes ailment relief claims for kidney, rheumatic and headache symptoms. It mentions Gainesville Georgia and Toledo with references to a cure claimed after rest and a mysterious treatment, signed by a notary in 1686. The readable text names individuals like H. T. Straynge and Frank and references Alma State and Beaden in Ears.
Fragmented notes recount Roman use of boletis and truffles in luxury dishes, with references to boletaria and ancient cooks. It notes Locusta allegedly used Armillaria caesarea mushrooms for poisoning, plus odd cultural items like cane badges in early American church history and a motor scraper brush for shoes.
In New York City the five ton, eight foot wide bell in the Jefferson Market Court building tower recalls a Greenchety village alarm bell once watched by a keeper who raised the alarm when a fire roared through the area. Since 1876 the old bell has rung poorly. Fatty Arbuckle appears in The Country here at Idlehour Wednesday.
A fragmentary remark contends that while the world seems flawed, the human face remains a marvel. The terse exchange hints at a philosophical comparison of goodness and perception in life.
An advertisement for Humphreys Witch Hazel Ointment promotes relief for piles hemorrhoids external or internal itching burning and bleeding with a 28 cent price and mail order option. The copy mentions sending for a sample ointment.
Flowphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Company operates from Willow Street in New York, a storefront likely offering sold remedies and health preparations. The listing notes a local business presence in the city, reflecting a period when home remedies and pharmacy products were common.
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