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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
4
A long fragment discusses Gray County Republican convention plans in Alva in January 1817, urging voters to support fusion and principled honesty. It critiques swamp land appropriations, mentions Maple River issues, and contrasts political tactics with Bryan’s paper influence.
Prominent speakers including Mark Haat Boles Perris Gen Joha O Walker and Gow Beadler plus the full Michigan Congressional delegation are slated for the Michigan Club gathering in Detroit on February 12 a large Republican turnout is anticipated Judge Long trusted on the Supreme Bench may be renominated by the party for continued judicial leadership amid strong public support
In a disputed period a republican administration faces a proposed tort bill and promised prosperity. The text argues prosperity hinges on Republican action and warns the party would not willingly accept blame for policy failures or for broader economic woes.
A Lewiston Journal account recalls Judge Walton in New England history urging a guilty plea when the jury lingered on a rum case. Sheriff Littlefield conferred with the prisoner, who quickly changed his plea to guilty, received a fine, and the jury was excused.
A well dressed man with a fancy umbrella visits a Chicago luncheon room. He asks to store his umbrella in exchange for a meal, citing hunger and no money. The proprietor grants a partial exception, the man eats, then leaves with umbrella intact. The owner later concedes the meal was worth it.
A major Venice engineering project completed as described by the London Standard. To curb floods and disease risks, a 16 kilometer Brenta canal provides a direct sea outlet near Broudol, finishing a plan begun in 184 and costing about 5 000 000 fire. The work also reopens outlets for Bacchiglione and other rivers formerly feeding the lagoon.
The text recalls Pin’s likely first to read telegraphic messages by sound while in charge of Cornell line from New York to Erie. It notes private wire message abuse and Chapin’s unturned reply “Tell him no!” after which sound reading became universal. It discusses India’s dialects grouped into Sanscrit Praerit and Maga Ohi with Ceylon/Misra links.
Two exhausted wanderers in a sunbaked desert of endless sand discover a rocky opening and cry out for water. Vultures circle as they flee, bones bleaching in the heat and no sign of life amid the barren plain nearby.
The piece attacks the so called vicious encore system as dishonest and insulting to performers. It cites performers and audiences who respond with hiss or protest, urging managers and the public to stamp out encores to preserve decorum in English musical performances.
The Cincinnati Examiner notes subtle bodily asymmetries across organs. Eyes vary in power, dominant right eye common. right shoulder often lower due to writing posture. right hand and left foot tend to be larger or stronger. overall right side often more developed in strength.
In Hamburg officials favor a dog tax based on size, arguing larger dogs cause greater nuisance and should be taxed accordingly, a plan attributed to Vogt and Memburg.
The Alma village Common Council met with President Biy and others present. Minutes were read and approved, several claims recorded for wood orders and supplies, and funds moved from the general to water funds. Committee appointments were made to coordinate fire department chamber renovations and council seating arrangements.
Excursion stickers to Washington and return will be sold at one fare for the round trip during the inauguration ceremonies on March 4. Tickets go on sale March 1 and are valid for return by March 4. Prices quoted include one dollar and twenty-five cents for green hard or dry soft wood. Dry wood sales and ice contracts offered by local vendors with emphasis on farm supply and bottom prices.
Advert describes Ely's Dream Balm as a popular cure for catarrh across the United States and claims quick relief from head colds. It also touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a pleasant laxative and digestive cordial, with a 10 cent trial bottle and other sizes. The copy argues catarrh results from climatic changes, not blood disorders, endorsing Ely's Cream Balm as the cure.
A Waterloo Indiana preacher Rey. 8 P. Klotz reports relief from dyspepsia after using Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, stating he nearly finished a large bottle and feels transformed. Another reader from Hollands Virginia, Robert Rawls, credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with restoring health and enabling him to work after a winter illness. For sale around 25 and 50 cents per bottle by KE Mahan.
An old advertisement touts Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a palatable remedy for constipation indigestion and stomach or bowel troubles. It claims quick, certain relief and lists bottles of ten doses at ten cents and larger sizes at sixty cents and one dollar sold by B S Webb.
A mix of sale and exchange notes lists carriage items, a twenty-four inch French barr, mill equipment, elevators, shafting and pulleys, and a feed mill for sale. Also mentions cough remedy and merchant assurances, highlighting customer trust and satisfaction with local suppliers and a prominent druggist.
A promotional piece touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal kidney and urinary remedy. It claims it can ease back pain, frequent urination, and other kidney and bladder problems, urging readers to order samples and pay for bottles via mail.
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