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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
6
Jumbled OCR style passage blends bizarre archaic phrases with alleged campaign and medical ad copy. It mentions names like Lord Ashtuetit and Edouind Lyone, various improbable events, and a claim that De Witt's Witch Hazel Ralve relieves skin ailments. The garbled text reads as a pastiche of serialized news and patent medicine slogans without a coherent narrative or date.
An old ad touts De Witt’s Witel Ilagel Salve as a cure all for broken hearts and a range of ailments including rectal diseases cuts herpes bruises and related troubles. It cites H Rennels St Louis and B s Webb Alma as endorsers or distributors.
A long, fragmentary feature traces gloves through history from royal grafted signs of status to trade goods and moral tales. It notes royal lore from Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I, custom of shaking with the right hand, and the glow of glove reading as a curiosity in society.
A New York Tribune piece recounts maritime superstition and practice regarding dead passengers aboard ships. It notes crews sometimes discard a body overboard to avert bad luck, and mentions coffins as cargo when burial at sea is not possible. A specific voyage from Callao to Antwerp illustrates crew tension and eventual mutiny sparked by a captain’s death.
A historical note on the marble column called Colonna Satta or Come degli Spiritati in Jerusalem’s temple context. The piece discusses its Roman third century origins, medieval belief in the column as a site of exorcisms, and literary treatment by Ariosto’s Cortigiani. It cites Aarion Crawford in Century.
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly shows a curious child asking why fish have no legs and later whether ducks have legs. The father replies with simple explanations as the boy presses for answers, then the scene shifts to unrelated notes about an installment plan and Mr. Carrington, with stumbles in speech noted.
A jumble of excerpts discusses marriage frugality, old bikes at Imperial Aquarium in St. Petersburg, and world wars. It notes a professor’s claim about a 15th century-born bike now 400 years old, estimates daily train wear, and reflects on slavery, colonial salaries, and military pay.
An OCR fragment touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin troubles, praises a Digestive Cordial from Mount Lebanon Shakers, and urges readers to ask druggists for the advertised remedy catalogs. The jumble mentions hospitals using Lasol Castor Oil and various testimonials.
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