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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1891
Page
3
An 19th century advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, rapid remedy for kidneys bowels and constipation. It claims cleansing effects, fever and cold relief, and lists 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles sold by leading druggists. The California Fig Syrup Co advertises San Francisco California.
A collection of anecdotes on rhetorical tricks used by famous speakers to seize focus. It cites Beaconsfield, Sharklan, Plunket, Bright, Lytton, Macintosh, and Chatham, detailing pauses, gestures, and ex temporaneous flourishes as tactics to manipulate audience perception.
A fragmented advertisement extols a Columbus firm offering plating jobs with circulars. It mentions silver combs, open work designs, white toilet sets, diamond imitations, and jeweled clasps. The copy cites a quick weekly payoff and urges readers to request details, highlighting modest acreage in profits.
Advertises Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery as a guaranteed remedy for blood, skin, and scalp diseases from blotches to scrofula. Claims to purify and enrich blood and cure conditions like salt rheum totter and eczema. Markets as cheapest blood medicine with pay only for the good you get from World’s Dispensary at 663 Main Street Buffalo.
The article discusses traditional marriage beliefs noting that happiness for brides arose from parental consent and century old nocturnal ceremonies. It references regional sayings from Cornwall and parts of Europe about joy in marriage and hymeneal rites, while noting variations and old practices.
A fragment describes a nickel in a slot mechanism used in ancient Egyptian temples to dispense purifying water. A drachm coin dropped into a slot released a stream through a valve, with motion turning a simple device. Hero of Alexandria, who lived about 200 years before Christ, described the apparatus.
A Boson Courier fragment records a guest noting steeper daily charges and longer days in December at Hotel Louie. The brief exchange hints at change in room pricing and length of stay.
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