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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
7
A fragmented collection of patent medicine claims and odd items includes Foley kidney cure, Dr Coldwell syrup, Burdock Blood Bitters and Chamberlains Colic remedy. It also mentions summer sickness in children, a home medical note from Lansing Iowa, and assorted notes about politics and fiction.
Dr Humphreys sells a pocket manual of cures for fever coughs and ailments. Advertising lists numerous conditions with treatment claims and prices. The notice identifies Humphreys Medicine Co of New York and distributor B S Webb of Alma Michigan.
The Wisconsin Republican convention adjourned at 235 Thursday night after nominating a full ticket headed by Governor Robert M La Follette of Madison. Other picks include James Davidson of Soldiers' Grove for lieutenant governor Walter Jo Houser Mondovi for secretary of state John J Kempr Milwaukee for state treasurer L M Sturde Vecht Neillville for attorney general Charles Omm F P Cary Delavan for superintendent of public instruction John W. Thomas Chippewa for railroad commissioner Zeno Mt Host Milwaukee for insurance commissioner and George E Bryant as state central committee chairman without opposition.
A severe windstorm with thunder lightning and heavy rain struck Tatviore at 1:30 PM, leveling trees and tearing foundations along the riverfront. Dozens of homes were damaged and several people were injured, while the city’s eastern streets suffered the worst effects. portions of the area saw limited utility and property loss.
The census bureau issued a bulletin on the 1900 agricultural economy noting 5,799,607 farms valued at 10,674,104,247 and farm property totaling 90,514,001,408 with farm implements included.
Chicago ended a ten day freight handler strike as workers voted to return to work late Wednesday and seek the best terms. A threatened strike by teamsters, affecting about 20000, was averted as controversy closed abruptly. Early in the day, strikers learned ranks were broken and many individuals began to withdraw.
A Keokuk telegram describes a widening Mississippi flood from Keokuk south with dire claims of unprecedented losses. Reporters aboard the steamer Silver Crescent tour the submerged districts and note hundreds of farmers ruined, levees as the last bulwark, and estimated damages running into millions as the river’s destructive mood deepens.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal remedy curing stomach, kidney, liver and nervous disorders. It asserts effectiveness for rheumatism neuralgia sleeplessness and maladies of the blood, promising permanent cures with guaranteed satisfaction by Sharrar & Mulholland at 60 cents.
Indianapolis July 14 The convention heard President Mitchell urge against a general strike by United Mine Workers and to continue work with a weekly assessment plan. He proposed aiding eastern anthracite miners, and the session adopted a substitute approach with a secret committee to report back. Estimates put weekly strike costs around 500000, with funding from member dues and union resources. The men from the anthracite regions sought a formal adjournment to express views on the convention’s direction ahead of a final decision.
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