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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1906
Page
7
The Wabash Railroad offers reduced fares from Chicago and other points to New York Boston Montreal and other eastern cities. For full details write H Tristram Assistant General Passenger Agent 07 Adams Street Chicago Illinois.
A garbled page advertises Ducklen's Artica Salve as a scientific wonder curing piles and various skin ailments. It also touts Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, a feature on advertising competitors, and mentions Stanard's Central Drug Store selling Mars Green and other patent medicines with dubious claims.
A fragmented note attributes Foley's Honey to help with inflamed lungs and prevent pneumonia and consumption. Mentions Geo. Sharrar as a source or signer in the terse remark.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as genuine among imitations and suggests its use for sunburn cuts bruises and piles. It also endorses Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the original cough syrup sold by Chas Rhodes with a warning to avoid imitations.
A damaged ad-style notice touts a liver cleanse by DeW Little Barly Risers, claiming torpid livers cause many ills and urging regular use. Presented as a pleasant, reliable pill sold by Chas Rhodes.
Over a million acres will be opened to settlement on the Shoshone Indian Reservation on June 1, 1006. The lands lie along the Chicago and North Western route from Chicago to St Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha and other points in the Mississippi Valley. Send stamps for templates, maps and full particulars to W. B. Kuiskorn, P. T. M., O and NW RY Co., Chicago.
An old advertisement urges keeping children healthy with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, marketed as a remedy for tender bodies. The note lists 35 cents for tea or tablets and credits Chas Rhodes.
Notice asks subscribers to inform if they do not receive their issue, stressing prompt reporting helps fix delivery errors. Local ads promote household remedies, teacher contracts, and a Lumped list of products including a liniment and cleaning tonic.
The gutus and resins from native trees are cited as beneficial for backache kidney and bladder troubles. Pine-ales is a new medicine by Geo. K. Sharrar named after pine forests and marketed as a principal remedy.
An advertisement rejects internal stomach medicines for nasal catarrh and promotes Hyomei as the effective treatment. The complete outfit includes a hard rubber inhaler, a dropper, and a bottle, with a dollar price and optional refills. Charles Rhodes guarantees relief if used per package directions.
G A Poker Grimey Michigan writes about his daughter who suffered a prolonged cold that left her weak unable to stand. He tried various treatments before using Warner's White Wine of Tar, which he credits with saving her life. He claims millions of similar cases prevent consumption.
Over a million acres will be opened to settlement in the Shin shine Iniian Reservation Augsut 1. Direct routes run from Chicago to the Mississippi Valley via the Chicago & North Western Ry. Pamphlets and fall circulars are available from WB Kuiskern, PT, M., IG. & N. R'y Co., Chicago. Also, a tonic claims to aid chronic indigestion through Kalo and Kodo products, with sale noted to Chas. Rhodes.
Lands on the Shoshone Indian Reservation will be opened to settlement August 15. Excursion rates under one fare round trip, daily July 18 to 29, 26.70 from Chicago via the Chicago and North Western Railway. Registration July 16 to August. Write for pamphlets on securing a homestead. Agents sell tickets via this route. W B Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Mgr, Chicago. 192ets
Mrs Frances Ray advertises hitely purchased an apetedate carpet fear and offers first class rug weaving services at low prices with a guarantee. Union Photo 230.
The North Western Line lays on first class accommodations for G A R encampment veterans and friends from Central States to Minneapolis August 1 to 4. Regular trains per day from Chicago to the Twin Cities via the Detroit route. One cent per mile from Central States points, $6.00 round trip from Chicago. Address WH Guerin Gen Agt Paysen Dept 17 Campus Martins Detroit Mich.
Advertises a pocket map compiled for the Chicago and North Western Railway covering northern Wisconsin and Michigan areas. Includes lakes streams wagon roads trails and guidance on hunting and fishing sites. Sold by mail for four cents in postage through W. B. Kniskern Pass'r Traffic Mgr Chicago.
A set of four Japanese fans issued by the Chicago and North Western Railway offered to any address for postage of W cents. Respondents should send payment to W. H. Guerin, Genl Agt, Passenger Dept, 17 Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich. 14eats
A wary survey of anarchist bomb makers and their global influence. The article notes attempts on royal figures in Europe, discusses bombings linked to political violence, and mentions historical cases in the United States and abroad. It highlights the dangerous, evolving industry of weapons used for assassination and the proposal of international control to curb such acts.
The article describes a sinister municipal program to counter unexploded ordnance using a specialized bomb van and armor protected technicians. It details methods to conceal, transport, and trigger devices, including explosive boxes, radiography to time detonation, and the perils faced by workers. It also notes recent factory blasts and a French banker assassination attempt ending in the wouldbe avenger's suicide.
Describes cleared land rental values from five to seven fifty per acre and sale prices from seven fifty to fifteen per acre. Alluvial soil yields a cotton bale per acre worth forty five to sixty dollars, with corn grasses and fruits thriving. Stock raising and fruit growing suited to rolling hill land. land as low as three dollars per acre with improved farms from ten to twenty five. Also advertises Missouri Pacific routes with reduced round trip fares and request for descriptive literature.
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