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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1894
Page
3
Reports from Saginaw and nearby towns recount a series of incidents including a fatality near Olivet, a shipboard and transport news, local court actions, community meetings, and weather and market notes. Notable items mention a 90 year old death, a train accident, burglaries in Romulus and Holt, a cow milk record, and upcoming conventions in Marshall with political activity across Michigan.
A sweeping historical sketch describes ancient Africa’s racial types and civilizations. It names Austafrian and Negroid groups, Nilotic and Sudanese lines, and nations along the Niger and Senegal rivers, noting geography, religion, trade, and Crowned rulers. It discusses alien mixtures, slavery, and colonial implications through a dated racial lens.
In a critical take on the Pullman boycott, the piece argues that organized labor, led by Debs, incited a nationwide strike to pressure wages and production. It frames the action as a rebellion against federal authority and law, urging loyalty to Cleveland’s administration to restore order. It links farm hands, capital, and the press in a wartime depiction of labor unrest and political manipulation.
In Monday May 7th the old ressabile De troit Grand Haven and Milwaukee Ky will issue its summer time card showing the fast steamboat express trains No 14 east and No 1b went running through to Grand Haven connecting with steamers for Milwaukee and the Northwest. Trains run daily Sunday excepted with a Wagner Parlor Buffet car costing 24 cents extra for any Matinee. Fine tender and refreshments are newed at reasonable prices. The Goodrich line of steamers now leave Muskegon at fall p mound Grand Haven 00 p.m. for Chicago daily except Saturday arriving at Chicago about 004. Bopper is served on Goodrich steamers to Milwaukee or Chicago free to passengers with first class tickets. For those west of Northwest these are best summer routes offering cooler nights on palatial steamers. Fares are low or lower than by all rail lines. Further information may be obtained by addressing agents of these companies.
A long discourse on youth, Christian training, and temperance urges Sunday school teachers and parents to nurture character in children. It argues proper training by priests, teachers, and ministers, critiques mixed politics, and stresses moral instruction as the path to future stability and virtue.
Fragmented ad style text promotes Pyramid Pile Core from Albion Michigan as a cure for all stages of piles. It features exaggerated claims of relief from itching bleeding and irritation and mentions supplementary remedies and free offers. Contains odd phrasing and likely historical medical advertising language.
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