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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
7
A woman from Morgan Texas credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with ending years of suffering after trying doctors and moving to Mosque county. She reports a single bottle costing a few cents cured her severe illness and lists Bivens & Hoades as sellers.
In Bay City area July 28 a two year old, son of Henry Gutehick, was instantly killed when a heavy binder driven by his father ran over him as he slept in tall grass on the farm near Pinconning. Frances Tompkins, six, died hours after being crushed while climbing onto a moving wagon. a playmate saw the accident and the wagon driver was unaware of her presence.
Four women from Ypsilanti and Fennville sued Michigan Central Railway over through passages on tickets bought from Ann Arbor. They were delayed at Kalamazoo due to a discontinued South Haven branch and sought damages of 100 dollars each. Judgment awarded to plaintiffs with costs. case expected to be appealed.
The article touts Alabama, West Florida and Mississippi land along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad as ideal for fruit and truck farming. It cites profits from radishes, potatoes, corn, melons, and berries per acre, noting multiple crops per year on the same plots and high yields such as 12,430 quarts of berries on one acre.
G A Park Heletrtt and Trevilgem agency operates with Davisvillela and Nashville offices. Suit filed in Souielville against major lenders over contract terms and service charges. Local records show cross city representation and claims of mis billed amounts.
The Bos Transcript recounts simple, economical dining customs. Pudding as first course prompted overeating, with beans and pie for dinners. Rural youths who moved to Hoxton later became prosperous merchants, raised on brown bread and milk for meals and little meat.
The El Dorado Republican recalls Hon. David L. McCabe elected from Butler County and sworn in at Topeka. He astonished locals with an ultraluxe attire featuring a coonskin cap with tail, wolfskin coat, red flannel lining, six tails, spotted duckskin vest, beaded watch chain, fringed boots, beaver gloves, and a sunburst bandanna.
A reader notes moralizing lines on labor and luck including a London Chronicle quotation about a clergyman and misused mission halls. The item also reports Charles Ewald, a University of Michigan graduate, being named foreign secretary to the YMCA in Buenos Aires after two years as secretary to the university YMCA.
Veteran Samuel J. Currence of River Street recounts severe back and kidney pain from a cold that lasted three months. He paid over a hundred dollars to doctors before trying Doan's Kidney Pills, which relieved his backache and urinary issues. his wife also benefited, and he recommends the remedy to others. Sold everywhere for 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
In Rome a congregation of cardinals with 45 members debated the funeral rites for Pope Leo. They complained of disorganization during the interment and vowed to punish responsible officials. Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Rome on Sunday as the papal succession bond tightened with the will of the late pope read to the assembly.
London notes that influential quarters dismiss Blarmiat telegrams as non alarming. Russia and Japan may not be amassing at Port Arthur or Waewhere. 1190 ft is cited as bargaining, not war. Japan won t fight to drive Russia from Manchuria and Russia won t block Japanese aims in Korea. Ambassadors share no peace breach alarm. newspapers inflate concern.
A deadly disturbance at a negro church in Camaka Ga last night left two killed and six wounded, four gravely. Pietrie and razors used in the melee as the frightened town’s black population remains terrorized while the full cause of the affray is unclear.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and digestion disorders caused by hurried meals. It claims improved digestion and nutrition, includes a customer testimonial from Florence Phipps about relief from acute stomach trouble and insomnia after using the product, and mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to cleanse impurities.
A vintage advert from Elving and Rhodes touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a cosmetic aid that will make homely women beautiful, promising transformative effects from a simple home product.
Rome July 28 cardinals arriving for conclave held cordial reception for Cardinal Gibbons but most expect no chance of election. Di Pietro as compromise candidate discussed. Cardinal Logue, from Ireland, remarks on Gibbons prospects and notes Vatican protest issue should wait for next pope. Moran and Celexia absent due to timing and illness.
Professor Roth of the University of Michigan was formally chosen to lead Michigan forestry efforts in Warren amid a conference with Pinchot. The plan allocates 15,000 and spans two years to survey preserves in Roscommon county and craft a statewide working program for reforestation and agricultural use, with weather permitting spring start.
Grand Haven Mich July 23 A shooting affray occurred in Robinson township ten miles from this city Monday afternoon. Joseph Wax a farmer and prominent real estate man received a serious bullet wound to his right shoulder inflicted by Mrs Rudolph Stephany a neighbor woman. She came to Wax’s home with a revolver and a pitchfork Wax came out to intercept her and she fired the shot frightened by the sight of blood. The shooting was the result of a male dispute.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestive aid that strengthens organs, aids digestion, and nourishes nerves and muscles. Sold by Bivins & Rhodes, the ad claims it cures indigestion and stomach disorders.
A garbled passage describes a tour in Plodal and a product claim about a pill named Sew Lite Pills sold at Sharer A Alulhaided's Crag store. It asserts cures for diverse troubles and mentions a dealer, Weir wyvat, with unclear details.
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