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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1887
Page
7
Debates over university appropriations dominate the session as the local option fails. Lawmakers clash over building funds, tax plans, and enforcement provisions while committees advance bills on prisons, roads, and primary election conduct amid spirited opposition and shifts in policy.
Memorial Day was observed widely with ceremonies at graves of Union soldiers. In New York Riverside Park and at Logan’s tomb in Rock Creek, crowds and floral tributes marked the day. Speeches by officials and veterans recalled Grant, Appomattox, and the debt owed to citizen soldiers, with services in Haltmore, Louisville, and Philadelphia among others.
Fractured OCR lists a flood of medical claims for tonics and syrups from Rev. Jas Berry and various manufacturers. It touts Liver Piles pills, Hithonts Wheatnettee Syrup, and Carter’s Little Liver Pills as cures for headaches, nervous disorders, and digestive ills. The piece invokes ads and testimonials, with references to laboratories, medals, and dubious efficacy claims.
A fragmented ad style letter touts Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for women’s diseases. It cites General Harrington of Wireton wife as a patient, praising relief from stern oars and tumor-like pain after six months of treatment at a private residence, claiming broad recognition.
A tangled OCR fragment references reading inability among Boston residents, assorted individuals including a veteran named Mr inarge McKona, Ashe Durahinn, and Maeserties. It cites a tax on bread eaters and mentions New York mayor Cooper, plus various nonsensical strings and product lines from druggists. The garbled text also advertises remedies from GW. Sauw & Co of Syracuse with vague cancer and liver ailment claims.
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