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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
6
A twelve year old Boy Scout wedged into a Pennsylvania Avenue crowd during an inauguration day. A six foot policeman struggled with the surge as the lad using a small stick guided people aside. The crowd stepped back, creating a clear path and a moment of humor and admiration for the youth.
Practical advice for campers covers packing light and essentials for a two person outfit, judging companion suitability, and cooking methods. It also details drowning rescue techniques, safe rifle handling when crossing obstacles, and guidance for hunters to keep firearms pointed safely. The text reflects a period tone urging preparedness and caution in outdoor activities.
A Chicago man C E Hatchelt hails Dr Kings New Life Pill as superior to any medicine tried. The product is recommended by W Alexander Brunner of Rhodes Drug Store and Rexall Drug Store, indicating local pharmacy endorsement.
Theodore Roosevelt lauded Jacob A. Riis as a model of citizenship and reform. Riis's fight for parks tenements and sanitation earned him Roosevelt’s friendship and joint efforts in The Battle With the Slums and The Ten Years War. Riis’s work, including How the Other Half Lives, spurred nationwide reform.
A Philadelphia public safety head prepared a two dozen fire safety don ts for Boy Scouts in Boy Life. The list warns boys to avoid matches and flames, keep trash away from stoves, inspect buildings, and notify fire chiefs of dangers to earn fire prevention merit badges. A separate item tells of a 13 year old Indiana boy being kicked by a cow after trying to boot a horse with rubber boots.
About 500000 Civil War veterans remain alive forty nine years after the conflict with roughly 400000 Union survivors and an estimated 100000 Confederate survivors. Notable losses include General Daniel Sickles and General Simon Buckner. Memorial Day events were planned in New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia and Arlington with a Confederate dead monument to be unveiled there on June 4.
A playful verse fragment recounts a fish that grew fat and worried about training. Ander loves the scene as the fish practices chanting and exercises, avoiding a fall while fine-tuning its routine.
Dr A M Low in London demonstrated a new invention claiming people using a telephone could see each other at the same time. He says the system uses a selenium cell screen and high voltage, with tests already done over four miles and potential for distant military observations.
The article describes Mexican women aiding Federal forces in the Zartuche fighting. They dragged ammunition from boxes to soldiers amid Constitutionalists fire, loaded rifles from wounded, and fired with veteran resolve. A group attempted to wheel a machine gun onto a flat car but could not due to surrendered male troops.
The Bayonne New Jersey board of education and officials from Standard Oil and General Chemical, with large Bayonne plants, cooperate to teach English to foreign employees. Companies supply classrooms, city provides instructors, and workers may attend during the day.
Washington navy experts propose a seagoing submarine about destroyer size, faster on the surface, capable of submerged speeds, and armed with a battery of four inch and five inch guns plus torpedoes. Guns would rise above deck and lower behind waterproof shutters underwater, signaling a revolutionary naval vessel.
A New Dover Ohio resident Jennie Flemming reports three years of coughing ended after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The ad touts relief for stubborn coughs and throat trouble with a money back guarantee. Sold at Rhodes Drug and Rexall Drug Stores.
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