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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
7
Chas. Rhodes guarantees Hyomei cures nasal catarrh by killing catarrhal germs in nose throat and lungs. The complete outfit includes a hard rubber inhaler, pocket case, bottle of Hyomei costing one dollar with refills at fifty cents. If not satisfied, money refunded.
Mulford lecturer from Waynesboro Pa touts a salve for piles and a broad range of injuries and conditions. Claims include healing burns sores boils ulcers cuts wounds chilblains and salt. Sold at Sharrar's drug store for 2 cents plus tax.
A brief warning notes that pneumonia can follow a cold and promotes Foley’s Eye and Tur as a remedy. It claims the product stops the cough heals and strengthens the lungs and feet security from an attack of pms. Consumers are advised to refuse substitutes.
An advertisement claims Zan is a one pile remedy. It touts quick relief from itching and protrusion with ointment to apply at the seat of trouble. Sold by Geo. E. Sharrar in the local market.
Riverton postmaster G W Fouts was robbed and narrowly escaped harm. His letter recalls a 20 year liver ailment that caused jaundice and yellow nails, cured by Electric Bitters after eleven years of good health. A tonic for biliousness and stomach liver weakness is sold at Geo E Sharrar's drug store.
A. H. Brown offers prime pasture land two miles southwest and two miles north of Alma with abundant water suitable for a limited herd of horses and cattle. Public sale details available on request.
A sensational ad copy claims deaths from appendicitis fall in proportion to rising use of Dr Kings New Life Pills. It promises safety from danger and relief from ailments, with guarantees by Sharrar and others.
A compact, era-style listing of remedies and products including Foley’s Kodol for dyspepsia and Digestion, DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, Rexall Creams, Kennedy’s Taxative Honey and Tar, Hollister’s Mountain Tea, and related cautions. Mentions Chas Rhodes druggists, a Shohone Indian Reservation land opening notice for June 15, 1906, and a note on subscription promptness.
G. A. Baker of Carney Michigan recounts a long lasting cold in his daughter that left her unable to stand. After trying three doctors without success she improved only after using Warner's White Wine of Tar. He notes many cases end in consumption.
The Wabash Railroad offers greatly reduced one way tickets from Chicago and other points to New York Boston Montreal and many eastern cities. For full details write F H Tristram Assistant General Passenger Agent 7 Adams Street Chicago 14lote.
Hollister's Rock claims Mangal drives out impurities, cleanses and enriches the blood and purifies the system. A 35 cent price is noted. Rhodes advertises teachers' contracts at the Record office at moderate price. Dr Thomas Electric Oil touted as a strong pain remedy used in America for over 25 years.
The gums and resus derived from ion trees are noted as highly beneficial for backslide, kidney and bladder troubles. Pine ules is a new medicine whose principal ingredients come from native pine forests. Sold by Geo, K. Stharrar.
August 15, 108 marks opening of lands on the Sho shone Indian Reservation. Direct route via Chicago and North Western Railway from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and points in the Mississippi Valley. Send stamps for pamphlets and fall particulars to W. B. Kuixkern PT M and N R'y Co Chicago.
A fragment describes Pine-ules or Pine tablets as a soft gelatine coated remedy claimed to relieve backache before morning. It touts all natural gums and resins from native pine forests combined with other ingredients and notes availability from Geo. B. Shurrar.
The Chicago and North Western Railway seeks notices from desirable points along its lines as spring opens. Industries including iron works, steel plants, and various merchant establishments are encouraged to respond, with inquiries to the Industrial Department of the OC and N W Ry for prompt handling.
An old advertising claim touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a natural cathartic that cures cold symptoms by evacuating the bowels. The text asserts it clears the head eases throat pain strengthens immune response and aids croup and barking coughs.
The Vermont dairymen convention in Burlington featured Adi P. Howle of Ely Grove Wis who urged breeders to select cows suited to their business. She detailed calf rearing from birth, feeding Milk at 78 degrees, gradual shift to skim milk, training calves to drink, and emphasizing patience and gentle handling for efficient milking and herd growth.
A tanker notes milk extraction guidance urging complete emptying of teats and avoiding repeated milking on empty teats. It discusses stripping as a measure of duct elasticity and cautions that perpetual stripping may lead to a hard milker, an uncertain milking type.
A Maryland note by F Doane states skim milk pricing ranges from 40 cents per hundred for raking young calves to 10 to 15 cents for fattening grown bows and 20 cents per hundred for growing pige. Farmers could realize this skim milk value locally.
Dr James Fletcher from Canada reports a cheap spray remedy to prevent potato rot by treating tops during growth from August 1 to harvest. The Bordeaux mixture of copper sulfate and lime neutralizes harmful effects and reduces tuber loss. adding insecticide helps destroy potato beetles. Similar ratios could apply to fruit trees, with adjustments for potato plants.
Agricultural note explains feeding hogs with kitchen slops grain screenings and thrashing byproducts. Emphasizes dairy byproducts like skim milk whey and buttermilk for high quality pork, warns against lye soap glass and nails in city swill, and notes rheumatic lameness from excess whey. Also reports New England demand for Merino sheep and introduction of barley brome grass as cattle forage.
Readable tips discuss keeping fowls calm and healthy, feeding lettuce to ducks, using hardwood ashes as hog yard disinfectant, and timing corn plantings for pasture. Notes contrast large and small acreages in corn yield and labor efficiency, with farm anecdotes on soil humus and field work.
A compact reference lists brand names including Alma Patent Arenda lakers Rye Fleur ace Your Graham Flour Wow Wheat Grits and Corn Ment Cracked Wheat. The readable snippet suggests a catalog snippet or advertisement from a vintage trade page.
Clear land rents for 5 dollars an acre and can be bought for 7.50 to 15 per acre. Clearing costs 6 to 10 an acre and soil is rich alluvial. A bale of cotton per acre worth 45 to 60 dollars. alfalfa yields 10 to 16 dollars per ton. Stock raising and fruit growing suited to hillland. cheap land from 3 to 10 dollars per acre, improved farms 10 to 25. Descriptive literature with maps free on request.
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