Registration and Election Notices for Arcada Township
Notices announce a Board of Registration meeting on April 2 in Alma to list qualified electors. They also detail the April 7, 1808 general election, polling locations in Alma, and hours from seven in the morning to five in the evening with potential noon adjournment. Republican caucuses and local nominations are scheduled in Arcada and Pine River.
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Arcada
Gratiot
Michiguan
Board of Registration
Delagan
Onbn
D. Li
Delavax
Michigan
Board of Review
Church Block
Alma
Pollasky
Board of Election Inspectors
Township Board of Election
C Ll. Dretaway
Abcada
Repubicans
Oxper Com
Disk River
Pine River
Eagens
Forest Hill
Caper Com
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Relief for Consumptives
An advertisement from Bivins & RHopus touts Foley's Honey and Tar as an honest remedy for consumptives, asserting it offers comfort and relief in the worst cases and can aid those in early stages without false hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Bivins & Rhopus
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Shake In Your to Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful swollen smarting feet and relieves sting from corns and bunions. It makes tight shoes feel easy and cures sweating callouses hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for postage. trial package free.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Liquid Fuel Seen As Superior For Steam Engines
At a Northeast Coast Institution meeting in South Shields Mr R R Wallis presented experiments on fuels for steam raising. He argued liquid fuel offers higher efficiency than coal, due to complete combustion, cleaner boilers, reduced heat loss, and better air control, enabling lower uptake temperatures and smaller air excess.
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National Recorder
Northeast Coast Institution
South Shields
R. R. Wallis
Queen Victoria's Valor and Jubilee Guards Plan
The article contrasts Queen Victoria's gracious yet sharp voice with the prince of Wales and siblings. It notes a possible Jubilee year move to create a trial guards regiment with two battalions. One battalion would be stationed in London and Dublin would headquarter the unit.
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Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Trlal Guards
London
Dublin
Turban Weaves Through Turbaned Trade Tales
A fragmentary note describes a Turkic cloth tradition where a turban references vast muslin lengths and ceremonial garments. The odd text hints at cultural attire and textile measures but lacks clear context or events to confirm a full report.
Alibi Office in Paris Lets People Tour by Post
A Paris correspondent reports a curious new institution described as an alibi office. It purportedly posts letters from various global locales to allow homebound patrons to feign a grand tour without travel. The venture is said to be discreet with no outward sign of existence.
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Ohi
Japan
Russia
Todia
China
Paris
Suy
Spain
Portugral
Madrid
Seville
Lisbon
Oporto
Brown Tail Moth Poses Poison Risk in Massachusetts Towns
Residents of Somerville report ivy like rashes and swollen limbs from a new pest, the brown tail moth. The gypsy moth committee traced the illness to touching the moths and their pupae, as workers in Malden Medford and Saugus combat a moving infestation with about 100000 moths killed daily.
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Massach
Somerville
Boston Transcript
Malden-Medford
Saugus Woods
Lincoln and the Dandy Humorous Reminiscence
In Washington gossip Henry L. Stoddard recalls a New England man chosen as consul who, outfitted like a fashion plate, meets Lincoln. A wag warns of bugs in the posting, prompting the consul to fret over attire left behind as Lincoln quips about a “cult of clothes” to survive.
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National Capitol
Henry L. Stoddard
Washington
New England
Tom Donaldson
Ohio
Dagdy
Lincoln
White House
Press
Ion
Tincoln
Sixty years letter carrier Hannah Brewer retires
Hannah Brewer, Bitton post mistress, joins the superannuated after 60 years delivering letters through Wick and Mitton district. She began at 12, walked 250000 miles, faced all weathers on a 1 mile daily round, never robbed or molested, with travels limited to Taith or Bristol. At 72 she retires with a modest pension.
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Hannah Brewer
Servic
Bitton
London Daily Mall
Wick
Mitton
Gloucester
Taith
Bristol
Hannel Brewer
Atlas catalog offers vast colored maps and biographies
An Alma Michigan advertisement describes a large atlas containing new maps of U S states and world, many diagrams and portraits, with offers and prices. Local merchants like Bivins Rhodes Drug Store Julia F Lathrop millinery and Smith hardware are listed. Coupons on cash sales only.
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United States
Bivins
Rhodes
Alma + Mich
Bivins & Rhodes
Julia F. Lathrop
Smith and Glass
Chas
Morden
P T. Banghart
Alma Mercantile Co
Win Wilson
Messinger & Co
J. DL. Nichols
Grooms
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Pied BW Co
F. Brown
F Brown
Mesick
W. M. Graves
Herrick
Isabella County
Louisa E Cooter
Sumner
Gratiot County
Henry H. Gatae
Stanton
Elizabeth Paddock
Bannister
Sevellon Wo Northrop
A. H. Tuck
Crystal Mentevin County
George B. Johnson
Sears
Tuscnis County
Dennis White
Mt Ploweant
Marie Bulan
Kaikoura
Melvin Scott
Mancelona
John Z. Linton
Charlevoix
le Roy Parke
Edmore
Matilda Ward
Boyne City
Mexico
State Department
JH. McLean
Wes
Riverdale
Osborn Ih
H. H. Tinkham
Elwell
Mr. Jackson
Berry
Grand Ledge
Wilkinson
Grand Rapids
Fits Harris
G. A. Allerton &Co
Saginaw
Moble
Lathrop
Mr. Gardner
Gardner, Peterman & Co
Charlie Grifith
Grays
Harrison
M.E
T.E. Keys
John Fisk
Wilmot Langin
Messrs
Going & Adams
Adams
Mainst
Emma Westshire
Lincoln and the
F. E. Pollasky
Model Shoe House
Sever Yd
OF the
Dean & Hollenbeck
Reed TV
Andrew B. Spinney
Rvuietati
Tts
Raat Raginaw
Detroit
Vpeilaptt
Sagitarius Journal
A. B.spinney
Wright House
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