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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
2
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil as life giving for men women and children improving appetite restoring flesh and lifting energy. It asserts the product aids digestion and turns food into nourishment and promises a bright life during hard work. The ad is signed Scott & Bowne 409 Pearl St New York.
Fragmented late state news covers Saginaw fire escape tests, Daggett and Traverse City incidents, a boy burglar confession in Menominee, Rep. Agens ill with pneumonia, Wayne County election contests, heavy voting in River Rouge Highland Park and surrounding towns, Obscene letters case against Harlow Howe, Johnny Gordon’s legal actions, Rebecca Pierce’s courtroom win, custody dispute in Spokane, Grand Rapids, and a Saginaw coal miners convention opposing Gompers and Morrison contempt citations.
The account describes Ada Soper facing near death after long illness from a condition labeled incurable. She credits Dr King’s treatment with quick relief and permanent improvement, detailing a complex medical journey and a court case regarding property tied to her family.
The federal hoof and mouth quarantine on Michigan cattle was relaxed starting Monday morning November 25, 1908, allowing sale of live stock and saving feeding costs. The reduction began in southern counties and will likely lead to lifting the state quarantine. Some infected farms remain under surveillance, notably in Livonia and Avon townships, Oakland County, home to the Parke Davis & Co farm. Estimated quarantine costs exceed a million dollars, with federal inspectors and farmer losses cited.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Wisconsin writer from Watertown praising a medicinal remedy. J A Swenson references trials and claims of cures for rheum boils sores and skin issues with Pocklen Arnica Halve. Ends with garbled names and product mentions.
A mixed batch of state briefs notes political votes in Dickinson county, a Detroit location for a missing woman, releases from reformatories, a man found dead in front of a hotel, bank plans with Gov Warner among stockholders, a Hancock church fire with insured loss, upcoming military drill plans in Ludington and Sparta, Michigan political figures at a McKinley club banquet, and various local prosecutions, arrests, and civic notes from Flint to Grand Rapids.
A clipped exchange between Parker and Thmmons touches on morning greetings and housekeeping. The brief dialogue hints at a theme of home life and marriage with light humor and social observation.
In a lively exchange, Timmons and friends discuss homemaking, vegetables, and favorite dishes. They reminisce about mothers cooking, dream of ethereal specialties, and tease about sharing recipes with neighbors while planning a practical noonday meal.
A physician touts a simple inexpensive home remedy for coughs colds and chest trouble. Mix one ounce of Targol with one ounce of kerowne and take five to ten drops in water. Immediate relief is claimed.
Town and rural readers report a simple home made mixture praised by a druggist for curing rheumatism and kidney issues. The recipe calls for Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, and Come pound Karyon mixed and taken as a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime. Do not alter diet. drink water. The tonic purports to cleanse kidney pores and remove uric acid, with many locals swearing by it.
The probate court in Gratiot County announces an estate matter for Jobs Halley of Ithaca Michigan. Creditors must present claims by July 21 at 10 AM, with the hearing on the estate set for the same day. Judge R Shavichr presides.
A brief livestock notice notes a Thoroughbred 0. 1.C. Sow expected to farrow in April and lists the related farm or seller identifiers.
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