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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1897
Page
6
Boston Traveller reports a physician in Dorchester with a flair for humor inspired a prank about a shared top of a granite monument. Patients, amused by the tale, claim health improvements as they recount the doctor’s awkward climb and hasty retreat in front of Bowtom crowds.
An advertisement-like notice touts One Minute Cough Cure as a remedy for grippe. It asserts the product prevents complications and adverse effects, citing W. J. Rennels of St. Louis and Webb of Alma as endorsers.
Fragmentary verse by John Adooo in Bpeotam laments storms and gloom while urging endurance and hard work to reach victory. The lines invoke nature, rain, wind, and upland toil as symbols of perseverance amid loss and hope for triumph.
The text compares vegetable ivory derived from a palm nut to the meat of the coco nut, noting that the former comes from a palm in Central and South America but thrives in Granada and Peru. It describes the vegetable ivory nuts as brown-skinned, bean-shaped, with a perfectly white, very hard interior.
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier to cure tired feeling by improving richness of blood. Claims thousands report renewed energy and red blood. touts relief of sick headache and quick liver and bowel action.
The Postal Telegraph company reported a test comparing Morse with Wheatstone. Morse, unchanged for over 50 years, outperformed other systems in cost, speed, and accuracy. New York operators sent 5 005 words in 3 hours across Pittsburgh, averaging 66 messages per hour, with Pittsburgh reaching 68 15 messages per hour.
I recall visiting a Paris newspaper office with a friend seeking a published correction in the Cornhill Magazine. Two men in black with legion ribbons sat behind des s and cigarettes, the so called fighting editors. They treated rectification as a business, stepping out only when demands became too unreasonable.
Washington at inauguration time houses 109 000 visitors. Hotels reap huge profits as visitors flood the capital every four years. Quarters are booked in advance and hotels plan ahead with a sharp eye on future patronage.
The New Orleans Times Democrat laments the American nervous system in deplorable condition due to intense work habits. It argues that Americans toil to leave money for others who cannot enjoy it, while English workers live to work. The piece critiques national character as a whole, not individual exceptions.
A Yankee resists frontier customs in pre Bismarck Europe, refusing to open his trunk and asserting US independence. The piece notes a new California prevalent telephone complaint causing ear fatigue among operators, with suggestions that vibrations or improved lamp indicators could ease strains.
The excerpt threads obscure anecdotes about phosphorescent light in marine organisms and spectroscope findings, referencing Captain Maclear and Father Zeokt and noting how early observations shifted from monochromatic to a contiguous spectrum. It blends scientific quips with a humorous dialogue about remembering ages.
A child proclaims, If I was a man I would gladly give up my seat to a nice lady. an adult rises to offer a seat while a reader browses a Chicago Tribune page. The ad promotes De Witt's Little Early Risers safe and effective for headaches, constipation, and dyspepsia, with endorsements from W. H. Rennels in St. Louis and B. S. Webb in Alma.
The excerpt argues that character functions as stock in trade, enhancing faculties for improvement. It claims character builds friendships, creates bonds, attracts patronage, and opens avenues to wealth, honor, and happiness, attributed to J. Hawes.
BH. E. Turner of Compton Missouri says he cured piles after seventeen years using three boxes of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The ad states it cures boils, warts, and severe skin diseases and directs readers to Rennels in St. Louis and B.S Webb for purchase.
A brief Life magazine item notes playful banter about tales of Mia De French. The exchange features Tan ashayed and mamme characters discussing whether blushing would reveal understanding. The line emphasizes social wit and youthful candor in a light moment.
In Springfield, Illinois over 600 women registered and voted, including Mrs Altgeld wife of the governor. The result confirms Lucy L Flower’s election as trustee of the state university, marking a notable advance for women’s civic participation.
They are so small that the most sen sitive persons take them and so effective that obstinate constipation headache and torpid liver yield to them De Witts Little Early Risers are known as the famous little pills Y H Rennels St Louis B 8 Webb ir
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