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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
6
A farmer near here with pneumonism received Chamberlains Pain Balm from O P Rayder of Partens Mills NY. After using it freely, he felt no further pain and paid for another bottle, saying it cured him. For sale by Hivenk Roades.
St Petersburg dateline reports the Russian foreign office refuting Pekin’s April 23 eight demands on Manchuria as false or unimportant in parts. It stresses no action against other powers’ interests and notes existing rights in interior commerce. Also mentions a plague-linked incident involving an English vessel in 1902 and asserts China’s integrity is already in Russia’s program.
Washington April 8 considerable interest centered on an Associated Press dispatch from St Petersburg detailing eight Chinese Manchuria demands. The Russian foreign office reportedly confirmed measures preserving status quo, preventing changes in administration, and asserting control over telegraph lines and border affairs. The notes to St Petersburg and Pekin prompted U S inquiry and protest on the first two demands.
A National Stockman article notes hogs have been the top revenue source for the firm over the past year. It emphasizes hogs convert feed into profit, maintain fertility in fields, and justify feeding corn to hogs even at higher prices. The message praises hog farming as the sure path to earnings.
In Plymouth, Mre Ephraim Partridge, an inmate at Eloise, drowned after leaping into an artificial lake. Escanaba Mayor Sourwine vetoes a 2500 dollar Carnegie library books appropriation, saying the council cannot legally allocate funds. Detroit library commission seeks to cut Andrew Carnegie’s 750000 dollar gift to 500000 to drop branch library stipulations and fund a new building at the existing site.
Practical tests with X rays establish that stomach catarrh is not a disease itself but results from repeated indigestion. Advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure aiding digestion, curing thousands, and making the stomach sweet. Sold by Bivins & Rhodes.
A vintage advertisement extols Sifter Stove Polish as odorless and dirt free with a perforated top box for easy use. It promises no waste, a jet black lustre, and no soaking, brushing with a damp cloth then dry finishing. Sold by all dealers at a low price.
A broad protest movement across Cuba opposes taxes imposed by newly established provincial governments. Reports describe widespread demonstrations as authorities face a growing challenge to fiscal reforms amid political restructuring.
Ainee jaat Wea neatay is reported missing after a murder at an empty house in the city. The body was found face down by renters viewing the property, with valuables stolen. The Osaka Expo opened with the emperor presiding over the fifth national exhibition.
About one hundred Chinese laundry workers in Butte Montana walked out seeking higher wages. The British cruiser Retribution departed St John N P Friday afternoon after receiving urgent orders to proceed to the catch the after weather conditions.
Washington April 28 The extended report by Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles on bio observations in the Philippines is made public by the War Department. It notes climate as a serious detriment to service, with troopers remaining healthy initially but increasingly debilitated after two to three years of duty, while Moros are poorly armed yet vulnerable to modern artillery.
Tuesday figures show grain bids for wheat corn and rye with May July and Oct contracts quoted. Cattle hogs and sheep markets in Chicago and East Buffalo list price ranges for various grades from prime to common, with specific quotes for steers heifers bulls and slaughter cattle plus hogs lambs and veal values.
A reader from Fremont, North Carolina, reports severe kidney trouble and general weakness cured after using Electric Bitters. He claims relief after a few doses and notes others nearby were likewise helped by the remedy. Sold by Sharrar Musholaud's drugstore.
A local notice declares a money back guarantee on Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar for coughs and colds. The undersigned promise to refund a 25 cent bottle if unsatisfactory, naming SHAKKAIKE MCLHOLLAND Alma Bruins Rhoes AlmaPrep Hepson Riverdale as signatories.
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