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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
5
The contest moves into focus as a local team prepares to host on a 24 avenue field. Key players and officials are not clearly identified in the reading, but anticipation centers on a decisive game with potential lineup changes and home advantage shaping expectations.
A farmer on a local rural property was crippled by rheumatism until Chamberlain’s Pain Balm was used. He recovered quickly, paid for a second bottle, and declared the product indispensable in the home. Sold by Bivens & Roades.
A head on crash between Pere Marquette passenger trains near Mayville Michigan leaves three dead and six seriously injured. The wreck occurred on a curve east of Mayville station, with engineers and crew named among the casualties. Doctors aided the injured and they were taken to a hospital in Saginaw.
An ad warns readers to avoid catarrh ointments with mercury and promotes a questionable Catarrh Cure from a certain company. It describes risks, claims healing, and urges purchase through to physicians and dealers, signaling dubious medical rhetoric and patent medicine advertising.
Train No 22 bound east from Saginaw bound for here at ten dollars? No. 23 arrives at 10 48. Conductor William Beal of Port Huron ordered to take siding. A wrecked scene. Mail agent Peck severely injured and later died on return to Saginaw.
Eight people are dead after a Canfield avenue Grand Trunk and Lake Shore collision in Detroit. Frank Gabwanski of Toledo is the eighth victim. three or four others are critically injured. Officials dispute blame while a coroner's inquest is ordered for next Monday to determine possible criminal grounds. A separate freeze damages cherries and peaches around Detroit as cigarmakers strike for a $1 per thousand raise.
X Rays and tests support that stomach catarrh stems from indigestion. The ad argues that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure treats indigestion, cures thousands, and prevents stomach catarrh. Sold by Bivins and Rhodes.
Bay City Michigan May 5 Robert Barney of State street West Bay City was struck by shunted cars while driving his chickens from the Michigan Central tracks. He was badly injured and died later at Mercy hospital.
George Blair a Seminole War veteran aged nearly 40 died at the county house in Coldwater Michigan on May 5. He served in the Florida Indian War and received a monthly pension of 59 dollars. He had been blind for several years.
In Detroit on May 5 a street car fatally struck a woman at Great River avenue and High street. The victim was identified as Mrs Florence J. Williams, a widow from Lafayette avenue and Seventh street. An adopted child was with her at the time.
Sanford M Waite a pioneer resident of Delhi township died at the city hospital following a Starvation Incident. Post mortem examination found a stricture of the intestines. He was 60 years old.
Burglars entered Sandor's general store in Essexville Michigan during the night of May 6 and stole goods valued at 300 dollars. They left behind old clothes suggesting three men and a boy assisted the job. In Kentucky, attorney J B Marcum was shot and killed at the courthouse in Jackson amid the Cockrell feud.
Thousands of poor Jews abandon Kiel amid rumors of an impending antisemitic crusade. Wealthier Jews seek refuge in hotels while troops patrol streets and walls warn of gun use if needed.
Lexington New York May reports a 31 year old city solicitor and political figure in Kentucky named Bronston accidentally shot himself while transferring a revolver from a grip last evening. He died an hour later at a local facility.
Thousands fill Pueblo for the president as a military escort accompanies his carriages to a decorated platform at Mineral Palace park where Roosevelt speaks to a large crowd. He praises citizen responsibility and common sense before a downtown procession and a final greeting at the Union Depot. In Colorado Springs, twenty thousand cheer as he arrives at the Antlers hotel and tours the city with rough riders before a public address and a medal presentation by local leaders.
The finker committee returned from Stillwater Minnesota reporting support for a binder twine plant proposed at Jackson. A House bill on inheritance tax was amended to tax estates at 5 percent of value with a $5,000 threshold. Gas lines struck near Boyne, and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets were praised by a Minnesota reader after stomach trouble.
West Bay City reports Louis Riep, born April 5 1798 in Blessberg Germany, dies at his son Charles Riep's home. A Napoleonic War veteran, he joined at 17 and fought near Ligny and Waterloo, where a saber cut marked his hand. Carnegie library offer rejected by Montreal council due to unresolved funding and design issues.
Lansing May 6 The Michigan companies of railroad companies report earnings for March at 4154.00 an increase over March 1902. The Michigan earnings for the first quarter were 1178 766, up 1619 489 or 16 percent year over year.
An unreadable OCR fragment describes a crash or incident involving a pilot or train. It mentions a leg, investigators, a station, and various garbled names and actions. Readable facts are minimal, with no coherent sequence or confirmed details.
Detroit and Chicago markets report mixed cattle and hog prices with May and July futures. Detroit lists cattle, hogs, and sheep values including butchers and milch cows. Chicago notes prime steers and hogs by weight. Buffalo shows regional cattle and hog pricing. figures vary by grade and quality.
A letter from B. F. Bua of Fremont, Nebraska, claiming kidney trouble, rheumatic pains, liver and metabolic ailments were cured after trying Electric Bitters. He reports no sick days since and mentions neighbors also benefited. Offered at Sharrar and Matholaud's drug store.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions effects in November 1011 and trains between Prankfort and All on Now. Includes mentions of South Sadeteam UN No d 4 pm and Free Cunie Car numbers 14 37. Names Kirby, Bulloch, Gow, Fame, Age, Toledo appear as scattered entities in the damaged text.
Train schedule reads departures to Detroit and Bake and Grand Rapids and West. Two trains show 6 am for Bayview and Bay City with updates for Big Rapids and North 22. Names shown include George Maes and agent Imitiret, Miles Breliuk.
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