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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
4
In Gratiot County the Gazette notes advertisement activity as a welcome feature for nearly every home. The piece mentions that despite variations the week’s ads continue to appear and attract attention, highlighting local advertising practice.
A vivid recounting of a night on the Withlacoochee near Tonla Apopka Lake and Hawkins landing. The party hunts alligators from a cracker wagon, capturing specimens up to eleven feet, detailing shots, boat handling, and rough river conditions, with later notes on other regional anecdotes and misadventures.
In a spring morning a student narrator describes teaching a young girl named Francine in piano and Jesuit studies while revealing a troubled home life. The girl's father violently interrupts, but the narrator defends her, prompting strong men to intervene. The piece ends with reflections on artistic awakening and the power of music to reveal inner truth.
A late night gondola trip through Venice unfolds as cramped covered boats and dark side canals create fear. The two gondoliers, one with a young companion, race through pitch black water while singers chant, the boat twists, and passengers cling to rugs as the ride unsettles them. The incident ends with a boarding house warning and a boastful quip about Americans, amid remarks on the gondolieri’s urgent demand for payment.
A vintage advertisement touts No Wolt iing ily Soother as the only safe medicine claimed to remove infantile disorders without opium or morphine. It assures natural relief from pain and lists a price of 25 cents, with sales by BS. Webs.
An advertisement touts Pree Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and constipation with a positive guarantee. It lists a price of 23 and 0 cents and credits U. S. Webb and Bold by as endorsing or distributing entities.
Advert explains Acker's English Remedy as a preventive and positive cure for throat diseases coughs colds and whooping coughs in children. Firm promise of guarantee and price ten cents by B. Webb.
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