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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
7
William Savory of Warrington credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his wife's life after six years of bronchitis confinement to bed. The product is sold by Sharrar Malholland.
A fragmented report covers a courtroom exchange over speech length during a trial, noting Honorable Judi Lumley Smith and counsel R. J. Drake. The jury ends the case after debating ten minutes versus longer remarks, with later references to a town’s general store described as “half rock” and the post office’s formation.
A letter from late Consul General Wildman notes China’s agricultural structure and tiny holdings that hinder American equipment. He cites law and reports showing most farming is done with home tools on small plots, with plows and thrashers of primitive design used or absent.
Fragmentary critique of political manipulation describes how local leaders stage events to project influence. The piece mocks how compliant crowds and orchestrated attention manufacture influence, naming unnamed players and implying broad schemes behind public reception.
A garbled historic piece surveys the Cocopa or Corcom Indians of the lower Colorado River region. It highlights their agricultural methods as among the most primitive yet informative on prehistoric farming, and notes their riverine lifestyle and distinctive customs within neighboring tribes.
The article describes portrait orientations on coinage, noting that the heads face specific directions for different monarchs. It cites George VII turning right, George VI left, William IV right, and Queen Victoria left, as part of a tradition that the ruling monarch’s head faces away from the previous issue’s portrait.
The value of snow as a mammal alimentary and air purifier has been demonstrated by experiments conducted in London.
Gov Gage and California delegation met the president at Redlands to extend state welcome as a grand flower parade and ovation paraded from the train to the Cash Loom hotel amid palms and blossoms. The event drew a large civic reception with cheering crowds and officials including Gen Shifter and the local committee.
A May report from Cape Town states Sir Alfred Milner says there will be no change in the king or government policy. Dutch refugees in Durban explain Many surrender because Botha wants to remove weak fighters hindering his forces. Mrs Hotham, Boer commandant general’s wife, travels to Holland to persuade Keager to end the war. De Wet reportedly mobilizes 2000 men. Lord Kitchener to deploy a new hornlite tactic to compel surrender.
A steamship sank after collision near Grand Devor as depth charges failed to avert disaster. The vessel, carrying 118 feet of cargo, went down amid night fog, with limited survivors reported and authorities beginning inquiries.
President McKinley's California tour drew vast crowds and floral displays as he traveled northward from Los Angeles through the Santa Clara valley. Amid jubilation, his wife Mrs. McKinley rested in San Francisco with medical care sought for her illness. The itinerary included Palo Alto, San Mateo, and Burlingame, with the president planning to continue despite mounting health concerns.
The May census reports England and Wales population at 2 525 716, up 14 15 percent over ten years. Other items note a mob incident near Koosville Arkansas, a murder suicide near Rockfield Indiana, a Mormon will splitting 1 000 000 among wives and children, and political updates from Brussels and London.
A Texas reader recounts long indigestion trouble and costly trials before Kedal Dyspepsia Cure. After two bottles, relief surpasses prior medicines, making him feel younger and healthier than in twenty years.
The advertisement claims the lungs liver and kidneys purify blood naturally and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the superior purifier. A single dose is said to do more good than a dollar bottle of the best purifier with samples available at Biving & Rhodes for 25 cents.
The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work in his Laboratory. Dr Kilmer claims Swamp-Root cures kidney bladder and urinary troubles. It is advertised as a specific and is marketed in fifty cent and one dollar sizes with a free sample offer and a book by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
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