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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1891
Page
10
A fragmented verse line hints at satirical remarks about the czar and a theatrical figure. The garbled text suggests a playful critique of power, with imagery of a rattling roar and hardware in a distant scene. Limited readable phrases indicate a humorous, period-tinged tone.
In a rural October scene at Carter’s Place the community gathers for Glory Ann’s wedding to Philetus Antrim. Tensions flare over where the couple will “tower,” with Glory Ann insisting on King’s Holler over Glenham. Amid gossip and gifts, a salt cellar and a parlor organ bucket item become symbols as a quarrel nearly ends the ceremony.
Mus. Lean J Walken of North Manchester Indiana writes that after years of severe rheumatism she could not walk or work. Following a druggist recommendation she used Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters and regained mobility and ability to manage her housework.
A lyrical, mythic account proclaims the first wedding between Adam and Eve on June 1 in a celestial setting. The narrator imagines natural and divine witnesses, with birds, dew, and forest voices praising the union as ideal and universal. The rite is presided by high heaven, with Adam and Eve as archetypal spouses.
A historic ad style piece extols Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup as a universal remedy for rheumatism, claiming it purifies blood and restores liver and kidney function. It explains uric acid buildup causes rheumatic pain, then asserts the syrup dissolves deposits, cleanses the blood, and offers hope to long‑suffering patients.
An advertisement from Harper's Magazine promotes Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup as a cure for chronic rheumatism and related kidney and liver troubles. It warns against expecting quick results and encourages persistence, noting long-term disease requires time. The copy blends medical claim with verse excerpts.
In February 1889 I used Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Strengthening Plasters for inflammatory rheumatism after three years of pain. After three bottles and plasters applied to limbs and back, I am cured. C R NicHowson, Manson, Iowa.
Oliver Wendell Holmes argues that elegance in clothes, houses, and furniture cannot rival genuine domestic love. He contends that people often mortgage comfort for show, preferring simple, heartfelt living over outward grandeur, and rejects wealth in favor of real heart warmth.
A leasing farmer in Hamilton Co Indiana touts Hib bard's Rheumatic Syrup as the best remedy for rheumatism. He endured three years of pain and failed with many cures until the second bottle showed improvement. Now on his sixth bottle he works daily without pain and calls it great medicine.
Lord Charles Beresford and Gerald Coxe tried to bribe a crossing-sweep with half a crown for a mop. The boy refused, the constable arrested Beresford, Coxe protested, and the inspector quizzed the figures. The boy declared himself Der Dooker Wellington in a bold twist.
A patient testimonial promotes Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup as a cure for sciatic rheumatism after consuming six bottles. The letter from Salisbury North Carolina asserts doctors failed and claims widespread local cures, naming Steene Wells & Co as distributors and including dubious notarization.
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