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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
7
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cure for catarrh with a guaranteed refund by Chas Rhodes if directions are not followed. The complete outfit includes a hand inhaler, a medicine dropper, and a bottle priced at one dollar, with refills available for forty cents.
A claim-carrying notice from Sharrar's drug store extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a medical breakthrough. It touts curing E R Mulford, lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry, in Waynesboro Pennsylvania of piles and asserts the salve heals Burns Sores Boils Ulcers Cuts Wounds Chilblains and Salt Rheum. It sells for 25 cents.
An 19th century promotional note touts Foley's Honey and Tar as preventing pneumonia after a cold. It claims the remedy stops coughs, heals the lungs, and provides protection against future attacks. It warns to refuse substitute products.
An old advertisement promises relief from itching and protruding piles using a novel collar tube application. It claims quick, in train or at instant relief and lists Geo sine as the seller.
Immverton postmaster Robbed and nearly losing his wife, based on a letter dated May. He describes twenty years of chronic bilious complaints leading to jaundice, cured by Hilteric Hitters, a tonic advertised by Geo. B. Shartar.
A. H. Hronx offers prime pasture land two miles west and two miles north of Alma. Suitable for a limited number of horses and cattle, the property includes abundant water.
Advert says deaths from appendicitis fall as use of Dr Kings New Life Pills rises. Pitches a painless release from ills with increased vigor after use. Guaranteed by Geo E Sharrar, druggist. Try them.
An advertisement touts Poe to obtain relief from chronic indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the remedy aids digestion, strengthens the digestive organs, and restores vitality, promising better appetite and stomach function. The text emphasizes its corrective influence and the necessity of proper digestion for health.
An assortment of 19th or early 20th century ads promote DeWitt's Little Liver Pills for liver cleansing, Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup, Rexall Cold Cream and Cream of Almonds, and Kennedy’s honey and tar. Chas Rhodes and Stanard's Central Drug Store are named sellers.
Over a million acres of land will be opened for settlement on the Shoshone Indian Reservation on June 15 1906. Lands are reachable via the Chicago and North Western Bay route from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points. Send stamps for pamphlets maps and full particulars to W B Kniskern PT M C N W Ry Co Chicago.
An old advertisement offers Mollister’s Mountain Tei for children, claiming it keeps them strong and well. The item is priced at 35 cents, labeled Tea or Tate Lets, with Chas Rhodes associated.
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An 19th century advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as cleansing and purifying the blood and system. Sold for 35 cents by Chas. Rhodes.
A selection of school contract books offered at moderate prices for directors. Includes Dr Thomas’ Electric Oil advertised as the strongest and cheapest remedy ever devised, claimed as a household staple in America for over 25 years.
A fragment notes Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick cure for grippe and coughs, praising its curative qualities. The brief text mentions Geo Sharrar in connection with the claim, though context is limited and details are sparse.
A fragment recounts a child saved after a long illness with a claimed cure using Warners White Wine of Tar. The text mentions G. A. Maser and DICHIBGN, then describes a weak child who could not stand and the alleged effectiveness of the remedy, noting countless similar outcomes.
The Watnah Railroad sues to limit one way tickets from Chicago and other points to New York Boston Montreal and other eastern cities at nearly reduced rates. FE OH Tristram Assistant General Passenger Agent 7 Adams Street Chicago.
The guide and resins obtainers frou ie trees have long been recognized as highly beneficial in the treatment of backache, kidney and bladder troubles. Pine-ules is the name of a new medicine, the principal ingredients of which come from the pine forests of our own native Mand. Sold by Geo. E. Sharrar.
Lands along the direct Chicago and North Western Bay route from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points are advertised. Readers are asked to send pamphlets maps and fall particulars to W. B. Kniskern P L M C and N Ry Co Chicago.
An advertisement promotes Pine-ales chewable globules as a backache remedy to be taken Wed time before Horse. The soft gelatine coated tablets are moistened and swallowed and claim to contain no sugar or alegho- just gums and resins from native pine forests with other bladder kidney blood remedies. Sold by Geo BR Sharmr.
The Chicago & North Western Railway reports strong prospects for spring, spurring communities to attract iron and woodworking firms cereal mills canning works cold storage plants mills and merchandise establishments. Requests to the Industrial Office of the OC N W Ry Chicago will be promptly attended to.
An old advertisement touts Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar as a potent cathartic for colds. It claims to purge bowels, clear the head, loosen phlegm, and ease coughs including croup and whooping cough, urging relief through an evacuating effect.
The Three Veterans march in a Civil War memorial parade near a small Virginia town. Veterans in wheelchairs and with crutches follow the ragged flags as crowds watch. at the cemetery they place wreaths for unknown dead and reflect on glory and memory before taps sounds.
A fragmentary historical note recounts General Harry Heth of Virginia joking with his troops about persimmons during a march. It mentions Leopold Charlton, first pensioner of the Civil War, who died in Savannah on January 27 after apoplexy. Charlton, 71, was the first to receive a government pension for Civil War wounds, with records showing initial pension actions in 1861 for the Twelfth New York Infantry.
In a southwest battle Colonel C EB Bradshaw recalls taking his own brother prisoner after both sides served in the Confederate and Union forces. The Kentuckians faced each other as the clash left his brother unrecognizable beneath beard and grime.
A grocer recommendation list urges customers to ask for Alma Patent Arcada Haker s Rye Flour Buckwheat Flour Grahat Flour Whole Wheat Pious Wheat Grits Corn Meal Cracked Wheat. The item emphasizes variety of flour types and grain products available through local retailers.
Describes cash rents of 35 per acre and purchase prices 7.50 to 15 per acre for cleared land in Eastern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana, with costs to clear 6 to 10 per acre and soil yields including cotton at 45 to 60 per bale. Notes suitability for other crops, stock raising, and mentions cheap land in Texas and the White River country, plus discounted train literature from Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain System agents.
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