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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
3
A 19th century advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound for farm families after harvest. It claims the remedy strengthens the stomach, purifies the blood, relieves dyspepsia and neuralgic pain, and restores vigor to weary laborers facing winter. It targets laboring husbands wives and children in rural homes.
The yearly report by W A Richards commissioner of the general land office notes a large rise in suspected fraudulent land entries, linked to a November 2 1902 interior department order. Under the order 10000 entries were suspended and 15 special agents are active to uncover frauds.
A long funeral service for Emma Mette Tucker occurred at Carnegie Hall with many mourners. Speakers included Booth Tucker and Col. Hitchin, followed by a prayer service at Salvador Army barracks. Eve Booth fainted during the memorial and was removed home.
Professor L. B. Tatli, head of Michigan farmers institute work, outlines November sessions across Alpena, Oxcuwla, Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Iron, Ontonagon, Moraga, Houghton, Menominee counties with dates from Nov 5 to 21. Additional institutes set for Saint Marie, Rosmal, Love Schoolhouse, Maple Forest, Benedict Schoolhouse, Tonmont, Ragla schoolhouse, Farwell, Grandon, Harrison, Dublin, Bristol, Pinora, and Chenesoe. Chamberlain Cough Remedy advertised locally.
New York reports James Smith Jr as receiver outlines sensational charges of misstatement and fraud in the United States Shipbuilding Company. He urges suits against promoters, plant vendors, and C. M. Schwab to recover full debts, and recommends selling Crescent shipyard and enforcing Bethlehem Steel receivership to secure dividend payments.
Two cars of dynamite exploded in Crestline Ohio causing massive damage across the Pennsylvania yards. Yard officials reported serious injuries to a yardmaster and a clerk and the west yard of the road was wrecked. Debris and a 100 by 15 foot crater stretched across the area as engines were hurled from tracks.
Ann Arbor Nov 2 A heart stopping football clash ended in a 6 to 6 tie as Michigan and Minnesota battled to a stalemate on Northrop field. Heston and Boeckman scored Michigan touchdowns and a post season game was discussed. Other state results followed with Detroit Athletic Club and St Grand Rapids Independents among scorers and high school scores listed across Port Huron Cadillac Eaton Rapids Charlotte Quincy Reading lonia St John Benton Harbor Muskegon Escanaba Marquette and Orchard Lake military academy defeat to Cleveland University 35 to 0.
Italian Mike Savant was shot and killed Sunday afternoon by Dominick Papa, a countryman, in Ishpeming. The shooting occurred in a yard behind Savant's boarding house and was followed by Papa's capture by Marshal Fandrem about a half hour later in a swamp near Carp River. Savant, on parole from Marquette prison after a tough past and a prior conviction for killing a Finn at L esseneR years ago, was killed in the early fall of November.
A fruit grower Arha Martin age 30 was murdered in Lawrence Michigan after a dispute over a garden issue. The event occurred Saturday near Thin Village with a rifle shot ending Martin's life. Police report unclear motive but the two men involved exchanged threats before the fatal shot.
A fragmented collage reports disasters and unrest: a printing plant fire at 47 Market Street West Philadelphia causes $200,000 loss with $40,000 insurance. in Constantinople US Minister Leishman hosts a reception marking a new premier. a Kanawha & Michigan train wreck in West Virginia claims engineer William Turkey and several passengers. a historic Spanish strike ends harshly with worker pay shifts but unions still barred, hinting at future tensions.
St Clair county grand jury returned eleven indictments against individuals believed to have participated in the lynching of a Black teacher named Drath Wyatt. The names of the indicted were sealed. details include the date and location of the alleged crimes and the ongoing investigation by county authorities.
A state game warden report notes numerous violations of game laws and patrols will be intensified in the woods to enforce the season closure for commercial hunting. Deputies will be assigned to monitor rights and ensure compliance with the laws.
In Petoskey Michigan Wallace 8, a Hay Bile farmer, was found dead with a gun in his body. He had been hunting and reportedly climbed a barbed wire fence about a mile from his home when the accident occurred.
An ad from Dempeestown Pennsylvania features DH Turse praising a vegetable liver and stomach tonic named New Life Pills. The testimonial claims the product restores youth by taking one pill nightly for two weeks, touting its safety and effectiveness for liver and stomach issues.
Sample mailed free promises relief for piles external or internal types including fissures and fistulas. Immediate relief and certain cure offered by Humphreys Medicine Co based in New York with pricing options and prepaid rent receipt details.
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a lasting remedy for nervous debility, weakness, and prostration from overwork. It claims 40 years of use, offers single vials at $1 and a $5 package, and notes distribution through Druggists or prepaid by Humphreys Medicine Co.
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