Free and unlimited coinage debate marks 1897 scene
In Alma Record editorials, Governor Boles rejects the Chicago platform’s free silver plank while supporting silver as currency. John Kasson is praised as Commissioner of Reciprocity, and Bryan’s wheat claims are disputed. Southern Populists resist fusion with Democrats, warning against betrayal. The piece contrasts McKinley era prosperity with protective tariffs and warns that free silver brings unequal costs, such as Mexican currency conversion.
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Boles
Chicago
Ius
Wats
Aedler Wilson
Coal Trade Battle Sees Alwbain Challenge English Coal
The United States faces foreign coal competition as Alwbain supplies 100000 tons to Mexican railroads. Officials point to shifts in trade and competition with English coal. Government reports claim prosperity followed the President and a Republican Congress, while farmers suffer lower consumption and prices.
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Cleveland
United States
Nnl
Congress
Jol Sherman
Dingley Law gains traction as deficits shrink
The piece argues monthly deficits will fade under the Dingley law as revenue improves. It cites Mr Bryan’s criticism of McKinley’s early administration, notes editors’ opposition to the Dingley measure, and mentions wage increases in Grand Rapids furniture factories amid protectionist debate.
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Friends of the Measure
Grand Rapids
Curious Contests Halt Poodle Driving in French Town
In the French town on the Hiver Marne curious contests drew crowds. A white whipping contest featured about 40 contestants with naval whips and Perpignan style long whips. Judges valued the crack patterns that excite a horse without harm. A driver named permission won first prize for cracking songs including La Marseillaise.
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I-Relling
Nogeant
Hiver Marne
France
Sevmn
Nym
New York Journal
Perpignan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Fortunes From Fractions Control Universal Need
Leslie's Weekly notes recent wealth from tiny fractions driving big gains. Street railway, sugar, coal oil, and patent medicine promoters rise on fractional profits, with millions earned by those exploiting small per-unit fractions in universal goods and consumer items.
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Mit
Africa
Cripple Creek
England
Leslie
America
United States
Wtil
High School Notes and Local Notices
High School notes report a new globe in the eighth grade room and the rhetoric class nearing completion of a three week old novelette. Mr Brooks has missed three days due to his father’s illness with Prof Ely in charge. Visitors listed include Floyd Glass John Kenoers taer Fred Delavan Mrs Angel and the Misses Reid Rush and Nevins. For sale a 40 acre Alma farm with improved land. sale or exchange for mortgages or land due to debt, W S Baxos Alma Michigan.
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Brooks
Prof
Ely
Floyd Glass
John Kenoerstaer
Fred Delavan
Angel
Reid
Rush
Nevins
You Cant Afford to Chance It from Foley Honey and Tor
A heavy cold may lead to pneumonia or consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar taken in time offers security from serious results. Sold by Bivins and Rippes.
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Foley
Bivins & Rippes
Bivins & Aias
Kidney disease cures and elixirs advertised by old ads
Fragmented advertorial letters praise Foley's Kidney Cure and Cream Balm from Ely Bros and others. They claim dramatic recoveries after doctors gave up, urging use of Dr. J. H. Me Lewis's Liver and Kidney Balm as a remedy. Multiple dates and signatures appear in a vintage medication promo.
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ELY Bros
Warren St
N.Y. City
J. H. Me. Lewis
Remedy Advertisements Warn of Cold and Cough Treatments
Local ads tout Dr. H Melown Liver and Kidney Balm to restore organ health, Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for back pain, Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a trusted cure. Several endorsements claim rapid relief and urge sale through Bivins & Aias and nearby outlets.
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H. Melown
Bos
Webb
Try Grain O A New Food Drink Replacing Coffee
Grain O offers a brown sealed beverage described as safe for children and adults, a coffee substitute made from pure veins. Advertises gentle digestion and no distress to stomachs, price five cents per package, sold by all grocers.
One Day Visit by Dr. A B Spinney in Detroit Area
Detroit physician and Reed City Sanitarium proprietor Dr A B Spinney will be in town for one day only at the Wright House on Saturday Jan 8 offering free one month treatment medicines and surgical operations to the poor. He claims long experience in chronic diseases including catarrh eyes ears throat and lungs and offers guarantees or relief with written promises. patients urged to spread the word of his treatment.
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H Free
A. B. Spinney
Detroit
Reed City
Cleveland
Oho
Homeopathic Medical College
Alma and Pellanti Susitariama
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C.F. Brown
John Kasson
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Germany
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Cullinus
Bryan
Ohio
Howard
Alabama
Wall Neyer
Mexico
Alwbain
South
McKinley
Alma
W. S. Baxos
Mich
Beaver Cam
Mua
J. M. Bary
Wes
Diya Deretund
Hhmi
ISIS
TESST
A. Johnson
Lynn Center
Doltbyn
Chinelwrlath
Hugh Kenedy
Hank
John Bros
Vienna
John
Bivins & Ratotis
N.N. Osburn
Woodstock
Chamberlain
Bivins Hones
W. H Norton
Sotter Creek
Gal
Hirvins & Raowrs
Hobbs Sparagus
Roman
Saginaw
J. M. Montigel
Dr, Spinnay
Wright House
NESS
Oliver Chilled
Rusell & Co
Cathartic
Douglan
W. L. Douglas
Pollasky, Alma, Mich
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