The Only One Ever Printed Can Ye Wind the Word
Fragmentary ad item notes a word game offering a prize for naming a word shown in this week’s paper. Mentions Crescent and Medicine related terms with scattered, unreadable lines and misprinted phrases.
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
7
Fragmentary ad item notes a word game offering a prize for naming a word shown in this week’s paper. Mentions Crescent and Medicine related terms with scattered, unreadable lines and misprinted phrases.
A resident Captain A. G. Pareis of Malden on the Hudson New York writes that August Flower has been in his family for seven or eight years and is the best remedy for indigestion and constipation. He says his wife suffers after meals but the preparation relieves her, and he also uses it to ease his own indigestion.
A New York and New Haven train at a Connecticut station carries a tiny man and an invisible suit of atoms as a tall tale unfolds. A pill man tries to buy the atom’s ticket, but the boy’s plea and a conductor’s mercy pivot the crowd toward compassion. Passengers share peace offerings and banter until Cedar Hill station, where a show of humanity saves the day and the atom is escorted off safely. In a separate note, a 225-car coal train becomes the longest on record for its line, recalled alongside early Conestoga wagon days and the Gus era.
A jumbled OCR page shows various product plugs and vague notices. Mentions Dr Hulls Cough Syrup, Syrup of Figs, Salvation Oil, Major’s Cement Repairs, watches, pamphlets, and a welcome collage of random claims. Names and places are scattered, with no cohesive story or verifiable event.
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