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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
3
Fragmented OCR lists fraternal and Masonic lodge meeting dates and officers. It notes regular meetings for Masonic bodies, Arcane societies, and encampments with nights and times, locations like Hotel Commander and various lodge numbers, plus officers and ritual references.
A board of inquiry of US immigration commissioners refused admission to twenty five immigrants aboard the Waesland for violating the contract labor law. The group, six men two women and 47 children, were from Lace-making towns near Nottingham. Their passage was paid by Colin Alexander Dowie of Chicago, founder of a Zion city near Waukegan, who plans a lace plant. The board ordered deportation, citing lace making as a non new industry in the country.
St Tanl Minn Nov 1 United States Senator Cushman Davis remains ill with acute kidney troubles. Dr Murphy called from Chicago due to complications. Dr Stone’s evaluation unchanged after Tuesday consultation.
General MacArthur cites heavy American casualties and widespread guerrilla fighting in Luzon as troops reach near exhaustion. He condemns insurgent tactics while explaining Filipinos are not warlike, arguing long term governance requires disciplined force and political reform.
Fragmented prose cites Presidents Harrison and Cleveland warning on coalitions and democracy harming business. Includes note on Dr A S Pease suicide in Chicago and War Secretary Root ending Porto Rico department with troops to depart by December 15. An advert for Caldwell's Semmp Mepsin appears in Shorter and Mulhollanits.
A playful New York Bun item compares a typist's finger travel to a speaker in Congress and a peachblow jaw, calculating monthly and daily distances. It ponders the “dainty angels” of a woman typing and a political speaker, framing it as a humorous mischief about motion and fate.
Myron Basking recalls a 19th century convention anecdote about Montana delegate Martin Maginnis and a pig at the Widow Maginnis home. The scene sparked a roar as Maginnis, trying to speak, was drowned out by questions about the pig and a misnamed ceremony.
The bund at Tientsin hums with cargo as ships unload, with bales wrapped in matting bound for distant markets and crates labeled London or Hamburg. Wool, camel hair, coal, and Siberian soda mix with spices and incense, revealing a busy commercial hub shaping Far East trade.
A Grahammville New York blacksmith discusses his five year old son's recurring croup attacks. He credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for dissolving tough mucus and preventing settled croup, noting it contains no opiate and is safe for all ages. Local药 shop Bivins & Rhodes sells it.
Take Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup the best cough remedy on earth. Available at 25 and 50 cents. Fog earnihg 4. 1A & Mt Tolland steepcore to BS.
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