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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
7
Free book advertising multiple veterinary and human remedies for fever cough colic kidney disease and skin ailments. Claims prevent miscarriage and treats diseases such as mange eruptions indigestion and diarrhea. Address: Corner William and An0 Streets, New.
A study by U S Army medical officers reports Malta fever prevalent in a 300 mile swath along the Rio Grande and extending north into Nueces and lower Pecos river country. The fever, long known in Edwards County and called slow fever or goat fever, clusters among goat raisers and those drinking unboiled goat milk. In Langtry a goat herd test found 8 of 23 goats infected.
Alma resident C. E. Spaulding reports back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Charles Rhodes' Drug Store in Alma Michigan. He notes irregular kidney secretions and scant flow prior to treatment and credits the remedy with removing soreness and backache. Sold by all dealers, 30 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Two city antiquarians Reginald Bolton and W L Calvert uncovered Indian pits at the Jonas Bronck site in the Bronx during Sunday excursions over the past year. They found a clay pipe fragment, bake ovens used by Indians and Revolutionary soldiers, bronze coins of George I and II, cutlery from Col James De Lancey’s battalion, and a Morris manor vaults and subterranean rumors. The Morris mansion stood near Cypress Ave and Willis Ave bridge, with a rumored tunnel unproven by the diggers. They also noted Jonas Bronck’s home near the area and a historic Dutch treaty with sachems Ranaqua and Tuckamuck from 1642.
Buffalo inventor Vaughan Glover unveils the Glaser Returnable collar button with a tiny magnet that retrieves the button when it slips, promising a lasting aid to mankind. The device is patented and praised by the Society for the Prevention of Profanity as a helpful tool.
Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of the novelist, lampoons Boston ankles in a City club talk. He recounted a homesick moment when sighting local ankles, quipping Beefy as Mrs Micawber’s own, then apologized and vowed not to return to the topic.
In San Francisco a commercial wireless station reportedly overheard a message sent from the Jo! station on Hokkaido’s Otehishi Island. The two stations are about 6000 miles apart, marking a claimed first trans Pacific wireless communication.
Nearly a hundred Alma alumni gathered at the Detroit MCA Auditorium on Friday November 8 for a reunion and banquet during the State Teachers association meeting. Stanley A. Graves was elected president to succeed William Winton who moved to Newark New Jersey. The event featured prominent Michigan educators and business leaders amid maroon and cream decorations and pennants contributed by George Maier and others.
Statistics claim the hen is the best paying investment on the farm when cared for. To maximize results feed chickens HARVEL'S CONDITION POWDERS occasionally. Pure medicine only, no mixed feed. Price 25 cts per package. Sold by Wheaton & Son The Pioneer Drug Store.
Alma Michigan notice lists names including George Benson Nora Grover Avery Johnson Charly Rise George Wallace and Clara Wixsett. Letters uncalled will be sent to the Dead Letter Office on November 27 1911 following the week ending November 11 1911.
An ad claims catarrh and related illnesses cannot be cured by stomach dosing sprays or douches but by breathing antiseptic air from Hyomel. The pitch notes eucalyptus thyme and Listerian antiseptics, promises money back and a $1 sale through Charles Rhodes who sells the Hyomel outfit today.
Erwin Flemming returns home while Frank Whitcraft mourns a cow loss last week. Clyde Raycraft and his Detroit wife finish a visit and go home. Mise Hagel Wilke, formerly in Alma, is back. Matt Leng plans a new furnace. A hex social is set at Wright schoolhouse. Mrs. Mary Raycraft spent two days last week in Claro.
For sale two sheet iron heaters one large and one medium size comes with stove pipe elbow and damper also stove oilcloth inquire at 502 Pine Avenue.
H D Ealy of Bantam Ohio refused amputation for a four year ulcer and used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve instead. The remedy cured his foot and is advertised to heal burns boils sores bruises eczema pimples corns and piles, sold 25 cents at Speed Drug Store Wheaton and Ron.
A native woman in La Grange Bay, Western Australia, used arsenic instead of baking powder while making bread. Five natives died after consuming the loaf and two others are recovering.
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