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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1896
Page
6
An obscure old ad claims a single dose will stop a cough that annoys others and differentiates the danger to the nurse. The notice cites W A Hennela of St Louis with additional mentions of BOS Webb and Alma, presenting a period style medical cure pitch.
At Seensiopol the opposing commander exchanged coded signals while Sir Edmond Lyupe sent Adiind Machinoff a message of fist luck and the Rietan admired the compliment with a large cheese. Wedderburn and Lord Ashburton plan a speech and a chest bilster after which warmth is said to have been shown.
In North Carolina on a train a father paces with a sick baby while a woman who boarded at Goldsboro questions him. The mother, Orter, reveals she is the child’s parent, insisting the man is kin and can tote the infant. Washington Star recalls Eugene Field humor and a letter to George Gaston with cartoon drawings.
In this excerpt from the Indianwolix Journal, Mr Figg asks what was learned at school while Tommy recalls a teacher describing Nero’s cruel childhood act of pulling the legs off flies. Mr Figg reacts by asking if the emperor later became a promoter.
Observational quip contrasts Thackeray and others with varying brain sizes and bat sizes. Mentions Mr. Gladstone, Lord Salisbury, Sir William Harcourt, and Mr. Chamberlain. The passage notes heavier brains associated with a deceased idiot and contrasts prominent figures' attributes in a wry aside.
New York San recounts the legendary eater Spug Jackson a Bowery performer famed for unlimited appetite. He devoured oysters in dozens ordered quail and turkey challenges and even a whole keg of beer in tall tales of his extraordinary capacity and showy dining feats. The reminiscence paints a vivid portrait of a remarkable eating prodigy from a bygone Bowery era.
Fragmented text mentions names Sneed Effety and Co o Minite Congh with unclear roles. References to wards of the age and a water related matter appear garbled. A later line notes WTL Rennels in St Louis along with BS Webh and ACma, but no clear event or outcome is described.
A garbled excerpt discusses trial rights before magistrates and mentions a list of names and places. It references Detroit Press coverage and hints at penalties under law. The text includes mentions of DeWit's Little Early Risers and figures like Rennels and Webb in St Louis, Alma, and other unclear locations.
A snappy sample of humorous quotes and stray ad copy picks through a travel joke in a sleeping car. It includes lines about temperance pledges, a private secretary’s editing job, and a nostalgic New York bridge anecdote plus a plug for Donn’s Opointment relief.
Fragmentary dialogue about engagement and taste, mentioning Tom and Bevanse. The readable text hints at a legend or character named Blatter and a phrase about an awm sold when engagement occurred, plus a line about having a cold affecting taste.
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