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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1904
Page
6
Local Alma column mentions Frank Kennett and neighbors plus a long testimonial from M. A. Ransom about Dean's Kidney Pills. Notes social visits, sermons at Kennett school, and local advertisements for Celery King as a tonic laxative.
Sunday activities include Hesstie Helm at home with Mrs. Lewis Lobdell’s instruction. Holly returns from booting trip up north. Grandma Hunt sprains shoulder after a fall. Mrs John A. Squire visits Dewan. Ruel and wife move to Kimball farm ten miles east of Lyons. William Ostorme buys home in Matherton. Teachers’ Association attendance by Several bimsell students of Prof. Lowsey. Jereene and wife to occupy rooms over H P Snyder’s Store, vacated by J H Ruel.
A Dayton notice cites Mia and Mary Simpson promoting Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for babies. The testimonial claims the product calmed a difficult infant and aided growth, pricing 45 cents in tea or tablet form by Ohas Rhodes.
Alma Isabel Ewings is listed with age 45 and license details for W Brown 31 and Mary E. Carmany 2. The notice records license management actions for multiple individuals in a historical local context.
A fragmented narrative centers on the town of Sodom and a white preacher Mah Amos Wilkins who rises amid racial and social tension. It traces poverty, exploitation, and a preacher’s contested authority during a brutal summer, with a tragic backstory of a hidden youth and a white man’s control over labor and faith.
A dusty courtroom like scene unfolds as a preacher named Ladder Wilkin confronts bigotry. The crowd falls silent while a Black man rises, faces the preacher, and declares his resolve amid rising tension and a distant, uneasy thunder in the air. The passage shifts to a chorus urging justice as the scene settles into a charged, tense moment.
Postmaster at Cheater reports a little girl nearly strangled by croup found quick relief and cure from One Minute Cough Care during a sudden attack. The product is praised for easing coughing, aiding breathing, expelling phlegm, reducing inflammation, and relieving lung strain. Sold by Chas. Rhodes.
A garbled OCR text fragment lists numerous drug names and medical terms with unclear context. It mentions medicines, conditions like indigestion, and brand or supplier references such as Willian & Joum. The readable items hint at a cataloging or advertisement page fragment without a clear narrative.
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