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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
7
An antique advertisement lists cures for numerous ailments from neuralgia to dyspepsia and whooping cough, claiming remedies like No 1, No 2 and others. The notice, issued by Humphreys Med Co, promises prepaid pricing and mail order delivery from New York.
The article surveys Dickens quarter works manuscripts and reveals what remains of Pickwick papers, Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby fragments. It notes Georgian Hogarth letters and notes on Dickens’s early drafts, plus anecdotes about ghost stories and folklore that pervade Victorian literature.
The excerpt notes that wealth cannot guarantee satisfaction and that every business, even theft, fails to pay. It argues money matters little without opportunity and cites a Boston Transcript sentiment about impracticality and the risks of crime. The tone questions economic value and moral restraint.
An old medical advertisement claims the bladder and womb have single purposes and illness stems from imperfect kidney action or mistreatment. It promotes Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure, urging readers to send fifty cents or one dollar to the Kilmer company in Binghamton, claiming authenticity and urging patient caution.
A Chicago Times Horatt article profiles a remarkable child, Plorivet Keuter, praised for extraordinary general knowledge and musical talent. It notes a visit to Lyman J. Gave’s residence, where the boy answered anatomy, history, geography, and zoology questions without a single error, as described by a stenographer.
The excerpt describes a corked bottle cannon and blotting paper setup to imitate field artillery, along with a child’s mischief with a vase and a boy marveling at the daytime moon. It also notes a needle from Queen Victoria’s life showing Trojan column imagery in miniature.
The New York Journal notes strange bonds between animals. A Somaliland lioness protects a terrier as her own pup while ignoring the terrier’s siblings. A Maltese cat and a motherless litter form a foster family under her care. A twirler and a cat share a stable home, swapping and nursing each other’s young. At Paris Jardin des Plantes a fox and hound live in harmony. A north Derning pierkeeper rears a fox pup with canine companionship.
A fragmented 19th century note on extreme cold in polar regions. It discusses thermometer readings near zero to ten below, fur clothing, and how candle flames survive in arctic chill, leaving a skeletal candle and delicate wax ice structures. The piece blends travel myth with archaic observations.
A giant beaver skull, alleged to be the largest and finest mammoth beaver specimen, was unearthed near the Michigan Indiana border and is now in the possession of George A. Puker of South Hend, Indiana. The skull measures about 12 inches long and 6 inches wide with 9 inch incisors, dating to the Quaternary era alongside mastodons. The piece is one of only a handful found in the United States, with prior discoveries noting similarly fragmentary remains.
A traveling military crematory, resembling a large army oven drawn by eight horses, is described as a method to dispose of soldiers killed in battle. The inventor claims it would prevent epidemics from mass burials during campaigns, a concept the Huffalo Express notes as an innovation in warfare. London meat inspectors announce unfit meat is sent to condemned sheds in Smithfield, washed, then chemically treated to curb decomposition.
The Navy plans three lightly armored gunboats at Newport News to serve in China waters. No. 7 Nashville, No. 4 Wilmington, and No. 9 Helena will feature overhangs for propeller protection and be economical to coal, with launch targeted mid September and completion nine months later. Additional notes cover shipbuilding secrecy and Britain and Japan naval expansions.
A factory workers strike in Lancashire led a manufacturer to install nightly electric searchlights on the building to deter fires by striking laborers. Police presence was reduced as the light, teamed with guards, scanned the works and surrounding areas for pickets, boosting control during the dispute.
The Chicago Chronicle notes the introduction of gold coins in England by Edward III in six shilling pieces nearly the size of the modern sovereign. Nobles then at six shillings eight pence led to the later quarter and half nobles with Edward IV, featuring Michael and the dragon, and a legal fees tradition.
A veteran describes severe paralysis and long recovery, crediting Dr Williams Pink Pills with restored mobility and health. He recalls service in New York Cavalry units and notes subsequent improved strength, stamina, and ability to work daily, urging others to try the pills.
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