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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
7
Sample mailed free offers relief for piles or hemorrhoids external internal blind bleeding itching burning fissures and fistulas. Immediate relief and certain cure advertised with three sizes 35c 30c and 81.00. Sold by eye Medicine Co under William and New York druggists.
Advertising copy touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a cure for nervous debility, vital weakness, and prostration from overwork. Claimed to be in use over 40 years, available at $5 per vial or special packages for serious cases, sold by druggists or on receipt. Indexed to Alma Michigan firm listing and prices.
Nay City Oct 19 The steamer Garden City after unloading lumber from Lake Superior ports and en route to Saginaw to lay up caught fire and burned to the water edge just south of the city. Estimated loss is 40 000. The report follows other local items including a conviction in Traverse City and a burglary at Downington with thefts totaling 1 040.
The notice claims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured a patient in Geneva Ohio after forty years of piles. It promotes the salve as a cure for burns wounds and skin diseases and warns against counterfeits from Rivins and Rhodes druggists.
Bandits halted the Pacific coast express near St Joseph Missouri and seized about 50 000 in gold coins. Police report no injuries and say officials had prior warning of the planned robbery and the bandits escaped with the secure contents after forcing the messenger to open safes. The heist unfolded with meticulous planning and minimal disruption to passengers.
In a Watsh fig tet report, Charles Cawley of Morestead Pa is accused of killing his mother Mrs Sannah Cawley about 40 and two sisters Belle and Anna with an ax and removing fearfully injuring other siblings before police fended him. The suspect reportedly acted while mentally unbalanced in a disturbing family tragedy.
Manila October 13 The sultan of Kaeo Mindanao rejected the friendly overtures of General Sumber commander of American forces on Mindanao in a defiant reply that declares a desire for war. The sultan says the sultan of Itwerlod desires war forthwith.
Bandits attacked a railroad express near Woodlawn, taking doors, firing at car interiors, and dynamiting the express. They fled into darkness after abandoning the car, as railway men pursued. A $1,000 reward was offered for their capture.
A Saturday dedication in Detroit drew a large crowd including prominent jurists from the United States and Canada. Speakers included Supreme Court Justice Henry Brown and Circuit Judge Horace Lorton, with James Vo Bradley also noted. A reception followed in the evening.
Terrest Det Francis II Pere gue of the Canadian Ben announces a perfected plan to supply electricity from a hi e power plant at the falls of Souin Sie Marie. The scheme envisions a 60 foot carrier and a 25 008 Iyopae Power AE fleet to power a national exhibit. The plan aims to showcase state products at the upcoming national grange meeting, with about 100 visitors expected, while a pastorate change shakes Saranac. The Apple Evaporator Destroyed section notes a fire in Troon, with losses between 90 and 210 percent insured, and stock saved.
An elderly chemist connected with the Michigan Nerivultural vollege is described as very sick and near death. The text mentions long years of service and a possible export, with scattered figures and names that are largely unclear. The passage mixes disjointed details about age, work, and financials with no coherent event.
Davie NY seller C T Smith touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as fastest selling article in store. He claims it saves throat and lung diseases when doctors offer no help. Mothers rely on it, physicians prescribe it, and Sharrar & Mul holland guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottle offered.
Mothers fear SPErmAhEN winter as children catch colds easily and croup proves deadly. The ad claims Minute Cough Cure liquefies mucus, reduces inflammation, and acts immediately to cure coughs bronchitis and lung trouble citing testimonials from McMahon Hamp ton and Hivins Rhodes druggists.
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