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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1887
Page
5
Fragments from a 1867 issue blend jokes and social scenes with mock letters and anecdotes. The piece references Englishmen, hunting life, sensational dime novels, and a humorous exchange about pencils and writing. Local vignettes include a farmer’s family and a doctor’s quip about purity.
Fragmented reminiscences describe faith doctors claiming cure for nervous cases while genuine nerve disorders resist treatment. A Glasgow-like editor notes sensationalism, misdiagnosis, and the danger of charlatans in medical folly.
A long, garbled excerpt extols cheap dining, listing various dishes and elaborate kitchen techniques with exaggerated claims. It mocks a grand, expensive feast while detailing a chaotic buffet of soups, meats, fish, and desserts, ending with a satirical nod to culinary impresarios and a noisy marketplace scene.
The article discusses English experiments showing tuberculosis like effects in milk with about 2 percent pulmonary cases among affected cattle and notes higher French rates. It mentions a Dalithetin’s life in Servia and describes a mob incident near M. Garashenlin, with 300 workers breaching premises.
Fragmentary report notes a new undertaking related to hearse services and sewing lines with general reports on work submitted to a committee or board. Details are unclear due to OCR corruption but references to undertakings and a general report appear.
An OCR fragment reveals a lurid list of patent medicines and medical claims. It touts cures for consumption and syphilis, promotes Pennyroyal wafers, and mentions various doctors and sellers. The text reads like a sensational late 19th or early 20th century newspaper medical advertisement with bold guarantees and dubious efficacy.
Late of the Ontario Veterinary College Toronto T Ni is prepared to treat all diseases of domestic animals by latest scientific methods. Calls by telephone or telegraph promptly attended. Office next door to Findley Morden's harness shop opposite the M E church Alma Mich.
advertise a range of patent medicines including Acker's English Remedy for coughs colds and croup infantile disorders. Mary Soother and Dyspepsia tablets are touted as safe cures with guaranteed results and prices noted. The letter also promotes Parnelee's Brood Purifier and various tonics and tonics for digestion blood purification and general health with sales by S Webb and A. Webb.
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