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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
3
Judge grants injunction to city of St Joseph against street railway for using tee rails in certain streets. City contends rails violate ordinance while company argues rails are rails. Order lasts one week. if no agreement reached, injunction may be dissolved. Company views ruling as victory and may appeal to state supreme court.
In Detroit on October 25 the jury found Zach Harper not guilty of complicity in the slaying of Patrolman John P. Daley alongside his convicted brother Freyd. The panel deliberated about an hour and the verdict was delivered with clear resolve.
An inmate named Findell, locked in a steel cage, escaped during a burglary trial. A second suspect, Fowler, occupied the cell and executed a diversion by manipulating the cage door while a third, Floded, vanished by climbing to a window and slipping down the front porch columns. Officers learned of the escape three hours later.
Joseph C L Johns, while widening a drain on Chartres Warren’s land near Bancroft, discovers a mastodon skeleton. The remains include tusk segments, teeth, and other bones, with the tusk about 14 inches and overall bone length extensive. The find is being preserved for study.
Incomplete OCR text references relief of frightful suffering and virulent pains from poor food. Mentions Grane at Lie and Mr. Shurrar with tonic properties. Text is garbled with names and places unclear, offering no coherent event or identifiable figures.
General News report of a Wednesday market roundup with grain futures in Detroit for No 1 white and No 2 red wheat and various corn oat prices. Livestock prices listed across Detroit Chicago and East Buffalo including cattle steers cows veal pigs lambs and sheep with ranges for each grade and stockers. Prices shown in three markets with noted shifts and market dullness in East Buffalo.
A new idea in cough syrup adds Vine Tar and honey to Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar. It claims to loosen bowels, relax the nervous system, and cure coughs colds and croup. Each bottle bears a red clover blossom and a honey bee and is sold by Chas. Rinses.
Fragmentary OCR notes allege lavish royal spending and public wealth concerns tied to the Moroccan court. References mention a costly gold item valued at ten thousand dollars and assorted luxury expenses, with unclear dates or officials cited.
An old style advertisement urges readers to treat indigestion immediately using Wlory King sold by druggists for 25 cents. It promotes a yearly subscription to The Record and a state map bundled for $1.50, reflecting period small-town commerce and promotional pricing.
Fragmented report notes an elderly patient recovering after fifty years of cough relief. Text mentions Pine Root and local places in Michigan and Kalay City with questionable spellings. Source quality is poor and specifics are unclear.
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