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A compact reflection on the power of simple words to spark reform and progress, noting how right words at the right time move hearts like birds to their homes. March, D.
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
3
A compact reflection on the power of simple words to spark reform and progress, noting how right words at the right time move hearts like birds to their homes. March, D.
A fragmentary verse vignette describes a lonely bachelor with gout and gloom seeking compassionate human touch he cannot command. It contrasts with a London Standard quotation on beauty born from mutable feelings and ends with a brief nod to One Minute Cough Care and its advertiser.
A fragmentary notice recalls a boy's imagined second life and a note directing readers to Edith Mo Thorne in Bt Stehotan. The readable names suggest a local archival item from a historical newspaper page.
An old advertisement highlights DeWitt's Little Early Risers as vigor and victory symbols for digestion and liver troubles. The copy mentions W.H. Rennels of St. Louis and promotes the famous pills as a remedy for constipation biliousness and stomach issues with period branding and obscure references to governance by truth.
An old Philadelphia Record ad mocks bargain hunting while warning about quack medicines. It satirizes advertised cures and urges care with home remedies, noting gas stove safety and a health pitch for a One Minute Cough Cure linked to W T Hentels of St Louis.
Philadelphia American reports a fragmented local game tale where two players competed near the canal edge. One contestant won with an uncertain mechanism while the other faced a puzzling outcome amid unclear terms and wording.
A 1 year old Minnie Kenyon was forced to sit at her desk for over two hours in a schoolroom noted for neglect. The coroner cleared the contractor superintendent and all connected with a hotel collapse, while the investigation sought blame and found many workers injured. Weather and mining reports fill the rest of the page with scattered local notes.
Kalamazan, Oot Die. kere, of Wolbowl, spoke in the city yesterday about Senator Dierews' perfection. He praised the candidate's service and experience as invaluable and stressed that a new congressman must work hard once in office.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions sewer Burrows power and younger members taking a action toward a win. Names and specifics are unreadable, leaving only hints of political or organizational influence and a call to move forward.
Fragmentary dispatches describe heavy engagement on Darwal Ridge with Indian Army units, artillery exchanges, and night sorties. British forces reinforced by Gurkhas and Dorsetshire Regiment struggle to dislodge defenders as colonial mobilization and overseas troop movements escalate.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a dubious malaria remedy, citing herbs and port wine with an alleged universal cure. Mentions a 19th century medical belief and references to materia medica and phystelins, with obscure names and garbled phrases.
An old drug advertisement asserts No-To-Hactor Fifty Genta guarantees a cure and enhances vitality. It claims benefits for weak men, blood purification, and overall health, urging readers to buy at all druggists.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe cure for uterine disorders and postpartum weakness. It claims to strengthen the reproductive system, aid motherhood, and reduce childbirth pain, urging women to seek the remedy via mail order and praising its effectiveness with patient testimonials.
In a San Francisco Post piece a veteran journalist recalls pitching a toon as a dramatic ad, noting readers prefer ads in papers. The tale shows a merchant's reluctance, a decisive push to advertise, and public curiosity prompting explanation before the author writes the justification.
The readable parts show exchanges about grief and empathy with interjections from a Boston boy and a Chicago Tribune glimpse, followed by garbled names and phrases. The fragment hints at a theatrical or literary discussion but contains no clear event, date, or full context.
Fragmentary OCR text describes an accident with numerous garbled names and places. It mentions people such as Leila, Lenya, and Dr abbtiey Udi alongside unclear locations and dates. The readable portions hint at a roadway incident and subsequent reactions but lack concrete facts to form a clear narrative.
A garbled reminiscence recounts a senator describing a beard shaving mishap at a Georgia Senate gathering, followed by a shifting dialogue on silver coinage and standard currencies. The piece blends a humorous beard anecdote with a lesson titled A Speech by Suunto Lodge, noting silver and gold backing and international monetary standards.
Fragmentary OCR recounts misinformation about Choiee Wines from Sprers vineyards Miselle and Pett Chape urging cures for sickness. It references Cartersimmients, claims about California wine, and warnings against curiosity while discussing remedies for tuberculosis bronchitis and famine era illnesses. It mentions remedies and the rhetoric of medical advice common in old newspapers.
The text references charity work and vows, mentioning Boston transit and a traveler recreation group. It notes that traditions or expectations from the past are examined, with a sense of recollection and inquiry into previous words or commitments.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a dubious health advertisement offering a free sample of a product claimed to aid nerves and liver. It mentions celery, Trout Celery Riog, and references to A. os. Melntyre with unclear context and several garbled lines.
An advertisement extols a candy cathartic claimed to cleanse the entire system and aid kidneys liver and bowels. It promises relief from constipation biliousness fever and other ailments and urges readers to buy a trial bottle with a money back guarantee from doctors.
An unreadable OCR fragment mixes numerous names, places, and garbled phrases. It mentions multiple proper nouns such as Tow a apidrerm Mobs and Parkersburg WY, but context and coherent events are absent, making a definitive news item hard to extract.
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