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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
2
Local correspondence lists visits by VanKirk family and others to North Star and Chicago, church dedications, and social calls. Obituaries note Ray Parish and Bessie Clark, with verses and mourning poems. The North American Review column discusses Ingersoll and Field on religion and the agnostic stance.
Late week showers and ongoing illnesses mark local life. Mrs Wilsey improves after a long illness while Mrs HO Pratt and daughter visited Tonio. Miss Plo Wailing Jeft departs Gouverneur to teach next year. Quarterly M E meeting set for Sunday. John Rosetti moves near Alma for sugar factory work. School repairs underway ahead of term. Local sports events drew crowds, including a Moore’s Prove picnic and Saturday races. The Diphtheria remedy Dr Thomas' Electric Oil advertised.
Weather woes persist in Northwest Emerson as drought lingers and wellbeing declines. Mr. Hunt and wife, Mrs. Canfield and Mr. Wang and family were guests of Mrs. Ward Sunday. Mrs. Wiser remains on sick list. Mr. Claris and family visited Verte Warg this week. Mr. George Sherwood and family were guests of Mrs. Wiser Wednesday.
Washington August 31 The superiority of the U S Army Transport Service has impressed the French government Captain Vignal military attache to inspect American transport vessels with a view to improving the French system He has requested permission to copy the plans of American ships and no decision has been announced yet.
A long strained attraction to the Doan name in health products is argued. A Detroit man recounts relief from kidney trouble and rheumatism after using Doan Kidney Pills, praising the remedy and recommending it to friends. The ad notes price and mail order details through Poster-Millen for Buffalo NY.
An article extols Dr RV Pierce and his stomach centered reform for disease origins. It cites his half million patient record at the Invalides' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo and praises his Pill and claim of extensive cures by digestional focus.
John Northern Hillard recalls a September harvest supper after long field work. Women prepare hearty dishes while men fill plates with bread, butter, biscuits, meats, and vegetables. Apple pies, milk, and beverages appear as fatigue fades, evening settles, and the Katy lullaby music ends the toil with worn but welcome rest.
wartime remarks by Dr McGee on nursing as a vital female vocation. The piece praises women nurses in war, notes their morale and skill, and argues for maintaining a large corps. It describes the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s foreigner work led by Willard and Groth, detailing immigrant reception, aid, leaflets, and clothing distribution for newcomers arriving by ship.
Comic misprint era advertisement touts Dr A W Chase Kidney liver pills as a cure for kidney and liver ills. Claims of relief from aches for men and women with low prices and widespread availability.
Dr Miles states La Grippe is purely contagious and recommends Nervine as a remedy. The note warns readers about influenza spread and cautions against self treatment without medical guidance.
An advertisement claims Dr Chase’s Ointment fully cures piles, endorsed by thousands after failures with other remedies. It asserts doctors and druggists recommend it as the only guaranteed cure, cheaper at six cents per box, sold by all dealers and the Dr A W Chase Medicine Company of Buffalo NY.
The Farmers' Federation of the Mississippi valley is organized with Walter N. Allen of Meriden as president and business manager. It plans to regulate shipping of farm products across states, establish offices and yards, issue 20 million dollars in stock, and create a banking department to support farmers, with no rebates to shippers and profits retained to fund expansion.
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