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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
3
A 19th century dairy farming piece argues form must match function in cattle. It contrasts dairy versus beef types, noting the need for vigor, constitution, and productive capacity. Emphasizes selecting sires from productive lines, proper care, and clean facilities to ensure milk quality and cow profitability.
Fragmentary notice offers various items for sale including stove, coal range, iron bed, organ, two dressers, commode, plate racks, and a side board. Mentions a person named H. F. Spaalting and a dubious heading about sale.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's remedies including the Menstrual Pellets and the Discovery while promising a free book of extracts from eminent authorities. It claims relief for indigestion liver torpor constipation and various ailments. A bound edition and a larger medical guide are offered for 21 cents in stamps sent to Buffalo New York.
An advertisement touts Hysoaiel as a pocket physician that cures catarrh with no stomach dosing. It promotes the Lift Pocket Physician and a bottle of My-ofiel priced at $1.08, claiming guaranteed relief and ease of use.
Thirty seven men and six boys attempted to flee a state fair to reach Grand Rapids for free. Pon tac officers including Deputy Wiley Calbert Van Buskirk Chief Graves and Detective Krimmel boarded the doomed train at the depot and rounded prisoners into the baggage room. By Monday morning 16 were fined while the rest walked free. the youths aged 12 to 16 were not jailed.
Quaker preacher, aged about 40, from Columbus, recently arrived in Jackson for a pulpit call, left family and a wagon of household goods after two weeks waiting for work. He disappeared Saturday night, taking no money, leaving a 10 and a 4 year old and a 7 year old child behind, amid confusion over his whereabouts.
Nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes. Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 in use over 40 years. The only successful remedy priced at $1 per vial or $5 for special package. Fold by druggists or sent prepaid. Humphreys Med Co Willlien & John Sts New York.
Turmoil continued in Vancouver's oriental quarter after Saturday's rioting as Japanese and Chinese residents armed themselves and authorities scrambled to curb violence. Police swore in 200 special officers and discussed militia deployment while gun shops halted sales. many workers fled their quarters and a tense mood lingered amid warnings of possible further attacks and international diplomacy steps.
The Pere Marquette Railroad ran excursions to Capeenville and Grand Rapids on Sunday September 5. Fare to Greenville 25 cents, to Grand Rapids 1.95. Train left Alma at 5 AM. Posters advertise fares, details from agents. Also promotions for New York bound tickets at Saratoga Springs with dates and return options.
Lansing Mich Sept 16 A division of the supreme court will be held Wednesday to hear several election matters. James W Helmnes cont ten that the use of voting machines for the election of delegates to the constitutional convention to invalidate will be argued. The treaty in the twenty ninth senatorial district where Andrew TL Duell postmaster at Harbor Springs was placed on the ticket by his own vote will also be argued.
Dudley Murritt a 64 year old former banker, killed himself Monday afternoon by swallowing carbolic acid in a vacant warehouse he had rented. He was found dead there after planning to start anew in the bookkeeping business. One daughter survives.
A Detroit polices court jury found Henry J. Revher guilty of carrying concentrated weapons after a Western Union strike breaker was arrested with two knuckledusters. A 12 year old Bay City boy, Anthony Meyers, was electrocuted while climbing a live wire, dying from a broken neck, and his parents witnessed the tragedy. Other items note growing distress over Maury John’s condition at Isidore, railway conductors under investigation for fare pilfering, and Georg F Ball, a 9 1/2 year old Midland resident, linked to Michigan’s earliest stage coach story as mail carrier teams traversed the lakes region.
Ann Arbor railroad announces its twenty second annual Ohio excursion set for Tuesday October 1st. Paper will publish full particulars soon. Special prices available for trips to Lakes, Can Rene Oxford and low aloes, Variety Store in Detroit Michigan.
Spanish War Veterans at Cedar Point endorse observing December 1 as a special flag day in the United States to honor the fleet sailings to the Pacific under Admiral Vans. Post-Comdr Charles R Miller of Cleveland presented the motion at the fourth annual encampment. it passed amid cheers and a message to Saratoga asking Civil War veterans to join. The group reports a $5,000 cash balance, its largest, and 4,506 new members in six months, totaling over 50,000. J A Freed welcomed the Ohio commander. Ward spoke, with King Charles, novelist, as a candidate for commander in chief.
In San Francisco on September 10 Jimmy Britt broke his wrist in the fifth round against Joe Gans, ending a brisk bout after 214,000 spectators watched the fight. The referee ruled for Gans as Britt endured severe pain and later cried during medical inspection. doctors confirmed a fracture dislocation of the lower ulna.
Kermit Roosevelt and Marvin Tinghill arrive in Chicago after a hunting trip in South Dakota. The report notes Roosevelt plans a short stay before moving on.
Advertising copy touts free land prospects and low-rate rail tickets via The North Western Line to South Dakota and other states. It promises guidance on securing farm plots, encourages use of new Chicago and North Western routes, and lists W. T Ketekern as Passenger Traffic manager in Chicago.
Jim and Drucie Chesney plan a quick elopement after a family dispute over a wedding with Hank Fortis. Jim buys a farm, packs up the couple, and departs with Drucie while Silas Chesney protests. The scene shifts to a parallel tale of Romanian royalty and a historic crown forged from a captured cannon.
All persons owing themselves due to T. U Spalding & Son are asked to call and settle at once as we have disposed of our coal tasinens.
A New York Daily Mercury fragment describes common storm myths such as storms traveling from opposite directions and lightning being a sign of sky aggression. It explains misperceptions about wind, timing between thunder and lightning, and how people gauge storms by the seconds between air sound and the peal.
A New York physical culture teacher argues parsimonious living leads to health and longevity. He claims frugal eating, strict dietary regularity, and minimal variety save time and money and strengthen the body, citing apples and small portions as ideal. The piece reflects era views on diet discipline and self-control.
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