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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
3
Widow and relatives gather for funeral rites at Westlawn Canton as mourners, clergy, and civic leaders attend services for the late president. The procession includes the casket, soldiers, and a tribute by pastors and community figures, with choirs and a large crowd paying final respects.
The article describes a somber public funeral with prayers by Dr. Manches tiree Lishop LW and a sermon by Rev. Pather Votan. The congregation sings Nearer My God to Thee and high officials attend, including President McKinley’s body borne to the vault. A vast crowd of mourners gathers across cities as flowers are offered.
Ministers and professionals tout Dr. A W Chase's Ointment as magical for burning itching and bleeding skin problems. Letters from Rev W N Forwards Rev J N Van Natter and others claim cures for piles eczema and skin diseases after using the ointment, urging others to try it.
The ad touts Dowtys Ointment as a cure for skin troubles with testimonials from A G Ayers, a bookbinder in Battle Creek, who describes severe eczema and cracked skin relieved by the product. It claims widespread sales, urging readers to buy through dealers and lists Foster Milburn Co and others as distributors while praising the ointment as the best the United States has seen.
A Sept 24 dispatch reports a rule tying hotel saloon operations to saloonkeeper status and eligibility in the order. The item also covers unrelated notes on naval actions and public warnings, with brief testimonials about a cough medicine and a diarrhoea cure cited from various places.
An OCR fragment advises inspecting a pain killer bottle for mele by Merry Davie and notes a cheaper option. It cites large and small bottle prices, blue laws affecting the poor, and endorsements of Chamberlain's Pain Killer for bruises, cuts, sprains, rheumatism, and swelling. Bivins & Rho sell it locally.
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