Price of Whisky and Church Dues Sermon by Rev Goodchild
The Cen ara Baptist church in New York heard Rev F M Goodchild argue that one glass of good whisky funds a man to attend church for a week while one igor would cover church dues. He contended a bricklayer’s daily wage would sustain church membership for a year, and that drinking costs more than going to church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lt Coats
F. M. Goodchild
Cenara Baptist Church
New York
J. Gundermaon
Dimondale
Mich
W.T. Drake
Meeting of the M. L. G. ends with plans for June picnic
The M. L. G. met at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simmons home. Officers absent, routine business omitted, members offered suggestions for the society’s good. It was decided to hold the annual picnic in early June with Murdock, McCormick and Avery in charge. Mrs. Murdock elected literary regroi chairman. Jennie McCormick home from school vacation. A maple vegetation social by S. A. S. at Reuben Ott’s Friday March 27 with 15 cents supper for adults, 10 cents for children. older members to present a program. Zella Starks in Ypsilanti. Bank offering service of the W. P. M. S. held March 15 attracted a good audience. collection 5.75. Ad for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers ends the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Simmons
Murdock
McCormick
Avery
Jennie McCormick
Reuben Ott
Zella Starks
Ypsilanti
Local Happenings and Oddities in Lee Center
March notes from Lee Center record Herman Wuhl’s five weekly meetings and local worries about finances and religion, plus a farm lease to Frank Walker and plans for Marsh Quarter services. An Olivet museum find includes a decayed jaw and a two-foot-tusk fragment, while One Minute Cough Cure and De Witt’s Witch Hazel ads appear amid community items and a Metho dist tea social at Doo little home with ice cream and cake for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wuhl
Wolk P
Frank Walker
Social and community notes from Ceresco and area
Sherwood hosts tea for the Morris family while a drama titled Tony the Convict played at Tompkins Opera House in Girard. News covers school closings, travel, local visits, a Lyceum spelling contest, a leap year party, market prices, and a local farm dispute ending in a verdict for William Mickel over the sale of a cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Morris
Sherwood
H. G. Sebring
Tony
Tompkins’ Opera House
Girard
Pearl Failing
Ellia Corners
Alice Randall
Taffy
F. R
Electric Bitters touted for liver relief and fevers
Electric Bitters is advertised as a general tonic and alterative especially helpful when languid or exhausted and the liver is torpid. It claims to counteract malarial poison and aid headaches, indigestion, and constipation. Sold at W. T. Drake's drug store for 50 cents and 1 dollar. March 19 report covers a local E L 8 meeting with a large dinner and program on famous women, with papers on Francis Willard and Helen Hunt Jackson, plus various recitations and discussions. A horse incident near the meeting is noted with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Drake
E. L
Mire
Wm. Hamilton
Frank Hamilton
O Kinetic
Webster
Marengo
Francis
Riley Sanders
E. U
Mately
West
Eckford Laraning
Local notices and social events fill Albion area pages
A dense notices column reports on Dr Hunting engagements, a W F M S meeting at Mrs Robinsons, and parish notes. It records the Eckford audience for a special treat, notes about Ada Sackett performances, donations around 12.50, and travels of R A Powell and Louise Powell. Obits include Theo Cook of Cook’s Prairie, and Melville Salter of Pawnee Kansas. Multiple small items describe missions events, lectures, school terms, band socials, visits, and local announcements with dates and places across Albion Newton Fartello and nearby communities.
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Ren
Dr. Hunting
Eckford
EK. Robinson
Ada
Ada Sackett
R. A. Powell
Minneapolis
Louise Powell
Marshall
Theo
Cook
Cook's Prairie
Edith Budlong
Melville Salter
J. Hinkle
Pawnee
Kansas
Mr. Salter
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with 75 cent price
The notice offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. and cites testimonials from Toledo wholesalers West & Truax Walding Kinman Marvin. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and promotes Hall's Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding
Kinman & Marvin
O. Hall
Mar
Epworth league convention at M. Bh. church in Clarendon
March 20 gathering invites all residents for an Epworth league convention at the M. B. church. In Clarendon Charles Lawrence Richard Willer and Elmer Drinkwater began for Florida Monday morning. May Harmon spending time at home. Fred Mills from Kansas City visited Mrs Elihu Clark and left for New York ity. Simeon Hartman of Tuntedtoo West Va subject to annual colic attacks. he tried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with relief in five minutes. Available at Greene's drug store. mar
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Epworth League
M. Bh
Charles Lawrence
Richard Willer
Elmer Drinkwater
Florida
May Harmon
Clarendon
Fred Mills
Kansas City
Elihu Clark
New York
Ity
Simeon
Hartman
Tuntedtoo
West Va
Chamberlain
Greene's
Mar
Fredonia Republican slate announced on Wednesday
In Fredonia on March 10, Republicans held nominations selecting Marshall H. Starr for supervisor Stephen Smith for clerk John Goods vieh for treasurer Samuel Fox for justice and Wm Kidney for highway commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall H. Starr
Stephen Smith
John Goodsvieh
Samuel Fox
Wm. Kidney
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all skin ailments
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter chapped hands corns and all eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and offers the product at 9 cents per box sold by W T Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.T Drake
Statesman Solicits Faithful Court Letter Offer
The Statesman proclaims it offers opportunities to solicitors across the court in the form of a faith based appeal. It invites readers to write in.
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the Statesman
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Central Block
Atarrh
C. J. Phillips
Hood
Hood’s Sarsa
Parilla
Tam
J. Patitirs
Abbott
East Main Street
Battle Creek
Chicago
Elias Hewitt
Real Estate and Insurance Bureau
News OF the County
Coptirs
DeWitt
A. O. Hyde
de Witt
A.O. Hyde
Lee Center
Hiram French
Will Sullen
Partello
Olivet Museum
Mr. French
A. O. Hyda
de- Witt
A. Hyde
Tekoushi
Ceresco
Franklin Bender
James Henning
J. B. W. Lewis
Gallup of
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Congregational Church
A Statesman
Chas
Brent
Florice
Milton Swartwout
Joe Moffitt
Big M. Gubbins
Bee
Lewis McLeod
Vincent Phelps
Frank Weed
Will Wattles
Battle Creek Road
Myrta Watts
CG. P. Smith
John Freed
Wilderville
Fred Simmons
Ladical Missionary Society of the
Congregational, Church
Jonathan Weed
Congregational
Statesman
William Mickel
Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Mr. Mickel
Echo
ALOE
Calumet Baking Powder CO
Karl
Newton
Ladies’ Missionary Societies
East Newton
Fredonia
Coresco
Francisca
House
Watson
Luce
Harbridge
Cameron
L. L. Lewis
Ceresca
Hattie Baty
Perry Mayo
Lula Bahaonab
Watson Sisters
Wm. Ewing
Lansing
Sunday School Publishing Society
Palestine
Albion
Mesdames Killian and
Hayes
Owen Meredith
W. C.T. U. Hall
J. N. Case
Ladies’ Aid Society
Eliza Finch
Jessie Murray
Charlotte
F. A. Harrington
Harrington
Isaiah Courtright
Bucklen
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