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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
4
A Greenville store announces a closing sale to clear five lines of pianos and organs as the building is overhauled. They advertise savings of 75 to 100 dollars per instrument, with example prices and generous discounts on brands like Cotte Howard and Valley Gem, urging customers not to miss the greatest piano and organ sale ever held.
SETHTON School resumed Monday after a week off with Miss Emerson teaching. New scholars include Herald and Vera Chambers. Local families such as the McWilliams, Ney Jones, Reuben Holiday of Alma, and Jas. Hyatt visited relatives and shared meals with neighbors during the week.
Frank J. Cheney declares Hall's Catarrh Cure to be effective and offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by the product. The sworn statement, dated December 6, names Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors and outlines the medicine as a internal remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces.
Advert reads Diapepsin as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims you can eat anything without fear, prevent fermentation and gas, relieve belching dizziness and stomach pain, and have a healthy digestion with no laxatives needed. It promises rapid, dramatic stomach improvement by tomorrow.
In a tenement tale a meek Mrs Slane endures a brutal husband until she quietly leaves him. Neighbors debate her choice while a lion-tamer scene interrupts with a dramatic rescue as Maxwell escapes a cage only to be saved when the lights fail and attendants intervene.
Fragmented account blends literary gossip with social commentary. It notes Thackeray’s imagined eye color preferences, his fictional attachments, and a claim about Sally Baxter inspiring a character, alongside a sidebar on blind bicycle cycles and New York wealth comparisons.
An inmate of the grave for 60 years, O Sling died recently at age 706 in England. The public purse bore his maintenance costs amounting to 1940 dollars.
A delayed statement of the financial condition for Alma shows disbursements and fund transfers, including sewer and water funds, tax refunds, and penalties. Entries reference county taxes, investments, loan repayments, and items such as hydrants, park funds, and returned taxes, with March dates and line items for overdrafts and interfund transfers.
Local notices recount visits among East Areala residents and Alma families including Lucille Hancroft and Rean Nevens, Melvin Sharrar crew, and Roy Keefer with classmates. The record also lists Miss Lillian Balmer’s obituary and a formal O E S resolution of sympathy from Alma Chapter No. 48, with dates and signatories.
Resolutions of respect note that Almighty God has pleased to call a respected member to eternal rest. The measure honors the deceased’s service, character, and contributions within the organization, extending condolences to family and friends.
A local advert from Princeville Ohio reports M Li Bingham refusing amputation and preferring Bucklen's Arnica Salve for gangrene risk. The Record notes the salve heals eczema fever sores boils burns and piles worldwide with 260 price at P Brown's.
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