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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1906
Page
5
Alma residents host guests and visit in St Louis and Chicago. Visitors include Miss Lena Fink and Miss Myrtle Martin while local figures attend church events, operate businesses, or tour cities. Easter observances, railway notes, and storefront improvements appear among community notices.
A note promotes a 50 cent dinner at the Sanitarium and urges guests to bring spouses for a pleasant outing. Details praise Mickey as a delicate perfume available at Stannard's Central Drug Store for 25 cents per scent with samples on request. A Dr. C. L. Barber headed company plans a modern five story hotel at Lansing on the former Hotel Clements site, fireproof, to start now and finish by October 1, costing between $125,000 and 100,000.
The company states it cannot provide further electric lighting and clarifies it now uses only wheat hatfel power. It offers to furnish wiring and lights to anyone in the lighting district.
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs. Lillian Weed Johnson of Ithaca and Mrs. A. D. Wilcox, with survivors noted. Local events include Easter tea planning, millinery openings, and church services. People travel for medical treatment, visits occur, and local businesses plan openings and veterinary services. A sunrise Easter prayer service and various community notices are described along with transportation and potato shipping promotions.
A partial, damaged notice from Alma Missouri listing refunds for a cough remedy. Signatories include GEO, K. SUARKAR, and RHODES with a 25 cent bottle trial offer and money-back guarantee for unsatisfied users.
A collage of brief items notes Elmer Hartsell starting a twestay in Olio and Robbins moving family into a newly bought house. Others report travel for business in Saginaw Grand Rapids and Lakefield. The Wabash RR offers reduced tickets to eastern cities. Ads include Pine-tles medicine from Geo H Sharrar and a traveling salesman position. Also mentions old paper sales at the Record office and local employment and mortgage ads from Wheeling Roofing and more.
Mrs. Charles Bittner sold his farm and bought one north of St. Louis. John Fidler of Edmore Ohio visits friends in the area. A temperance lecture is planned at the M E church on the fifth and at Rathbone the fifth in the evening. Floyd Street is repairing a tenant house and found relics while removing petitions. J Fisher plans to build a large barn and Mr Margalf intends to construct the same.
King Bros of Grand Rapids seeks all purpose and heavy draft horses. Parties with horses for sale should contact Vonddeges Prod Cyarch in Aline Bell Hone for inquiries.
Jason Lady returned home from Langs last week Elisha Clawell lost a valuable sheep John Maggarid sold a cow to S William Gerrard Little Milian McLean fell and cut his foot Dr Lamty Tressel treated the wound Mr and Mrs Clair Nelson spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Marry Nelson in Alma Mr and Mrs McKean spent Sunday at Jy Pothers near Forest Win Harry Haggant entertained Ray Jones and Vida Mun Sunday Frank Hough visiting from Fruit Ridge returned home earlier this week
G A Baker of Carney Michigan recounts a long lasting cold in his daughter that resisted three doctors. He says Warner's White Wine of Tar cured her and warns that many such illnesses end in consumption. The note promotes Pure Virgin Oil of Pinetoan available at drug stores.
An old advertisement-like note touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for raw or inflamed lungs and a cure preventing pneumonia and consumption from a hard cold settling on the lungs. Endorsed by Geo. Sharrar.
Misleading ad copy claims a minister prescribes syrup for sore throat cold and jetje. Presents Dr Wai White Wine of Tar Syrup as preferred remedy over others and lists Statravel drug store as sale point.
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