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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
2
Ithaca residents and visitors populate the week with trips to Alma Lansing Owosso Mt Pleasant and Ann Arbor. Names include William Howe Alfred McBrian Glenn Tussell and J B Kirby with many relatives and church connections noted among the travels.
Otto Dodd of Ponder Missouri writes that he suffered with an ugly sore for a while and Duckley’s Arkansas Salve cured him. The letter praises the salve as the best salve for sores and is sold at Sharrar and Mulholland’s drug store.
Funeral of Mrs Waldron held Sunday. Mina Acker confined by illness. Mr Linduur confined with probable appendicitis. Miss Ora Spencer visiting from inverse city. Mr and Mrs Moore from Sag inaw hosted by Mrs Martover. Geo Scriver & Son to relocate stock to Hoffstetter building. Fred Shippy recovering after appendicitis operation. Mrs B A Church and Mrs John Wilson hosting friends next Wednesday. Miss Catherine Kerge recovering after operation at Brainerd hospital. Presbyterian ladies hold penny social next Friday with entry and booth prices.
Arthur Sickels and Ralph Pinu visited Clinton county last week. Mrs J Allmaugher and Mrs red Wight are on the stcp list. Mrs Melvin Emery is very sick at her mother Mrs Waxoper. W R Knickerbocker has stocked millinery in B Wight's store. Miss Bessie Moore goes to St Johns for music studies. Coleman works at Oratsen burg's. William C Sickels now of Maple Rapids is ill with appendicitis. School closed last Friday in district Nos. We expect a change of teachers next term. Mr Hoxie resigned after nearly two years. M E Sunday school observed Easter. Miss Beastie Moore sang Gulgotha with Joyce Wight on piano. A number of Mr Trixie’s young friends visited Mr Kinney last Thursday evening for games and candy. Mr Moxie received a keepsake gift.
Park Strouse and Al Emery feature in local chatter while Al Crepps visits St Johns. Orin Darker and Goldie Taylor wed at Ithaca. Mrs Vene White improves from illness. Kathleen Colin to work for Mrs Will Hopkins. Marshall Lopkins moves into former Al Ranery store. Mrs George Gullek ill at her parents home. Gilbert Kimball rents Dr Vincent farm. Milo Kimball manages his father’s farm. Mrs Will Martyn travels to Newark for ill father S Cuntingham. May Pettit returns from Mt Mican normal visit. Neighbors report a productive Chippewa fishing trip with about 400 tinny tribe caught.
North Shade District No 2 reports a birth, a girl to Mr and Mrs Hugh Prasses on April 6. JL Straus moved his family back from Lyng last week and remains on the road for Ash Harper Company of Lyons. Mr and Mrs Jon Montgomery returned to their farm to help their son Lloyd, who is very well and help is scarce. "Itching hemorrhoids were the tague of my life" claims C F Cornwell of Valley Street Saugerties NY after a remedy cured him quickly when doctors failed.
Arthur Jessup and R Munson start additions while Ed Cowdrey plans a spring granary. Mrs Otto returns from Ashley visit. Rice recovers and goes out. Mulholland builds a barn. Bates brothers do the work. Bosley near move to his farm. Johnson in poor health. Maccabees supper attendance noted. Beechler visits grandfather after eleven years. Jute moves to Alma. Will Johnson rents Luzzi farm. Fannie Munson sorrowfully ill at her mother’s Newark home with rheumatism.
Mrs Jobo Bliss visits son in Giraud Rapids while cold winds and rain persist. Mrs George Cary and Mrs Jack Reader are both ill with fever. The M C ladies host a dinner on election day, netting $15. Sylvia Wager is very ill. Dr Richardson of Carson City attends her. Montcalm county cheers the vote to abolish the saloon. Crystal town supported the result. Mr G Meddings’ Detroit sister died suddenly. funeral held at home en route to Oblo. Me Cline, her husband, is a Detroit business college professor.
Mrs Ronatrarbush gains slowly Ely Wolfe buys McNitt place and moves in Mrs John Murphy visits son Charles In Dig Rapids last week Mrs Cal Courter visits St Louis Mrs Tuttle John Wolfe rents to Gree Webb occupies Ely’s former home Miss Evadrish travels to St Louis for dwilliinery stock Mrs Hattie Parsons returns home after winter with Mrs Nathan Boyer in St Louis Aldmek With Mes Adorgie Trinh last week held club elections: president Mrs Bb Aims secretary Mrs Gierbie treasurer Math Wheaton next meeting with Mrs Israel Wolf Thursday July 9th
A Mrs W Harris of Armonk New York writes that after her daughter suffered a nearly fatal bout of whooping cough and bronchitis, remedies failed until Dr King’s New Discovery were used. She also notes a niece with advanced consumption improving after the medicine.
Last Friday evening Miss Hessie Moore hosted a piano and vocal recital at her home. Music pupils presented improved performances since September. Edna Pine Bernice Derry Hodgard Kolckerbocker Henry Helfer Zella Derry Grace Mully Cosy Zoll Florence Andrews Carvey Wight Joyce Wight and Mrs Moore contributed notable numbers. The Hoxie orchestra opened and closed, The Storm King by Mrs Bessie Moore drew praise, and a social hour with refreshments followed.
Breckenridge reports bustling business and smiles as residents move homes and offices. Dr Slaughter and Dr L A Howe relocate, Alec McLeod returns from the southwest, and gasoline lamp systems brighten stores. The Masonic school trip, new wheels for I W Thompson, and Job Breckenridge’s confinement are noted alongside church plans, a completed canning factory, and a growing village economy driven by sugar and raw materials.
A Cavendish resident reports a forced entry into his home and says a stomach ailment was cured by King’s New Life Pills obtained at Sharrar Mul holland’s drug store. The claim notes the product stopped his chronic constipation and restored health.
A method uses sprinkling Sifter over residue, then rubbing with a damp rag and brushing with a dry cloth to achieve a brilliant jet black lustre. Bitter Stove Polish comes in a large perforated box. made of pure powdered graphite, odorless and fire resistant, with a 10 cent box claimed to polish more stoves than ten times its cost.
Mr Wall and wife of Shepherd visited relatives here last week. Mr Kingsey and family visited relatives near Mt Pleasant. Clyde Raycrafe returned home from the west after spending the winter. Perry Adams enjoyed a party given by friends last Thursday evening with refreshments and a good time reported. Mrs Mat Johnson born March 20 1sft died April 11 1008 after five months illness, survived by husband four children one sister and one brother. Funeral at Elwell church and interment at Wright cemetery. Burdock Blood Bitters promoted for eruptions.
Forest Hill reports on local updates including John Miller ill J J Barton in Ithaca Friday and L B Leonard receiving four carloads of corn last week. Mrs C Bates has been quiet through the week. A newborn boy arrived to Mr and Mrs Peas on Thursday April. Mrs M Race of Summer was in Forest Hill last week. Wuttuinn of Marwell visited friends here. Mr and Mrs J Katenhius visited their father last Sunday. Mrs M Packard visited her nephew near Alma last Wednesday. Randolph was there last week doing work on his farm north town. I B Leonard’s egg wagon made its first trip last Wednesday with Edgar Sias driving. Olti Jones and Mr Netce of Shephard were here last Thursday working on the creamery. Cage Wood has many men at work tiling its farm and preparing for the wet season ahead.
Easter services were held at the M church Sunday. Ralph Fowler, about twenty, was seriously ill but is improving. M Callalan was elected treasurer in North Plains township. Mrs A M Seeber of Tihiaca visited G T L Fowler this week. Mr and Mrs BD Moag and Mrs J Wheeler spent Easter with Fowler and wife.
Notice warns the public that DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the only pure unadulterated salve and has cured thousands of piles where other treatments failed. It alerts against counterfeit imitations and asserts the genuine product’s effectiveness.
A vintage ad-style note extols Scott's Emulsion as nourishing to bone marrow and spleen, claiming it feeds blood-making organs with rich fats like cod liver oil. It targets pale schoolgirls and thin patients, urging free samples via Downe Chemists in New York.
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