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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1898
Page
2
Local notices report a town entertainment by two Mt. Pid Sant Dale men and Arbor Day shrub planting. The piece lists road work, farm activity, school notes, and community plans, mentioning Emerson and Meecowtilkyd families, centered in a rural township with upcoming building and public works.
Forest Hill notices list MOE Hall meetings and social visits. Local residents including Hall, Mrs Hinrine Veda, and Brown family are mentioned with outings, church activities, and Sunday gatherings. Community names appear with travel to Alma and Ferris, plus Epworth readings and a Saturday horses incident near Free Methodist sheds.
Mrs B C Waite of Howard Michigan credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with a dramatic recovery after seven years of invalid status. She reports losing weight improving mood and gaining 25 pounds after seven bottles. The testimonial claims the remedy purifies blood and restores health and appetite. Hood's Pills are also advertised as accompanying products.
The readable fragments reference a May anniversary, a war declaration, social gatherings at a home, and local scenes including a hospital, a theatre, and school events. Names such as Miss Buus Hyde and Mrs. Rowen Biel appear amid scattered mentions of venues, dates, and community activities.
Fragmented text from a Cheboygan era notice with multiple names, dates, places, and entities. It mentions April 24, Col. J. Simei Rogers, Secretary Alger, and various locations such as Bay City and Liverpool, with scattered references to shares, companies, and meetings. The legibility is poor and key actions are not clear.
An old fashioned patent medicine ad extols Dr. RY Pierce and his Favorite Prescription as restoring womanly health and virility. It claims to strengthen nerves, cure numerous ailments, and aid invalids, with testimonials and directions for use and benefits.
A jumbled OCR fragment mentions Grayling operations and a mill, various names and places, and partial notes on estates and postwar conditions. It weaves in unrelated snippets about cedar shavings, a paint preparation, and a minister with a head clerk stammering over a joke about a cold, ending with Paris Echo tone and scattered domestic references.
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