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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
2
Advice stresses motherly watchfulness for growing girls facing nervousness loss of appetite and melancholy. It endorses Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe non opiate tonic to calm nerves stimulate appetite and restore robust health during the period of physical change.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Meaines, a county, and various garbled names and places. It references a person or group and a likely local event but lacks coherent details, making precise identification or outcome impossible from the readable text.
A lively community note recounts a Saturday gathering at the Emerson residence with Mrs Dalle and the Wil Hating family among attendees. Visitors Arthur Waseilen and others from Ragewood and Devbe joined Mrs ill Hanter and family for a pleasant weekend, with a surprise party for Lola Meweunity concluding the events.
Sunday services at Rathbone draw parishioners while Mrs Milo Sutton and her father appear on the sick list. Oak Grove schoolhouse hosted a Saints meeting last Sunday. Measles spread fears as Crepps heads toward Steck. Will Sowers of Emerson witnessed the marriage of Royal Marr to Miss Emma Peters of Lafayette with Rev D Sivers officiating.
A twelve year old son of Clifton Nelson died after appendicitis operation. Miss Eva Irish bought a new plane. Free delivery proves satisfactory on the route. The courier service improved to hourly runs. The informant said the route carried about six to eight hundred wall pieces monthly, with initial figures showing low monthly totals.
A jumble of garbled OCR text references catarrh treatment claims and legal actions. The piece mentions a physician or healer and a case perhaps involving a financial sum around 400000, with unclear names and places. No coherent narrative or decisive facts emerge.
In a flurry of Tuesday to Sunday visits and movements, residents from Owosso Ashley Bannister and Milan to Durand Alma and beyond were seen in towns including Elsie Bannister and Durand. Many spent Sundays with relatives while others planned trips to Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands.
A. Wulledge of Verbena, Alabama, reportedly sought multiple remedies for a severe and painful condition. After failed treatments, Arnica Salve from Sharrar & Mulholland claimed to cure the inflammation and pains, touted as the best salve in the world and sold at the local drugstore.
In W Pine River Mrs Dell Wright is reported very ill with typhoid fever. Claud Wood of Beiding recently visited relatives here. Wood has painted his house improving its appearance. Miss Winetiell of Riverdile visited her cousin Miss Myrtle Becker. CP Wright and family spent weekend with their son Aulwen near Shepherd. Rayerath and wife of Satanic attend district greeting at Alma church.
In Forest Hill and nearby towns residents exchange visits and updates. People named include Maynard, Mah of St. Louis, Pudingas, Ely Kayeratt, Lunsiaw, Maton Layshaw, Mrs Luce Beaucraft, A S Bare, Dr. Donniven, Mr and Mrs Albert Hyves, and more. Harvests and visits fill the week with social gatherings and local farm activity noted.
Mrs Tape and neighbors attend events around Ithaca and nearby towns. Visits include Mrs Tucker and Mrs Hyde in St Louis Lingering in Lytis Memning, with Graham from Riverdale assisting Lang threshing. Travel to Grand Rapids, Carson City, Elm Hall, Traverse City, and Kelding referenced along with local appointments and family news.
Thirvey Ciovenover has a new chore. A B Coleman’s children have the thickened pox. Mrs. Mantle Letts of St. Louis visited her parents there Sunday. Mr and Mrs Chastradford of Wheeler visited Will Meyers. J A Grover of Clarrorte, a former resident of South Wheeler, was visiting old friends there.
A historical prose paragraph explains how present-day conditions burden the nervous system, causing premature health decline. It links weak nerve force to poor function of the heart, brain, liver, kidneys, and stomach, with symptoms including palpitations, sleeplessness, morning languor, and irritability.
Seville reports include Tom Raycratt losing a stack of hay in a recent storm while a wheat stack nearby endured no damage. Mr and Mrs Samuel Grant return from Gain praising Wood county’s best wheat and oats harvest, with corn showing promise. The community notes social visits and household events among local families.
Royal Marr and Miss Peters were married last week in Lafayette. Visitors include Mr. Leonard of Binghampton and Twist of Ingham county visiting Homer Ebling and J I Sadler. Mrs Swain and Idaho native visit Hi Eblings. Avis David and Mrs Beam of St Louis visit old friends. A local milk route was discontinued after the proprietor failed to obtain enough to pay a loan.
Sunday visits and family travel dominate the week with Mr. and Mrs J L Benjamin hosting. George Colman returns from the north. Mrs Brown of St Louis visits daughter Mrs Hadrian. Mrs Grinkle Me and Mrs J Williams of Sekies visit Mes D Ar Byrought. Mrs Twilliger returns to St Louis after a week with her mother. broader notes include Mrs Givnkte.
Miss Beebe and Mrs Gidley appear ill with various ailments while neighbors visit and travel between towns. Several names and places are listed with illness notes, residence tweaks, and a few inquiries to the editor about county affairs and a new clock for a house. Royal Marr and Emma Peters plus John Keeler and Laura Snyder are named in marriage licenses from New Haven.
Miss Grace Sly and Blatr family spent Sunday in Crystal. James Toy visited Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Keo Smith is ill with typhoid fever. Walter Hoxie’s family spent Sunday with Tana Blair. Sunday school was well attended. The dinner league adjourned for a month. J. Sturdavent’s horse crippled by barbed wire. Miss Gracesiy clerical death noted at Lud inet. Several locals visited relatives in Grand Rapids and Army towns. Local dances, camp meetings, and district schooling activity described along with minor mishaps and community visits.
Miss Rilitt Bannister visits in Eureka while Mr and Mrs Ed Huston welcome a baby girl born July 25. Dr Yale of Yale city visited town. Mattie Dabler seeks treatment at Yale list Saturday. Mrs Stephen Hubbard entertains visitors from Louisiana. Miss Kate Campbell visits friends and relatives in Ovid. Mr Schemberger of Ohio guests of Lewis Smiltts last week. Mr Egabert Miller of St Johns calls on relatives Tuesday. Mrs Vara Letts of Elsie stays with sister Nellie Letts last Saturday. Janes Jordan of Worthington Indiana visits daughter Elisabeth Meyer. Mr and Mrs Geo Kesting of North Star guests of Willing family Sunday. Mrs Mable Hawkins of Saginaw visits grandparents Gitsin Fisher.
W E Lone and M Shierrick open four meat markets in town while a local teacher relocates. A letter from J H Johnston of Broughton Ga praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption after long bronchitis and asthma. Mrs Mayes and husband return to Arbor Valley. Sharrar & Matholland druggists offer 20 cent bottles and free 1 dollar trials.
An old advertisement fragment touts Foley's Kidney Cure as poison free and capable of curing kidney and bladder diseases. It repeats claims for Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and other patent medicines, with garbled lines about cures and virtue, ending with an exhortation on education.
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