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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
6
Alma College announces open enrollment for its School of Music with vocal and instrumental studies, School of Art offering China water color and oil painting, and the Commercial School. Instruction is individualized and flexible with pay-as-you-go terms. A light quip about a doctor and a horse adds local humor.
Miss Bertha Hubbell visits Miss Hazel Kuhlman as John Nevins joins grandson Jasper Nevins. Florence Keefer returns from Farwell while Florence Wood visits West Arcadia friends. George Sharrar and family from Alma visit Mel Sharrar. Bert Barrys of North Star visits sister Mrs Alonzo Bailey. Barnhills visit their father Robert Barnhill in Arends Center. Verne Bamber hosts Mrs Vorhees and daughter from Medina County Ohio. Byrd Clark and wife dine with H Clark family. Farmers thresh grain due to dry weather as Newton of St Louis helps George Kuhlman and Henry McNamara. Decatur Coleman's machine threshes Fred Gilkin’s grain. Competition is the life of business.
The ad warns idleness brings on trouble to anyone and links a lazy liver to constipation headache jaundice and pimples. It promotes De King s New Life Pills to banish liver troubles and restore health, offered at C F Bown s.
An advertisement touts Harvell’s Condition Powders as the best horse conditioner, claiming no waste and medicinal ingredients, priced at 25 cents per package and sold by C F Brown. It also notes postal service errors declining after reforms, citing 1 mis-sorted in 3,700 in 1888 and 1 in 12,000 after 1897 changes.
A querulous column notes misbehavior in a neighbor couple, focusing on Giddap as a harsh husband. The washwoman’s gossip reveals domestic tensions and public moral judgment, while a cartoon gag contrasts a patient’s complaint about air baths with a physician’s reply about flowers needing sun and water.
A discussion on improving social conditions by elevating individuals to higher ideals and intelligent living. It argues the individual is either oppressed by external conditions or lacks a vision of duty and high ideals.
District records detail a 1 year old William Nimka forgery case tied to an alleged accomplice, with bail set at $600 and a return to circuit court. Separate reports recount a Flint father William Alexander and son Roy missing after a circus visit, while Dowagiac man BE Andrews undergoes rare stomach surgery and a East Jordan child perishes in a home fire.
In Kalamazoo a three pound watch found after a runaway boat incident is noted amid homecoming week events planned from October 26 to November 2 including Mardi Gras themed pageantry and a carnival. Port Huron resident Eli H Tremain, missing 21 years, is legally declared dead with an estate under $1,100 to be divided between his wife and two children, EMH Tremain of Detroit among heirs.
A young married woman debates home life versus social arranging with her husband, critiquing Gertrude Reamy for chasing fashion and parties. They contrast domestic comfort with extravagance as they discuss outfits, dances, and the allure of appearances at Fredericks ball. The piece ends with a quoted reflection on personal agency and freedom.
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