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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1912

Page

6

Local Church Services Announced Across Denominations

Sunday and midweek worship times listed for First Church of Christ Scientist Baptist J Frank Jackson St. John’s Rector Presbyter ian Frex Methodist Church Church of Christ Advent Church feed a roster of morning and evening services with Sunday School and youth groups.

First Church Christ, Scientist Knights of Pythias St. John’s Church J. Frank Jackson Bible School Frex Methodist Church W. Centranil Cedar Street G. W. Kiffer Church OF Christ Rpworth

Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed by Alma Reader

Alma resident E Griffin of Wondworth Ave, Alma Mich, reports strong relief from backache and kidney symptoms after using Doan's Kidney Pills for four years. He keeps a supply at home and recommends the remedy for disordered kidneys. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's and take no other.

Alma Doan E. Griffin Wondworth Mich Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Dean

The Thief opens at Lyceum theatre strong drama

The Thief by Henri Bernstein stars Marion Sherwood in the title role at the Lyceum. The plot centers on a woman who robs a friend to wear fine clothes and win her husband's admiration. Jack Emerson as Richard Voysin delivers excellent characterization. The play has been seen here before and opens for the weekend on Thursday.

Lyceum Lyceum Theatre Henri Bernstein Marion Sherwood Jack Emerson Richard Voysin Toledo Ohio News-Bee The

Fails a Foul Plot to End Health Distress

An old patent medicine advertisement urges readers to take Dr King's New Life Pills and New Discovery to combat winter illnesses. It touts pneumonia as a chief danger, claims the products restore health, and lists prices and local Rexall drugstore outlets in Wheaton and nearby towns.

Dr. King Charles Rhodes Wheaton & Sons Grover's Rexall Mia George W. Pace Grover

Christmas Games for a Charming Snowball Party

A Christmas week party theme uses greens from chandeliers to tables with silver bells and crystal grasses. Guests toss wool covered rubber snowballs at a snowman to topple candy balls, then choose numbered boxes with holiday scenes and boxes are opened for comical toys and a final carnation prize.

Definitions Game For God Or Young Shoppers

Definitions is a party game suited to youths and elders who may join. A leader assigns word slips for definitions reflecting Yuletide ideas. Players propose related words and craft epigrammatic or imaginative definitions. Sample definitions include wind as rude Boreas or sailor’s friend and foe. Prizes for the best reader and writer.

Christmas Charades as a Holiday Sketch Idea

A dusty period note describes Christmas charades as a playful pastime. It suggests acting a Christmas dinner in charade form with items like soup tomato turkey giblet gravy vegetables jelly coffee and plum pudding. Examples show syllable and whole-word acting options.

Allie

Composite Pictures for Christmas Fun

The game uses four by nine inch papers and pencils. Players fold the sheet into three panels and draw a head body or legs in turn, passing rightward to complete a composite creature. No drawing skill needed as crude heads bodies or legs create funny creatures, offering entertainment.

Pleasant Christmas Pencil and Pad Games for Children

A nostalgic guide to holiday party games for children around Christmas. It describes four pencil and pad activities by the fireside, using evergreen sprigs as prompts, plus a prize for the most accurate set of names. It also includes a wordplay round where children match professions to Christmas cakes and candies, with each correct answer earning a prize.

Duck Horner Hubvard Miller Barley Sugar Dairymaid

Quaker Meeting Game At Yuletide Party

An old fashioned party game Quaker Meeting described for a Yuletide gathering. Players sit silently until one claps to begin and then each must pantomime a spoken instruction. Tasks range from mock bravura on a table to admiring a mirror to acting a despairing lover, with others miming dances, speeches, and facial grimaces.

Hunt the whistle game description titled Play trick

Instructions describe a party game Hunt the whistle with a small group excluding most players. One blindfolded participant tries to guess who holds a whistle tied to them while others sit in a circle. The whistle is blown to reveal the holder, and the trick can be repeated with another player once discovered.

The Thief Pleases Two Large Kalamazoo Audiences

The Thief, a pre season attraction by Manager Donnelly at the Fuller, drew large matinee and evening crowds in Kalamazoo yesterday. Marion Sherwood led the strong cast with clever acting and intelligent interpretation as the play was well staged with fitting scenery. The Thief will be shown again Monday evening December 23 in Kalamazoo.

Donnelly The Fuller Kalamazoo Marion Sherwood Mich Gazette

Arcada Tax Collector Dates At Two Banks

ARCADA TAXES will collect taxes at Alma State Savings Bank on December 21 and 25, 1912 and January 4, 1913. Will be at Ithaca National Bank on December 24 and 31, 1912 and January 18, 1913. EARL KUHILMAN 1761ta Treasurer Arcady Township.

Alma State Savings Bank Ithaca National Bank Earl Kuhilman Arcady

Christmas Holiday Excursion Tickets Offered by Ann Arbor Railroad

For the Christmas season the Ann Arbor Railroad will sell excursion tickets on December 24 and 25, with return limited to January 2. Tickets valid to all stations on the line and to all points on the Manistee & North Eastern Railroad. Ask agents for details.

Ann Arbor Manistee & North R. R

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