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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
Riverdale residents and guests swap trips and activities across towns. Miss Twila Bradley visited in St Louis with her aunt Mrs Carrie Tallow while Miss Mildred Hudson returned to Cleveland after a visit with her mother Mrs Cora Hudson.
Local Wright School notices report Mr and Mrs John Shangard visiting from NY and Flint families spending weekends with relatives. Mrs Vanderbeck of Forests visited her brother John Shong and family. Miss Murray and Miss Bartley are preparing Xmas activities. A Friday night social at Giles Isham’s home was postponed due to cold weather.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as a strong and efficient medicine for colds croup and bronchial issues. It is noted as pleasant to take, an important factor when administering to children. Many mothers have given it unqualified endorsements.
Two special Red Cross trains with a base hospital unit and 25 doctors and 30 nurses, plus social workers, headed from Boston and New York to Halifax. Additional trains from New England carried 200000+ worth of supplies including 4930 socks, 10000 blankets, 26004 pounds of bandages, 100 gallons of disinfectant, and 3000+ clothing items as relief work began minutes after the explosion.
Theaters statewide last Friday hosted matinee performances to raise substantial funds for the Red Cross Mercy Fund. Detroit artists Captain James W Inches Edgar A. Guest and Arts and Crafts theater participants framed the program with wartime stories and calls to action.
Mr and Mrs Wisemer from Van Wert Ohio with daughter Pauline visited at John Myers home all week. Mrs Mary Byers visited Alma for a few days at her son Hugh's house. Will Johnson and family were Sunday visitors at Tom Fethel's. Merit Leonard has been sick with a cold. Arthur Cline and Nellie Elsworth of St Louis spent Wednesday with her mother near Ithaca. Gospel Team practice at Miss Marion Evey's Friday. New minister to join January 6 and Elder Start and wife to be given a grand welcome.
A compact grocer's advertisement lists vegetables and staples including beets rutabagas turnips cabbage potatoes tea and coffee marigold tea green per lb and other items. It mentions National Brand cookies copra cakes pure preserves white soap popcorn butter and Hart Brand canned goods with contact at Weight Ave Union phone 102-3 rings.
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