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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
7
A partial Alma Record issue reflects holiday reflections on giving, practical age values, and community notices. It mentions educators, officials, and a prayer check to senators, plus discussions on rail freight regulation and charity, with emphasis on Christmas benevolence and memory of the needy.
In Springfield in early days a predeler buys sausage for lunch on Sunday, follows by dog, and a sermon disrupted as a deacon is kicked into the dog. The preacher then mocks a police report joke about the butcher shop. A humorous exchange includes a "split infinitive" joke about a cult's nose implement.
A Browning remark attributes his unreadable poetry to printers who altered punctuation, claiming they changed commas semicolons dashes and brackets and thus made delivery unintelligible.
Local brief notes report the Brady school closing for an exhibition Friday evening. Mrs Porrige and daughters visit St Louis over Sunday. Sidney Parsons traveled to McBain on business. D Packard of Alma visited town. Tom Leonard and wife of Cov arrived Saturday. Mrs A O'Boyle of Alma visited neighbors. Goo returned Tuesday night from Olio. grandfather died and was buried there. M L Perrigo in Slipherd for business Wednesday. Levi Bowman of Federman visited cousin Silas Meexdy and bought three hay cars from L B Leonard. Mesames Carl and Barton were sick this week.
Miss Ada Yorn remains active in Pine River Township while community events are planned. A box social and entertainment will be held at the Brady schoolhouse Saturday night. Harvest work, funerals, and Christmas greetings mark village life as residents wish readers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Marion Fisher begins new mail route duties while Tra Angell of Tasasing visits friends. McLachlan moves from Alma for sugar factory work. Henry Mallory visits St. Louis. Ethel Lewis and Blanche Presley travel to Alan. Mrs Porter injured in Lansing. Cradle resides with Levi Pritchard. W P Cash collects taxes at Pugsley’s weekly until January 10.
Local items report Mrs. Mammon’s slow progress and Mr. Walters guiding a large flock of sheep. A.J. Punniow made business trips to Forest Hill and Almus Tuesday, with an entertainment planned at Brady Setiel next Friday. Will Allen plans to saw logs this week, Alona R F D No 2 now handles place mail, and WR Johnson is improving. Oline retired from mail service after thirteen years. A crowd is expected for the Brady Setiel event.
An early 20th century cabinet-style ad offers free consultation and opinions on any case by Dr A B Spinney. It touts forty four years experience, a Detroit sanitarium, and promise to wait for payment until recovery. It lists numerous ailments and claims a broad, low price structure with hospital services free and exam-based charges.
Reed City Sanatorium schedule notes a health consultation event at Alma Wright Hoos on Wednesday February 28 from 1 to 6 pm. The listing includes names such as Alt Sein and Chaee Borel and mentions free consultations.
Local notes recount marriages and divorces amid health woes and community events in Southeast Ferris this week. Visits, sickness, farm markets reopening, a Sunday school election, and a Mariners Institute program outline topics for farmers disease control and cucumbers potato culture with recitations and songs to accompany the gathering.
A Washington Star passage features the philosopher noting wealth penalties, while Mr. Camrox laments the woes of choosing a French menu over simple pork and beans. The dialogue playfully critiques luxury versus practicality.
A public notice from Alma Michigan details a petition presented to the Gratiot County Board of Supervisors by the Alma Village Common Council seeking an order determining that Alma’s boundaries be altered. The description outlines a complex survey starting at a northeast corner and tracing lines through townships and sections to redefine the village limits. The notice is dated December 10 and signed by Village Clerk William W Kiwent.
The note describes early cold symptoms such as chill thirst sneeze and fatigue and advertises De Humphreys Seventy seven as a remedy to restore circulation start blood flow and break up lingering colds. It claims 77 cures cough hoarseness sore throat head and chest pains fever and prostration. Available from druggists at 25 cents or by mail from Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
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