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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
2
A garbled but readable clan of social events and church activities outlines Christmas gatherings, school notes, and community visits. Mentions include a Sunday reception, a Wednesday church wood event, high school concerts, and various families spending Christmas with relatives in Perris and Sumner.
Fragmentary notes describe residents returning from travels and visiting relatives in Newark. Mentions include Meade McGuire family, Mr and Mrs Win Beans, Mary Slinnig, and Mary Shivahe. Some social events and unclear local ties appear amid garbled lines and names.
A jumble of names notes locals and visitors in Langport and Merrill during Christmas week. Mentions include Mr and Mrs McDonald, Olive Eastman and Della Eastman, Miss Mattie Spaulding and Miss Jessie Leeman visiting relatives, and Aaron Sprague’s return to visit friends. Also referenced are tax collector Frank Gulek, new church bell, and the Washington Center Sunday school reorganizing with Chancey Curren as superintendent.
A. A. Button sold his saw mill to buyers from Belding and they moved it. BF Havens of Chadwick visited here last week. Mr. Mitchell of St. Louis guests of Mr and Mrs Stalls last week. C. A. Button and Mrs Rose McGreanor and Maud Ferris visited Alma. J. T. McGreanor sold his span of colts to Greenville buyers this week. Shaver building a new horse barn. Frank Broseanile moved onto the Stahl place. Eisle Cooley died suddenly at home in Summer on Tuesday night December 1th. remains sent to St. Louis for interment.
Charles Davis of Bowerston Ohio faced a severe two year struggle with consumption that worsened daily. He began using Dr King s New Discovery and reports instant relief and a permanent cure. The drug, claimed to treat coughs chest and lung issues, sells for 1 per bottle with a guaranteed money back. Trial bottles are free at Sharrar Mulholland s drug store.
Dee 66 Miss Helen Tyroler of Sparta visits Mr and Mrs Henry Tyroler this week Miss Sadie Peneltin of Merrill visits friends in town. Various residents attend services and events as Christ Testified and church meetings are noted Leon Cornell Earnest Barber and Misses Heng Warten attended Christies with friends in Dihaed Dre Mrs AL RR Wheeler visiting Pittsburg home of Collins. Miss Laura Button of Alma was in town Saturday. The death of Mrs Philips, heart trouble, and the death of Mr Vanriper on North Street are reported. Community events include a Christmas program at the church with teachers and citizens contributing to the fund for presents Sibyl Grace recovering from diphtheria. Continuous reminders of school exams, visits, and hometown life fill the week in Breckenridge area.
Dee Perrinton reports death of Mrs A Laird after brief illness. remains to be interred in Woodberry Barry county. Chas A Price Post secures seven headstones for soldiers, government funded. Local activity includes Sheridan shipping poultry, Carnes sending hay, Rice moving wood to Owosso, Packard to Jackson, Richard serving customers, Groom visiting from Grand Rapids, Chichester acting as station agent at Middletown, and an update praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism relief with endorsement from Richmond Indiana resident. Some brief notes on local calls and errands accompany the report.
Miss Erbel Thompson of Alma, Wis in town for Monday and Tuesday. Various social events include Miss Kim Pressley hosting young people for Miss Mierence Kuan's return, Miss Lillian McCutlough amid health-related study pause, and Mrs. Ante Kitono visiting from New York. Local visits, dinners, and holiday plans are noted alongside testimonials for Tod's Sturlspartile.
Readers offered a free sample bottle of Kilmer Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy promoted by Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton NY The ad claims success in curing lame back kidney and bladder troubles and Brights disease and notes bottles sold by druggists with a regular fifty cent and one dollar size. It also mentions a booklet to help readers determine if they have kidney or bladder issues and requests readers mail their address to receive the sample.
Frank Stith returns home from Toledo with Dension family guests visiting Simene. Toledo visitors Alina Daniels and Lehoer depart for Otte. Sebastian group includes Charlie Carmel, Rey Arnold, Jessie Lyons visiting. The Best Young Sevens greet a lively event with speeches and a candy treat for pupils. Nellie Arnold, Harp tidele, Bure Clark, Maud Nuesely perform songs. Christmas exercises Sunday morning prove a success. Sunday school superintendent Wan Kleckner receives a finner rucker on behalf of the school.
Tee 2h Safe Arbor have elupted officers for the ensuing year. Many residents report Christmas visits and family gatherings. An array of names, travels to Duluth and Detroit, and local actions mark the holiday period with social events, notices of illness, and community service details.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as boosting energy and mental sharpness. It claims increased strength and high ambition through a perfect action of the liver and bile. sold by Sharrar and Mulholland druggists.
An old newspaper letter claims back pain from standing long hours improves with Doan's Kidney Pills. It cites a Michigan barber and a doctor in Baldwin Georgia praising the remedy for chronic aches, leg and loins pain, and a wife cured of dropey after physicians gave up.
A garbled listing shows real estate transfers and scattered names, with incomplete phrases and odd insertions. The readable portion mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for a running sore on a leg and references a sale and local names, but details are largely obscured in the OCR.
An old advertisement touts Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup as a universal cough remedy promising relief within a minute and a 24 hour call to action for consumption cure, with claims of stopping coughing and healing the lungs. Sold by Sharkatly Mulholland and RS Webb.
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