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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
6
An old advertisement claims nursing mothers gain quickly, with enriched milk and better nourishment for the child. It references Bend Ie. and a declaration about a place called Ravine Bank and Child's Brobhel. Mentions Gort Lack Preuss and Scott & Bowne at 409 Pearl St New York.
Two sleighloads of Pine River residents arrived at Mr and Mrs A Rock on Michigan Avenue for a Saturday evening. The night featured singing and refreshments including plentiful oysters. The hosts, Mr and Mrs Kink, were praised as royal entertainers by guests departing for home.
The Phi Phi Alpha Society held its annual election last Monday evening naming Stanley Jalineon as president, A. Graham as vice president, and Adelbert Lindley as secretary. New paper material is found from satang grass of Malayela.
North Arcada H C Clark visited son Ralph and family in Summer. Mrs 8 Miller of Leota Clare Co spent Monday night and Tuesday with son Alvin Miller. Mrs Frank Gilken and Wm Wetherbee attended funeral in St Johns for sister Nellie Foster. Edna Kuhlman Florence Keefer and Roy Keefer ill with measles. Dr Bagley attending. Grace Laycock recovering from measles and pneumonia. Rollin Wood and C H Smith with wives attended Woodman lecture in Alma. Florence Wood teaching at North Star visited parents. Mr and Mrs Barhnill Arcada Center visited his cousin. Dee Hornhill and family Sunday. Miss Francis Church unable to teach school Friday. Miss Elfred Wilson taught in her place.
The Alma Maccabees enjoyed a pleasant evening at Arcada Center with sleighs and filled baskets, dancing and card playing followed by a fine supper. Mr. Smith rents the Creaser farm north of Elwell for spring move, Fred Elliott sells his farm to return to laundry work, and El Allen Hazelton is ill with lumbago.
Mr as Mes Joe Malford Vernon West visited H M Shepard family and a party for Frank Ciik and kin drew a large crowd. The evening featured games and dancing with refreshments. J Pardee and Margaret Dean joined North Star guests. George Cameron joined WH Shepard. Fred Delling S P Beck attended John Beck's birthday party, marking his eighty eighth year.
Mr. and Mrs Charley Charter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Jay Charter and family. Mrs Charley Goggins and Tressel Gee of Alma visited their parents Mr and Mrs B L Gee. Mrs M McNamara who Linspoen sick won the gain Alvin Kelley working in Uwork bins visiting his parents. Mr and Mrs Edd Rockafellow were in Summer Saturday Mrs Manule Little. Mrs Kara Leanard and Miss Winifred Muir in Sumner Saturday. Mrs George Tombiuth entertaining her grant ingther from Canada a few days. Miss Ethel Davis visiting her sister Mrs Virg Ray a few days. Mr and Mrs Edd Rockafellow Sunday with Mr and Mrs LeRoy Kress.
Mrs Win Adams and children visit relatives in Ohio. Mrs Ida Utley of Coleman called in our vicinity this week. C F Wright and family, recently to Missouri, have returned. Michi gan is all right yet. Miss Bird Wood spent Saturday and Sunday in Ithach. Loly Ellison and Hugh Bartley hosted measles last week. Perry Adame in Lansing. Mr and Mrs F M Keys visited in Shepherd Thursday and Friday. Dudley Hoyt and wife moving to Alma. Otto Lanahan returned home after days in Missouri.
The weekly market report lists corrected quotations for grain hay and livestock. Wheat No 1 white 1.17 per bushel No 2 red 1.00 shelled corn 6 10 beans hand picked 11 rye 0 1 buckwheat 1.74 per 100 pounds hay No 1 Timothy 12.00 Clover No 1 12.50 straw 5.00 clover seed suer 87.50 per bushel alsyke 6.00 to 7.50 marmmoth 7.00 Timothy 1.75 beet cattle 4.00 per cwt sheep 2.05 0 4.00 lambs 5 veal calves dressed meats beef 0 ty hogs 50 8.00 veal calves 10c pork poultry hides etc young chickens large 1 ty hens large fat 11c per pound ducks young 12c per pound geese alive 1 per pound fat turkeys iese per lb beef hides 9 pe rlb horse hides 2 50 deacon skins 25e calfk skin 7 and tallow 1 per pound vegetables fruits butter eggs lard honey per pound.
Beaver Creek attendees report dances and family visits at Pat Duffy and Mt Pleasant gatherings. D W Campbell and wife welcome a son Pat. Loco motive engineers union gains a pay raise affecting about 450 men with annual pay between 40000 and 50000 dollars. A Washington preacher endures a Nevada divorce and chores while serving an unreasonable wife.
Bowron physician recalls a week driving through New England landscapes and a Lake Sunapee village visit. He shares a humorous exchange with an elderly justice of the peace about the perceived unreasonableness of women and mutual economies.
A murky column recounts a minister’s penitentiary meeting and an inmate ire over a hymn deemed plagiarized. It shifts to a debt crisis at a local church where a deacon-led appeal sparked a singalong, culminating in a bittersweet hymn about parting and pain while others recall odd English beliefs about hats and tallness.
A garbled passage blends remarks on wit and money with references to Arundel Castle and noble lineage. It hints at a royal obstacle and a wedding scene where a bridegroom and friends react, but the fragmentary text offers few clear facts or names.
A group of women in Carthage Missouri established a permanent co operative kitchen converting the Jolene residence on South Garrison Street. Each family provides a table and shares kitchen duties, with a nurse on site for children and meals served in a social but orderly setting. The project aims to solve servant problems and provide delicious regular meals while preserving family dignity.
Dealers in gems form an association to aid federal authorities in suppressing smuggling of diamonds and precious stones. Thirty large wholesale firms join to cooperate with customs and Britain to track shipments and curb illicit activity, sharing information to trace trades in New York and abroad.
A fragmentary notice from Cleveland outlines an "Anti Christmas Club" proposed by Dr John Mohr to charge a five dollar fee for immunity from gifts. The item hints at organized opposition to Christmas gift giving and describes members sworn to evade gift givers with a muted, alarmist tone.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a new club or society formation with disciplinary note and a "breitene recep" where members may play, plus a secretary’s report and a business proposition. Details are garbled and names or places are unreadable.
A collection of comic vignettes from early 20th century sources. Includes a tale about a rich street dog and a captain who resists food, a quip about how dogs obtain meals, and a short sketch of a bootblack conversation with a shy farmer. The humor hinges on social roles and everyday observations.
A ship's crew, praying at sea, were inspired by a sailor's humor about a rose and a booting tart remark. Their morale rose and they navigated safely to port. The scene, illustrated by two anecdotes, highlights temper and discovery as human traits shaping fortunes at sea.
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