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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
8
An old bachelor buys socks bearing a note seeking a 20 year old wife and receives a witty reply about matrimony. The Standard Co reports a sharp that conned 250 with a bogus receipt. Two Greenville boys, fourteen, ran away from school and were returned home by Muskegon county sheriff after a week away.
The North Shade Farmers' Club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. James Stonybrook's home on February 8. President Ron Cushman led the meeting with songs from new books and discussions on primacy election law, tax on railroads, and protections for farmers crops. Members debated state tax commissions, railroad charges, and the need for petitions to lawmakers, with remarks from Casivk, Salisbury, Boyle, Stoneybrook, and others. The session featured songs and a question box before adjournment for the first Friday in March.
Elm Grove notes from February 3 report Bailey visiting a sinner at Bridgeville and Mrs. Case Curtis regaining her health. Emma Brown, a Leg vicinity figure, dies near Ith ly from consumption with funeral services held Friday. A marriage occurs at the bride’s parent's home uniting Joseph Beam and Martha Hoping.
Sethton reports Mrs. H. A. Gartner on the sick list in February while Mrs. Rafie Kashiner dies at her home. The brief item notes local residents and a death notice without further details.
Dashes of obituary notes, mentioning Mrs. LH Wilts and family of Alma visiting relatives, a funeral at Stone church, and David Ganther's wife near Price. Services held at New Haven by Rev Beers of Perrinton. The text reflects fragmented local notices from a rural Michigan area.
North East Wheeler item notes five sisters of Mrs George Wool, Rose Taylor on sick list, Horton Lash of Indiana visiting his uncle Jacob Wolfgang, Fred and George Woodcock returning from northern work, Horace Roma losing his house to fire on Thursday, Mary Wood from Reckeningridge visiting her parents this week.
Funeral notices say George J Bartlett Hed Manilay, longtime Riverdale resident of over ten years, died at home. A mason by trade and respected community member, he leaves a wife five children an aged mother and a brother in Athitt New York. Frank Meeneh, who has held a tilrond oafiee at Maufettqan since last fall, returned home this week.
Monthly report lists enrollment figures and attendance for the tenth. Names read like Jim Lastrant, Duffield, Flint, Chefield, Pugsley, Stearns, Schlappi, Kioes, Hoover, and Lyelia Stearns among others.
Prof G J Carter of the University of Chicago delivered the second Shakespeare lecture on Hamlet at the Presbyterian church. A large attentive audience heard comprehensive synopsis and vivid readings, with ongoing study classes and future lectures scheduled weekly on Tuesdays.
Andrew Carielle donates ten thone and dotter to Luther Burtaak to support a greater neowment than the public library. For decades Burtaak advanced fruit and plant science, enlarging prune size, plum pits, large blackberries, thornless raspberries and cacti. His latest is the everlasting flower retaining color after picking.
Alma College social life described with Miss Louise Strange, Miss Bessie Sergeant, and Mrs. Tessie Owen renewing acquaintances at the college. Grace Brown visiting Detroit, and Will Cooper with friends in Detroit during intermission. Sleigh rides to St Louis, and first-semester activities of Phi Phi Alpha Society with installed officers. Upcoming Vo Mo OC A activities, Modern Language Club readings, and officer elections. New students listed from Lapeer Port Huron Ludington Tay City and Rockford.
A vessel from Admiral Dewey's Manila Bay victors, said to be the Austro-Hungarian or Thott Jiten de Austria, is shown at the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition. The ship will anchor near Willamette River in Portland this fall, alongside other top warships and a display of Pact Satu's latest fleet.
A fragmented 19th century notice set outlines for farm ownership, eligibility for rural group membership, and a call for agricultural civic action. It mentions a state grange, a democratic approach to choosing representatives, and a promotion of Indian corn as a national emblem. A health ad offers a cure for deafness via a tonic, with a money reward for proven cases.
A probate court session dated January 30 handles adminstratrices appointed for Edward Monhima and Eliot Norton estates, assorted appraisers named, and petitions filed for administrators in several other estates including Philip Albaugh Mary Clark and John Kinney. Notices set for hearings in February and March on sales, claims, and closures amid diverse estate actions.
An old ad copy promotes Celery King as a tonic laxative designed to “do nothing but God” and improve health. It claims Celery King makes good health and good stools and is priced at 25 cents at druggists.
Fragmentary weather notes show temperature ranges with dates and hours. It lists mean maximum and minimum values and mentions Hematite and Oberon with uncertain dates and total sunshine hours. The text is garbled, but indicates a weather data summary for multiple dates and locations.
Ore HOW Conklin and Ida Majer Conkill osteopaths announce office location at Alma for practice. They will examine and treat patients during regular hours and by appointment. Dr Ida M. Conklin offers special focus on diseases of women and osteopathy as treatment for curable and previously incurable conditions.
John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia merchant, urged constant hammering of name and location in public minds. He praised newspapers as a dear friend and essential to community support, warning that a world without papers leaves people without a voice or place to write their own story.
A garbled list-like fragment portrays a town’s diverse residents, from a weather prophet to meddlesome women and boastful misfits. It sketches social types, sarcastically labeling loafers, gossipmongers, and men who misbehave, in a rough panorama of local life.
In Tansing Michigan on February 7 a health board pamphlet titled The Relation of Preventable Sickness to Taxation estimates Michigan's annual spendings for indigent disease at $269,574.04 per capita. It highlights pneumonia as the major cost, smallpox as least, and calculates total state saving from reduced deaths at about $1.513 million annually.
John C. Mitchell of Springport pleaded not guilty to the murder of Henry Devonshire at Thicklake on September 18. The February Calhoun County Circuit Court convened with Judge Hopkins and set the case for next Monday at 6 pm after both sides stated readiness for trial.
From Turks Island Feb 7 reports state Puerto Plata Governor Genzales has resigned and sailed toward Porto Rico. The Cheroke steamship will depart with a protest to Congress against Santo Domingo's leadership, led by former Vice President Deschamps and his followers who threaten armed action to oust the government if it refuses to resign.
Fragmentary OCR lists many land transfers and showy names across multiple parcels. References include Laieretio, Wheeler, Hilsinger, Mento Vieto, Stevens, Frank Hck, Crawford, Boek, George Amon Street, Lafay ette, Willard Clark, Fulton, Adams Bank, Theodore Rusenberger, and Thopines Kavanaugh. Mentions of lots, divisions, and a church add context to a unsettled property record page.
The Pere Marquette announces a Mardi Gras festival excursion from New Orleans with a round trip fare of one fare plus 2.25 dollars, valid March 4 for outbound and return by March 11, with potential extensions under certain conditions. Further details from HH. F Ay and F. Mor.
A Detroit man testifies dyspepsia and indigestion caused weight loss and vomiting but finds relief with Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets after a small purchase. Ad claims the product restores health and digestion and offers a money back guarantee with a 15 day trial price of twenty five cents.
Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a remedy for coughing caused by lagrippe. The claim asserts it heals the lungs. The notice lists Sharrar as part of the signature.
Mr WWthikep of Plainview Nel writes of fifteen years of illness and failed doctors. After using Water's Honey and Tar, his wife recovered and is in better health than in ten years. He recommends Foley's Honey and Tar to the afflicted. Geo. FE, Sharrur.
An 19th century style ad warns that indoor life and poor ventilation cause sickness from weak digestion. It promotes "meat eating" and a tonic named Mone Mi-oma as a cure, claiming it strengthens the stomach, calms irritations, and offers a money back guarantee via Chas Rhodes, a local druggist.
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