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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
3
Dyspepsia is touted as a national ailment and Bur dock Blood Hitters are advertised as the cure. The text claims it strengthens stomach membranes, regulates digestive juices, purifies the blood, and builds the user up.
Southeast Ferris residents M and Reid returned from school for a weekend visit with Chas Reit and wife Hile Flanders and J S Osterhour. Vestaburg business callers, Erastus Pheris health improves, neighbor visits noted. John Klees traveled to Carson for business. school activities cited with Miss Boss Haden. Osterhout family spent Sunday with Milton Flint. William Sexton of Six Lakes called nearby.
Four years ago Rexall remedies entered the market well before the pure food and drug law. A Jon j examination shows them compliant with all legal requirements, proving them honest goods long before the current law. Try Rexall catarrh cure at my expense. 5. Stanard, Central Drug Store.
A dense notice itemizes transfers with names such as Winfield S Bangs Arthur Morris Joseph E Strauser Lewis Gibson and many others across sections and townships. The entries cite parcels described by NW SE and other quarter sections with terms like Arenda and various regional place names, reflecting a broad real estate transfer record.
Maggie Bailor returns from St Louis. Vera Henry visits Mrs Berry. Geo Acker Jr ill with grip. Mrs John Henry visits friends in Saginaw. Will Myers returns from Pikelake to care for ill father. Tressie Woodmansey sprained ankle. Tilden Boiler moves back to Otto Mey farm. Forest Hill to hold special meetings this week. Bert Markham and daughter Lillian visit from Summerton. Jerome Seed Co agent solicits beans and peas contracts. Reine Kulichmann resumes teaching. Piles treatment promoted by Dr Shoop Magic Ointment. Endorsed by Geo FE Sparrar druggist.
Alfred Hoover visits Mt. Pleasant and Ered Kyex family. Miss Eleanor Fleming hosts a Friday youth gathering with beef treat. Miss May Eyes improves from illness. local farmers working for Hooper and Clark. Edna Ericson visits grandparents Kauffenburger. Miss Vira Fleming at Elwell. Frank Clow party attended. Mrs. Bates near Forest Hill dies. funeral at Forest Hill church and Alma cemetery. M Johnson family visited Fred Eyes. local ad touts Laxote laxative candies with Ge0. BK Sherrer.
Mrs Eva Cneapher of Grovertown Stark Co Indiana claims she recovered from a severe cough after using a cough and cold remedy sold by Geo E Sharrar druggist Mo and 1.00. A four dollar purchase supposedly cured her and restored her health with a trial bottle offered free.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a rural medicine advertisement claiming Bucklin's Arnica Salve cures various ailments including burns boils and sprains. Mentions Charles Walters Alleghany Sierra Do No nee and Gov. KB Bharrar droggint with a dubious loan offer from A. W. Brook & Co.
Northeast Bethany reports visits by Jobin Briggs family to Herman Hoffort and George Backholy to John Kebl on Sunday. Mrs. Henry Foner cares for her ill daughter Mrs. Samuel Gay. An entertainment is planned for district No 6 Bethany Thursday evening. Revival meetings continue at the Evangelical church with a quarterly gathering from February 20 to February 22, presiding elder to assist.
Valentines that are a work of art offered in graded selections from 2e up to the highest grade at Stanard's Central Drug Store. Lowest prices and finest taste guaranteed, with a wide range for every buyer seeking quality and value.
The advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a scientific, harmless remedy for women’s ailments. It claims to strengthen the system, invigorate organs, and aid nervous conditions, targeting overworked, exhausted, and frail women with tonic and restorative effects. It emphasizes a cure for functional female diseases and promotes the product as superior to questionable potions.
Charles Austin Bates argues that advertising must exceed a minimal threshold to pay. He says pay extra five pounds of feed or ad space beyond the bare survival level to turn profit, and that small increases weekly can sustain revenue. More advertisers should expand their space for greater profitability.
Gratiot county voters meet in a mass convention at Ithaca court house on February 26 1907 for nominating a county school commissioner candidate and selecting six delegates to the Flint state convention to nominate two Supreme Court Justices two University Regents and one Board of Education member. Also to handle other business. Dated February 8 1907. Robt Wallace returns from Saginaw after visit with his parents.
Miss Ruth Ray and Miss Ethel Lock visited neighbors on Sunday. The Farmers Club met at Mr Quick’s home last Thursday with good attendance. The next gathering will be with Mr and Mrs Brian Potter. A lemonade social is set for Birton Gee’s on Wednesday February 20. Everyone invited, with only the girls opposing mamas. Chicken pie supper planned.
Farmers often judge cow worth by what they think they can pay rather than actual earnings. At current butter prices a cow yielding 120 pounds may be worth 30, a 275 pound maker 44, and a 400 pound dairy cow 50, reflecting common beliefs of dairymen and farmers.
J F Stone argues dairy farmers should evaluate cows by yearly butter output rather than price. He claims cows averaging 400 pounds of butter yearly are far more profitable than those at 300 or less. Testing milk yield is simple, and cows producing under 300 pounds should be sold for beef. He writes before the Kansas Improved Stock Breeders Association.
The dairy division of the United States Department of Agriculture invites dairy farmers to apply for specifications on economical dairy and yard housing. The note explains that inexpensive buildings can be constructed to separate or connect with the dairy house and store ample hay for dairy and household needs. Correspondence should be sent to the dairy division in Washington.
A Missouri Iowa dairy note describes a monthly letter to patrons featuring an honor roll of cow test results. It lists individual herd scores from 4.4 to 3.4 and computes an average test of 3.9 across sixty seven farm dairy herds.
A bookkeeping note on flushing the separator in dairy operations. It warns that flushing with warm water after separation is common, but can leave cream with extra bacteria and prevents quality butter production.
Summer comfort for calves is advised with clean dry box stalls, ample water, salt supplement, and a daily ration of grain or oats. Do not overfeed. give small amounts at a time and remove waste before the next feeding.
Guarantee offered for Dr Colwell Egyptian Pile Care promising a full refund if not satisfied. Also advertises Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar to relieve cold symptoms and coughs, claiming relief of congestion and bronchial irritation, sold by Chas Rhorles.
A jumble of testimonials and product pitches from local druggists and doctors praising Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Foley's Honey and Tar and Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tr, with claims of cures for piles burns cuts and lung issues. Prolific brand mentions and endorsements appear alongside notes about Pine-ules and backache remedies from Geo Sharrar and Geo Krause. A closing line references teachers contracts available at the Record office.
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