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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
8
The Gridley Club banquet on Wednesday drew seven hundred loyal Republicans. Elvert presided for the coming year as Davis was named secretary, while Roy Colwell of Lake Odessa serves as secretary.
An advertisement-like fragment touts Seal heal as a remedy for severe scalp issues and promotes Dean's Ointment as quick and permanent. It mentions drugstores as sources but provides no verifiable efficacy or details.
Alma College notes parade of honors and visits with Bruske preaching in Bay City San ta and Miss Inglis visiting Ypsilanti over Sunday. B D Pennell named an honored member of Zeta Sigma Monday night. The Almanian February issue appears at standard quality. Allen dean of Wright Hall confined to room with tonsillitis. Hernan More of Ludington initiates into Phi Phi Alpha Monday night. Rood Taylor Lapeer Wilson Monteith Port Huron Spurgeon Anderson Alma welcomed into Zeta Sigma Monday evening. J H Mitchell travels to Chicago for Washington's Birthday Alma College Alumni Association event at the Victoria hotel. Zeta Sigma challenges Phi Phi Alpha to a debate likely next term. Classical club meets Wright Hall Saturday on Grecian Sculpture with papers by Ritty Roliff Cook and Gretia Magley. Members Taylor Morse Monteith welcomed. Joint meet with C willake to be held in the College trust Saturday afternoon. Alma men working hard for big contest with spirited meet expected.
Last Saturday evening the annual focal indoor meet drew a pod crowd. Angell won heavyweight wrestling. Garcia beat Horst in welterweight. Welsh defeated Preston in lightweight. Jennings and McKay drew in special weight wrestling. N Cobb and N Pairman boxed. Johnson led tumbling with Kratzenburg Jennings and McKay. Johnson won high five and high jump. Schenck first in both with heights 5 feet 5 inches and 2 inches respectively. Angell and Schenck led shot put with 54 feet 22 inches. Montheith Monteith and McComb named among rental bar competitors.
Last notice of taxes announces payment deadlines at Meswengee’s store on Rt Luis and Hall’s office in Aime for the final time. Treasurer Sebiavan urges town residents to settle fees due.
Traverse City residents and visitors are mentioned in a series of small items. Mrs. H M Dunham sells her home to E A Bivins and will move to rooms over a millinery store around March. HP Bush, Tuscola county school commissioner, returns to Caro after visiting college friends. Miss Herniece Feek and Miss Laurel Foster attend a Washington birthday party in Mt Pleasant. A high school oratorical contest is planned for Friday evening. A masquerade at the Opera House yields prizes for Miss Nettie Wheeler and E B Gilbert. A disturbance at the high school leads to a warrant for assault against Prof Rockwell. A fire in a cistern causes a false alarm. Dr J L Day of Lake Orion considers Alma relocation for educational reasons. his mother lives nearby.
Riverdale brief reports Jos Williams and DM Carroll in Alma Monday. W P Cash resumes charge of his elevator with Wi Horton as next year’s bookkeeper. J B Thorpeon, in charge for Saginaw Milling Co, moved his family to Caro for a new position. Albert Miner to Gladstone with Gardner Potemann Co. Mrs R E Moble back from Detroit after a three week visit. Helf Woodward attended to business in Alma Wednesday.
ARCADA District No 8 notes a chilly social where F Angell and R Compter served guests, a Sunday school fundraiser netted 814, and a sleigh rack broke releasing the team as Alma youth nearly walked home in the snow. no injuries reported. Waterman’s daughter Killa improves after a trip home. Bowker, the mail carrier, is ill again this week.
Det is offering a special rate excursion to Washington for the Hoover inauguration period. Tickets go on sale March 1 2 and 4 with return validity to March 5 or extended to March 18 for a fee. The Governor Warner party chartered a Pullman train leaving Detroit March 2 at 4:00 p m with berth reservations urged.
An old advertisement claims Celery King is a tonic laxative that never fails to help. It emphasizes health improvement and appearance, priced at 25 cents in druggists. The piece contrasts Celery King with another unspecified laxative and uses a persuasive health tone.
An article promotes Hyomei as a stomach-free cure for catarrh, claiming high cure rates and a portable inhaler outfit priced at one dollar. It highlights inhalation delivering medicine to nose, throat, and lungs, while noting a seller’s guarantee and comparisons to other cough remedies.
Grant resident Lara Robinson credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with easing years of backache and kidney trouble after cold-related symptoms. She says improvement began immediately and attributes full relief to the pills, urging others with kidney issues to try them. Sold by all dealers with poster Milton Co. as U.S. agent in Buffalo New York. Remember the name Doan’s.
A fragmented OCR listing shows numerous property transfers and lot dealings among individuals and multiple names including Lamont Freeman Fannie Shartar Clayton McCramer Gilbert Little and Francis W Caruthers. Entries mention various lot numbers and sections such as North Star and Seven Star with dealings involving Wheeler Laura Fisher and Clayton Hicks along with other unnamed parties.
On March 1 1905 extremely low one way rates will be offered to points in the West Northwest and to California Tickets will be on sale daily through March Ask Pere Marquette ticket agent for particulars or writer C Britton D P A Saginaw H F Morten G P Detroit
An old advertisement-like notice warns there is no tarmless cough and that opium laden remedies mislead. It touts Allen's Lung Balm as curing severe colds by letting the lungs get air and urges readers to obtain a bottle.
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