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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
8
A fragmented ad listing staples and prices from Bartley’s Market including flour, cookies, crackers, laundry soap, prunes, raisins, pineapple, apricots, blueberries, apple butter, Karo syrup, oranges, lettuce, dill pickles, and dill pickles. Prices show cents per item or per container, with several No 2 and No 2% can designations and a few whole dollar figures.
Vestaburg items recount local visits and family events from February 1919. Emory Howard attends a Grand Rapids auto show. Misses Anta Holmes and Ruth Hilding visit Stanton. William Parke and Mrs Shores guests of her mother in Riverdale. Lydia Mack returns from Ohio to care for son Fred in service. Local births, deaths, funerals, and hospital notes feature Ines M Hall born June 28 1918 and died February 11 1919. Rev. Tanner conducts funeral. Community activities include church services, a Be Ro party, and visits among residents, with residents rescuing a child from ice and other small town happenings.
The column lists numerous hometown events and visits across Alma and nearby towns. It mentions purchases by Geo. Lentz, card parties and a pot luck, illness and travel of Mrs. Veeder, family visits near Pompei and St. Louis, and many residents visiting relatives, moving announcements, farewells, and minor travels among families including Webb, Isham, Adams, Veeder, Bartley, Kyes, Shankel, and others in the Alma, Ithaca, Elwell, Maple Rapids, and Carson City areas.
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