Local Alma items mix travel, theater and notices
A stream of Alma readers report on local comings and goings from Ithaca to Mt. Pleasant and Saginaw. The week features theater ads for Idlehour showings, court and church notices, campus sports, garden club plans, and a fireman injury at a substation amid sugar shortages and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly Genyix
Ithaca
Alma Lynes
Elmer Francis
Mt. Pleasant
Attorney Chas
H. Goggin
St. Johns
Atorney Chas
J. J. Osborn
Saginaw
Bay City
Jack Pickford
Tom
Tidlehour
Douglas Fairbanks
Idlehour
C. Moore
Flint
J. W. Niblack
Reading
Cook
Court Ave
Alma
Edison Moore Co
State Street
Aid Society of Presbyterian Church
van Nortwick
Lloyd Martin
Defiance
Ohio
William DeMuth
Owossos
Mary Garden
B. C. Button
Box Elder
Montana
A. B. Sheldon
Alma College
The
Woman's Club
Wright House
T. J. Carney
AL Ry Wheeler
Gratiot Draft Board
David Putman
Maynard Cook
Madison
Wis
A. P. Cook
Garden Club
Alma State Savings Bank Elk
Lamb
Saturns
Daver
Ypsi
Adrian
Alma High School
Gratiot County
Washington
Stewart
Electrics
Central Michigan Light & Power Company
East Alma Community Notes and Local Incidents
Christin Eyer fell on ice sustaining a head gash but is recovering and tending his farm. Neighbors Alfonso and Mrs Grierson slipped on treacherous ice but escaped injury. Earl Cole and baby return to Garrison farm for summer work. Earl to work at Republic plant before spring operations. Parents club meeting at Mrs Alexander Boulter homes discusses patriotic event planned for February 28 at Eastminster Chapel. Scouts meet at Mitchell home with League drawn up by Mr Biggarstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastward Street
Reid Witter
Eastminster Chapel
Boulter
Parents Club
Eastminester Scouts
Mitchell
Pleasant Ave
Mr. Biggarstaff
Religious and Community Notices Spread Across March Gatherings
The republic community calendar lists Laties Aid at Eastminster Chapel with a March talk on War service at Mrs. Notestein home. Parents club meets at Grove Ave. Mrs. McCallum sinks a well on Frank Rogers place. Miss Lucinda Woods recovers from Liberty measles. Eastminster Chapel hosts services with themes on Love and a Woman's Choice, plus Sabbath school and Scout lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Republic
Laties’ Aid
Eastminster Chapel
John McIntyre
Michigan Ave
Notestein
Parents Club
Advertised Letters for Alma Week Ending Feb 25 1918
Alma Michigan advertized letters list shows names L E Butler Jennie Butler Chas Colburn Edgar E Davis Erve Easlick Anna Graham N W Halliday Jr James Horton Malory H A Nichols E B Stansbury Leota Wiles. Unclaimed letters will be sent to dead letter office March 11 1918. VP Cash Poathaster
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Alma
Mich
L. E. Butler
Jennie Butler
Chas, Colburn
Edgar E. Davis
Erve Easlick
Anna Graham
N. W. Halliday
James Horton
T. Malory
H. A. Nichols
E. EB
Stansbury
Leota Wiles
San Yak touted as cure in Alma advertisement
An Alma Michigan advertisement for San-Yak extols its benefits for internal medicine including throat stomach liver kidneys bladder and bowels. Claims promise prevention of artery hardening after age fifty and paralysis or apoplexy, with numerous testimonials from Alma and nearby towns praising relief from kidney bladder rheumatism high blood pressure dizziness and gastric issues. Sold by Chas R Murphy in Alma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham
F. E. Gray
Alma
Michigan
San-Yak
P. C. Johnson
Alina
Sanyak
D. He Janes
Homer
Mich
E. Gott
Elyria
Ohio
J. J. Weir
Millbury
Chas. R. Murphy
Rhodes
Unclear medical list from antique text
Fragmentary OCR notes list various ailments and remedies, including coughs fevers pains and digestive complaints. Numerous misspellings and broken phrases obscure exact meaning but indicate a catalog of illnesses and treatments from a historical document.
The Fair Barbarian and The Gown of Destiny Showings
Thursday features Geo Beban with a packed schedule including Mary Garden in The Fair Barbarian and Douglas Fairbanks in The Gown of Destiny along with related comedies. Victor Moore and Alma Reubens appear in adjacent program slots with Triangle and Mack Sennett titles. The matinee opens at 2:30 and evening shows run 7:00 to 8:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks
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Grien
Pollasky Elk
Thomas J. Carney, M. D
Eeee
W. R. Williamson
Union Telephone No
R. B. Smith
Pollasky
Black Alma
Cyrus R. Gardner
Fred J. Gatam
Fred J. Graham
Ofice
Union Ry
Bell
John D. Spinney
Reom
Union Phone
Rowland & Johnson Bethel Cummings
Chick's Shoe Store
Rowland
D. L. Johnson
F. C. Thornburgh
M. D
W. H. Kurtz
Bridge St
R. S. Watson
Saginaw General Hospital
Graebner Bldg
Saginaw, W. S., Mich
S. L. Bennett Fire Insurance
Isabella Caverly
E. N. McIntosh
Alma State Savines Bank
Wlock
Menidewer. Vom I
Dr. Sluywer
S. E. Gardner, M. D
Mount Pleasant
Edgar M. Wood
H. D. Barnhill
Union
Compt
J. C. Pardee
Florist
East Alma
Christin Eyer
Grow Ave
Hoe
Christian
Corner
Republic
Marquette
Robert Grierson
Manseeg Grove Ave
Eastminster
Jesus
Mark
Cash
Poathaster
Humphreys
Pickford
Tom Sawyer
Apen
Winifred Allen
Ellie
Thais
Vivian Martin
Victor Moore
Alma Reubens
Mack Sennett
Geo Beban
Jules
Steart
Dorothy Dalton
Geraldine Farrar
Joan
Marguerite Clark
WSS
United States
Manoon Army
Cushing & Benedict
Associated Press
Wilson
McAdoo
Gratiot County Gas Co
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