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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1904

Page

2

Meadow JW Hosts Pleasant Party For Vida

Miss Frances Walds visits with BH McKinney family during the first week. Miss Nord Johnson returns home after a few days with Miss Lena Heavens. L T Mubo hosts a pleasant Thursday party in honor of daughter Vida. enjoyable time reported.

Schnie JW. Omans McKinney and Family Frances Walds Lane Nord Johnson Mias Lena Heavens Sunner Mro Mia L. T. Mubo Vida

Local Social Notes Echo Holiday Week in Alma

S. E. Arcada Mee DM Granger is ill. Miss Cornelia Chavez visited Alma friends. John Cox traveled to week for James Nusbaum. Tom Koapp sick, Mes Moyd Nevins had a cousin visit. Leiquate theater disaster noted. Durkee welcomes world news. Flo features new Bell plane. Friends watched year end at Nevins home. Mr and Mrs Newcomer hosted Ohio relatives. Nusbaum returned to Coles after holidays with mother. Knapp works on farm mill and lumber. El Bowers and Jal Bancroft in Alma to see Pere Marquette mash. Mrs Dessa Shoup improving at grandfather Peter Misher home. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets recommended. for sale by Iyte & Temihes.

Mee Granger Cornelia Chavez Alma John Cox James Nusbauw Tom Koapp Mes Moyd Nevins Durkee Flo N.N Nevins Ohio James Nusbaum Coles Knapp el Bowers Jal Bancroft Pere Marquette Dessa Shoup Peter Misher

Breckenridge Community Notes Report Various Local News

Clarence Hopkins and his wife returned from California. Mrs Jessie McCullum died of Brights disease in Ohio while Mora na visited. Revival meetings at Baptist chapel this week and Congregational church next week. A Wyant's house burned Monday evening but neighbors quelled fire. Merrill and Pierce Jaye returned from a cat hunt twelve miles from Gladwin with one cat and two foxes. K T MoM meet January 11 to install officers. Mrs Kululus turned out to explain new officers. Mrs Hosford, foot crushed by freight train and later amputated, died December 21. Funeral last Wednesday from MBH, interment Breckenridge cemetery. Scribe attended George Zimmerman residence New Years day. twenty-eight persons present including Calvin Devereaux, Geo Kuesbeck, Grandpa and Grandma Donnas, Awos Wheeler, Adam Zimmerman, Will Sebauh, Grandma Gruesbeck. some families expected but did not come.

Clarence Hopkins California Jessie McCullum Bright Ohio Morena Baptist Chapel Congregational Church Wyant Merrill Pierce Jaye Gladwin Kululus Mrs. Hosford Apm Puneral MBH Breckenridge Cemetery

Kidney Pain Relief Testimony From Alma Resident

Old time Alma resident Mea Wright recounts eight years of kidney and bladder trouble with frequent painful urination and cold-induced attacks. After trying various remedies, she found relief using Deans Kidney Pills from Hawkins & Rhodes drugstore, purchased in Buffalo through Poster Milburn Co as sole agents, priced 50 cents.

Leah Wright Mechanic Street Dean Hivins & Rhodes Poster-Milbure Co Buffalo N. Y United 51 Dow OY

New Newark notices and family updates drop in list

The infant son of Mr and Mrs Lee Witt Walker died last Wednesday. Ernest Martin and family moved to the Simeon Downs farm. Ed Gable has none to join his wife visiting friends in Ovid and Chapin. Mr and Mrs Hamilton Martin returned from Mt Pleasant. Christian Endeavor meets Sundays at the B church and Ladies Aid with Mrs Gee Dutcher Jan 1. Eugene Crooks family had New Years dinner with Mr and Mrs L Silvernail St Johns. Ployd Gable went to Chapin Thursday returning Saturday.

David Johnsit Leewitt Walker Sehoul District No. d Ernest Martin Simeon Downs Ed Gable Ovid and Chapin Hamilton Martin Mt Pleasant Christian Endeavor

West Sumner Notes from St Louis to Elm Hall

John Holley in St Louis Monday and Jon Richards in Alma Sunday. Marry Hall at ROS school. Arthur Sly left for Ferris College at Sig Rapids. Elm Hall New Years with parents. Croton and Elmall Grange officers elected. M. KE Sunday school officers named. local residents visiting, a coat theft at Fair's Hall last Friday.

John Holley St. Louis Jon Richards Alma Marry Hall Richard Loomis T. Bardwell Arthur Sly Ferris’ College Sig Rapids Burnett Ward Elm Hall Noah Wilhelm Dewitt Iis BE. Baldwin Ernest Henson Wm. Plashaar Lafayette W. N. Baldwin Mfair's Thos. Morton Elmall Grange Charles Brooks E. A. Baldwin Hicks Treas M. Hick M. Croton J. Sabin G. K Arbo M. KE Sly Asn Mr. Martin Fanny Toy Nama Winters Org Mabel Fildreth Layverne Davis

Toledo druggists issue reward for catheter cure

A Toledo area advertisement from a druggist pledges a reward for any case of catarrh claimed to be cured by a remedy named in the notice. The notice asserts the signer’s 16 years in business and urges belief in the remedy and its claims amid menacing legal language.

Toledo Reese Peat Ole Gren Waidine Teianan Marve Hole Sale Drugginte Hall Tater Aidi

School Week Opens After Vacation

S Wheeler School begins Monday after a week off. Alex Hamlin bought a new phonograph and Homer Morrie spent Sunday with George Powell. Archie Morris starts Tuesday at the Eaton farm. Mary Vela of Ionia visits her mother Mrs Vella. Glennie Swarthout of St. Louis visits her parents Mr and Mrs Swartrout. Several youths heard Alex Hamlin's phonograph Monday night. An advert promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion.

Alex Hamlin Homer Morrie Hieorge Powel Archie Morris Eaton Farm Mary Vela Ionia Vella Glennie Swarthout St. Louis

Distant Newark Center Notices and Local Gossip

A mixed local item notes Mrs Irvin Dinterman feeling better after snug winter weather, Mrs Paddock visiting and funeral attendance for Russ Paddock, and Miss Maud Wood visiting her sister Bessie Draver. Also mentions two million Americans suffer dyspepsia and promotes Burdock Brood Hitters as a cure at drug stores.

Dugene Fred Drayer Irvin Dinterman Tom Parker Burdock

North Wheeler and local movements noted in Breckenridge area

Bert Sibley traveled to Melita for work while Merritt Root conducted business in Breckenridge Saturday. Delos Shiner returned to Ann Arbor after a visit, Verna Meritt of Breckenridge visited here, and Mrs Anna White of Midland spent Christmas with her parents before returning home. Some smallpox patients are out of quarantine. a parasite of skin diseases is mentioned with Dean's Ointment advertised.

Bert Sibley Melita Merritt Root Breckenridge Delos Shiner Ann Arbor Verna Meritt Anna White Midland St. Hoyt Chas, Stimpsom Mrs. Coad Alma

West Pine River Social Notes and Nearby Visits

Kaycraft gains a new windmill and Mrs N Whitecraft visits her Middleton daughter. Fred Dillings and family live in Matt Lenix’s tenant house while Mae Kyes visits Bert Kyes in Summerton. Fred Ford and Georgie Cohran of Mt. Pleasant visit local friends. Pat Whitecraft’s visiting mother returns home. Chas Elias and family return from Hillsdale after the holidays.

Kaycraft N. Whitecraft Middleton Fred Dillings Matt Lenix Mae Kyes Bert Kyes Summerton Fred Ford Georgie Cohran Mt. Pleasant Pat Whitecraft Chas, Elias Hillsdale

Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Health Boost for Jennie Stitver

In Omaha, Jennie Stitver reports rapid weight loss amounting to thirty five pounds over two months and credits Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the remedy. Charles Rhotes endorses the product as a blessing to sickly women.

Jennie Stitver Omaha Hollister Charles Rhotes

Sumner News Notes Include Illnesses Visits and Local Trades

Lew Forquer is on the sick list. James Stevens bought two lots of Mrs. Dayton. A one day farmers institute is planned in Sumner on Friday. Henry Holland and wife spent New Years with their daughter Mrs. Ad Vance. Chas. Griffith was arrested for stealing a tray from Lot Ferris. Mrs. W. Holland and family and Mrs. A. M. Douglass spent New Years at A. J. Vance’s home. Mrs. Wesley Parr and children visited relatives in Sumner, returning to Ithaca Sunday.

Lew Forquer Smead Ithaca James Stevens Dayton Farmers’ Institute Sumner Henry Holland Ad, Vance Chas. Griffith McGreanor Lot Ferris WU Holland A. M. Douglass A. J. Vance Wesley Parr

Roy Kemp Letter Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar Cure

A letter from Roy Kemp of Angola Indiana reports four weeks in bed with la grippe and failed remedies before Foley’s Honey and Tar cured him. He urges use exclusively in his family and warns against substitutes, with Sharrar and Mulholland selling it.

la Grippe Roy Kemp Angola Ind Foley Sharrar & Mulholland

Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed by Patient

George Reicher of Dorton Pike County writes that after thirteen years of chronic cough and lung weakness he used Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and quickly regained strength. He praises the remedy's relief and offers to share his experience and the Common Sense Medical Adviser with a fee to cover mailing.

Dr. Pierce

Forest Hill Society Set Meeting At Home Of Mr And Mrs Moudty

The Lites Aid society will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs Moudty in Alina on January Th. Special church meetings begin next Sunday with support from the pastor and evangelist. Various local notices follow including birthdays and visits, with numerous names and places mentioned throughout the section.

Lites Aid Society Meg TC. Moudty Alina Sehurch Porter Simeon Obein Trheylin Stephen Hubbard George Walters East Jordan Pranks Owease Minnie Bensinger Lenn Perry Bert Germund Catoon Midland Dickerson Dearborn Courles Albert Ryder Landsing Holt Bath Bluse Swart Creek Ken Brewer Familly Jennie Scott Adam Kuster Maple Rapids Panny Germond Bancroft Bert Germond

Real Estate Transfers Involving Multiple Parcels And Names

Real estate transfer notices list numerous grantees and parcels in various additions including Sharrars, Montige Hall, Palton, and Arcata area references. Names such as J Hathaway Russell Wanker Di Bedy and others appear among fragmented deed details with lot descriptions and street references.

J Hallet Montige Hall Sharrar Palton Ifeims Gerry Mary Batman Maeence Spa Dayles Pal Sanders Russell Arcata

Marriage Licenses Reported in Local Ledger

Thomas Martin aged 24 of Elm Tall and Cora Coon aged 14 of Riverdale appear on the marriage ledger. Arthur Wilson 29 of Ithaca lists Ira King 1% of North Star. Jobo MH Gordon 24 of Quaway with Katecoast 2 of St. Lois. W M. Kent 42 of Alma with Callie Fuller 16 of Alms.

Thomas Martin Elm Tall Cora Coon Riverdale Arthur Wilson Ithaca Ira King North Star Jobo MH. Gordon Quaway Katecoast St. Lois W.M. Kent Alma Callie Fuller Alms

Dislocated shoulder relief from home remedy sale

Fergus FallsMinn woman dislocated her shoulder and received prompt care. She used Chamberlains Past Balm sold by Bivens Roades which relieved pain and helped her sleep. Her son, impressed by the relief, recommended it to others.

Johanna Souernorm Fergus Falls Minn Chamberlain Bivens & Roades

Faithful Service of His Stewardship in Prosecution

A county semi annual report lauds Prosecuting Attorney M. B. Salter for diligence and economy. From 133 cases filed, 98 convicted, 3 acquitted. offenses include cruelty to animals, rape, theft, embezzlement, prostitution, and resisting property injury. Report notes law enforced in all county corners, life and property safe, and praises Salter’s administration.

M. BR. Salter Salter Iyuur

Night Was Her Terror and a Cure For Coughs

Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana recounts a night of severe coughing from consumption. She credits Dr King's New Discovery, purchased in three one dollar bottles, with curing her and causing a 54 pound gain. The ad guarantees relief from coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and lung troubles. Trial bottles free at Sharrar and Mulholland's drug store.

Chas Applegate Alexandria Ind Dr. King Sharrar & Mulholland

Modern remedies for consumption touted in old ad prose

The ad promotes Scott's Emulsion as a refined fatty nourishment for consumptive patients, claiming fat and cod liver oil work to strengthen weak lungs. It contrasts fat from pork with the smoother emulsion and offers free samples upon request, reflecting vintage medical advertising prose.

Scott

Fragments from Masonic Lodge Meeting Notices

Readable lines show references to Alma Text No 3M and visiting members welcomed. Mentions of VC Rotax Com WS Beviane ROK AP LMA LODGE 28 with weekly meetings and various lodge names and schedule notes in terse obsolete wording.

VC Rotax. Com WS. Beviane Rok

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