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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle natural remedy for all bowel troubles. It claims the pills stimulate and regulate the bowels, tone the entire system, and concludes with a listing of druggists C. G. Rhodes J. E. Mitchell and FO Grover.
The Lincoln area reports Sunday gatherings and holiday meals as neighbors and families, including J Witte and kin at Lon Harms, Merril at Lon Harms, Charles Harms hosting, Fisher and Jennings groups, Carol with Hawkins, and visits to Clifton, Roberts, Tomlinson, Kennedy, and Strong households. Notes mention a Christmas dinner, a twelve day vacation, Beckman family events, hospital news, a Brown's Bazaar sale, and the surprise wedding of Will Hoover and Pearl Davis with best wishes from the community.
Riverdale residents and visitors fill weekends with trips to Alma Saginaw Forest Hill Ithaca and Ferris Township. Local youths attend parties sleigh rides and school events while new residents settle near Elm Hall and the Bazaar store opens.
Mr. Fred Walker who ran the barber shop here for three months sold the shop last Friday to Lewis Forquer of Sumner. Forquer has run a Sumner shop for years and is a tensorial business veteran of twenty years. Walker left for St. Paul to begin railroad work.
Thousands testify to lasting relief from kidney trouble with Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Joseph F. Sartors of Alma Michigan recounts back pain headaches and irregular kidney action improving after using the remedy at Rhodes' Drug Store two years ago. She notes continued benefit and calls it a tonic. Sold by all dealers 50 cents FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan's and I take no other.
Dr Kings New Discovery is praised as a universal cough cold and throat and lung medicine. D P Lawson of Eidson Tenn reports strong sales and effectiveness. A bottle costs 00 and 1.00 and is recommended by local druggists Cr Rhodes J E Mitchell and F O Grover.
Reading through this week's Record, families are noted visiting kin in Alma and Mesic, while schools reopen with Miss Weltha Mikesell and other teachers. Ethel Miller resumes duties after a fortnight at home, and Rev. C Lepley begins meetings at the Centre. New Year visits complete the rural mosaic.
Advertised list for the week ending January 4 1914 includes Frank Konetz Mrs Steve Munson Mrs A R Portar Wm Polland Miss Gertrude Parkhurst Mrs James Tripp Mr H C Worden. If not called for, letters will go to Dead Letter Office January 10 1914. C F Brown Postmaster.
Multiple probate items listed with hearings from January 21 to January 23. Estates include Horan Walker Betterstorf Parkhurst Bushley Genevieve Bushley Burgess Nancy Johnson. Guardianship appointed for Evan Bushley minor, Lewis Greek and Lottie Greek administers, appraisers C Raynold and O Ranger named. Final accounts filed and administrator petitions noted.
Sunday afternoon a head on collision on the Ann Arbor between a northbound freight and a south bound motor car near the Bicknell cut was narrowly avoided. The freight, ordered to wait at Burnham for the motor, ran ahead, started for Clare, and forced the engine to cut loose. Within a mile of Clare both trains stopped eighteen rods apart as the motor returned toward Clare.
In Montcalm County probate court a petition to appoint a guardian for Lawrence Condy Sr. due to mental incompetence is filed with a hearing set for January 27. The estate of George B. Hammond, deceased, lists C. C. Messinger as administrator. The estate of Angus M. Blue, deceased, is noted.
Seville brief notes include Anton Miller staying with Alex E Miller while transacting business in Elwell on Saturday. Edd Campbell has moved into Crum's tenant house. Dan White shows slow recovery. W E Crum visited his son in Vestaburg last Wednesday. Visitors Mike Shong and son from Petoskey stay a week. F P E French and mother visited Elwell, F E French went to Grant for rheumatic treatment.
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