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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
8
A long excerpt warns patrons of the Rural Free Delivery service to help clear snow drifts and support highway maintainers so rural routes stay open and service remains regular. It stresses carriers must face harsh weather when safe and reports that neglect of roads could lead to withdrawal of delivery.
An old advertisement extols Jacklin’s Arnica Salve for accident wounds and piles, with claims of quick pain relief. It also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea at 85 cents, and Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for domestic troubles, all from local druggists.
The chapel pulpit was revarnished and the football program reports debt paid with 600 game campaign. new students include Maggie Walker Marlette Jeasie Tucker Lloyd Clark Edwin P Young John J Steep Leo Ge and Frances W Cobb among others as of January 1 at Alma College.
Our Schools report recalls Monday visits by Fred Soule and Daisy Robbins, with Rev Wooton and Myrtie Mosher returning after absences. Students Marguerite Marher and Gladys Soper restart school, and a sleigh ride trip to St. Louis is noted. Trigonometry replaces advanced arithmetic in the last semester. The Dectating Club elected officers Frank Hutchings vice president Paul Delavan secretary Dudley Tinker treasurer Stanley Boughton. A January 16 lecture at the opera house by Melvin BR Robinson features an impersonation of David Garrick. Various residents flagged health, travel, and family news including Mrs Coonrod on sick list, and holiday visits in Alma Eaton Rappa and Lansing. References to wedding plans, New Year dinners, and Epworth League and Junior Lodge meetings fill the piece, with Grange officer installation and a farm relocation described. The George Corbin funeral is noted, and the M. G. Sanday School board met to elect officials and list tenders for primary and class assignments.
We publicly desire to thank our many friends and neighbors for their act of kindness and words of sympathy during our recent bereavement. MA and Ms Honace Granor and Family. Brick for sale brick yards two and one half miles north east of Alma Union phone 197 4383 6.
Alma area residents and visitors are listed in short items. Levi Copeman of Lapeer visited relatives near Alma. W H Lape of Coffeyville extended family greetings. Mra Birsell of Lakeview visited L B Kebo’s home. J E Fuller, Stockbridge Elevator Co, and the Surprise Store advertise in Recoup columns. A variety of community updates note pensions, lectures, church observances, and road-funding efforts, plus a bevy of travel and business visits around Alma and neighboring towns.
An advertisement extols Boachee's German Syrup as a celebrated cure for coughs and lung troubles. It claims two million bottles yearly and that three doses relieve ordinary coughs. It notes long trial, not experimental, and 75 cent price, with a nod to Green's prize almanac. Then a messy legal notice references probate matters in Michigan.
Fragmentary legal notice appears to detail a mortgage foreclosure in Gratiot County Michigan involving Narace Me Halbert and Heveth Kuivert, with rights assigned and recorded, stating the principal sum of 134 dollars unpaid and the date of initiation as December 18. The document references a court action to recover the debt through foreclosure under power of sale, with properties described in a later section and dates tied to March and December in the provided text.
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