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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
2
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health tonic to purify the blood cure disease and invigorate the system claiming priceless possessions are secured by taking the remedy and avoiding wasteful choices
Local notes from Ithaca include visits and travels of residents such as Miss May Creswell and Mr Creswell’s family. Several small town movements are listed along with funeral, birth, and social events. A Newark Gleaners oyster supper is announced for January 1. A local card party and police court item are noted, plus a vendor advertisement offering refunds on cough syrup. Continuous community updates reflect everyday life in the area.
A New Year wedding united Mike Mayers and Dora Basick at the Bastick home with a ceremony by Judge F Merghew and a reception. out of town guests came from Merrill Tuscola St. Charles and Ypsilanti. A social event in the town hall supported a benefit, with many local and visiting attendees and gifts.
Local scribbles report Mrs Jarrett delivering a car for Mrs Willie Davis of Middleton who has scarlet fever. Burials, revival meetings, and sleib care are noted along with farm and house ownership changes. Ladies Aid Society meeting planned for January 17 at Mrs Gee’s home. Bert Nice shipping wood for Owosso project at thirty words per day.
Mr and Mrs Sam Warser visit Lansing as Leona Flasher, daughter of August and Mingle Flasher, marries Andrew Wilhelm in Lafayette on January 1. Guests from Ypsilanti Bath Elm Hall attend. After a brief reception the couple plan a honeymoon in Lansing before returning home. A smallpox scare prompts local vaccinations.
In Perrinton the M E Sunday School elected officers with FP E Durfee as Superintendent and F L Crawfort as Assistant Superintendent. A C Gillett became Treasurer, Ethel Chidister and Vera Myers shared organ duties, and Doyle and Maggie Dalgleish served as Lib Dean. Vera Myers noted as Worth League officer. Nearby notes say residents returned home to Breckenridge and other locals left for Detroit.
Thousands urged to seek exile for lung illnesses. The ad touts Dr Ring's New Discovery as the infallible home remedy for consumption and throat and lung diseases. First dose brings relief. long use supposedly cures. Trial bottles offered at Sharrar and Mulholland. Price six and one.
Elm Hall January notes describe Rev HB Wylets special meetings at Elwell and Sumner. Teachers nominated and elected by the Sunday school. several class assignments listed. Community updates include visits, a school party, debates planned for February, and general town social notices.
Guidance suggests giving one fourth to half a teaspoonful in a baby's bottle several times daily to improve nourishment. For older children, half to a full teaspoon in milk is recommended. If maternal milk fails to nourish the infant, the emulsion is advised for immediate benefits to both mother and child.
Jan 7 summary of local happenings includes New Year’s dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W White, visits by Mrs. Robert Clark, S. F. Sibley wood business, and various trips to Breckenridge Alma and Merrill. The Free Methodists report meetings with improving attendance, school resumes for A M Root, and multiple social visits. Church notices cover meetings, bell order, and new Methodist Sunday school officers and staff.
Langport readers note Mrs Akins and Mrs May Gunnel spent a week with Mrs I O Thomas. Adah Mae Coleman is celebrating a wedding day. Claud Seely visited Ponville family. Hudson visits Latogsbury relatives. A Slade returns from Pintiac. Murphy of Alma visited Washburns. Frances Hudson returned to Breckenridge school. L A Spaulding hosts his brother and wife from Williamston. Anna McLain Nora Miligan Breckenridge visit Langport school. Anna Hockey eighteenth birthday party held Saturday. Bucklen Arnica Salve praised as world renowned healer for skin ills. available at Sharrer Mulhollis store.
The Middleton town petitioned for incorporation as a village, with a special committee appointed to study the proposal. The board tackled courthouse basement funding and furniture, while a delay in completing the new courthouse basement prompted concern.
Jurors drawn January 1 attend the February term of the circuit court for Harritnty County at the court house in Inhues on February 9. Names include W. Saunders, Wesley Hareny, Abraham Keng North, Chas Wrante Northoshi, John McClaren, Jey Chore, Tapute, Emerson Vt, A. Beatit, North star, and numerous others listed with residences such as Newark, New Haven, Washington, and Gambier. The panel comprises residents summoned to serve at the Village of Inhues courthouse.
In a long garbled column an array of patent medicines and testimonials flood Michigan scenes. Down's Kidney Pills are praised for curing kidney ills, with endorsements from readers like passenger engineer and physicians. Multiple remedies from DeWitt's Early Risers to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure are pitched as universal cures amid scattered personal anecdotes and medical claims.
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