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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
7
Vestaburg items report multiple notices and society items from Martin Hartman’s illness and death to local visits, meetings, and family happenings. The column lists residents, travels, health updates, farm changes, and community plans across Vestaburg and nearby towns with names like Saginaw Alma Battle Creek Edmore and Saywer.
Mrs. Shar monia visits the Glewrers hall while Bernice Healey returns from St. Louis after six weeks away. Mrs. Stacey and Mr. Stacey stay under doctor care. Miss Bailey teaches primary class and spent a Breckenridge weekend. Meetings postponed due to illness. Alman readers see Alon Record ads.
The Idlehour hosts Patty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand in a lively double feature with Fatty and Mabel together. Dorothy Gish stars in Suzan Kecke the Boat while Cyrus Townsend Brady’s Island of Sorrow unfolds a tale of wealth, memory, cannibals, and rescue on a remote sea island. The program also features Kimball Young in The Genesia and a preview of A Daughter of the Gods with Annette Kellermann at the Academy.
C S Clark buys a six room farm house and hails it the best he’s seen. Numerous Alma residents, including Garland Nevitt John Chick Floyd Calkins J A Pinkston and Elmer Mapes, report new six room bungalows and five room cottages under construction by Alma Home Building Co. The Progressive Column urges more residents to join and buy.
A reader reports finding relief from nervous breakdown symptoms after trying an advertised product from a drug store. Within two weeks of use they describe a decided improvement and renewed energy for a large family, noting benefits for both adults and children.
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