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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
2
A skeptical pitch questions stimulant tonics sold as blood makers and asserts true strength comes from food. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for stomach disease and digestion, claims personal cure, and advertises The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser book offered by mail.
Ithaca area notes record visits and departures of residents and guests. Hector and William Kelley with Ruth of Alma visited Mr and Mrs Bo Alverson. Hough, formerly of Ithaca, now Newton New Jersey, plans to return here. Various locals including Miss Maude Bailey, Miss Clara Kuliman, Mrs. George Smith, and others are listed with travel and social visits to North Star, Detroit, New York, and Detroit.
The document fragment appears to be a damaged historical notice or advertisement. It mentions names and entities like Wall's Catern Cure and Wholesale Druentete, with unclear transactions and handlings. The readability is too low to extract concrete actions, dates, or places.
In St Louis the M E church began revival meetings on Sunday. Mrs A R Wheeler hosted a Pedro party for friends last Friday. John Burns returned from Mecosta with Mrs Marie Sanford who recently had a paralytic stroke. Abas Taft a well known local figure died Sunday after a brief illness. Funeral was Tuesday at the M E church and burial in the city cemetery. Two fire alarms were reported Sunday one at J Burns residence and the other at A Lowery's office. both incidents did not require fire department assistance.
Wyman Stanton reports a sick child. Wedding plans for Bella are expected in the district early spring. David Best constructs two large piles of buzz wood at A W Wright’s Ambleside farm. William Packard and family moved to Lake George to work on a Doane farm. Wred Bradford seeks Kalamazoo medical care for about a month. Many residents delay beer contracts until Alma factory completes all agreed supplies. others may contract with Bay City factory.
W Pine River item notes revival services at Forest Mil ending Sunday. Mr and Mrs Hecker entertained relatives this week. Wright district scholars visited Pine school last Friday. Miss Mala Wilson visited St Louis last week. Miss Lottie Tal of Ithaca visits grandmother Mrs Dutus Wright. Mr Alex Curnahan plans to issue Amber for a new barn next spring. Mr J Wood and wife attended Floyd Nevins and Ambia Merrill wedding last Wednesday.
Local notes report a forthcoming wedding between Summersetn Horn and C Gallagher and wife. Other items include numerous travels to St Louis and Alma, farm purchases, smallpox cases, bridge construction news, church events, sick list updates, and a Grange meeting with a wood features program.
Forest Hill notes list multiple local visits and family events from the week. Holly Wright visited Shepherd, Mable Wilson visited St Johns, Clara Wilson and A Jay Barton called on friends in St Louis, Geo Hoffman and son Roe traveled to Alembic, Mr Elliott moves west of town, Mrs Stewart Harrison visits her son in Cleveland, S Epler of Alma stopped in on business, Uncle Jonathan Kuss is very ill, Udell and daughter visit Canada relatives, Ichor and son Sam of North Star visited, A Jay Barton of Portland stayed with Lanshaws, John Lanshaw Sr. celebrates his seventy second birthday with family turkey gathering.
Fulton and surrounding area residents report births, illnesses, and home moves. Wm Salter relocated to a farm south of St Johns. a son was born to Mr and Mrs Mrva Laycock on January 1. Mr Shepard and family return to Fulton. Albert Bradley has been ill. Ladies Aid Society events, church prayer meetings, and community work are noted along with several property moves and local projects including wood and husks being collected, and home repairs.
Editor OH Downey of Churubusco claims King's New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and grip is the infallible remedy. He says it gives instant relief and cures pneumonia and consumption. Sharray & Mulholland guarantee every $1.04 bottle and offer trial bottles free.
The ad touts Dr Chase's Ointment as a universal skin cure. It claims to smooth rough skin, clear pimples and reduce redness, while warning powders fail to cure and may clog pores. It emphasizes safety and versatility with a long list of claimed benefits and urges purchase from all dealers via Chase Medicine Co. Buffalo NY.
A pretty home wedding occurred at the Robert Boswell residence on Tuesday afternoon. Bert Boswell and Miss Nettle Wrigglesworth exchanged vows with Kee Valentine officiating. Relatives from Saginaw and Merrill attended. presents were numerous and costly.
Miss Kate Minley visited a sister in St Julins last week. The 1st School in Hubbardston closed due to smallpox. A family visited John Fowler in South Lebanon Sunday. Reports warn of children being poisoned by cough syrups with opiates. Poley's Honey and Tarts promoted as a safe cough remedy sold by Sharrar and Mulholland.
Maple Rapids and St Johns residents frequent the area with visits and moves. Notables include J H Sanborn and A J Mors in St Johns, Gen Springer relocating with Wis family to Brice, Chas Glazier moving to Chevening for a hardware position, and local tradesmen reshaping ventures from cheese factories to ashery. Community sickness and social events fill the pages, including a meat supper raising funds and multiple households changing residences.
Advert sees Bucklen Arnica Salve as daily comfort for burns scalds ulcers fever sores eruptions boils and corns at Sharrar and Mulholland drug store. It claims pain relief and skin cures with bold claims of best pile cure on earth.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy improving horse vigor and child appetite. It asserts grain fed horses differ in health and claims the product adds flesh, strength, and red blood, promising better growth and digestion in children. The wrap lists the trademark and New York address.
A list of marriage licenses shows Frank Lockwood aged 23 of Wheeler with Mertie Dybald. David F. Burkett of sd with Onte Jennie M. Gambiers Beebe. William McKipn 24 of Wheeler with Beulah Taylor 14 Alma. Frank Root 20 of Wheeler with Pearl Canoloe 1). Walter Stout 25. St Louis Alvirah Howe 21 Portland. The page includes stray text about Dr Thomas Electric and a caveat on unpredictable accidents.
An Harrisburg mother says her child is worth millions to her and credits One Minute Cough Cure for saving her from croup. The ad touts the remedy as a safe, immediate cough cure suitable for children and recommends stocking it for seasonal need.
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