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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1901
Page
3
An ad touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as famous pills for constipation. It targets the bilious tired nervous man, claiming the pills remove the cause of troubles and cites Sharrar and Molhulland.
A local page reports Mr and Mrs Fred Wertmuth in Lansing for vacation with Burt Wertmuth returning from Agricultural College. Dan MacLaren and family visited, Alex MacLaren died after years with dropsy. Funeral by Rev Maynard at the town hall, burial in New Chiven cemetery. Promotion exercises at Wermuth school with 24 certificates. Social at town hall netted over seventeen dollars. Local injuries include a saw accident to Chester Knight and Ed Andrews team accident. Mentions of visits, weather, a public notice for Down’s Kidney Pills, and mower sounds in fields.
July notes from Fulton Center cover haying season, a death from appendicitis after a farm purchase, new hay equipment, visits from Chicago residents, and weekly socials. A local ball game saw Fulton Center defeat South Fulton Center. Ads urge kidney education and reflect a rural community’s daily life and small events.
Oscar LaClear finished a new barn for Herbert Peters and wife a daughter was born. A colt damaged a bogey by running into a telephone pole and J H Grear was thrown down. Erastus Waters lost both horses in a severe storm while his fifteen year old son was holding them. the lightning struck the boy on the hip and leg but he was not seriously injured. The Free Methodist camp meeting nearby has closed. Marriage licenses issued include M M Ballinger to Alma Daley and Husted to Ithaca among others. Add DeWitt's Little Early Risers conferred as a bowel remedy notice.
Massive railroad led project to unite Frankfort Michigan and Lake Michigan shore tourist traffic. Over $100,000 hotel investment, two summer cottage colonies at Frankfort and Crystal Lake, extensive baths, and a lyceum with lake views. Public fast travel access, sanitary measures, and common use rights mark a planned, self contained resort community that blends nature with modern amenities.
A garbled ad-style notice touts Dean's Kidney Mills promising a free trial of a kidney remedy. It claims to aid kidney and urinary ailments, urges quick response with name and address, and frames the offer as a medical advancement beckoning immediate action, noting it is not a sample box.
A jumble of notes mentions Kate in California visiting her sister, Mina Debow visiting her father, and Chaffee moving a store. Also listed are medical ads praising Chamberlain remedies, a testimonial about liver tablets, and claims of health benefits with samples at local druggists.
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