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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
2
Vestaburg items recount visits from Grand Rapids and Detroit, promotions for Camp Custer soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, and community gatherings. Edith Platt, now home on farewell from Red Cross service, attends a local commemoration before potentially heading to France. Memorial events, church programs, and Red Cross planning are noted among residents and families across Vestaburg and neighboring towns.
George Poole and Arlie Ingraham were in Shepherd on Saturday visiting, while Jasper Norton of Elm Hall spent Friday with W Dickinson and others before returning to Detroit. John Inman and family visited Mt. Pleasant on Monday. Iva Dickinson and Carl Dickinson attended a Gilmore township wedding, Iva Freeman to Alvin Wood. Several local ladies visited Mrs Watts Allen. Luther Meade has returned from Ohio. Also listed are dry cleaning and tailoring services at St Alma Tailors and Elsie Ferguson in The Lie playing later.
Sealed proposals addressed to the Alma City Clerk will be opened Tuesday June 1 1918 for furnishing all tools fiber and materials to construct sidewalks for Alma Michigan for the fiscal year 1918 19. Council Chair Curl E Gallagher orders this call for bids and bids will be publicly opened and tied by the clerk. Also noted is an endorsement of Doans Kidney Pills by E Griffin of 412 Woodworth Ave Alma for kidney weakness and backache, with a later affirmation after over three years. Poster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the remedy.
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