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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
2
Spring Medicine is extolled as vital for health this season. The ad claims it boosts appetite, enriches blood, strengthens nerves, and steadies digestion, promising energy and vigor. It urges readers not to delay and to choose this tested remedy.
Rural items list neighbors visiting relatives and returning home, with pension details noting a 817.00 monthly payment and 217.0 pension through Uncle Sam. Mentions funeral attendance, travels to Grand Rapids, Alma, and Ithaca, plus various residents visiting towns, fishing trips, and short absences. Also includes an old advertisement for a catarrh cure by Frank Cheney Co.
A social at J Chisholm's home in Breckenridge on Wednesday evening raised 5.50 for the Sunday ache. Sugar beet weeding continues with strong help. farmers favor hiring local help. Families visited Breckenridge residents. six year old William Muscott dies at home. Community offers sympathy to grieving parents. Local residents travel to Mason to visit Purdy's brother. Denaro praised for St Louis murder coverage.
Miss Lottie Perry Emerson has been engaged to teach the fall term for the fractional district in Hamilton and Lafayette. Children’s Day observed at Sickels M E church with an address by Rev SW Weston, hymns, and offerings. Community notices include local visits, construction, and health updates.
A Boston man who recently wed a sickly rich young woman reports happiness after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills are said to restore her health, cure fever and stomach trouble, and renew vigor. Available only at Holland’s drug store.
Forest Hill June 17 A series of brief notices reports visits by St. Louis residents and locals. Charlie Perrigue and C HW Jones are mentioned with travels to nearby areas while Mrs Bates visits Cass City and Mr Oberlin returns from Rodney. The Children's Day program at the M B church drew a full house.
Mr Fenner begins strawberry harvest at Arcada Center. Road south of Bowton corners gravelled. Arthur Godfrey and WI Tinkle Wave eel towed to a wedding. Local visits include Mr Ploeti’s Savory and Mys Esse Teper and Sadie Moosagor of Mini. Sunday School convention at Matherton church held, plans for fourth of July celebration include a grand tailgale in the evening by KOT degree team.
Lawyer Bartholomew Livingston and Rev Archibald Windham discuss sickness in the village street. Windham credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing indigestion and general disorder. Livingston adds his wife’s rheumatism and their daughter's scrofula were cured, praising the medicine as the best money can buy.
Elba June 10 report on local families facing dire poverty. Mention of Jessie and South Ovid residents, inquiries to benevolent societies for clothing aid. Notes on boys forced to stand on river tanks and abutments, risking exposure while others walk railroad tracks to town.
S. W. Pine River June 1 Miss Myers was the guest of Miss Mora Waldon Sunday. W. Amsbury of Saginaw spent last week with his brother Fred. Fred Ainsbury had the misfortune of having his horses killed by a train last week. He had the finest matched team in the vicinity. Work has begun on the new bridge this week.
June 17 report from Fulton Center details a Sunday Seoul gathering held at the Pulow venue with representation from several townships. Attendees include Mer Cook and Middieten, with remarks on local highways, farm club activities, a wall system talk, and a church wedding mentioned among civic notes. Also noted are social visits, residents traveling to see relatives, births to John West and wife on June VW, and a brief roundup of local names and events.
Saura Crandall and three year old Velney ride Mr Huxies horses when a lawn mower frightens the team. Laura refuses to ride. Mrs Landy arrives from Ohio. Josie Bartlett visits St Louis. Cap McBride’s daughter relapses. Eugenie Walker from Elm Tall visits town. Fifty four Sunday excursion tickets sold. The social at BC Crandall’s was a success with recitations by Halley Lyon Bard Cowdrey and Rev Denman. Mollman and Crandall plan their first brick kiln. Dave Hatten seeks mineral baths in St Louis. Children’s Day exercises at the church postponed. Jud Simmons visits.
The brief column reports on Breckenridge residents, including the passing of Mr HIM and burial details. It mentions Mrs Kenindth Mitevell, a scarlet fever in a child, and various local remedies and advertisements for DeWitt's Witch Hazel and One Minute Cough Cure. It notes farmers weeding beets, wheelers striking for wages, and local tradesmen.
Sumner report notes Arenie McKinstey opened a new burg last Monday. Children day exercises drew large crowds while Wood recovered after a gravel stone was removed from her ear. Mrs Strickland shows slight improvement after illness. The school visited Crystal last Friday and reported a good mime. Honek left for Chicago Tuesday morning and will return Monday. Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry advertised as a remedy for dysentery birth and summer complaints.
Mrs W K Haviland of Armonk New York reports her daughter nearly died from whooping cough and bronchitis. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life after other remedies failed. The ad touts the remedy as infallible for coughs and colds with trial bottles and a money back guarantee.
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