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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
2
Correspondence from Grat iot Shed area highlights farming activity and minor injuries. Wheat prospects appear fair though crops need attention. Residents visiting Detroit Cleveland and St Louis noted along with excursions to Saginaw Toledo and Buffalo. Local events include a Ladies Aid meeting, church services, a sanitary topics talk, and plans for a social at Orchard Park.
Castorian A reports Mary Story visiting Illinois friends returning home enjoying pleasant time but school year teaching uncertain. Rock Lake and Crystal host visitors while Clyde Dayton recovers from a work injury. Quarterly Christian meeting and local improvements noted along with health warnings about infant illness and a medical remedy mention.
Miss Markham of Ithaca visits her uncle’s. Mr Silay Randulp and Mr and Mrs Serineger from Detroit have been guests of Mire Serineger’s parents two weeks. Mrs Serineger to stay two to three more weeks. Shue family visited Shepherd. Bert Hamilton and family attended Children’s son Sunday. George Lake of Perrintall closed a successful term of school Friday and served ice cream in the afternoon. he will teach next year. Edward Wiley’s family visited Leslie Wood Sunday. Ley Wood and E. W. Lake in town. Lake had a minor stroke but is recovering. H Huniston plans a wall under his raised house. Road work dominates the week.
North Wheeler marks the Fourth with local festivities and daily labor notes. Mr. Artie Hynes is reported working in Midland while Faber 8 Johns visits Ab Wyants. Sidley was in Midland Wednesday.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as improving inward organs including kidneys, liver, and bowels to yield a fair outside, vigor, glowing complexion, good appetite, and pure blood. It cites testimonials of catareh relief and claims the product restores health through thorough internal cleansing.
A patchwork of names, visits, church events, weather, and daily chores fills a rural town page. references include Sunday travel to Wellington, a garden party on a rainy afternoon, election of officers, and various family visits. Local clergy, funerals, and Community meetings are noted amid routine farm work and illness.
The U T U State Convention met in Detroit at the Second Avenue Presbyterian Church on May 23 2009. Mrs A S Benjamin announced the opening hymn Gently O gentle Lead Us. There were 207 unions in the state with 7 reduce gain. A telegram urged lawmakers to oppose saloon openings on the Fourth of July. Members Faxon Voorhies and Holer were to seek Governor Pingree’s help to appoint a trustee for Adrian fadius tial school. No pledge from the governor was secured. The city hall sign bore W CoP 1 letters welcoming the convention. Officials explained the union’s electric letter signage would be used.
The piece praises a Michigan temperance movement led by women over 25 years, noting education and moral influence as keys to progress. It credits Frances Willard and Lady Somerset as patrons and calls for continued effort in prohibition, education, and social reform through the women’s organization.
Readable bits describe a device called Dr Thomas Electrical Belt said to prevent injuries and wounds and to save hundreds of lives yearly. The text mentions medical uses and various outcomes but remains fragmented and unclear.
A cautious note on infant growth suggests thin babies may indicate poor nutrition or illness. It urges parents to trust common sense, avoid overmedicating, and consider adjusting daily feeding gently to support natural development.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as improving baby's digestion when given three or four times daily and claims immediate gains from the first day. It suggests nursing mothers should also take the emulsion for benefits to both mother and child, noting twenty five years of proof.
A damaged OCR listing various excursion notices with proposed travel fares and sale dates to cities including Detroit Grand Rapids Cincinnati Columbus Indianapolis Montreal Niagara Falls and Philadelphia. The text references special rates, sale dates in July August and September and returns through August 17 with agent contact details and a general passenger agent note.
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