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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
6
An old advertisement fragment touts envous tittle Barly Rivers as a non purging laxative option for constipation and headache. It claims double doses won’t gripe or sicken and mentions De Witt's Little Early Rivers as effective. Also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a fattening aid selling through Hivine and Rhodes.
The non jury term lists thirty four calendar cases with nearly half as divorces. Notable items include Ruppert versus Gunderman for 21000 over alienation of wife’s affections and Bunn versus Village of Ithaca over street title through Bunn property. Also numerous quiet title, mortgage, and divorce actions across the docket.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a universal, pleasant remedy trusted nationwide, especially for summer diarrhea in children, claiming it saves many lives yearly. It notes sales via Bivens and Rostles. Also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea from Bivins and Rhodes to lift mood and energy.
The record lists several divorce actions including Jonnt L. Eastman versus Arrilin Eastman, Chas Crego versus Canvine Cregg, Dosie Moorman versus Geo Moorman, Suptiroon Remington versus Elia J Remington, Warrior Davis versus Geo Davis, Martha E Ivy versus John N W Try, Harry B Ferguson versus Leona Ferguson, Edith Lemon versus Arthur Seaman, Mary Taylor versus Wa Taylor, and Maury Tyler versus Verner Tyler. Proceedings indicate ongoing marital dissolution in these cases.
Mrs Aqua Katenhus is sick. Roy Moory of Park Lake visits grandparents in Forest Hill. Towne Richardson and family spend Sunday in Middletown. Mr and Mrs Lanton and daughter from Akron Ohio visit. Gen Hafer and wife of Elkhart Indiana visit his parents. Hannah Mey travels to Valparaiso Indiana for summer. G K Boyjean Armenian minister lectured at MEB Bureau. Pleasant Valley beat Forest Hill in ball last Saturday. Samuel Hubbs and a Greenville brother attend St Michigan Infantry reunion in Flint.
Mr and Mrs Walter Clark visited J C Verlan on Sunday evening. Mr Vandekar and family spend the week with friends at Coldwater. Mr Lawrence of Lake Odessa visited his brother in law Chas Neidhardt last week. Miss Iris Neidhardt leaves Wednesday to spend the summer near Portland. Mr and Mrs John Isham and Mr and Mrs Truman House visited John Pardee in Sumner on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry Fuller spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Mable Rexford of Montcalm county. Children Day was observed at the Davis school house last Sunday with an excellent program. Highway commissioner Ely continues grading one and a half miles north of the Davis school house. Dr Thomas Electric Oil advertised as lifesaving for croup burns cuts and wounds. Mrs Sarah W Curtis of Lew Mase reports Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets helped her eat again after indigestion and sour stomach. For sale by Bivens and Roades.
An Alma resident, Catherine Sipe, testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved years of backache and kidney discomfort. She says the medicine let her sleep and work better, and she shared it with a neighbor who also benefited. Sold by Bivins & Whedow and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y. Remember the name Doan's.
Nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upset signal trouble. Electric Bitters promises quick relief by targeting the causes. The remedy is sold by Sharrar and Mull holland druggists with a satisfaction guarantee and a prompt return option if unsatisfied.
Probate actions report routine matters as Judge Seaver notes a new law effective June 16 making all insane patients a state charge, relieving counties from first year asylum costs. Nearby cases include estates of John W. Wilson and Wm. Snow, special commissioners appointed, and hearings on several probate claims with disbursements and allowances.
Blanche Goodhall has mumps. Miss May Seeley returned from Ithaca. Mrs Lettie Borought and son visited her parents last week. Mr and Mrs Blackman of Ithaca visited over Sunday. A large group attended Hare's grove quarterly meeting Sunday. George Goodhall, recovering from appendicitis, is improving. Mrs Wm Herbeck plans a two week visit to Clarence starting Tuesday with sister Mrs Will Cowdrey. Maggie Williams and baby visited Parents at Carland last week and returned Thursday evening.
King Gustavus II of Sweden was hosted by the Duchess of Mecklenburg in Schwerin. Two of his attendants, Peyron and Desvouges, posed as the king and his minister Huron Sparre, winning homage and even requesting a portrait while the real monarch dined elsewhere.
The Paraguayan tea is sipped from a pumpkin goblet using a long reed, not poured from a teapot. The brew is from dried roasted leaves of a local palmilke plant, different from Chinese tea. Natives praise its fever and rheumatism relief, with German tests suggesting possible benefits.
An outrageous ad claims a costly mistake can be corrected by Dr Ki New Life Pills marketed as a gentle but thorough remedy. It touts relief from dizziness headaches liver and bowel troubles and directs readers to purchase at Sharrar and Mul Holland's drug store.
Yprilant Mich June 22 President 1 I Jones delivered the bac calaureate address to the Normal College center last night. He stressed teaching as a personal act requiring the teacher’s whole personality and urged students to become dynamic, self directed leaders who can transform resolve into action. The speech drew on Whitaker’s The Riches of the Commonwealth and tied preparation for teaching to the pupil’s welfare.
A shortened historical note explains that bel fry origin ties to watchtower rather than bells. It traces the term from middle English belfry meaning a watchtower, linking the first part to borough and the second to free. The practice of hanging bells in towers allegedly prompted self-reminder by altering helfry into helfry.
A poetic query seeks healing for heartbreak suggesting notional remedies. The speaker imagines binding the break with a gold band bathing with orange blossom water and applying raw rice as symbolic steps toward repair.
A humorous exchange between Mr and Mrs Hones notes how a woman married one man thinking he was another, a scenario described as common as the week progresses. The dialog hints at mistaken identity in marriage with casual social commentary.
A fragment from a Baltimore Herald item notes a woman moving to catch a street car and mentions labor of love phrases. The dialogue includes Considerate Dmployers Belle-Why and Cholly with playful banter about labor and a longer journey.
Robert C. Nunn and atlas Davis receive a correctional sentence for stealing a wife's watch in Vassar Michigan. The item mentions local ads for remedies and a 38 cent product from Biving and Rhodes, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised to improve appetite and digestion.
A vintage ad touts A Serious Mistake by DeWitt & Co as the genuine Witch Hazel Salve that heals without a scar and cures piles burns bruises and skin diseases. It notes sale by Bivins and Rhodes and mentions Dean’s Ointment for scald head. Drug stores carry both products.
A signed notice promises to refund money on a four cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tarif and to offer a one cent bottle as proof. The document lists SHAMKARS MULHOLLAND and Alma, Bivins & Rooves, Alma, Pep Hupsox, Riverdale as participants or involved parties.
In Jum Mee Cowan's court on Monday, lawyers W. Roberteon of the National Credit and Deliveting Company and Nathan P. Allen dueled during a garnishee case. Roberteon sustained a broken wrist as a result of the altercation.
A veterinary surgeon linked to horse deal fatigue in Bessemer Michigan has been arrested in Seattle Washington. Governor Elias has issued a requisition paper for his return to face charges.
Annapolis reports three Michigan men JF. L Andersen G L. Caskey and G. Francia Clay posted for the mental examinations last week as candidates for admission to the naval academy as midshipmen.
At a state military board meeting on Saturday, Pontiac and Menominee units applied for admission to the national guard but no vacancies existed. The applications were filed, yet the guard remains full.
June 223 in Traverse City Michigan Charlee Green aged 28 was killed by a Pere Marquette excursion train near Grown while walking on the track. In Owosso June 23 Frank Shook of Grand Rapids and John Thompson of Muskegon were arrested for stealing a copper washboiler from William Butler of the Adventist settlement, serving ninety days.
Reported train departures from Alma list destinations including Detroit Rast Grand Staplidte West Saginaw Bay City and North 7 WF Mowenam led by General Voee’r Agent Thetrakt Mion Bullock Agvet Alain with unclear details and spelling in the OCR transcription.
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