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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
7
Fragmentary report notes a regular meeting of local committees and officials, mentioning names like Hawier President Mat Mantas and James Lodge of F. It references a schedule on the fourth Wednesday and various civic topics. The text is garbled but indicates discussions of Wheat W and hall vesod, and potential community matters in Miskigas and nearby towns.
Paul to St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth Chicago to St Paul and Minneapolis fast daily trains begin June 1 with electric lighting. Rates posted: 416 round trip to St Paul and Minneapolis and 90 to Superior and Duluth. Travel agents and depots listed for further details.
W J Tippin and wife of North Whioeler visited friends here Saturday and Sunday Mrs Kipp of Wheeler has been visiting her daughter Mrs Robbins H W Husted and wife and A Hoffmeyer and family spent Sunday with friends in Bethany Sunday School Convention was held at the U B dated Jane 27
Omar Hall of Kendallville visits friends after his brother in law John Obureh’s death. J.B. Dodge and wife visit relatives from Richmond West Virginia. A. Omey leaves for Lake George to work on L. D. Estee’s ranch. Mrs. Anna Kellogg returns from Fall River Massachusetts for a two week visit. Miss Pearl Walling returns from Mt Pleasant normal. Burdick conducts Mt Pleasant business Thursday. May Hanett returns from Spokane Washington after teaching. Bert Green ships 400 bushels of potatoes to St Johns. Winnie Myer resumes duties at the post office after illness. Mrs Andy Shaw of Alma visits friends. Anne Penover returns from Bagnall to visit a brother WA Herron in Pinehurst Arkansas. Foley’s Kidney and Bladder Cure is noted with a healing claim by a local writer.
Lillie and Olive Jakes of Lakefield visited their sister Mrs Jos Krigha. Mrs Rosenplug, visiting her brother Mike Slough, leaves for Wiklart to visit friends before returning to Pennsylvania. Mrs Parker of Lakefield visits daughter Mrs Chas Kastlick. Misses Jonnie Partes and Ethel Kime in Mt Pleasant for Beatrice Upper’s commencement. State Normal graduate Miss Utter was announced. Revival meetings at the schoolhouse closed. Mrs A Henry has a sister visiting from the southern state. Claude Bartrem visited his father in St Louis last Sunday.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places including Pleasant Valley, Witday, Rer, POH, Wolter, Reb, Martinese, Mrs Lana, Palteent, Laur Prites, Orwindals, and Sire Scolinlar. Reads like an unreadable local notices page with scattered personal names and affiliations.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions various names and items, with unclear sequence and missing context. It references local places and possible people like Sigal and Rettig AG, but the text is largely unintelligible and cannot establish a clear event or outcome.
Mrs Thos Pelton and sisters are in Northwest Wheeler with Medber entries. Mr and Mrs Isine Mettinger visited Kees in Vestatrarg and Laat Mre A Milligan invited to surgical operation by Drs. Sand KS Watson. Mrs Jacob Partee of Jacksons county visiting relatives. Mrs Julia Iyotts and son Rey from St Louis called on friends. Mrs Wesley Miller hosted visitors at her hotel. Route Noa cut out part of regular wide last week to Tad roads. Mrs James Preston ill. Mrs I Munnick to Olimots for visit with daughter.
Mrs Allie hosted the Ald Society gathering on Wednesday with Mesdames Gerber Fink Trish Downy and their daughters and Mrs Curtis in attendance. The Curtis family celebrated Mr Curtis seventy six years. Mrs David Elliott returned Thursday after a three week visit with Mrs JH Allis. Miss Hattie Gerber directed Sunday school last Sunday?
A garbled ad claims health improves by extremes in diet and “Sr. King's New Life” from Geo. If Slporrer's drug store. It promises quick liver and stomach relief at 25 cents, with alleged past health failures reversed by a tonic.
The message warns against imitation celery teas when requesting Celery King. It notes health concerns with deceptive brews and asserts the genuine Celery King tea costs 25 cents and never disappoints.
Ethel Lewis Blanche Pagsley Bessie Toft Lena Wiley Pearl and Fern Dick attended commencement exercises at Elm Hall. Claud Wiley led a nine man gang for weed control. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Michael Mcnavara. Frank Hall family welcomed a tally boy. Dr McLaughlan plans an addition to his sanitarium. Fern Dick will study at Mt Pleasant summer school. Rocky accounts mention Miss Hilsinger and others in Isa bella county contexts.
Miss Edith Jarvis returns home from Mr Pleasant for a week long visit with her parents. A large river crowd witnessed Sunday baptism at the surviews with ten converts. Elders Older Gorton and Eldrich attended the quarterly meeting with Miss Jennie Crosier and Pearl Stanton noted in the vicinity Sunday evening. Misses Etta Nettie Stuckey Ella Wells and Henry attended the Wermuth shoal house exercise Friday night. The Catholic church bell at Care City will be raised Saturday.
Farmers enjoy fine weather while residents visit A Dershem's in St Sunday. Poultry keepers along Bush Creek warned of a predatory animal harming geese and turkeys. Orlo Wagner of St Louis visited his parents. J J Buchannan and Mrs Hd Kenyon connected with local residents. The M K church youth class met at Baney's for a business and social evening as J Wagner invited his mother to St Louis for a stall fish he had caught.
Miss Lockwood returned from Alma after visiting John Tarrish and wife Ad. Johnson was in Saginaw on business earlier in the week. George Toland and wife visited his mother over Sunday. Residents traveled to Alma Tuesday for the Catholic church cornerstone laying. About fifty guests attended Mrs. McKinnon’s Saturday eve event. Anya Taylor from North Wheeler had been working for the past two weeks near the Peast. Mr Pulkert moved his family into Livitik Apartment. Various local names and movements noted with customary small-town detail.
The North Star paper reports meetings led by the St Christers group at L C church and a county WLC convention with positive reviews. Mrs Nora Uichte was elected president and Mrs ML Altenburg remained in office another year. Social visits include Homer Snyder entertaining his mother, Mrs Cyrus Boardman visiting Midlevoli, and Mr Stull and grandparents hosting relatives in town.
Alma residents testify to relief from chronic back pain after using Deans Kidney Pills. Mrs O Mack of Mechanical Street reports marked improvement within days, noting complete disappearance of backache after two to three weeks. Both she and her husband praised the remedy and credited its effectiveness to friends and local druggists.
Edward Price a 70 year old Jackson merchant and former teacher was killed when a street car struck him while crossing near his home on Jackson Street. The car from the subway under Michigan Central tracks carried circusgoers and the engine had to be raised to remove the mangled body.
Circuit court jury awards 70000 to relatives of Mary McNamara and denies charity assertion by contestants James and Arthur McNamara of Ireland. Trial drew intense debate over Catholicism and church influence on the deceased.
Frank Byrns examination for burglary in Lansing Michigan was postponed to July 7. A bond of 600 dollars was posted and Byrns was sent home to his father Representative J Byrns. The examination found the boy mentally incompetent.
Washington Juseus M B Demet R Drew B P Ordway E Stanton and G P Stressinger are the Michigan candidates for cadetships who passed the mental examinations held at Annapolis last week and those who excel in this test will be admitted to the academy.
Georgia the two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jay Wentley died after drinking gasoline. Seventy five American boys from Chicago Central YMCA attend camp at White Lake for two weeks. Mrs Matilda Parker, 70, of Kalmazom fell from a porch breaking both wrists and injuring her back. A body found at Grand Rapids is identified as William T Landen, 33, whose brother believes he committed suicide June 18 after losing $70. Mrs Frank Hutton is prostrated in Flint after her husband left home. An attorney from Pine City seeks Edward Patterson’s relatives.
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