Correspondence of local residents and visitors
Mrs Frank Staley is sick. Mrs Keenley visiting in Hanis ter this week. Mrs Frank Ackels visited Kinda Peters Sunday. Jim Rbycard entertaining a sister from Ohio. Frank Ackels expected home from the woods soon. Fred Simmons visited at Geo Webster's last week. Frank Staley returned to work in the north. S Muffley of Flint visiting at George Mitchell's. Loren Webster of St Julins visited here Sunday. Elias Randel has taken a wife. Best wishes, Ben Crawford visiting his brother John Crawford. Mrs George Mitchell taking treatment of Dr Bassett of Ashley. Floyd Kesling home for the summer to work his father’s farm. Sheldon Ackers and James Rhynard preparing to build new barns. John Lyon and wife of St Johns visiting daughter Mrs Rhyard. Mrs Jack Russell called on her nieces Mesdames Kennett and Lake last week. Mesdames Downer and Mitchell spent Sunday with George Webster and family. Oliver Stambaugh of Coleman visiting his father in law S Ackers. Mrs Henry Kennet visited her father in Lafayette township last Wednesday. Pedro party at Delbert Murdolph and a dance at Erick Hinkle’s Friday evening. All report a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Staley
Keenley
Hanister
Frank Ackels
Kinda Peters
Jim Rbycard
Ohio
Woods
Fred Simmons
Geo
Webster
S. Muffley
Flint
Hieorge Mitchell
Loren Webster
St. Julins
Elias Randel
Ben Crawford
John Crawford
George Mitchell
Bassett
Ashley
Floyd Kesling
Sheldon Ackers
James Rhynard
John Lyon
St. Johns
Rhyard
Jack Russell
Bennett
Fox Farm
Chas
Fred Dodge
Dodge
Henry Collett
Ella Andrews
G. M. Ruppert
South Fulton
A. N. Chattin
Ed Pierce
Lyman Crosley
Will Andrews
Fred Teachworth
Laura Norton
Battle Creek
Peter Greenswike
Jas, Lance
Perrinton
Ithaca
Pompell
Henry Clark
Perrioton
Lar
North Fulton
Bas Pardiaes
County
Ervin Stead
Fulton
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad claims cures all ailments
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as a world renowned remedy for cuts burns boils sores felons ulcers tetter salt rheum fever sores and chapped hands. Sold for 25 cents at Sharrar Mulhollands druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharrar Mulhollands
Local Notes and Movements Across Counties
Rathbone summarizes residents moving and illness reports from the area. Ole Strouse left for Oregon while Will White plans to relocate to Livingston county. Joel Grandy’s family moved to Gladwin county and Frank David hopes to travel to Oregon for horses. A sick infant, meningitis in Chas Federsplets’s child, and Mrs. Sara Richardson’s improving condition are noted. Dr Wood’s Pine Syrup is advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Strouse
Oregon
Ralph
Wil White
Livingston County
Mison Goodwin
Ralph Bustree
Will Richardson
Yew Valley Sugar Company
Will Hopkins
Dr. McGuire
J. Benjamin
Joel Grandy
Familly
Gladwin County
Frank David
Chas
Federsplets
Fred Tyron
Foster White
Corunna
Sara Richardson
Forest Hill News and Local Social Notes
Mr Creech has a sick horse and Mr Palmer visited Ithaca this week. Revival services closed Sunday. McKinley Wood has had lung fever the past week. Mr and Mrs Charles Goon visited Grand Rapids last Saturday. Mrs Alta Leonard of Coe has stayed with Mrs Anna Katenhus for a week. Mr and Mrs Moore of Belding visit her parents. German Medicine entertainments at town hall featured Musa Owen as top vote winner earning a gold watch and chain. Bertie Mills won the pie eating prize. Mrs Leslie Wood won nail driving. T Clark's son won apple eating. Miss Ivan Perrigo took the children's speaking prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Wood
Charles Goon
Grand Rapids
Alta Leonard
Coe
Anna Katenhus
Moore
Belding
Curter
Musa Owen
Bertie Mills
Leslie Wood
T. Clark
Ivan Perrigo
Local Notes From Hamilton Center Line Area
Dan Andrews visited St Louis on business while J R Williams stayed in Ithaca on Monday Vera Fleagle returned home from Muir last Tuesday Herbert Ringle and wife of Ithaca visited their parents Sunday John Herbeck and son Will called on J R Williams Wednesday evening Levi Williams and aSeen day at Edgewood with his wife s parents Sam Simmons plans timbering for a spring barn Jootsed of Voorheis works the John Wildtares as the month begins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Andrews
St. Louis
J.R. Williams
Ithaca
Vera Fleagle
Muir
Herbert Ringle
John Herbeck
Will
J. R. Williams
Levi Williams
Showing the Way Alma Resident Recommends Deans Kidney Pills
Alma citizen Mrs Amos Bodine of Grant Street says Dean's Kidney Pills cured her chronic back ache and kidney troubles after six to eight months of pain. She bought them from Riving Rhodes drug store and urges others to remember the name and buy only Dean's. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole U.S. agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Pert
Amos Bodine
Grant Street
Dean
Riving & Rhodes
Price
Conte
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Local Notes Highlight Health and Moves Across Town
George Evans Bannister is very ill and Mrs Gearhart, Mr Wooley, Ela Davidson and others are listed as unwell. Julius Rouse rents a farm near Ovid and plans to move this week. Johnny Royce leaves the mill to train as a barber. Mary Teats, a WTU speaker, to give a temperance address at the M E church on March 11. A W Dickerson shifts his sawmill east of Petoskey but finds a smallpox quarantined camp and returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Evans
Wooley
Ela Davidson
Owosso
M. EB
Ithaca Weekend Notices and Local Socials
S. E. Emerson J Bare and others visited Ithaca Saturday. Shindman and S Fairbanks returned from Coleman. Rebekah lodge members attended a Beebe social. A box social in district No 6 is planned for Friday March 6. Edgedwood lodge hosted about thirty five Rebekahs. A family medical urgency spurred Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and chest ailments. It claims relief for consumption and pneumonia with testimonials from W H Brown of Leesville Indiana. Bottles 50 cents and one dollar, free samples at Sharrar Mulholland drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bare
Ithaca
L. W. Fiddler
F. H. Hunter
Shindman
S. Fairbanks
Coleman
Alva Reeves
Archie Walters
L. M. Cramer
Breckenridge
Usiness
M. Cramer
William Cochrane
Beebe
Martin Bloss
L. Jennings
L. M. Pendell
Zella
Wisses Gladys
Florence
Sharrar & Mulholland
South Side Notes From North Star Area
Local items report James and Henry Odell at home Monday and C Henry and wife visiting in North Star Sunday. Farm sale by Whitley Perkins in Arlun Sage. Edgar Mikesell and wife mention injured son Jason Mils. Evans and Bowers work for Ed Cowetry this week. Greenlee in Cadillac, visited sister Mrs Loyd Loyd. Floyd Wilkinson welcomes a son born February 44. Mrs. D M Whitman of Washington was guest of Mrs Loyd. L Argersinger family visited uncle in Butternut. Little Mathews child recovering from illness. Mrs E Gray planning stone marker for new house in spring. Free delivery route planned on town line North Star Washington. Ladies sewed carpet rags for Past Time. UB Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs M R B Jessup home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Henry Odell
C. Henry
North Star
Whitley Perkins
Arlun Sage
Edgar Mikesell
Ithaca
Uocle
Jason Mils
A. Evans
EB. Bowers
Ed Cowetry
Dotin Greenlee
Cadillac
Lo Hey Loyd
Floyd Wilkinson
Washington
Laura Smith
UB Ladies' Aid Society
Local notes mix of family moves and community events
Castorita notices a flurry of farm transfers and relocations in Washington and Ithaca areas. George Plank plans to move, Chas Wilkinson will take over Zarbaugh’s farm, and Chas and Fred Dodge purchase the Dodge homestead. Multiple visits and visits to relatives are listed, with temperance and church topics upcoming.
North Shade Residents Report Weather and Travel Warnings
North Shade notes from Jenin last Wednesday include warnings of approaching fog and spring conditions. Ithaca visitors Wilder Kackerbeker and family warned of travel impacts, while Lebanon's Mrs. Maud Jols and sister Mrs. A. Lunderest were mentioned in local updates. The article lists multiple names and locations with fragmented observations about recent activity and plans for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orda Jols
Jenin
Wilder Kackerbeker
Famil
Ithaca
Ed Wright
Jevenly
Viet Y
Maud Jols
Mra
Lebanon
Bertha
Lary
Miele
Ani
Glen J Cng
Monteata
Century-Old Gils fey Sacer bree in Virginia town
A fragment from a winter era in a Virginia town recounts a mother, Melta Harmon of Melta Station, praising a patent remedy Chanterillo's Cangh Reme dy for her baby’s dreadful cold. She claims quick relief after medical advice and local interest in the cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Join
Harmon
Melta Station
Chanterillo
Wiewr. Brailes
The Gold Coin of Moral Hope Folklore and Health Promises
A dismissive view on the pot of gold myth and health dreams contrasts with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The ad cites testimonials about cures for chest ailments and consumption risks, touts the doctor’s medical adviser book, and asks readers to mail for the pamphlet or volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Indigestion blamed for heart trouble claims
A humorous ad alleges indigestion as the root of most heart disease. It cites a Nevada, Ohio resident D Kauble and promotes Ketch Dyspepsia Cure and Kodol Digests What You Eat from DeWitt & Co of Chicago, listing prices and trial sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Kauble
Nevada
Colds Dangerous Yet Remedy Claims Pneumonia Cure
An old notice warns that colds can lead to pneumonia and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as counteracting the danger. The ad asserts the medicine always helps and is pleasant to take, sold by Bivens & Rowdes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Sheen
Chamberlain
Bivens & Rowdes
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