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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
2
Vestaburg notes a fast game as Crystal beats TeWh 27 to 20 on Thursday March 2. Mentioned are visits from Rhea Covey and a postgame banquet at the high school, plus local residents attending events and preparing for a public sale and community activities across Vestaburg.
County correspondence lists purchases, family visits, illness, and community activities across Gratiot and nearby towns. It records property moves, farm work, piano ads, lodge meetings, church programs, sickbeds, travel to Alma and Riverdale, and social events with numerous named residents and neighbors.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best remedy for the liver claiming no gripe or nausea and easy taking despite bitter taste.
Alma resident W. J. Washburn, a retired farmer, reports years of kidney trouble with irregular action and back pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. He says the remedies regulate kidney function and relieve lameness, and urges keeping Doan's Kidney Pills in the house.
Be a Creek residents share a string of visits and gatherings. Judy Bunn and her sister visit Walter French, Me and Mrs G Welch attend Seville Center Aid, Thomas Lucas stays with his mother Mrs H Booth near Alma, and Hazel White visits Flossie Lacs among other family and neighbor calls. Paragraph lists multiple clan visits and cordial exchanges.
An old promotional notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a thirty year proven remedy. It asserts the medicine purges poison from blood and cures catarrh on mucous surfaces, promising rapid general improvement and urging readers to start now. Includes mail order and price details.
Barbara Naffziger of St Louis guests of her sister Mrs Frank Hicks Monday. Lowe family of Forest River ND visit daughter Mrs Effie Miller last week. Philip Hicks attends funeral of Mr Joseph at Elm Ball Tuesday. Ruth Graham hosts carole and music Wednesday. John Stedman and wife of Palo visit uncles David and Charles Mulford. Ellen Fowler of Detroit visits brother William Fowler and family. F E B McClenathin ill with pneumonia. C A Sawkins Piano Co advertises balance on contract. Miss Versil Davis moves to Alma to live with grandmother Mia. Lottie Pelton returns home from Alma hospital work. Mrs Anna Graham spends weekend in Alma. Weekly Pedro Club meets at Henry Seaman’s. prizes won by Mrs F J Tucker and William Fowler. Henry Seaman and Mary Barr.
Seaman Trio treated locals to Cine music after refreshment break. Mrs. May Smead appears among grip viclume this week. Marty Fieher and John Robson were Alma callers Saturday. Gilbert Syenver of New Haven and Harry Hunt with wife hosted and visited. The three Nelson children and aunt Mrs. W. C. Fowler joined a family. Ice cutters report light thickness around 2 inches. Frank Hicks and friends enjoy a trip to Saginaw. Ben Bennett and ally visited Crystal for Mrs. Bennett’s sister Mrs. Allay Stafford. Charles Booth and son Bart hosted at Anme. Mr. and Mrs. Karr of Kankakee moved onto Skinner farm now owned by Georgy Harvey.
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