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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
8
Miss Helen Williams visited Miss Sarah Von Thurn in Elm Hall while many neighbors shared Sunday and weeklong visits across Riverdale area. Reports mention trips to Alma Saginaw St. Louis and Lorain Ohio, a Sunday school convention in Riverdale, and a piano sale promotion by C A Sawkins Piano Co. Local families and relatives from Sumner Center Elm Hall Ferris and Vestaburg are noted.
Worn from house cleaning, readers are urged to apply Sloan's Liniment to sore spots for quick relief and a comfortable sleep. An ad praises its ability to kill pain and soothe nerves, neuralgia, and bruises, recommending a bottle on hand for 25 cents at the drugstore.
Donny May Hoyt brightened the Hoyt home on Wednesday. C A Low is the contact for details about a sale on comedy Barney Snyder and family visited Hazelton at the Rogers property. The Hopkins family have moved to a farm in Arcada from the Rogers property. FE Wise considered moving to the George Abbott farm but rented Mr Sweet’s farm near Merrill and will move this week with Vern Handly helping. Mr and Mrs Wen Webb hosted relatives from Midland. Mrs Wes Webb visited Childs and H Gee near St Louis. The Childs’ little daughter, Abie McComb of Sultan Washington, visiting St Louis friends, left for home Monday. Mrs Edd Hoyt of Alma spent a visit with relatives and friends in the area. Clyde Webb also noted.
A Michigan horse owner notes a seven year failure by veterinarians to cure a horse with pollevil. Three bottles of Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh cured the animal, suggesting simplicity can surpass costly treatments. James Miller of Pottstown, Pa, reported the cure.
Isaac Wiles of Clare county visits friends on route to Alabama. A Brillhart visits Ithaca. Floyd Lindsay’s infant son is seriously ill with little hope of recovery. Morse family farewell as they move near Detroit. Walter Webster attends Farmers Institute in Lansing. Maxted and Penteney visit Carson City. Fred Wilson visits parents T M Wilson. A Lawkin piano sale ad seeks balance on contract. Woodwards host thirty one relatives for their thirty eighth wedding anniversary. E Akinix ill with grip. George Whitman’s horse falls ill en route from Perrinton to Carson City. Ed Woodward to live with brother Edgar. Miss Frances Ige on week’s vacation. Truman Hodges returns from Elyria Ohio.
Sunday visitors from John Bateman and wife, and Herbert Warren and wife called on Robert Duckworth. Alton Cline from Alma spent time with B F Cline’s family. Miss Elsie Gallagher and Elsie Johnson joined Miss Marie Hale near Otto Stanton. A social raised 10.65 with good attendance and a supper. A Sawkins Piano Co. ad offered contract balance details. Mrs B F Cline and Mrs Handley visited Frances King. Mr and Mrs Cheatgner of Belvidere Ti visited their daughter R K Heinline.
Mrs. Charles a visits Detroit this week. J. J. Bailey visited relatives over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Morton visited Mrs. Henry Seannin of Sumner Sunday. E. W. Thompson attended a Sunday school convention at Riverdale. A miscellaneous shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Scott Morrow Friday at the bride's parents. Wille and Winnie Wilson attended the basketball game at Vestaburge Friday. Several relatives called on Aunt Mrs. EK A Bailey Sunday. G. M. Wilown on a business trip to Alma Towaday.
William Peacock was not a business caller in Riverdale on Saturday. Neighbors gathered as Rev. Milliard Woodbee planned for Tuesday. Mr and Mrs H Stahlebwrger visited Mr and Mrs C Young. Ethel Struble returned home from Ithaca last week sick with the grip. A Lank and Co advertise a special bargain in a used piano to be balanced on contract. Mr and Mrs John Baker were Sunday visitors with Neidhardt. Ellsworth Baxter leaves for a few days to Lansing to visit relatives. Mrs Lizzie Clark visits her sister Mrs C Neidhardt for a week’s stay.
Mrs Hacon asks about Tommy's swollen face and hands while Mrs Robert recalls the school prize for collecting the most dead wasps, which Tommy won, revealing the cost of his win and the curious contest at his school.
Multiple properties and farms for sale or exchange listed by Sharrar and Wheeler in Alma. Includes eighty acre farms, three hundred acre stock ranches, forty acre plots near Ithaca, eighty acres in New Haven township, live stock and tools, modern residences, and a restaurant business. Also notes proximity to Republic Truck Co. and Ithaca, with urging readers to call at the Opera House Block office.
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