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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
2
In Sumner area notes, residents report improving health as mild spring weather continues. Several families battle illnesses, including typhoid, while others return to work or travel to nearby towns. A mix of social events, visits, and local business updates reflect community activity and a plug for Dooley's Honey and Tar as a trusted remedy.
In Forest Hill last week Mrs John Lanshaw Jr hosted twenty one guests at Le Canfield for an evening gathering. Mr Moore moved from Mirkinson to Eureka recently. An church entertainment followed by supper at the town hall on March 2. Burns, a Great Lady Commander, visited the hive on Saturday. Bernards of St. Louis visited Forest Hill. Rosa Hooper is ill and several German measles cases are reported.
March events at Arcada Center note gratitude to Mr Stadleberg for help timely, a small entertainment, and 8.00 added to the organ fund with Lathes Aid Society funding. Young folks enjoy sleighing moonlight nights. A gathering at Mr and Mrs Eaddy’s home featured about forty guests, gifts to the Eddys, and a lamp. Ethel Burgess returns from Grand Lodge. Mr Kellyham preached and plans to return.
An oath and cash bond are noted in a Toledo county context. The document references an oath of fidelity and a payment of one hundred dollars per person, with officials and witnesses cited in a December engagement. Congey & Co. acts as solicitor or issuer in the matter.
WASHINGTON and nearby towns report residents ill and visitors at Bridgesville school. Sam English returns after two years away while Will Smith closes a deal and runs a store. District No 1 pupils finish term work and a gospel-tinged verse titled Going Down Hill circulates amid kidney cure ads.
March North Star bulletin reports quarterly meeting at Sowers, with presiding elder expected to preach. Local items include church events at the North Star Baptist and Free Methodist churches, school exams, clerical changes, and community notices. A. T. Clark’s clerk Wilk Walde, Rev JS resignations, and Mr Edd Walters injured by falling bolts are noted alongside farm movements, private sales, and visitors from Fulton and New York.
Larché-John Keller of Lansing hosted Wisconsin guests Alfred Klooxe and family Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kuster left for Milan to visit their son Lewis and wife before touring relatives in Ole, Edson. Alfred Scott ill and Mrs. Riley improving. Rebekah gathering at Menters with a fine dinner and wood-toned time reported. Born to George Peterson and wife a baby boy Monday morning March 12. Mrs. Adam Stelphaner ill Ist. Mrs. William Wallhead of Ohio visiting her parents, Stephen Hubbard and wife. Eli Matteson and wife visited Porter Curd near Oakley Tuesday.
A Thornville Ohio bank cashier credited Dr King s New Discovery for curing a severe lung illness that followed a robbery scare. He recommended the medicine for coughs colds and lung trouble and urged readers to try it at a dollar a bottle with free samples at Sharer and Mulholland s drug store.
March 1 ashley notes report Miss Winn teacher on vacation at her Elwell home. Village election passed quietly with a single ticket. Joe Skutt’s horse died yesterday from choking. Terry Rose moves into building formerly occupied by John Turner. Mr Turner relocates with Miss Beck. Nelle Hose visits Ithaca for work. Eugene Kirby plans move to Rose City. Join Tripp, former resident, visits Monday. Mrs Randall, longtime resident nearby, buried Sunday. Billy Perry of Durand visiting this week.
Report fragment notes subpoenas for C Chidister J Houck and others in a Perrinton perjury matter slated for Wednesday. Scattered text mentions early applications, candidates, and references to medical and legal issues, with unclear names and details.
Fragmentary local items mention Pompeii Monday events including Hatfield and Weidman, a school site vote on Monday, and discussions of a wall, location, and access roads. An insurance payment is noted, along with a dyspepsia cure advertisement and various town updates.
A medical advertisement claims a widespread kidney disease causes many deaths and Brights disease results from advanced kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root is promoted as a cure, with sample bottles and a free book offered by Dr Kilmer & Co.
A fragmented advertisement from Binghamton New York touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for tiredness and female weakness. It claims health miracles through toning the liver kidneys and blood and cites testimonials from Mrs Jessie A Means of Clayton Delaware.
An attack on C F Collier of Cherskee Tow a proved fatal. He suffered kidney pain and could not stoop or sit without aid. He credits Mec itie Bitters with a remarkable recovery, claiming the remedy strengthened him and brought relief.
St Louis society pages report Mrs Whitman entertaining a circle of friends, Miss Elva Tenney’s trip to Cheyenne for spring millinery, and Henry Smith Metowan’s lecture. Typhoid fever cases noted with recoveries, and local residents upgrading jobs and stores. James McGinn plans a music store with Chas Vandenburg. K P party attendance planned for Ithaca. Jack Wallace travels amid family illness.
The Fulton Center section notes support for a central Ithaca courthouse, mentions Mr McKay of Fowler buying Dan Welni's east of Hast Pulten church property, and reports on a fifteen-member organization, local church activities, and minor family happenings. Epworth League organized after Derinton meetings. Retta Peet visited River school. Mrs Kellogg hosted relatives from Middleton, and Miss Stitt traveled to Ithaca for family illness. Potential supervisor Isaac Seaver and Chas Dodge named, with Jus Paine for sheriff in the spring.
A medicinal advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the ideal stomach remedy. It promises relief from constipation indigestion and headache and urges readers to try a toc bottle at Sharrar and Mulholland's store.
Ithaca hosts parties and visits with Miss Aurel Jackson being honored. Multiple residents travel from St Louis to Ithaca, Alma visitors, sleigh rides to R C Lake, and a tire incident on Main Street. Local fires cause minor damage, with reports of a stove pipe blaze and ensuing alarm. Community groups plan readings, socials, and church events while town discusses the new courthouse and town infrastructure.
March 12 updates list W Hilsinger plans to move his family to the atnut farm and Gen Fink to the Hilsinger farm. S Terrell has lumber on ground for a large buro. Truman Cur improving and recovering. Nelson arranging lumber and materials for a large stock barn. She Handy Wagon Co of Saginaw has bills out for an event at KO TM hall on March 24.
A garbled, opinion saturated page mixes on faith and morality with testimonials, medical elixirs, and household cures. It cites clergy, mentions a Michigan audience, touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills and Doan’s Ointment, and includes patient endorsements about kidney and liver relief, cough syrups, and skin care amid a stream of disjointed notes.
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