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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1903
Page
7
An advertisement proclaims Paine's Celery Compound cures cases once considered hopeless. It claims to build up strength restore energy and provide new life for the tired and discouraged. The copy urges this medicine as ideal and present in every home.
An old Chicago advertisement touts Kodol Digest as a remedy for stomach strain and pressure. The snippet emphasizes rapid relief and digestive support, framed in mid century marketing language.
The text highlights Alabama and the southern states as rapidly developing with Northern and foreign capital investing. It notes rising land prices, abundant work, coal and iron production for world markets, profitable fruit and berry farming, cotton patching on the Gulf Coast, and strong cattle ranges. It invites readers to contact G. A. Park, General Sodasteial and Lamigeas tion Agent, Louisville & Nashville, Louisville, KY.
Miss Vera Fiegal visited the school Friday. Geo Goodhall lost a valuable horse last Tuesday. Bert Seeley has hired out to Seth Curtis. Mrs Plowman Mrs Seeley Mrs Wilbur and Miss May Seeley visited the school Tuesday. Eddie Cusie of Edgewood visited his sister Mrs Levi Williams Saturday and returned Sunday. Ian Simmons raised his barn Thursday while the ladies sewed carpet rags. Mr Plowman raised his house Friday to prepare for a cellar. Dell Stockwell of North Star is doing the work.
Lands and Coon visited surrounding towns Saturday and Sunday. Miss Peet and Mr. Pike delivered lectures to a well received audience. Teachers at Ithaca and North Star prepare for exams. Hawkins Bros lease secured. elevator to open soon with expected strong patronage.
District 3 North Shade reports several family and home changes including Mrs. Wm Cristiere’s recovery, newborns for Elmer Howell and Elmer Howell’s family, and Mrs. Peter Shong visiting kin. A U S quarterly meeting is set for Middleton next weekend, with residents moving and a child ill under care. Laura Stitt ends winter term at Dobson schoolhouse this week. A local remedy, Norway Pine Syrup, cements throat and lung cures.
Mtge wm Mrs J H L Jessup suffers lung trouble and meetings continue with some success amid bad roads. Quarterly gathering well attended Sunday despite conditions. Mrs Franklin Squire of Butternut visited Mrs Belt Bowers last week.
An old soldier named J J Mavens of Versailles suffered chronic kidney disease for years. He tried Electric Hitters and quickly re gained strength. He now testifies he is on the road to complete recovery, praising the remedy for liver and kidney problems and stomach and bowel complaints. Sold by Sharrar and Mulhol ds druggists with guarantee.
An ad proclaims Vinci as a non secret medicine that improves health when morning mouth taste signals illness. It touts cod liver oil as the standard tonic and asserts a unique process removes grease and bad taste while preserving medicinal qualities. It promises money back if it does not help.
A string of small items from Sharrar and Mulholland report Arbor Day plans at The Grave, residents building or renting property, and visits among friends. Local illness and deaths are noted along with a Grange aid meeting at Center on April 1. Fishermen and boating incidents near Maple Rapids are described with several near drownings and rescues.
Florence Smith works for Mrs Irving Stead while Howard Mutuford moves into the Poss house as 890 a8 roads not settled. Elmer Willett returns home to assist his father on the farm. A two year old girl of Mr and Mrs Frank Warner burned on a hot stove last week. Miss Fannie Andre reports wild flowers in the woods this spring and Lilah Welch found wild strawberry buds. Rocky Mountain Tea by Bivina and Rhodes.
Maple Rapids items report local sick list updates and visits by residents to nearby towns including Fowler St Johns and Breckenridge. mentions births marriages sales moves and moves into new homes along with school board decisions and community events including a Sunday school class and joint LCTM and KTTM meeting.
S. Cole and family visited his brother Sandy Burtie Towsley while improving the front yard with board walks. JLt Lancaster and wife joined Jas. McNall and family for a Saturday evening. Deep mud over weeks buries news. Pompeii area sidewalks praised. Dewitt Walker and Hanson Walker spend Sunday with relatives. Fr. Cale and others with Merritt Smith family. Ma and Mrs Henry Smith of Kalamazoo plan to return home soon. Goure Long and wife started for Nuri Star. bogey seat incident sent them into water.
Local notes list Johnnie Stone gaining, Nellie Fowler ill, Emerson Vance at St Johns, Jake Ludwie moving, J J Bowler plowing oats, Thomas Dewey of Penamo died suddenly last week, Cora Patrick to move to Dic McVeigh place, Emerson Vance sold farm, Wilbur son remains, Clarence Fowler moving to M Cahalon’s near Stubbardston, family meals noted, Rocky Mountain Tea advertised, Le Spring tonic 35 cents by Bivina and Rhodes.
Neighbors report mumps in the district while T. J. Hoxie tests a valuable horse this week. E. Denett and L. Webster trade farms, Don Bruhn moves to Addie for H rakee’s place, Frank McNitt builds a horse barn in Ola, and Carence Henson and wife visit the south part of the state. Jacob Martin relocates to a life in a new place, Elder Bulley bids farewell at the Evangelical church last Sunday and plans to attend conference next week. Spring tonics and herbal teas are advertised with health claims and a note on mood boosters.
In Fulton township a probate action centers on Hannah M Ball heirs and suspected undue influence. Two Wilbur brothers once held a forty parcel left by Martin, who vanished. W P Wilbur rebuilt the estate now valued over 20000. he seeks sale but must first obtain adjudication of Ball as dead for title clarity. Public notices outline hearings and guardianships with multiple legatees and executors named.
Mrs John E Harmon of Melia Station Virginia recounts a winter 1902 cold in her baby cured by Chamberlains Cough Remedy after a neighbor praised it for a sick child The letter thanks the manufacturers and urges others to try the remedy Sold by Bivong & Ruse
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