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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1899

Page

2

Local items from East Thursday April 27

South Bend visitor L Dickerson returns home amid spring farm activity. Summers mine owners lease 1500 acres near Ashley with tests to start soon. J Gordon moves to Owosso for work. Z Shanover paints his house and Meachams improve farm. Charles Dickerson repairs home. Farmers plow for spring and sugar beets sowing begins. Wilson of Detroit seeks general store findings. Leslie Wood and wife visit Alma. Pembroke and Shue trip to Alma. Rev. G H Carl and family depart to Wellington Ohio for new field. Cora Wood and Lela visit Gilmore, Rev. Philip Hooper and family settle at parsonage, Hooper to pastor year. L White of Shepherd toad potatoes. sowing progress. Most plant beets. sermon by Hooper inspires.

St. Charles Ashley J. Gordon Owosso Z. Shanover Meacham Charles Dickerson Leslie Wood Alma L. Pembroke Shue G. H. Carl Wellington Carl Cora Wood Lela Gilmore Philip Hooper Mr. Hooper L. White Shepherd

Local Notes and Gossip From The Arcada District

Community items recount springtime events and greetings as residents like Walter Clark receive a watch chain at a Friday gathering. Neighbors Wallace Clark and wife celebrate a new marriage, while improvements ring through farms with stone walls and new barns. Schools open with Miss Stella Shepard teaching and locals visit relatives, as whooping cough cases rise locally. Burdock Blood Bitters is recommended for health concerns.

Beebe Local Notes Mixed with Various Movements

Beebe reports Charley Colewan moved to Ithaca.geo Baker has a new hugge. Miss Ala Munroe and Harmon in Ithaca while the Worthingtons attend an anniversary at Mt Pleasant. Rev McCambh with a student from Alma college last Sunday. The A C OG received six new applications for membership. Mr K Gamble got the Emergency Loan during illness. Emerson folks fished three days with no attack and no fish. Mr C B Shue and family visited relatives in Shepherd Sunday. Funeral of Mrs Thomas Granger held at Parkison Methodist Church with Rev Carrol from Alma. Will Bowers and family visited friends in St Louis Sunday. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Edger Sins Thursday.

Rodney Purvi Toe Ray Joe Mr. Brazze St. Louis Stella Shepard Roy Thorton Sunnysiidle Farm Preeugt Emma Galle Neil Bailey Wright Frank Kirby Elm Hall A. C. OG K. Gamble Emerson

Breckenridge Local News Update Highlights Transfers and Events

Breckenridge notes show Aldrich and Manning buying the Marshal Hopkins stock for relocation to their old stand. FP Pike bedridden for two weeks. lighting destroys Del Moore barn at dawn. North West Wheeler School reports 62 pupils with four under thirteen years old. Orville Hynes and Lulu Fowler wed in St. Louis and plan farm life. Grange lodge formed at Bodfish with 41 charter members to host a gala.

Aldrich & Manning Marshal Hopkins Pike Chas. Merrill Geo. Anderson Clare County Péreh Clarence Hopking A. Pike Wift Bannister Vis FL Pike Jin Barnes Ithaca Mrn F. Fort S. Coverstone al Eureka Clarence Oberlin Becker Meyrii North West Wheeler School Wolfgang Orville Hynes Lulu Fowler St. Louie Muscott West Wheeler East Bethany Bodfish School Pleasant Valley BE. E. Doane’s

Worth Wheeler and local notices in town

David Fowler is hired out near Shep herd for the season and Hynes brothers run a stable. Orvill and Lew Fowler wed on April 29 and are respected locals. S. T. Sibley, injured by a fall on the 27, is improving. The community serenaded Orgill and Lew Fowler Monday night and a dance Friday drew modest noise.

Worth Wheeler David Fowler Shepherd David Orvill Lew Fowler S. T. Sibley Orgill

Michigan Pensions Granted Across State in Late April

Washington reports Michigan pensions awarded Tuesday through Thursday with multiple categories Original renewals increases and widows listed by name town and amount. Notable entries include John Wasson Reno 8 and Peter Thornton Coldwater 16 to 317 with several others across Wayland Hartford Detroit Traverse City and more.

Michigan Washington Charles Malta Toren Lovke William M. Cates Hailey Harry N. Hamilton Hesperia Daniel L. Richardson Mount Pleasant Locronses Gerrits Lohens East Saugatuck Gilbert A. Danning Watson Sidney A. Munger Sturgis Charles Holloway Petoskey Zolostex Lancaster Loomis Morthoer Cranial Ann Arbor owieHannal Peter Thornton Coldwater Mary M. Shilling Traverse City George Whitney Hartford Oscar HB. Moore Frank Nason Marquett Dacob Ore Torhout Battle Creek

First One This Year Sunday Excursion to Toledo

The Ann Arbor K R invites travelers on Sunday May 7 for a special train to Toledo to start the excursion season. The round trip from Amantine to Toledo costs 1.25 dollars. Children under two pay half fare.

Toledo Ann Arbor K. R Almantin Toledo Pom Parc

Local Ad Offers Jewelry for Vitamin Seeds Coupons

Fragmented ad promises Sterling Silver Mineelit or Solid Gold Ring with Gennini Diamond Setting in exchange for sending name and address with three two year stare to American Sed Coy 385 Beoiilway New York cling. Recipients will receive a package of vitaine seeds SLIK coupons and fall particulions.

N.Y

Ver-Lo Cures Coughs and Prevents Consumption

Col Charles Chaille Long, former Chief of Staff to Gen Gordon, contributes to the North American Review May issue with an article on England in Egypt and the Soudan. He argues Britain’s goal of a Cape to Cairo strip has guided policy for centuries and shares new details about Gen Gordon’s mission, some of which challenge prior beliefs.

Charles Chaille Long Gen. Gordon North American Review England Egypt Soudan Africa Cape Cairo Col.Long

Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy

An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a internal treatment for catarrh, claiming it acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts local applications fail and promotes testimonials and a Toledo company as the maker, with druggists selling the product at a price.

Dineas Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Props Toledo

Oil Use in Road Making Polishes at Low Cost

Oil, applied to road beds in various forms, smooths dust and cinders, compacts earth into firm road beds, and offers lasting benefits. Railroads have experimented with sprinkling oils to control dust, and a Grand Valley incident long ago demonstrated oil can thoroughly saturate soil to form a solid surface.

Grand Valley Pastaspot

Hood's Sarsaparilla testimonials and claims

Advert promises Hood's Sarsaparilla cures for scrofula ulcers and inflammatory rheumatism. It cites testimonials from named individuals and locations, claiming health benefits and restored mobility, urging readers to try the product.

Hood J. Lovie Furey Ave Ultalo

Dtoods Foods Sa Adapa Illg Never Disappoint

A fragmented note praises Dtoods Foods Sa Adapa Illg, claiming consistent satisfaction. The text hints at pharmaceutical like terms and mentions mood effects, but readability is limited and specifics are unclear.

Dtoods Foods Sa Adapa

Oil on Roads Could Improve Surfaces, Says Major Meigs

A report from a good roads convention details Major Meigs and Keokuk experiments using crude oil to seal and harden road beds. Oil treated sections remained dry and unfrozen after rain and freezing tests, while unoiled parts deteriorated. experts caution proper grading, timing, and rolling for even distribution and longer-lasting results.

Lortea J. G. Winger Benentse St. Louie Meigh Keokuk Ant Meigs

Alcohol and Appetite Link Woven Through Medical Notes

Fragmented OCR text cites physicians from Chicago and Wellington warning of alcohol’s long term effects. It includes quotes on alcohol increasing appetite, degeneration risks, and moralizing lines about temperance. Names, places, and affiliations appear amid adverse claims about drinking and health.

Knowing How Pays The Moral Of The Old Anecdote

Engineer J J Jeffries of the Royal Cycle Works recounts a tale about using a small conqeror to extract payment and of kidney trouble relief through Deans Kidney Pills. He claims the pills offered immediate help after multiple remedies failed, with improvement continuing through a three pack course. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY for 50 cents.

J. J. Jeffries Royal Cycle Works Marahe All Mioh Marshall St Dean Donn Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, N.Y U. S

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