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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
2
Ithaca area residents from Alpine to North Star and Alma were out visiting friends and relatives last weekend. Local names including Clara Kuhlman, Charlie Hull, and Miss Nettie Rowland appear among social calls, weddings, business trips, and travel to Cadillac Oberlin and Detroit.
A garbled notice promises a $100 reward for information related to a missing individual. Despite the noise, it mentions a foundation and a request for a list of experiments, with references to halls and a choir or group. The fragmentary text shows blurred names and dates, making details uncertain.
May 21 Rathbone updates show Lewis Marr finishing a house project and HL Willard visiting from Ohio to see parents Mr and Mrs W Willard of Lafayette. Royal Mare has been sick for two weeks. Various local names and minor happenings include births, visits, a death in the Mutly family, and medical operations on Arthur Ping and Theda Weich.
Perrinton records show Dan Balvont receiving a new wexett from Everett Wingy mil company and setting out for the season. John Nickerson of Stanton called on J. Lo Menards. Clyde Custiman, six months into telegraphy training, departs to Keystone Michigan to run the station. Dr. Severne of Everett visited town. Sunday Sailouts joining a Detroit excursion in June must notify A. Boon of Greenville. D Curtis, recently traveling, is home for a few days. Mr and Mrs Bradley Muster visited Wai Alpen-Miing of Belding. Mrs Mary Price visits A. L. Price household. Chas Winiser, recently sick, is improving. Shock Pirtle from Lowe visited on Monday.
New Haven on May 1 reports Mr. and Mrs. Cristel welcomed a seven pound boy. Marion Cheney missed his new tarn site Saturday. Henry Lover photographed the building crowd but did not visit the house to photograph the thirty five ladies present. The baseball team has been reorganized for the summer. Cris Eyer built a wall for his new barn. his brother Reuben will handle carpentry. Wermuth is in very poor health currently.
Rainy weather delays corn planting. Willard Bristol of ig Rapids visits A. Clarks. Mrs. Mary C. Fox of St. Louis helps her daughter Mrs. G. M. Ruppert. A Sunday School forms at Ruppert schoolhouse. Center church to be painted. L. F. Price solicits alek. A. D. Moss and Win. Knickerbocker of Maple Rapids undergo magnetic treatments at Geo. M. Ruppert.
A Hartford man recounts a twelve year injury from a rusty wire that led to inflammation and blood poisoning. After doctors advised amputation, he used Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve to restore his leg, praising their efficacy for ulcers eczema and blood disorders.
Jackson Richards and wife stay in Ithaca part of the time while Mrs. Jarrett visits Perrine ton to see a daughter who grew worse then better. Only one grocery wagon runs in Fulton this summer. Several hundred rods of pale fence are being erected. Church paint is here with funds collected. Croffard will soon do the paint. Silipos scare has recovered. Miss Mildred Diode teaches in Norwichade reporting only five scholars at school last week.
W Arcada Missouri Osterbout and wife of Belding spent Sunday with his youngter, Mrs J He Allis. Mrs Ad. T. Allis has been ill for some time but is slowly recovering her siren. The people of this community were shocked to learn of the death of Mrs M T Rice, which occurred last week. Her many friends extend sympathy to be behaved tently. Miss Jailus Cresswell is giving satisfaction in the Bekert festival, Miss Hattie Parsons is entertaining Miss Sykes from Newt Mites.
Middleton residents report small social movements and business notes. Freenin salisbury was to owt Tuesday as M C Curtis arrived in town. Misses tfertrade Wellington and Mabel shalts visited Assley and Salary, Clio. Naldrett returned from The Northern Meninsdia last Friday. Wraith Sheta tide bought the Andrew Lape house and lot for a redesign near Park, while ET Rout laid hogs and started a new eater operation. Middleton cheese factory to open Monday with Maton and others saying the plant is the best. Calls go out for milk route providers to bring produce to the factory.
Mrs Jud Simons was called to Monroeville Olin by the death of a brother. Several teachers attended the teachers issue ration at Astley last week. Mrs Palmer took her youngest granddaughter to Toledo for an ear specialist. Adela Little returned name Min ony Jonn Petlaan and FH Jinan were ante Did biinber Who Went ff Toledy Sunday. Lawrence Shaull spent last week It Thare tid.
A mixed read with misspellings notes visits, family ties, a horse accident, and the death of James Husumer on May 14 at age seventy. Funeral services were held at the Conpercum tional church in Carson City, conducted by Row NW Myers.
Lisbon Indiana man Chase Ells recalls a near drown in a raging flood that left him waist deep in water and bedridden. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with a full recovery after doctors declared consumption. he used six bottles and was cured, with the product sold by Sharrah & Mulholland at a price of five cents.
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Med Co remedies claiming relief for skin eruptions, bites, burns, and various ailments. It lists products like Salt Lathers and Toru cures with prices 25c to $1.00 and notes mail order from Alma Michigan and Willian Williams store.
May 21 local notes from Maple Rapids cover Duncan the baker visiting Middleton, a 1-1 tie loss for Penamo boys, visits by Dr Knapp and Mrs Jeanie Mosher, and community tales. Highlights include medal awards, Miss Treaster training, Rev. McGregor’s town visit, and various town projects from band plans to dam maintenance.
Damaged feed notes warn that bleached hay and straw lose feeding value when exposed to weather and spoilage. The fragmented text discusses deterioration, safety of feeding in large amounts, and potential for toxicity or reduced nutrition harming livestock.
A garbled OCR real estate transfer record mentions numerous personal names, places, and partial terms. Readable bits reference tenants, properties, dates, and possible transfers but many details are illegible, yielding a scrambled snapshot of a property transaction ledger.
A long faded ad style notice touts Deans Ointment as a cure for itching piles with testimonials from an Ann Arbor reader. It claims rapid relief after second application and urges readers to use the product with its original packaging and other remedies like Pills and Bitters.
Farmer City, NL December notes a testimonial about Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin from ALL JACKSON praising improved stomach health and weight gain in an infant after using the product. Mentions Hud's Drug Store and Monticello Illinois. Also references DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and Dr Wad's Norway Pine Syrup as remedies.
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