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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reveals a small town paper with names such as Rev W Harris Mrs Will Binsley and Mr R Purbash. It notes a Sunday service and a farewell for Miss Iane, plus residents leaving for Washington and elderly residents retiring from Arbor New home plans and gatherings referenced.
Nov 27 entries show Miss Dana Mair visiting Alona and Miss Mabel EHildret organizing a music event. Others entertain relatives, with Mrs Sarah Anskews hosting Eliza Pairchilis. Rast Jordan and Meg attend local events as plans for the year’s end unfold. Ralph McCollum left for Millers Ware. Mrs Violet Davis in St. Louis. Lyon couple in Edmore.
Nov 21 Beebe residents report upcoming Ladies Ald Society gathering with Mr Wa Houlden at his home next Friday evening. Messages note families visiting from West Unity Ohio and St Louis for Thanksgiving and local residents recovering from fever, while Mrs A Bare mourns her brother’s death in Kalamazur.
Fragmented OCR describes a rural Fulton Center area with references to migration, weather damage, and local events. It notes a fire risk from a toppled structure, calls for a depot replacement, a Baptist chandelier incident, business moves by Adam Johnston, a Congregational church fall sale raising over 100, and beet growers’ optimism for the season. Names like Blair and Bay City appear in scattered segments.
Miss Mina Dabois of Shepherd visited her sister in Forest Hill as Miss Dora Katenhus arrived. Rev. Cook and Rev. Demmuing conducted the funeral of Mrs Geo Moody. Clara Moody, wife of Geo Moody, died at Park Lake on November 21. The remains were moved to Forest Hill for a 10 o clock Friday service and burial in St Louis Cemetery. both husband and mother attended.
Fragments mention Navy men Frank Merhage and Frederik Resewle traveling to lumber woods via Adams heading to Marine City. References to Oak Grave and a teacher, Mrs. M. Maver visiting Sallinaw, and the Chase family returning to Pitchbung after visiting relatives in Lafayette. Mr. Bred Diuaner left for woods Monday. Jin Sulson mentioned with uncertain clause.
Covington and surrounding towns report travel and visit updates. Jamies Caesethi returns from Wisconsin while KM Gandour from Onaway attends local affairs. Meligants Visiting rounds planned this week with Merk and Baldie Steuart among those noted in the brief town notices.
An OCR scrambled local notice mentions New Haven and Newark districts with scattered names such as Peter Wiest Lindl Nutstan and Mrs Stone. It references a Foley remedy and medical cautions, plus several personal names and misordered phrases. The readable content is disjoint, yielding limited coherent facts beyond names and a medical ad fragment.
An advertisement promotes Scotts Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a cure for rheumatism, claiming it addresses digestive causes and noting genuine bottles show a greenish sample. It warns against non genuine products and lists Scott & Bowne chemists in New York, price one dollar.
Miss Lillian McCurlough offers elocution and physical culture lessons in Ithaca and Alma. Various visits and social events are noted including Mrs Dulin Sexton of Stanton, FW Brooke’s stay, and Mrs M H Udell’s visit to Forest City. Obituaries and family tidings appear alongside local gatherings and a theater reference to a dining party and a concert at the Haran Theatre.
North Star summary of local happenings and visits. Mentions: Crepe C0 invention, Trt His Vast Tech in the west, incidents in Cities county BC Crandall, Burr Clark’s call, Trane and wife from Momspell, Mrs Jessie Pettit in Detroit, Ruth Mirllet visiting St Lavitis, Clapp at Battle Creek, Mrs Win Dillon improving, Baptist meetings despite bad weather, Clarence and Glenn Eddie recovering from natural fever, Mrs Wathen visiting Bannister, A T Dibble notes Ancient Order of Gleaners paid policy, gratitude to Gratiot Arbor and North Star Gleaners for fund contributions.
Obituary notices report the death of Stephen M. Murr pioneer of Clinton county at his Maple Rapids home on November 26. Other notices mention Mrs Geo Johnson of North Shade dying of measles on November 21, and various local updates including travel, home construction on BP Castertine’s project, and local visits by Geo Duncan John Gardner Pirnce Jones Dora Greeley Bar! Curtis AWG Jones. The Christian Sunday School plans a Thanksgiving drama at Perry's Hall titled The Wrecker's Daughter. Also noted is One Minute Cough Cure marketed by Sharrar and Mulholland, praised for rapid relief of coughs and throat issues.
A fragmented OCR style passage discusses religious belief and public figures in Michigan. It mentions faith, opinions, and the community, with scattered references to local people, towns, and events such as meetings, tax collection efforts, and business trips. The text is garbled but centers on church sentiment, local governance, and daily town notices.
Galloway reports informally as residents travel to lumber woods and Marine City for winter work. Thanksgiving visits include Misses Lubie Adamck and Bozena Adamck from Alta and Sickels staying with parents in Lakefield. A Lakefield hall dance drew attendees amid friable local chatter. Marriage licenses issued to several couples in St Louis and nearby towns, with names such as Frank J. Comstock and Minnie Redman, John Stoss and Nellie McClure, and others across Bannister Newark Jasper Emerson and North Star. The piece ends with a reflective moral on labor and faith.
A dense catalog of medical claims promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and various patent medicines as cures for catarrh indigestion sore throat cough and kidney issues. It includes testimonials from patients and doctors praising relief and lasting health improvements, with scattered references to named towns and individuals.
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