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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
5
Alma area notices list forthcoming rummage sales, church events, and social visits. Residents including Miss Mabel Chapman and Mrs. Frances King are highlighted, with many travelers and business trips noted. Upcoming sales and charitable events frame a busy December in Alma.
The article notes Thanksgiving observances with a limited post office schedule on November 30 1921 open 10am to 2pm for general delivery and carriers windows. Rural carriers do not service routes. Also reports social events including Mrs George Kink hosting dinner for old friends on Grant Avenue and a line of church events and a Presbyterian bazaar that raised 176 dollars toward a church carpet.
Arcada Grange No 500 met in regular session November 25 with ten officers present. After bills were settled the group adjourned to the dining room for a feast. Next meeting is December 9 for annual officer elections. Forty members present. Lutheran service at U B church December 3 at 2 pm with sermon by Pastor A Sauer.
The James of the Baptist church invites women to a sale of aprons fancy goods candy and baked goods on December 4 and 6 at Crandell and Scott’s store balcony.
Dr. Gwen, a 27 year veteran eye ear nose throat specialist who also fits glasses, will be at the Wright Hotel Alma on December 13 and 14 for professional consultation and free eye testing aimed at screenings and fittings.
Persuasive advertisement extols PARISIAN SAGE hair tonic for weekly washing and daily use. Claims dandruff removal, halted hair loss, itching relief, and prevention of graying, with a money back guarantee by Chas Rhodes. Large bottle 50 cents.
Mr F A Gill and Miss Cleo Gill visited relatives in Perry on Sunday. Miss Belle DePew of Flint visited her father at Brainerd's hospital. Hugh Norman Ronald Jr. born November 27 in Thorntown Tudiana. Lena and Hazel Faunce of St Louis visited Alma Monday. EB Chadwick in Owosso on business. Charles Murphy left for Chicago last Friday, plans Thanksgiving at home. Thimble Club meets Dec 7 at Mrs Page's on Grant Ave. U B Aid Society meets Dec 14 at Mrs Mary Ensley’s, 207 Lincoln Ave. Chicken pie supper served at noon. Dr Monroe Markley to speak Dec 6 at Opera House on “Harp Strings and Heart Strings.” Third lyceum lecture, Rev W S Birdsall of Elm Hall, from Middleville Ohio, to preach funeral for Mrs M O Root. Mrs C Gardner and Lucile to depart Dec 6 for San Diego and Los Angeles for winter with her parents. Mr and Mrs James McFoal welcome a ten pound girl Tuesday. Alma City band donates services for Dec 7 and 8 at the Alma Poultry and Pet Stock Association. Baptisty Church at 702 Woodworth Ave. Pastor J W Priest to preach next Sunday. morning message “The Protection of Christian Service,” evening “Somewhat Religious.”
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