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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
7
Apple harvest underway as Vestaburg residents share farm work and social calls. Reports include visits by Crystal mason Mr Gonser, Ellises silo filling, Elgin and Throop families, and local clerical and church activities. Death in Pittsford noted. several forays to Alma, Ithaca, Detroit, Lansing. Community figures welcomed new Riverdale hire, others travel for family and farm business.
The column lists visits and movements of residents in Alma Elwell and nearby towns. Names include Kihel Davis Beulah Corner George Bryant Effie Hoxie Donavere Follick Lizzie Wilson Mae Gillett F Reader and family, plus Mrs Rose Ward Vera Ward Fern Pratt and others. Several travel entries mention Alma Mt Pleasant Jackson St Louis See dale and Cedar Lake with illneses funerals and schooling notes.
In Vestadurg briefs, Arthur Randall of Grand Rapids and J. Jones family return from summering in Lansing and southern Michigan. Dr. Dow from Stanton and Will Hill of Flint visited town. W Mallory of North Star visited family. Ray Van Horn welcomes a daughter born September 23. Bessie Vanhorn returns from Petoskey. Mrs. M. J. Briggs visits Edmore, Ida Evins travels to Edmore, Dr. Wardell made a call, James McGaw dies after illness at home.
NX P Brown and family depart Thursday for their new home in Montague. Mrs Nelson Beeson and children of Alma visit her parents Mr and Mrs H Coburn. Miss Bernice Hale visits Grand Ledge en route to Oberlin Ohio. Will and Ira Swang of Ionia visit Mrs Ella Kings and Stephen Woodard. Harvey Rosa leaves for studies in Ann Arbor. Mrs L M Birdsall of Elm Hall visits son Oliver receiving electrical treatment. Mrs Henry Denges visits relatives in Flint Montrose Genesee. After twenty years in barber business C E Going sells shop to Fred Walker. patrons alerted.
North East reports Julius Sabin drew coal Saturday and Will Redd, laid up with a sprained foot, is improving. John Sabin plows rye on the Ball farm. Fishermen report good catches of pickerel and other water relatives. potato digging speeds farmers. Mrs. John Bronto and Mrs. Henry Denges share news of sewing machine and southern visit, respectively. Semour Armis’s three colts escaped but were found on the Pat O’Brien farm. Miss Jessie Maxham in Saginaw. Oliver Birdsell seeks electric treatments in Alma. Semour Arris and Bert Culver visit Elwell. M. Blair clan with Elma Hall. Pearl Sabin visits Cedar Corners. Lizbeth Wilson ferris visitor. Frank Dines stops by old farm. The Family Cough Medicine Dr King’s New Discovery is urged for cold or cough in every home.
S A Stid of Mason Michigan says his family relies on Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough and cold medicine. He claims two 50 cent bottles cured him of pneumonia and thousands more benefit from it. Available at Wheat on Sons Rexall Drug Store and Rhodes Drug Store.
Sumner and Alma residents share brief updates including callers Fred Wright of Carson and Libby of Big Rapids, birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holcomb, funeral for Mrs. Claud Graham, and visits by families from Alma Crystal Maple Rapids and Owosso. Items mention health concerns, travel to Toledo for work, and school closure for Olan Ferris beet field work.
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