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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
3
Long column of social notes and local movements in and around Elmwell Alma and Forest Hill. Residents visit relatives attend events move houses and farms change jobs and share farm life notes. Several families including Porterfield Folkes Isham and Paules feature with updates on school work illness and local travel.
A mild gentle and effective laxative is what people demand when suffering from constipation. Thousands swear by Dr. King's New Life Pills. Hugh Tallman of San Antonio Texas writes they are the best pills my wife and I have ever taken. They never cause pain. Price 25c recommended by Wheat on Sons Rexall Drug Store Rhodes Drug Store.
Ike yells at the rat and throws boots into a crate of eggs while Herb drops a sugar sack and Ralph strikes the floor with a syrup jug. Mary rushes from the Dry Goods counter with a blanket to smother the rodent as Cal viln grabs an ax and the rat vanishes into a wall hole.
Mrs Art Murphy hosted a cousin from Alma while Cage Wood made a business trip to Shepherd. Mrs Mathewson entertains a guest from Grand Rapids. F Hilsinger and Ralph Olmstead visited Saginaw. J F Milsinger of St Louis visits relatives. G H Slocum of Detroit and J R Studson of Middleton called on business. Mrs Joe Battles of Alma spent Sunday with her parents. Inez Owens of Grand Rapids to spend winter with the Owens family. The five year old daughter of Ate and Mrs John Chase is improving after a burn. The Greenhoe Thompson wedding party dined at Mr and Mrs Theodore Greenhoe’s. Mr and Mrs Calvin Race of Grand Rapids welcomed a twelve-pound son. Mrs Race was Audra Layman of Elwell. Two Hillsdale men seek a site for a cheese factory. a definite decision expected next week.
ENS George Raycraft returns home from Detroit. LeVant's moving picture show opens this week. The Ladies' Aid meets with Mrs. Mabel Leland on Thursday October 16. Miss M Griffith of Alma visits Mrs. Strouse. Beulah and Ivan Brown of Alma visit Bert Failing. Leslie Wood of Sumner in town. John Moody of Ohio visits his nephew I C Moody and family. Nina and Ina Wright Leroy Boyles and Stanley Leonard call on Clara Hamilton. Family gathering at Mrs Thomas Raycraft’s for birthday. Mr and Mrs Leslie Mills and Mary visit Roy Mills and family in Carson Sunday.
Buyer will continue to purchase apples daily at the Alma Elva hay sheds near the P M depot until further notice. Contact V P Casn by phone.
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