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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
2
Community notes report a box social at Beckens Hall in Lafayette on October a concert planned. Mentions L. David visiting from Gladwin and various local happenings. Weather considered good for farm activities and a factory prep.
Fragmented OCR passage shows garbled names and dubious medical claims. It mentions Dr A WoChwee Endnerell, various unclear persons, and references to typhoid fever and cures. Content is incoherent with many misspellings and lacking verifiable facts.
A Battle Creek book binder, A G Ayers of 197 West Main Street, reports his hand eczema fully healed by Doan's Ointment after tough cracking skin and itching. He cites lasting relief months after treatment, urging readers to remember the Doan's name and avoid substitutes.
Mrs S M Foland returns from Cedar Lake where visiting friends. Rev Kenyon preaches to large Sunday evening crowd as Methodist church progresses slowly. Rev Mr Pers and wife deliver lectures on anti salvos prot toy this week. Citizens appointed to appear at Alon text next month at the saloon issue as large tres rage nearby.
Ethel St John is home from her sick wife who had been ill for some time. Arthur Davies and wife who had been visiting friends in the vicinity returned to their home in Texas. Holver Clark and wife and Bert Ripe visiting friends in Mevostk. On Hex wore last week, Oscar Flowers and wife started in Saginaw Co. last week.
Seemingly sensational claims in a garbled 19th century report describe a method said to cure many men. The piece asserts a doctor and a patient observed dramatic effects and long-term savings, while noting widespread public interest and fear of the unknown procedure.
Local social updates recount visits by Mr and Mrs Baker and other families, church and town events, and a brief tale about Rudyard Kipling and Ernest Thompson. It mentions St Johns residents, Maple Royals, and the Pine Grove Cemetery association improving its grounds. A notable note is Thompson’s forthcoming story for Century Magazine titled The Biography of a Grizzly with Kipling’s encouragement.
A garbled OCR page describes a spree of alleged forgeries and arrests in an 1848 era town. Names, places, and dates are largely unreadable, but the fragment hints at legal actions, local figures, and a sequence of offenses tied to a Mint, a theatre, and a named city.
Frank M. Lewis of Pigeon River settlement accidentally shot while hunting near Wolverine. He was 68 or 81 years old, leaves a widow and one child. The report notes the event as a fatal incident with property valued at 81, a reference to Marinet county.
An advertisement promising a 15 month subscription option for arts and crafts exhibits. It lists extensive classes including leather work, tapestry painting, wood carving, embroidery, silk carpets, water color, china and glass painting, and other decorative arts. The offer includes a price of S4000 for a front page entry and states November and December numbers will be included to complete the 15 months.
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