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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
7
LMA business directory style listing notes meeting schedules for several fraternal and social groups. Includes Temple No 6 meetings alternating Tuesdays and Fridays at unspecified times and venues, with details scattered and several organization initials present. Contacts or precise locations are unclear from the fragment.
A collage of travel offers and local notices: Pere Marquette excursion to Chicago and return with posters and agent details. Price 5.00. promotional fares to San Francisco and coast cities. nursing home style notices, lodge meetings, and community ads. remedies advertised for indigestion and kidney issues. local business promotions and paper sales.
Riverdale reports visitors and local news including Claude and Madde Preemiat of Riverdale visiting nearby friends Harvey Varrish in Lansing on business Jennie Purtee Emma Sexton Ethel Cazier Elsie Vartee working in Breckenridge Deanery Orel and Karl Kime started Sunday at St Louis sugar factory Mrs David Hastlicks mother ill Mrs Belle Bartrem of Lansing visiting friends Mr and Mrs Bi Swope of Wheeler Mr and Mrs H Weed of Breckenridge and Mr and Mrs John Parrish guests of Dell Parrish Sunday Funeral attendance for Mrs Dell Parrish and Clint Sutphin visits from Barney Sutphin of Saginaw Mrs Arthur Needham sick Donald McDonald visit to sister F Kime en route to Canada DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve advertised as a cure all.
Mrs. Owen Dunn of Benton Ferry West Virginia writes of years of kidney and bladder trouble. She says she was forced to urinate about a dozen times nightly before trying Foley's Kidney Care. After using two bottles she reports permanent benefit and cures.
Friends of Miss Mabel Keefer celebrate her recovery from illness. Mr and Mrs Hil Raycrmft and son return from New York, planning Michigan visits. Frank Rhodes returns north to work for Pred Churchi. Miss Chive Kihitian marries Robert Woodard of Riverside California at 5 pm Monday. Miss Innis Lang visits Sumner. Mrs D L Sharrar and Miss Fannie Sharrar attend a home reception hosted by Mrs Hill and Mrs Dodge.
An advertisement touts Orne Laxative Fruit Syrup as a clear complexion aid. It promises a brighter eye appearance by cleansing the blood and stimulating the liver. The copy urges using Origa Lexa Fruit Syrup as a pleasant non gripe laxative, and warns against substitutes.
Pleasant Valley reports the Maccabers ninth anniversary celebrated last Wednesday. M Clanthers raffled a phonograph Saturday evening with Custis Howe as the winner. A local fisherman from this area fished on the Saginaw river last week. Geo N Brown visits from Washington intending to bring his father back with him. Revival meetings occurred last week. The Laties Aid Society meets with Mrs Frank Goolyear on Friday. Mrs Effie Hardy moves to St Louis this week with her family and her brother will work in the St Toni sugar factory.
Mrs James Mille is ill with Liste White assisting. Sprague baled hay. Mrs Frank Sloane visited sister Mrs N Boyer of St Louis. Dick Farrow left Will Vanderbeck for St Louis. Will Popple hosted her parents Andrew and Mrs Holmes Sunday. Edna Yate of St Louis and Clare and Lawrence Church from Alma visited grandparents Slone over Sunday. Hawley visited daughter Mills Sunday. H J White installed a cistern. Walter Booth moved in with Norman McIntyre while Mrs Booth aids the ill Mrs McIntyre. Wm Rogers and daughter Mrs Jennings visited Slone household. George Brock returned from Ohio after two weeks visiting friends.
Mrs Allie Bush of Ithaca visited her parents the Knapps over Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert Noble of Flint visit relatives in Emer sont. Mr Simon Hatford returned from Gilmanburg Ohio. Mr and Mrs Jacob Bure of St Joh plan to visit Friday. Mrs Minerva Allen and daughter Gretchen travel from Clinton County visiting Myrtle Smith. John Sanders and Allison Traver left for Renton Marler. Sanders represents Victory Rebekah Lodge at the Rebekah Assembly. Traver and Sanders attend Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. Also references to ads for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming beautifying effects.
G Wilbur visited Port Huron last week and bought a new corn husker from Port Hereon Engine and Thresher Co. Veeder of Metesiuey also came by. Dr Wright and wife of Mi TMeas not, and Mrs J Wright of Ithaca were seen in town. Fred Wood took a job in the St Louis Star Factory. A line hints at a patent remedy that relieves pain from cuts and bruises.
Mr Peach who has been over on Wininess at Thea returned home last Saturday. Mr Vox returned from his Ohio trip last Wednesday with his cousin Charley Kapp of Bascom. Mr Humphrey and his two daughters came home last Monday from Porter where they attended a quarterly meeting. Pearl Freeland and family spent last Sunday with their mother at Mr Fox's.
Fragment describes Celery King as a double laxative that supposedly improves health and mood, sold by druggists for 25 cents. The wording is promotional and contains exaggerated claims about efficacy and wellness.
An old time advertisement touts a patent medicine claiming to cure constipation and related symptoms though the text is garbled. It notes a price of 25 cents and urges readers to ask for the product, using odd spellings and misspellings. The item reads like a fragmented mid century sales blurb.
North East Bethany notes show Mrs Gilbert of St Louis returning home Saturday after a short visit with John Briggs and family. Miss Com Masencanco called on Mine NeDie Kehl Sunday. Henry Fenner and wife visited Fred Piethems family Sunday. Language is garbled with unclear lines and stray phrases.
Mr A Johnstone is quite sick Lulu Wing of Saginaw visits town. Mrs David Lockwood entertains sister from near Flint. George Young recovers mobility Ed Ritch and wife of Muskegon visit relatives. Rev George Allen leaves for Jackson County to hold meetings. Mrs McKinnon visits friends in Porter. Mike Shay did business in Ithaca. James Barry of Redstone transacts town business. Peter Steel Morrill in town Friday plans to attend school. Mrs Finley McIntosh travels to Jackson County for two weeks. Rev RH Terwilegar moves to Avon Dale to preach. Rev Geo Ronse, formerly of Blanchard, takes his place. William Bradford returns from northern hunting trip. Steve Tedhams remodels house and will plaster before cold weather. Mr Lowe of Stanton visits daughter Mrs A J Ervey.
An article extols Green's August Flower as a standard remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims the tonic stimulates a sluggish liver, increases appetite, and improves digestion, benefiting all social classes. Trial bottles are offered and advertised through local druggists.
SETHTON Mrs. Henry Hillman is on the sick Life. Mrs. Lucy Wilcox was in Alma Thursday and Friday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Nerye Shridder and three children, who have been spending time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Ritter, returned to their home in Saginaw Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Gardner entertained Chas. Holiday and family of Egypt Sunday. Mr. and Mr. Lewis Sharp, of Grand Rapids, are visiting relatives in this vicinity. Alvin Holiday visited friends in this vicinity Saturday and Sunday, returning Monday to Carson City where bet employed by Joe Wirers.
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