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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
2
Local notes from Riverdale and surroundings describe gatherings, visits, and travel. Residents like Miss Bertha Haxie Mrs Gardner and Mr and Mrs Owen attend events in Alma Maple Rapids and Ithaca while others relocate for work or schooling. Families visit kin in Saginaw Detroit and Lansing as community life centers on reunions schools and church activities.
Mrs A E Miller hosted niece Mrs George Abbott and guests of Edward and Ethel Miller Tuesday evening. Nearby visitors included Jehe Kotler of St Louis and Tod Gram on Alma business. Several residents attend gatherings, view a relative’s home, and celebrate family events with neighbors and friends.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a laxative to purge poisons and accumulated waste from the body. It claims benefits for dizziness and vision issues, urging a nightly dose for morning relief and urging strong customer gratitude.
The Business Institute at 163 169 Cass Ave Detroit advertises itself as the largest best equipped business college in Michigan and among the leading U S schools. In the last six months about a thousand applicants sought admission to Institute programs, signaling strong interest for prospective students.
An old advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as reliable for thirty five years. It claims the medicine works through the blood and mucous surfaces, with quick improvement in general health and invites readers to send for free information.
Mrs. Gage Wood visited her daughter at Alma on Thursday. A number from here attended the Gratiot County Fair on Thursday. Rev. Doer Rev. Noffsinger Edgar Sias and daughter Miss Edna attended.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a cure for rheumatism and allied pains. It claims blood congestion is relieved and warmth returns, letting pain wear off. The copy mentions women with rheumatic or neuralgic pain and urges readers to obtain a bottle for fast relief.
A town chronicle records social visits and moves this week. Stanley Kempter and Mrs. Kempter from Saginaw visited Mrs. Fred Cornell. John Burnius spent the early week in Grand Rapids. Cecil Haight departed for Gaylord. Roy Hartman relocated his family from St Louis to the Snyder residence. Alice Caris and children moved into a Main Street home bought from George Crawford. Crawford family also moved into a newly built residence in the northern town area. Mrs Orie Smith of Saginaw came to visit her parents, while Clarence Caris and wife returned from Lansing. Chas Rhodes of Sheridan was in town on business. Mrs Earl Walker traveled to Edmore. Mr and Mrs Andrew Orr and son Blanchard were here. Mrs Harpst and grandson Matona returned from St Louis. Maggie Hanlon and Pat Malloy of McBride visited ailing mother Wednesday through Saturday.
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