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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
2
An advertisement extols the genuine DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve as superior to counterfeits. W Ledbetter of Shreveport La testifies after unsuccessful remedies a single box cured his bleeds itching and pain, claiming no other product matches it.
Breckenridge school began last Monday while Q P Thomas starts building a new house. The town reports 2.75 inches of rain in the first three days of last week and fifteen new houses this season in the southwest village corner. A ten pound girl born to Mr and Mrs J P Where Man and Mrs Wierman, formerly Ivan Trussell, is noted. Friday night brings a Congregational church reception for Rev Snyder, the new pastor, with all invited. Rev Valentine preached a temperance farewell sermon Sunday and will attend conference this week. The county histop will be printed earlier this week and is eagerly awaited. A white cucumber at Mr Waggoner’s store, grown by Chauncey Ferguson, may appear at the county fair. If kept well it weighs seven and a quarter pounds. An advertisement ends with a Cure for dyspepsia.
S W Hamilton ditching has been halted by wet weather. Mr Canouts returned from Middle ton where he went to ditch. Jas Raynard and family are visiting Washington township. Will Ackles shows improvement after neuralgia. Mr and Mrs B Hinkle and Mrs Reynard with children visited George Webster on Sunday.
Miss Vera Pleagle spends weeks in Ithaca while J T Williams hosts a Sunfield cousin. Edith Plummer of Ithaca dited at Sam Simmons home. Arthur Seeley and wife visit her parents. Mr and Mrs. Reuben Ringie welcome a daughter born September 1. Helbeck and wife visit Mrs Blackuun in Ithaca last Saturday. Mrs Levi Williams and baby call in Carland then return home. Lottie Campbell and two children from Dakeba visit Abralan Ingle family. Belfry being built on the stov e house with a new bell expected soon.
Reports from SE Arcada detail visits by Maiu Walker to her niece and Miss Ano Kotlogin at Mt Mensant, Mabie Nevin visiting Nate Nevins, and a well attended dance at the Orange Fall Friday. The Burrs school house quarterly meeting also drew a good crowd later Friday and Sunday.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful tanning sore on his leg but Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For ulcers wounds and sores it is the best salve in the world. Guaranteed. Sold by Sharrar Mulholland druggists.
Dr G Lockwood spent Wednesday in Breckenridge. Albert Kipp returns from Saginaw on Friday. Mrs Wm Winch visited friends in Merrill last week, John Vine and wife visited nearby. Kipp, formerly in Douglas, came home Tuesday. Mrs George B Brown and Bila Lamphere were in St Louis Wednesday. George Young and family returned from Orchard Lake after a week visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs Viola Wreth was quite sick last week and Mrs Rose Newcom has improved. The community shared visits as Mrs Elias Rockwell hosted her mother, and Mr and Mrs Ira Livingston called on Rose Newport. Miss Elma Sporks from Grand Rapids visits great aunt Mary Headershutt. The piece mentions local farming lines and a reference to Alma Journal and Mason lines with town politics.
Mrs Glinkey hosted Mrs Ted Smith Monday while Ike Sleeceman and family visited Merrill Sunday. Mrs Myers entertained Elsie visitors from Elsie Saturday. Bane Holmeyer hosted Mr Brown from Wheeler Sunday. Borough and Herbert Ringle of Ithaca hosted guests Sunday. Mr and Mrs Coleman of Neeth Star visited John Coleman and family Saturday and Sunday. HH Butts family returned Saturday from Ohio after two weeks away. Sime Sieeceman and wife returned Sunday from Ohio and Indiana after visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs Wit Merry is on the sick list. Corn carving is the order of the day. Mrs Wail visits her mother for a few days. Mrs A RB uemiery to quite sick. School line commenced district No with Miss Bessie Kelloge as teacher. Mr and Mrs Prick Howard are proud parents of a baby girl born in September.
In Fulton, beans and potatoes suffer from ongoing wet weather. Toward Wood and wife visit their grandfather Mise Lydia Kelloge. Mrs. Minerva Dodge and Gertrude prepare to travel to Mt. Pleasant next Wednesday for Mise Dodie’s Saturnenor school. The damp conditions persist, prompting preparations for the upcoming fair at Ithaca.
Fragmented text describes workers overlong shifts and health concerns amid unclear product names and prices. Mentions Dr King's New Tile Willa Millions and a sale or promotion at a store with 25 cent item references. Names and places are garbled.
A medical claim extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring beauty by improving general and female health. It cites Mrs. May Abbey of Kansas who, after treatment, reports regained color, weight gain, and renewed vitality, plus testimonials on Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative.
N. W. New Haven recounts visitors Walter Zerby with a new Honey car, Frank Wiles covers Milo Standish, and Mr Hale of Perrinton ships apples for Wai Standish. Will McGreanor and wife visit Lan sing friends. Spencer Plank visits his aunt in Grand Rapids. Georgia Navarre and Molvar Hart bowan school Tuesday morning to district. Mrs Stott's brother visited last week returning from a western trip. a St. Louis return accompanies him. Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry praised as a universal remedy for summer complaints.
Salph Ist attends sulin at Alma, Miss Jadine Gunther in Carson City, Hamond Scott visits Grand Rapids, J Zion at Mauricotes, Mrs AL Naldrett and son in Maple Rapids. Mrs AWK Tsivani of Elsie visits her mother in Coldwater. Ester Levan to Atiwa for schooling. Howard Wood family attend funeral of Mrs Ward’s mother, Mrs Lewis Price of Putton Center. Donn Ointment advertised. Sheri Parris in town. Chidister and daughter in Utliges. Sheridan Wa in Maple Tap. Mrs Drigus of Davis in Malighter. Mr Rewer of Gran Rapids in business. Chicken pie last Saturday evening. Mrs Hal Winn visits daughter in Detroit. Miss Winns trillett visiting relatives. Rev Kenyon and wife attend M. I. conference. Mrs J Varney called for illness of her son.
A vintage ad describes Little Early Risers as purgative pills that cleanse bile without causing griping or weakness. Quoted endorsements from W. H. Howell of Houston Texas praise their tone and strength to body tissues. Charles Rhodes sells them.
Elm Hall community notes list residents and changes including Miss Susie Hawes returning to Alma college Arthur Sprague at Riverdale and Fred Nunn hosting his Ohio daughter. Several locals move to new jobs homes and mills with sundry visits. Elm Hall prepares for races rope walking and field day events while changes in property ownership and school improvements are noted.
West Hamilton Mrs Pl Plowman visits friends in St. Jutins Miss Carrie Kelloge stays with Oscar Mlownin this week Mrs Cora Ailen visits her uncle near Maple Rapids last week Rob Wilson and wife visit relatives near Mope Frank Staley and Suleiman Stellen on business Lansing Arthur Sveley and wife visit their parents Mr and Mrs Gula Mingle Oscar Flowman improves the house with two new porches Mand Morrison school district No 2 starts a new belfry and bell soon
Local note from Mel Watkins of HMeasuit City Ohio credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with saving a loved one after a severe cough and worsening condition. The testimonial touts the remedy as the sure cure for rough colds and all lung diseases with trial bottles offered.
Mer 9: val Tinthers eho smop the ull Homestead stamndttes eda the Jot tr usps t ae they viele stall, 'Men of cuk TM See men ull rugged Venuithy, TTY Weert bollies are mage of the sound est material, Childhund is the time to lay the foundation for a sturdy con stitution that will last for years, Scott's Envalaton is the right stuff, Scott's Emulsion stimulates the growing peavers of children, helps them build a firm foundation for a sturdy consti tution, SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. 900-415 Pearl Street, New York, 50 and $1.00, ali drugetete.
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