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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
3
County residents share news of social events church talks and visits. Mrs Hates hosted at Alta. Ladies Aid to meet Mrs Bauer. Deming to preach at Forest Hill. Lucy Leonard sudden death. Willis Clark mourns daughter Jen. family visits from Es tay Battle Creek and Grand Rapids trips. Typhoid fever illness. carriage accident injures Roop and Marty Tabor. several funerals and moves noted in Coe vicinity.
Mr J Myers visits relatives in Davis Michigan. Wood of Pompeii visits. Rev Kenyan leads pulpit. Social at Mrs E V Deans well attended. new blacksmith Stitt plans to move here. Reception for Mr and Mrs Stephens at M E Church. Maryle Rapids Ladies Maccabees visit. Frank Melow injured by horse. facial injuries severe. Helen Kirk returns from Thay View. M E Sheridan returns from Detroit. One hundred dollar reward offered for cure of catarrh. quack remedies advertised. Local notices and ads interspersed with confusions.
Pompeii scene notes wind delays in corn cutting as local farmers face stiff headwinds. Mentions Dr Barcus entertaining a sister from Arkansas, Mower Snyder and son returning from a five week visit, Jill New Work site and Mrs ot.snnder visiting Ohio, Dr Hudi building a small house, and E Richards resigning from Post at W. Payne's to move to Crystal Lake. May good luck with tim.
North Wheeler notes report visitors from Bryant in Saginaw county and neighbors calling on KF Bongyard’s birthday celebration. James Grinnen erects a house frame while Hynes Bros work on a new double corner. Wm Root and Sibley visit on Sunday as corn bussing dominates local activity.
Local notes from Fulton Center include harvest hardships with corn losses and hogs, a Nebraska family visiting the Barretts, and County School Commissioner Betta Poot organizing a Perrinton teachers reading circle. The Perrinton society meets biweekly for literary programs while a new schoolhouse is awaited. Local events feature a 42nd birthday party for Will Stitt, pastor L. Bo Kenyon's first sermon, visits to Lebanon, and St. Johns fair preparations.
The W. Arcada ladies' aid society was reactivated with officers elected for six months: President Mrs. Georgia Irish, Vice Mrs. Flora Boyer, Secretary Mrs. E Jennie Allis, Treasurer Mrs. Mattie Murphy. Meetings will be monthly with Mrs Boyer hosting the next. Ills improved for Mrs Theo Byard. J Renner recovering from a dislocated hip. Thartic Parsons improving. Mrs Hannah Lillie lame with rheumatism. A shadow social is planned for Saturday the 20th at Mr. Gerber's. the focal last week was not a scene.
F M Higgins of Seneca HL News suffered years with piles until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him after two boxes. Described as infallible for piles with a guaranteed cure. Available for 25 cents at Sharrar and Mulholland’s druggists.
Mrs. A Vrechenberg returns to Shepherd. Mrs PJ Adlaras and late daughter come back from a visit with friends of Jackson. Chareh family back from Milwaukee visit. Daniel Goveive and Charlie in St Louis. Hattie Brower visiting. Area throats ail. chicken social planned at Elwell hall Sept 24. Keepler Bros start market. Detla Hale attends Mt Pleasant school. Starkweather has typhoid. ex-county clerk Haring visits town. Giffard visiting sister Mrs Hale in Springport.
North Star notes report on local people. Crandall recovering from appendicitis and Harrison Whitman ill with scarlet fever. Rev Titers returns from Conference. Rev Cook new minister. Community events include church services, supper at M E hotel, and local projects. Medical ad touts King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles with trial bottles.
An old public notice extols kidney and bladder health, urging both women and men to seek relief. It touts Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer as a remedy, noting sample bottles and a pamphlet with testimonials. The ad claims widespread prevalence and urges readers to write for more information.
Mrs. Win Aumaugher suffers fever and illness after a severe cold. Rev. A A McCumb is seriously ill since conference. Dr Musing of Alma attends. Miss Crosby visiting friends at Midland. Lyle Praneisen and wife visiting Mrs. Mary Spear. Robert Gandle and wife visited grandparents near Breechenridge. Crandman in poor health. Miss Buia South left for Mt Pleasant to attend a funeral. Reuson Brown at Abner College. Mrs. Millie Herron at district school. Mrs. Posy back from Ottowa for sister-in-law’s funeral. Mr and Mrs Baker called here by sickness of Mrs Anchdriver. Lyman Piddler on extended visit then returned home. Free Union church sold to Dunkards and moved to town line between Emison and Northstar. Born Sept 1 to Binny Cotton and wife, a son Ed Mywrant and wife suffer loss of four-month-old child from whooping cough. Sympathy offered.
A Detroit area testimonial extols Down's Kidney Pills, claiming rapid relief from kidney troubles after few boxes. The ad, dated Sept 24, urges readers to use the remedy from Foster Mijours Co., Buffalo, and includes endorsements from Mrs. M Ruppers and Mrs. A Chirk.
Maple Rapids Sept 25 local items note Rev Alt appointed by M E conference to be the church’s leader here then moving to Ovid. Mentions weddings and travel to Grand Rapids, visits by Miss Motin Baker and others, corner stone laying ceremony for Ithaca court house, and several marriage license entries including Lewis Buwe and Kona Rowling. Also cites Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin testimonial and local advertising from Shorrar & Mulholland.
Advertisements praise Chamberlain pain balm for immediate relief of cuts bruises burns and rheumatism and claim it heals quickly with no scar unless the injury is severe. Also touts Chamberlain stomach and liver tablets and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as remedies with various claims and testimonials from vendors Bivins Rhodes and Sharrar Mulholland.
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