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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
Turkeys and Chickens for Thanks
giving.

Kemp, Bacon q Co. of Chelsea, extern
slve poultry dealers, were here the last of
last week slaughtering turkeys by the
thousand for the Thanksgiving market
The work was done in the old Ann
Arbor depot on the north side of town
The company was operating their home
establishment in Chelsea at the same
time and carloads Of turkeys were shipped
III to both places from surrounding
towns. This number was greatly
augmented here by turkeys bought up in
the surrounding rural districts under the
direction of .. w. Rogers. These We're
dressed the fore part of this week The
entire number Of turkeys dressed at the
two places was about six thousand, all of
which were shipped to New York City.
The same company will dress all the
turkeys for Christmas dinners in that
city that they can buy. Besides the
turkeys, O. w. Rogers bought for the
company two carloads of chickens which
were shipped alive from this station,
Saturday. The farmers delivered the
chickens themselves and the town was
full of business on that day. The COM
pany have shipped forty cars of chickens
to New York since July. About twenty
local laborers were employed 60 do the
work here. The RECORD wishes 60 en-
courage all such industries for the help
they give the town and vicinity.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
Alma peutsohen vereln.

Wednesday, November II, 81, at the
Wright House was organized a German
society. The purpose of this Verein will
be TO converse in German, also socia.
bihty. Those present were Bahlke, Bit
tner, Hirschkowitz, Lindner, Dillyhau-
sen, Walters, Hoclyer. Sanderhoff,
limerick and Nicoud. Invitations cards
will be sent to all Germans for the next
meeting, November "a.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
How to Cure Bilious Colo,

| suffered for weeks with collie and
pains in my stomach caused by bilious.
ness and had TO take medicine all the
while until / used Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which
cured me. have since recommended it
to good many people. Mrs. f. BUTT.
LER, Fairhaven, Conn. Persons who are
subject TO bilious collie can ward off the
attack by taking this remedy as soon as
the first symptoms appear. Sold by
BIvINs & RHODES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
There Is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made Of pure grains.
that takes the place of coffee The most
delicate stomach receives it without dis.
tress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
1t does not cost over 4 as much. Child
rem may drink it with great benefit.
10 and 25c per package. Try it.
Ask for CtRAIN-O
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
DELAYS are Dangerous

Many OF your friends, or people whom
you know Of have contracted consump-
ton, pneumonia or other fatal diseases by
neglect of a simple cold or cough, Foley's
Honey and Tar safe, sure and pleasant
cough medicine, would have saved them.
1t is guaranteed. For sale by BIvINs &
RHODES
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
For Sale.

Farm of 40 acres near Alma All inn
proved choice land. On account Of in.
debtedness will sell or exchange for
good mortgages, improved or wild land ;
part town property, here or elsewhere.
See or write, w. s. BANGS.
sbs'l t Aims, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
Wood Wanted.

Highest cash price paid for three foot
hard wood of any description.
ALMA SANITARIUM 90.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
Wood Wanted.

Highest cash price paid for three foot
hard wood of any description.
ALMA SANITARIUM Co.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
Special Thanksgiving Service.
A PILGRIM Father.

The above program will be rendered
ut the NJ. +. church next Sabbath immed.
iately after Sunday School, of which
the regular exercises will be shortened
so as TO begin the special service not
later than one o'clock local time. The
music will be directed by an orchestra
Of ten pieces.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19

Kipp sells pure milk and sells it every
day. Try it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-11-19
Bargain Column.

DOR sale small house and two lots on
II Wright street, Alma 973
JAS. D. GLAvIN, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21

provide against the hard necessity of an in
dividual losing all that he has put in-per-
haps at great sacrifice-on account of being
unable through some sudden misfortune to
pay his premium when due. They have
the insurer may borrow from the company
with his policy as security, an amount al
most equal to what he has paid in. at a rate
of interest less than the legal rate, pay his
premium, and perhaps eXtricate himself
from the difficulties, and then pay back the
amount as to any other creditor.
In the endowment policies there Is a
provision for withdrawing. after a certain
time, what one has paid in. If stress Of cir
cumstances make it necessary; but In this
case one must sacrifice her interest.
An agent of one of the strongest COM
panies in the world says that a large and
constantly increasing number of women are
taking advantage of these 20-year endow-
ment policies, and that they are mostly
housewives and mothers. BY thrift and care
of her household money $50 annually, or a
smaller sum semi-annually or quarterly; and
II she takes out this endowment policy, say,
when her little son Is 2 or 3 years old, by
the time he is old enough to go to college
or into business. there is a snug little lump
sum upon which to make a start; or it may
be a comfortable little dowry for a daughter.
1t has gone IN little driblets well worth the
sacrifice, and comes back a palpable sub
stantial amount. Meantime If the mother
dies, there is an assured education for the
children,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
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y IN THE DOMAIN OF WOMAN. g.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SSSS@SY@%SS%gygY

full companies has led also to the removal
OF many other restrictions as to occupations,
manner OF death, etc, as we'll as to the
adoption OF certain new features very much
to the advantage OF those who wish to pro-
vide either for their own old age or for those
who shall com after them: for while life
insurance formerly meant exclusively money
to be paid over to some one else after the
insurer died. It's most popular form today Is
that which, while providing for this con-
tingency, also offers several different oppor-
tunities for guaranteeing a future income
without any possibility of loss to old age,
when the chance or inclination to work has
gone. In fact the leading companies OF today
operate exactly like a great savings bank.
that, besides paying a good rate OF interest
on the money invested, offer the additional
advantage of paying over a fixed sum to any
named beneficiary In case of ones death.
For instance, for from $50 to $50 a year, ac-
cording to the age, a woman may take out
an policy for 20 years, at the
end of which time she will have something
like 81 500 paid over to her; and should she
die in the meantime the 81 900 will be paid
to the dependent relative whom she may have
chosen.
An act has been very recently adopted
to do away with what has always been the
most Objectionable feature OF insurance for
both men and women, the one thing that has
deferred more people from ~insuring
their lives than any other consideration.
The companies have decided to themselves
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21

dahlia red, gray or brown sky the big, splashy
m...e ne~-,s ",e ueHEuuuly Drought out.
Absolutely without exception the skirts of
these and every other summer material are
made separate from the under pettlcoat, and
the whole effort aims toward draping the top
skirt on Its foundation to simulate a deep
rnftie. This brings about the most varied
and certainly admirable designs in skirt
decoration, nearly all Of which lie about the
hips or range from above the knees up.
A FRESH MODEL.
Take a look. for instance, at the dahlia
colored foulard In the sketch. In every way
this gown might, from collar to hem, serve
as a text to preach an entire sermon on
fashions from. II you plucked up the bot
tom for a peep at interior arrangements you
would find, inside the silk foundation. a hem
a foot deep, turned and braced with French
haircloth. Also inside would be seen three
very narrow, very full, bias silk dust rufles,
bound along their edges with bias yeIyeteen,
Their mission seems to be that of protecting
the skirts edge. giving a bou1ante aud
dainty effect at the feet and wardlng off dust.
The damask foulard top skirt, we'll figured
In cream white. IL enhanced. Just midway
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
LATE STYLES IN UMBRELLAS.
Striking Novelties Seen Among III
Spring Im~DOrtations.

Striking Novelties Seen Among the
Spring ImDortatiOns.
Umbrellas are displaying quite as MANY
departures in style as articles of attire, sup.
posed to be more distinctly modish. The
latest edict is that the umbrella must al
ways match the gown and tailor made women
are having umbrellas made up In Just the
shade of their street gowns-a costly fancy,
but surely a pretty one to be commended for
those who can afford it. A purple tailor
gown requires an umbrella of purple silk
lined with silk Of a pale canary color, for the
lining of the new umbrella Is always OF a
different shade. A green gown demands an
umbrella OF sapphire, lined with turquoise
and so on.
In the matter of handles there are still
greater novelties. The jeweled ones are more
elaborate than ever. but newer than these is
the handle made to represent the head of an
animal. Faddish women are greatly taken
with the heads. which represent the heads
OF dogs and cats, and which are always made
after a strlkingly realistic fashion.
Daintier perhaps are the handles made In
the form OF small bonbonieres, which the
younger women are particularly pleased with
1t Is said to be particularly diverting when
one Is left alone with ones umbrella to be
able to open the handle and extract a sweet
meat.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21

painted on ivory and handsomely mounted In
silver and pearls.
Mrs. Nansen, ST., mother of the well known
explorer, DR.. Nansen, Is accredited with hav-
ing inaugurated the healthful pastime for
women Of tobogganing and gliding on snow
shoes. She was the first woman of Norway
TO become an enthusiast along this line,
which has since become SO popular in that
country.
One OF the daughters of the late General
Logan, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Is soon to
come into a snug fortune. She and her son,
George Lemon Tucker. inherit two-ffths OF
the estate OF the late George E.. Lemon, but
Instead of a fortune Of 81, 900, 900, which 1t
was supposed he had left, 1t actually
amounts to over SO, 900, 900.
Mrs. Amelia Il. Barr, whose summer home
is at Cornell on the Hudson, is spending the
winter at the Fifth Avenue hotel, with her
daughter, In New York City. She devotes
one afternoon a week to her friends. whom
she receives and entertains with the help Of
her daughter. Her last book, 1.-THE King Of
the Nets" was her twenty-eighth novel.
Miss Bessie Potter of Chicago, who sailed
a few days ago to execute several orders
across the pond, has suddenly attained fame
in the art world through the great success
Of her portrait statuettes. These are almost
as fashionable as another famous woman'a
miniatures. The statuettes are faithful
reproductions OF each person represented and
noted for breadth of treatment and the in
tense personality, in many instances the
graceful draperies suggesting unlimited
space. A large degree of Miss Potter's sue
cess Is due to the fact that many OF her
subjects have been very handsome women
dressed In the latest Paris gowns. The mod
ern American girl has become very popular
In The statuettes. The added touch of color
after the whole is complete and dry has
been very fetching. The roses, the folds Of
an evening frock, or the draperies, are bright
ened In this way. The color scheme was in
troduced by accident. by wiping some brushes
one day upon a broken statuette. The effect
was admired and now they are praised as
very original work.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
much skill and care in the distillation and
compounding.

much skill and care in the distillation and
compounding.
Affairs of rose, lavender and orange fowe
are obtained by distilling with water, after.
ward being separated from the water by a
tap funnel and then filtered.
Besides distillation odors are secured by
the process of infowering or maceration;
square glass trays are used for this and the
care which is taken of these same glass trays
is only second to the care a woman bestows
upon her jewel casket. The trays, which are
framed with wood about three inches deep,
are spread over with grease, half an inch
thick, in which ridges are made to facilitate
absorption; this is sprinkled with the flowers
rose petals, jasmine, lavender, tube
rose. hyacinths, violets or whatever you will
three pounds of flower petals to one pound
of grease. The trays are piled up one above
another to prevent the evaporation of the
aroma and finally all is taken from the
tray, melted and strained. For hungary
water, rosemary is the foundation. This, by
the way, was the first extract ever made, and
by Elizabeth, queen of Hungary, who OBJ
tanned the recipe from a hermit. and by it's
use she Is said to have preserved her beauty
to old age.
Such books as "a Treatise OF Commodious
Conceits" and Eye Boke of Distyllacion'' are
much in request by these fair flower dis
tillers and If something new and wonderful
In sweet scents Is evolved none OF their
friends Will be surprised-or possibly some
yo"uth-rejuyenating water may be compounded
by these enthusiasts which will prove the
greatest boon to our compilations.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21

savings in real estate. She was so success
full that one OF her brothers intrusted hei
with his savings to invest, and the invest
ments yielded abundant returns. She now
has sixty-1ve houses and not one OF them |.
incumbered by a mortgage.
BY her second marriage Mary Ann Bas-
combe has six children, so that she Ia the
mother Of eight children, all OF whom are
living.
She is a model landlord. Said she. when
a tenant comes to me and says, Mary Ann I
haven't the rent this month"; l do not tell
him to look for lodgings elsewhere. but l ask
him II he has plenty to eat in the house,
or Is in need OF any money. When that man
leaves me he no longer looks upon me as his
landlord, but as his friend, and he will slave
his fingers to his bone when he does get work
In order to pay me my due. You see, l am
a believer in the honesty of the poor"
whenever a tenant needs advice he has
only to apply TO Mrs. Bascombe. II a father
Is In doubt as to what trade to apprentice
his son or a mother Is uncertain as to a ca
reer for her daughter Mary Ann Bascombe
settles the question. II a tenant has money
to invest Mary AIMS advice is invariably
asked. She Is not only the landlord over her
tenants, but she exercises a direct influence
In their lives, even drawing up Wills and
having their lives insured. The Insurance
policy Is made out In her name with the un-
der9tanding that she will pay the examina-
ton fees and all the dues. When the person
insured dies Mary Ann collects the policy,
pays the funeral expenses, takes out what
she has advanced and RENTS the balance
to those entitled to 1t. In paying dues on the
lives OF tenants she has insured she spends
about 81, 900 a year out of her own personal
income.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
FAIR FLOWER DIsTILLERs.
A New Industry Among Fashionable
Now Nnrk Mnmcn.

IT UAtAtbs
ut Is all on account of the bubonic
plague says one charming girl, you know
IL may travel from India to New York. and
IL Is a well known fact that during the Lon
don plague all workers in %perfumery fac
tories escaped the disease"
Let me tell you a secret just here. There
is no better wash or lotion for the skin than
the products Of the still room, and II you
superintend the manufacture yourself, are
you not sure Of their purity? Apropos to
this, the face preparations now most in vogue
in Paris are composed of crushed flowers and
seeds-a combination of the pale roses of
Lebanon, v~erveiue of Circassia and many
other sweet-scented flowers that grow be-
meath the capopy of heaven, all natural ele-
ments. that help us to retain our perennial
freshness and beauty without the help of
paint or coemetic.
However, whether or not the bubonic
plague is responsible for 1t or their COM
plexions, fair maidens are d~evoting hours to
their stills and storing their minds with the
literature of the subject.
One of the stills used in connection with
this work Is curious and interesting, being
an old alembic of the pattern used as far
back as the fifteenth century, sketches of
which are to be seen in rare old black letter
books on distillatlon,. to which the c~oterie
has recourse for many of its recipes. The
work really entails much work. thought and
re~search-good Lenten discipline this-also
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
Popular Tones and Exquisite Move
ties In A~bnndnnce.
SPRING

Popular Tones and Exquisite Vowel.
ties In Abundance.
NEW YORK, March 1S.-Here we all arr
In windy March, the snow OF our umbrella
and our noses pink from the chilly breeze
shopping like mad for garments 1t would
cost us our precious lives to wear. Dia.
phanous French silk linens, for making over
glaco petticoats, and fit only for a Their
mometer registering so degrees; canvas hats,
light as thlstledown, ~glorying in diadems of
such field flowers as only bloom naturally
under a July sun, and p~arasols, nounced
with doubled petticoats OF dotted null clear
up to the %ferrule.
But really this is all genuine haymaking
while the sun of fashion shines, or rather
skimming the cream of things before the
vulgar herd rushes in. The woman Is made
OF something more than ordinary weak hui
man flesh who can sit at home, her purse
shut tight, while every morning brings a
fresh and enchanting panorama OF tempta-
lions in the shop windows and on counters.
Even those who run down the aisles OF the
big dry goods houses can plainly see that
almost every material Is moired. This
watered stripe used to be the feature of
silk fabrics alone, but now the woods have
caught the pretty infection. and some of the
most striking tailor suits are made Of voiline
that looks like an all wool bengaline, richly
watered. No dress goods Is now considered
In better taste for even the most elegant
toilets than the novclty-checked poplins, with
broad, watered effects, and every roll Of
new ribbon is the glittering MORE we wore
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
LONGEVITY AMONG WOMEN.
Why Life Insurance Companies Have
Their Attitude.

Why Life Insurance Companies Have
Changed Their Attitude.
Perhaps no better example OF the con-
stantly increasing and recognized importance
OF woman In the business world could be
cited than the absolutely changed attitude
OF all leading insurance companies toward
hef interests. Until quite recently women
were considered a very much less desirable
risk than men, and the married woman, en-
joying the shelter and protection OF a home,
was for perfectly obvious reasons thought to
represent a very much less good chance
than the single woman. who feels herself
Obliged to go to business In all extremes
of weather and all conditions of health.
In is the experience of insurance COM
panies, however, that the mortality among
women Is not greater than that among men.
Indeed. after the age OF As, women live
longer on the average than men, and it Is
not absolutely proven that even before that
age the mortality is larger. That is still a
matter OF conjecture. and the companies are
watching and comparing statistics with the
greatest interest and care. However. with
the average after AZ so decidedly in her
favor, the best companies have felt them
selves justified In leyeling all distinctions;
SO that, instead OF paying S. more premium
a year than a man. as formerly, a woman
or any age, married or unmarried, can now
take out all the insurance that she can pay
for at exactly the same rates and under the
same conditions as a man. In the inspection
of circumstances there is, however, this
difference. If a woman insures her life In
favor OF her husband, she is obliged to ans
wer a list OF Supplemental questions" as
to whether his life Is insured, what his in
is. etc, and both his business and
moral records are thoroughly Investigated.
This Is, OF course, to guard against any posi-
BILE future temptation on the part of the
husband to sacrifice his o~onjugal affections
to his oupidity; and II any OF the facts point
In the most remote way to suspicion the risk
is rejected.
The competition between rich and power
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
SHE is 4 MONEY MAkER.
Has Amassed, a Fortune Through HeI
Own Efforts,

49,
Mary Ann BaScombe OF Stapleton, S. l., is
one OF the most remarkable women In Amer
lea. Born In a little frame house at Gordon
and Broad streets, Stapleton, ffty-slx years
ago. she began life at II years of age as maid
OF all work, receiving as wages but SIS a
year; yet from this humble beginning she has
succeeded through her own unaided efforts In
amassing a fortune of over $500. 900.
She lives In a modest house at the corner
OF Gordon and Broad streets, Stapleton, on
the site where she was born. My maiden
name was Mary Ann McDonough," she said
to a reporter the other day. my father was
Thomas McDonough. a contractor OF Rich
mond county. and during his lifetime | did
not want for anything. When he died | was
still a young girl, but 1t was necessary for
me to find work or starve. as he left us very
poor. AT FIRST / vas paid only 81 a week, but
l put my whole heart and soul into learning
to do piece work until by the time ! was IL
years old | made on an average $11 a week.
l saved a great deal OF money. For five years
l worked as factory girl
Miss McDonough was married before she
was 20 years old, but her husband died after
two children were born. She then began
work as a w-asherwoman All the time she
saved money. and married again. She con-
washing for wages and invested her
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-21
With several dyes Handsomely blended seem

with several dyes handsomely blended seem
TO predominant, and these prove more ser
viceable than plain colors for general wear
on any fabric but serge, which has proved
itself to be the peer OF any utility material
known.
AS there 10 to be a great demand for
lawn, batiste, india muslin, and organdie
toilets next season, the dressmakers are
already piled with questions concerning
pretty effective materials for slips and lin
ings for these goods that will take the place
II one is having several dresses OF this sort
made-of taffeta silk which costs much more
than the dress material Itself.
Some OF the most attractive toilets OF
Powered silk grenadlne. French ~organdie.
india muslin, etc. are made with an elabor-
ately trimmed round waist and a gored
skirt. finished with a very deep Spanish
hounce much wider on the sides than In
front or at the back. The top Of the hounce
Is finished with a tiny standing frlll pro