original 32 page Ransom's Family Receipt Book for 1905 pub by D Ransom  Son & Co Buffalo NY. Booklet advertises James A Waggoner dry goods, groceries etc in Thumb Lake Michigan. Thumb Lake is a natural lake in Hudson township. Some sources indicate that a small village existed at the lake at one point. This grocery store was probably there.A rare piece of Thumb lake history.  Booklet advertises all the medicinal remedies made by D Ransom  Son & Co along with numerous testimonials.  Pages are yellowed but otherwise clean and intact.Measures 3 &7/8" x6&3/8"