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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
8
The College Department led by Mr Randall teaches at the St Louis high school this week. Miss Clark missed several days due to illness. Mr McKee trains track men at the Sanitation Park track on Saturdays. The college baseball team opens play Saturday against the town team as part of campus activities.
Mary Decker and staff report illness absences as students miss school while rigid routines continue. Teachers Berth Speer Ray Motérasb Bert Hayes attend to measles and whooping cough amid absences. Students Lloyd Johnson May Gorton Harrison Vought Mary Sinclair return, and Weavest welcome Howard Crawfurlu back. A botany field trip, literary society debate on Expansion, and art gift from the Luxembourg edition are highlighted.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Church of Christ mourns the death of Elizabeth Campbell, praising her worthy character and extending heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. The resolutions are recorded, published in the home paper, and a copy sent to the family.
A garbled church notices page lists Sunday morning services at several churches including First Church of Christ Scientist and Presbyterian plans. It mentions evening services, a Sunday school at 1 p.m. and various club meetings such as Fire Times Lodge 515 and Woman's Club with dates and leaders, plus a special Alma Lodge meeting for making arrangements.
The text sketches a jumble of names places and events including Jasper Chie Bed Chote and May conferences with references to Methodist General Conference and Democratic conventions. Details are garbled but indicate various meetings schedules and travel arrangements in a late nineteenth or early twentieth century community setting.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a food mill and places or names such as Millian Eiie Mich. The readable parts hint at a domestic or agricultural item with early reference to a mill and possible names, but the text is largely indecipherable.
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