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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
6
Alma area notices list residents visiting relatives and entertainment events while noting draft hearings. Ralph Wheaton and several locals travel to Torrell and Detroit for draft proceedings and public appearances.
Prank Kitz vacationing in Cadillac and northern Michigan. Mrs. H M Dunham travels to Grand Rapids Douglas and Winona to visit relatives for five weeks. Dr Sluyter remains in Alma with daily office hours. Fletcher Gallagher and Isadore Friedman of Alma College join aviation corps in Columbus Ohio. Mr and Mrs J Wes Blakely depart for Yellowstone for two weeks after insurance sales success. Edna Groulett visits from Muncie Indiana, returning via Hicks family in Alma. Thomas W Wright of Detroit, Alma College freshman, first student to take the draft exam for service in Cele Sams new army. Wright expects exemption. Mike Florence Lawlor resigns as keep keeper for Alma Grain & Lumber to join A B McGeorge & Son. The Alma Banking Company adds soundproof Vietrolo rooms and new furniture. Paul V Bretz and Young America Club members visit Alma banks. Pere Marquette magazine features Alma city growth and local institutions. A Murphy’s drug store display shows Fort Sheridan trainees Jas A Greene Mark Spinney and A Hooliha. Training at Fort Sheridan is underway.
Southeast Cor Misa Ioles Arline stays with Floyd and wife as plans to keep her are made. Friends visit St Louis and Shepherd. families gather for tea and church. A mix of daily visits, travel, and local notices plus ads for Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and King's New Discovery.
The piece recalls Chautauqua as a long standing educational force now reshaping its program after wartime events. It describes a July conference on carriage education, calls for a nationwide public lectures push guided by a national bureau, and spotlights leaders like Dr Albert Bushnell Hart and Miss Ida Tarbell. It also notes medical advice promoting Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach and liver troubles.
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