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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
2
A farmer recounts a comic and cautionary tale of Mary Owen, a girl who feigns affection to manipulate a young man into marriage. The teller, a tin peddler, explains how trust, deceit, and social pressures shape a volatile romance, ending in an unlikely marriage and a subdued, dependent husband.
Alma College reflects on a quarter century of growth from a $50,000 endowment and two buildings to nearly $400,000 endowment and a seven-building campus. It outlines courses, majors, and the aim of developing mind, body, and spirit, with strong religious life and ample scholarships. The prospectus notes facilities, costs, and new instructors for the coming year.
President Bruske spent the summer filling vacant faculty posts and reports all teachers secured. The English Speech department will be led by Professor H. E. Densford, formerly of Ripon. Continued on page seven.
City residents urged to buy Rexall Kidney Pills for disordered kidneys with a promise of benefit or refund. Pills come in a box of sixty for fifty cents at the Rexall Store. Alma public schools announce fall term opening Tuesday September 5 with Chas Rhodes as secretary.
Sumner Sam Clemsdon was in Ithaca on business last Saturday. Walter and Ralph Jehle have returned to Detroit and New York after visiting their mother Mrs. Ernest. Clow was at the Hub last Saturday. Hicks Brothers Samuel and Philip are at Muskegon this week en route to Shelby to visit their eldest sister Mrs. Worden. Arthur Mulford and family were at Crystal Saturday and Sunday fishing and visiting. Oliver and Raymond Duffield and families spent Sunday with the Duffields at Cloverdale farm. Mrs. Ruth Graham, pioneer, has died. She was about four-score years, survived by husband, a sister and three sons. Joe Graham of Mt. Pleasant visited F. J. Graham and family. Fowler fishing party has returned from the north. Shepherd party purchased the mill property and will take possession September 15. Best wishes for their success.
All accounts not settled on or before Sept 15 will be left with an attorney for collection. Charles F. Fishbeck.
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