Alma College Notes and Community School Events
Alma College pages recap Monday activities at Merril and Mayville. Harold Grant and Misses Snover Case Kenysborg join and return to duties. A kindergarten gathering at Wright Hall. a Thanksgiving visit from former students. The church choir, directed by Miss Cobb, plans a Presbyterian concert with proceeds for an organ fund featuring Reginald de Koven numbers and Wizard of Oz selections.
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Mise Mae Snover
Mayville
Caven Ronald
Ranke
Zeta Signa
Mise Elizabeth Case
Miss Coffin
Almanuian
Mires Hamilton
Wright Hall
Therjina
Alma Union School Monthly Debates and Thanksgiving Activities
The Alma Union School announces monthly public debates by the debating club and a Thanksgiving observance with several staff and students visiting classes. An art exhibit of Histon Prints will be held in the opera house block from December fifteenth to eighteenth with admission ten cents. Proceeds fund school art purchases.
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Fred Soule
Floyd Conklin
Lizzie Rock
Maude Wilton
Bayity
Errol Nevils
Mrs. Morrison
Anna Roark
Lary Hackney
Tennesse
Alma Anderson
Matt Wyone
Vera Miner
Ethel Thompson
Em Hall
Mabel Grifith
Carl Latz
James Houser
Mesdames Havens
Minnick
Schwartz
Argent
Hathaway
Adame
Pierse
Histon
Opera House
Alma Union School
The Expense of Canary Birds
The article notes keeping canaries is costly with a Norwich canary priced around 50 dollars and annual food and care adding further expense. It estimates a collector might own a dozen birds and spend substantial sums, with some reports suggesting fifteen hundred dollars per woman could be spent in this manner.
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Canaries
London Tatler
Child's Heaven Question Prompted By Grandfather Shelf Tale
A three year old asks if people go to heaven when they die. The mother replies that it depends on being good. The child retorts that grandpa must be bad, joking that after death he was placed on a shelf in a big stone house with the door locked. Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Message from the Washington Star Cartoon Dialogue
A fragment from the Washington Star captures a man praising a musician. The exchange notes curiosity about admiration for the artist's compositions or performances and replies that it is for nerve in charging a price.
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Maldian
Cumrox
Washington Star
Local Social Notes and Holiday Activities From Alma
A compilation of personal visits visits by Miss Lillian Harlock and Mrs. Harry Michom. Rose Scofield and Miss Margaret Funston visits. Tonis Creech and Minses Eftle and Ethel Greenfield of St Louis in Alma. new residents at Wateret house. typhoid recovery of H A Becker. incipient chimney fire at Brainerd hospital. Mrs Jas Wylie and Mas Jas Mo Loney visiting A K Moloney. sacred concert by Mrs St John for organ fund. M Clark of Onnway and Jolly American Tramp at the opera house. new billiard and pool room in Stevens building. A Hazelton relatives gathering at Edgewood. Thanksgiving dinner with about thirty relatives. wedding of Miss Harriette Davis to Mr Frederick E Weyerhaeuser in Saginaw.
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Comfort
Lillian Harlock
Harry Michom
Rose Scofield
St. Johns
Margaret Funston
Clark
J Havens & Son
Tonis Creech
Shorrar & Malholand
Minses Eftle
Ethel Greenfield
St Louis
Alma
Obas
DePlanta
Wateret
J. M. Montigel
Mires
Powrl Hazelton
Miss Maud Hazelton
Edgewood
H.A Becker
Brainerd's Hopital
Tire Department
Jas
Wylie
Mas
Jas MoLoney
Fair Grove
Mra
A. K Moloney
Stevens
Messrs
Emmer
A. W. Wright
A. F. Bruske
J. H. Lancashire
Harriette Louise Davis
Charles H. Davis
Saginaw
Frederick E Weyerhaeuser
St. Paul
Church Sermons and Club Meetings Noted
At M E church Sunday morning the pastor will preach The Interest of Heaven in the Salvation of a Man and the evening message Jehovah or Baal All welcome Presbyterian morning sermon The We One of Four and evening Obed Edom's Work for Israel The Woman's Club meets with Mrs H J Vermeulen Monday next Bay View Club with Mrs West Wednesday December 10 Annual meeting and election of officers of Alma Lodge No 244 P AM Thursday evening Modern Woodmen regular meeting in K of P hall Tuesday evening next for officer election.
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M. E. Darcd
Presbyterian Church
Obed Edom
Israel
Woman's Club
H J. Vermeulen
Bay View Club
Mra. West
Alina Loige No 244
P &Am
Turaday
P. Ball
If Women Only Knew a Heap of Happiness for Alma Homes
An advertisement extols Dawn's Kidney Pills to cure backache and kidney trouble. Mrs S W Griffith of River Street testifies after using the product at a local drugstore, praising relief from bloodlike secretions and back pain. Foster Milburn Co distributes the pills in the US under the Dean's brand.
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Alma
S. W. Griffith
River Street
Bivine & Rhodes
Dawn
Kinney
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ancient calendars shaped by priests and public fads
The article traces how calendars from Greece Rome and medieval Europe emerged from priestly esoterica to public use. It notes stolen knowledge by Knellus in 40 B C and Livy’s account of tablets shown in the forum, with Pompeii finds and early Christian calendars. It references Petrus of Dacia and the Savillanbrary, Durbachs almanac, and Nostradamus popularizing prophecy in almanacs despite royal bans.
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Livy
Plauius
Forum
Pompeii
Petrus
Dacia
Viernat Ia
Durbach
Jasne
Nostradamus
France
Weather lore and mixed opinions on brains quoted
The passage mixes old weather proverbs tied to candle flames and animal signs with a Tudor style remark about a French investigator claiming high insanity rates among toll tary military and naval professionals. It cites a London Express claim about artists lawyers doctors clergy and writers being prone to madness.
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Toll Tary
Doctora
Onch
Loudon Express
A Painful Inference From a Lesson Gone Wrong
A London Answers fragment recalls a teacher lecturing a class on humanity versus animals. Tommy answers he cannot tell the difference, prompting a wry reaction from a second teacher about the moment of truth and innocence.
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Tommy
London
Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete Debate Education
In a short Washington Star excerpt, Mike claims schooling proves literacy, while Pete questions the value of talking fancy. Mike jokes that his literary feats would dazzle if he were not seeking help wanted ads instead of handouts.
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Mike
Pete
Washington Star
Fragmentary note on temper and self-reproach in a quoted exchange
A damaged fragment shows a speaker reflecting after a quarrel about his temper, muttering he might have said more and lamenting loss of control, with a brief aside about urgency and personal remorse.
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Tle
Brooklyn Lite
Dangerous Economy Sparks an Imitation Diamond Gift
In a Detroit Free Press report the engagement unfolds amid advice to practice economy. He gives her an imitation diamond as a symbolic gift signaling frugal celebration.
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Detroit
Coeducation Debate Reflected In Fragmented NY Text
Fragmentary New York text comments on coeducation revealing skepticism about mixed schooling and social expectations. The remark hints at cultural friction and debates over gender integration in schools, capturing a moment of public reflection.
Misery of Dyspepsia Prompts August Flower Cure
An old quotation praises August Flower as a remedy for widespread indigestion and liver complaints. It claims over 75 percent of Americans suffer sour stomach headaches and related symptoms. The ad urges readers to buy from druggists and obtain Green's Almanac at Sharrar and Mulholland's.
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United States
Green
Sharrar, & Mulholland
Drury's Salt Rheum and Eczema Ointment Ad
Drury's Salt Rheum and Eczema Ointment advertised for salt rheum eczema hay fever catarrh and skin discomfort. Claims quick relief and household usefulness, price 28 cents prepaid, prepared by C E Drury & Co St Louis. Names listed as customers seeking care.
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Corea
Jane
C.E., Drury & Co
Gee Ist. Louis
Mich
Drury
Breckenridge
Tat Strobeck
St. Louis
Fred Brooks
H. M. Martin
St Pitch
Geo. Simpson
Nich
Cow
Pere Marquette Excursions Offer Low-Rates Travel
Homerrekers announce discounted Pere Marquette excursion tickets to the northwest southwest and beyond. Dates to be announced to ticket agents. robbery noted as 105 dw. Major Meo Ral Pille implicated in a tram trouble incident. adults warned. Bivins and Rhodea listed as involved parties.
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Homerrekers
Peintw
Southwest
Woah
Meo Ral Pille
Bivins & Rhodea
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Florsheim
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Utwea
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Owel
Hhaca
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Felie Willace
Athen
Odin
Abe
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Tate
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Pere Marquette
Homeserkers
Vrugsisu
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