Alma College Offers Lectures and Lyceum Courses
Alma College presents a series of lectures on vital problems and making English interesting along with patriotic topics led by President Blaisdell. There are lyceum courses featuring a quartet, a concert trio, readings, and lectures, plus extensions for high schools and ministers. A six week summer term opens June 1919 offering college level courses for credits.
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Blaisdell
West
Ewing
Bible Lands
Savonarola
Calvin
Luther
John Knox
Clizbe
College
Charles Button
Bope Butler
Reese F. Veateh
John Anderson
Alma
Grace Roberts
Alvin L. Barton
Reese Farrington Veatch
Miss Roberts
Indianapolis Conservatory of Music
Josef Shevinne
Berlin
Barton
University of Chicago
Cornell University
Paris
Cornell
Veatch
Henrietta Broin
Glen Y. Warner
Zangwill
Japan
Marsdell
Lyceum
Alma College
Palace of Horticulture at Panama-Pacific Expo Largest Glass Structure
The Horticultural Building at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco will be a five acre glass palace with a 180 foot dome. It sits in a tropical garden near the main entrance and features a central 80 foot nave flanked by 50 foot side aisles.
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San Francisco
Palace of Horticulture
Horticultural Palace
Palace of
Bronze Bust of Henry George Shared With Libraries
Henry George, the single tax advocate born in Philadelphia in 1839, is honored with a life size bronze bust by Richard F. George. The Beary George library bureau plans to distribute copies to major libraries nationwide, continuing a legacy of his philosophical influence and public minded deeds.
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Henry George
Beary George Library Bureau
Richard F. George
New York
Bureau
Philadelphia
TSCT
Best Army Shoe Found Through X Ray Tests
Army experiments used X ray imaging on thousands of soldiers to select a shoe that preserves the natural foot shape and ensures comfort. Soldiers wore various boots on long hikes, with foot condition checked after marches until a shoe with a straight last and rounded toe kept bones in their normal positions.
Candidate Aided Rival In Texas Senate Race
A Texas campaign finance report shows Representative Sheppard received $250 from rival Jacob Walters. Walters said the money funded a planned joint debate with Sheppard. Sheppard admitted the gift and says he donated the full amount to charity, giving half to a widow with fourteen children and the other half to the Star and Hope mission in Houston.
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Senate
Texas
Sheppard
Jacob Walters
United States
Bailey
Iido
Las
Walters
Star and Hope Mission
Houston
Tex
Uncle Sam’s Giant Wireless Station Sends 4000 Miles
Arlington Virginia hosts the new giant wireless station across the Potomac from Washington. New Year greetings flashed to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, under Commander W H G Ballard. Three steel spires catch air messages and route them to operating rooms below. The feat challenges belief yet proves possible, signaling a government edge in peace and war.
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Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Uncle Sam
W. H. G. Ballard
Jules Verne
Rare Opportunity Offered to Sick and Suffering Community
A community appeal announces a rare opportunity to receive aid for the ill and needy. Details are limited, but organizers urge those in need to seek assistance and note the initiative aims to relieve hardship within the local area.
Visiting specialists to speak in Alma Mich this Thursday
Visiting specialists from the Cleveland Institute of Medicine and Surgery will visit Alma Michigan for one day only on Thursday February 13 at the Wright House. They urge readers to tell sick friends to attend.
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The
Cleveland Institute OF Medicine and Surgery
Alma, Mich
Wright House
Free multi specialist medical visit on February 13 in Ohio
A group of licensed physicians offer free diagnosis, examination, and treatment demonstrations using X-ray and other devices. They claim rapid relief and potential cures for nervous system diseases, stomach, kidneys, cataracts, epilepsy, deafness, cancers, and more. They warn patients not under local doctors’ care will be refused and emphasize no charges during the visit though ongoing care may cost later.
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Ohio
Teall
Sickles
Advertised Letters in Alma Michigan Feb 17 1918
Advertised list for the week ending February 17 1918 includes Mrs M E Hoskins Mr Frances Johnson Mr Chas McCabe Mrs J Mosher CN Phelps and Mrs Alma Robinson. Items not called for will be sent to the dead letter office by February 5 1918. Cc F Brown PM
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Alma
Mich
M. E. Hoskins
Frances Johnson
Chas, McCabe
J. Mosher
CN. Phelps
Alma Robinson
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Chas. G. Rhodes
Fleck’s Stock Food
Charles G. Rhodes
Maple Hardware Company
Gratiot County
M. L. Perrigo
Forest Hill, Mich
Harness Shop
Glald Hicok
Michigan
American Press Association
Eland
Cc F Brown
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