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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
4
The Alma Record announces advertising rates and early copy deadlines to ensure timely distribution. Print will shift to Thursday post, with papers reaching farmers Friday. merchants must submit copy by Tuesday noon for larger ads and Tuesday night for smaller ads to secure better positions.
Alma city editors launch a weekly department to profile local women aiding the war effort. Readers are urged to join Red Cross work, pick a branch, and attend meetings. notes include finances, council activities, and upcoming enlistment drives led by Mrs Rhodes and Mrs C L Wood with local speakers and community events planned.
The college announces the first four lectures in the popular science course. Feb 8 Chemistry What is Man by F. E. West. Feb 12 Physics The Submarine by Prof J W Cornolly. Feb 19 Biology Mechanism as a Living Organism by Prof L TD Stearns. Lectures start 9:15 Tuesday and 4:15 Thursday. visitors welcome.
The Idlehour screens The Hidden Hand a high quality Pathe serial with Arthur B. Reeve and Charles A. Logue credited for story and scenarios. Beside it Our Mary returns Sunday Monday with The Little Princess starring Mary Pickford in a lavish adaptation with Frances Marion’s scenario.
A fragmented verse blends a World War I era community singing refrain about keeping home fires burning while soldiers march away. It contrasts cheerful songs with the sorrow of longing, urging persistence as nations seek aid and freedom amid a grand wartime production tease.
February district report shows days taught and pupil enrollment with average attendance. It names students Mary Velma Guy Hanford Gladys Duckworth Pearl Wrench Josephine Simonek Dorothy Cranz Vera Bradford Lucile Zumbrink as those neither absent nor tardy. A Michigan Day program was held January 25 with teacher Pearl Beant and Elsie Perguson noted in local theater ads.
Tacoma correspondent notes mild winter and early spring signs, compares Seattle area weather, describes wartime Tacoma with seven active shipyards and a proposed steel mill. Mentions American Lake cantonment at 70,000 acres hosting 40,000 soldiers, advanced water works, two story barracks, and comfort versus Civil War hardships. Also reports meeting Clarence Clark and wife, health gains, and Burt’s ship line between Tacoma and Asia. Ends with gardening notes and advice on bean harvest and government stock programs.
The American Protective League, a branch of the national organization, has been established by Alma under United States military authority. A bureau of information and investigation will operate from headquarters in the Merchant Co. Building at 113 1/2 West Superior Street with Union phone lines 142 and 146. FM Wood serves as chief.
Alma high school and Mt Pleasant Normal second team battled to an overtime 2 1 4 to 0? 18 22 score with Alma rallying to force extra five minutes. Mann led Alma with strong defense though Taylor shone for the Normals as White and Sartor fueled the locals’ offense. Overtime saw Normal unable to score as Alma prevailed 22 to 18 final.
Alma defeats Hillsdale 40 to 18 in the first M I A A basketball game of the season. Alma led 20 to 12 at halftime as Richards led scoring with four field goals. Martindale starred for Hillsdale with three baskets, but Alma’s Medier and Medley added key points to secure the win in a slow second half.
Local church announcements list morning prayers at St. John's and Sunday services at United Brothers and First Church of Christ Scientists, plus Baptist details with sermons on God the Father and What is Worth While. An obituary honors Harry N. Sutton born 1895 who died 1918 in San Francisco, with service details and surviving family.
Notice announces cancellation of Motor train No 8 from Alma at 9 57 a m to Owosso 11 40 and Motor train No 9 from Alma at 8 40 arriving Cadillac at 8 p m until further notice because of weather conditions. 29 tie
Mrs St T Strayngs of Gainenville reports kidney pills restored bladder regularity and reduced back pain after use. The advertisement claims rapid improvements in kidney and bladder health, easing urinary issues and strengthening the back with Foley Kidney Pills sold locally.
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