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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1915
Page
9
Alma Record Company M Brown, business manager, announces subscription at 1.00 per year. Keonie entered the post office at Aline Michigan for transmission through her class matter.
The piece recalls a February teacher reception delayed by the Senior fair and recounts Frances Willard and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union pushing scientific temperance for children. It traces legislative battles, public school adoption, and a generation of readers becoming voters aware of alcohol’s dangers despite industry opposition.
Mr and Mrs Robert Boswell of Breckenridge spent Monday in Alma as part of a short trip. They were hosted by local residents and attended several community events during the visit.
Phi Phi Alpha held a February 12 banquet at the Wright house with Maurice Cole and Miss Margaret Robinson leading a social hour and a formal dining room feast. The event featured lighting by Ray Beshgetoor, college colors scarlet and black, crepe paper decor, a Lincoln portrait, and toasts by Cole Kennedy Thornton and others, praising alma mater and future ideals.
The High School notes describe a coming Senior Fair at the school gym with concerts, parodies, candy, ice cream, and a Japanese bazaar. There will be a museum, handcrafts, and yard goods for Christmas planning. The local declamation contest is set for February 22 at 7:30 PM. The article notes institutes attended by state officials and teachers, student posters advertising the fair, and projects in manual training and domestic science. Donald Biatelell has been absent due to illness. Alma High basketball beat Lakeview to Blue with strong play from Smith and Tinkham. Breckenridge and the second team also played.
St Johns Church holds morning prayer and sermons through Lent with services in the week, a Sunday school session led by Frank McConkey, and a union 7 p m service at the Presbyterian church to begin a Loose Evangelistic campaign led by Rev J W Priest. The pastor Rev William T Mason will preach Life by Believing at the burial service. Grange Hall sermon at 2 30 p m and a cordial welcome to all.
Elbridge Franklin aged 75 died February 12 1915 at his North Star home after a long illness from stroke. Born January 14 1840 in Michigan, he was son of John and Lucy Franklin who came from New York. He leaves wife two sons Lewis F and Luther, daughter Grace Crawley, two sisters Lydia Harter and Alma Wonders, and brother E W Franklin. Funeral held Sunday at North Star Cemetery Church with interment in the same cemetery.
The Arcada Farmers' Club will meet February 26 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bradford, one mile west and two miles south of Alma. Program includes opening song, prayers, readings by several members, and a question box. Committee member A Miller. MT. PLEASANT DEFEATED 31-10 Alma college beat Mt. Pleasant Normal 31 to 10 with strong defense and key players Stegall Gallagher Wood and Cook contributing in passing, scoring, and guarding.
A local fundraiser at Masonie Mowe featured a social and financial program with 20 to 60 attendees including guests from St. Louis and Tisch. Receipts totaled 185 dollars with contributions singled out for Dr. and Mrs. Montigoe. The piece praises the growing movement for national prohibition and notes state support.
The estate of Adwin L. Thompson of Detroit provides Alma College with a bequest of 5,000 and two other gifts of 5,000 each to different beneficiaries. The Addison hotel is linked to the principal owner, Alec Thompson. The remainder largely benefits Thompson family members.
Advertised letters for the week ending February 6 1915 include Hubert Carpenter two letters to A Canine Florence Dewitt Walter H R Wilder. If not called for these will be sent to the Dead Letter office March 1 1915.
A correspondent from the Atmeri pee Cultivator discusses winter hog care stressing dry well-drained housing on high ground and regular bedding changes in rain. It argues dry sanitary feeding areas reduce feed waste, disease risk, and improve weight gain, citing Chester White hogs as a fat type with better flesh when properly housed.
Experiments by Professor Smith show that feeding six steer calves from twelve to twenty-four months yields about two pounds per day. Extending feeding to a third year lowers daily gain to four and three quarters pounds, while two three-year-olds would require different feeding costs. The study suggests early maturing cattle offer cheaper gains, with overall cost per hundred pounds and quality of growth weighed against time to marketing.
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