Alma region notes show local visits and health woes
Local briefs report A Wyant visiting Bay City on business and Miss Elizabeth Sova calling on friends in Merrill. Several residents suffer grip and illnesses including Arthur Whitton and JF Suydam. Community events include art club meeting, Presbyterian Aid gathering, and a sale at Gaffney's Style Shop. New staffer Arthur Price joins The Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. OG. Wyant
Bay City
Elizabeth Sova
Merrill
Arthur Whitton
Mallory of
Elwell
Mea
Waleh
Pierce Hayward
Devere
B. G. Sluyter
Vermeulen Block
Union
Kilian
Prof
Schutz
JF. Suydam
New York
AR. Smith
Grand Rapids
Arlo Eckert
Breckenridge
Charles Lindsey
Gaffney
Marie Fenner
Henry Fenner
St. Louis
N. W
J. E. Oberlin
Lamb
John Becker
Elm Hall
Alma Art Club
Miss Jones
Downey Street
Alwilda Peet
Benjiman Peet
Ithaca
W. A. Bahlke
Uwonso
Union Telephone Company
Frank Sloan
Toledo
Phillips
Mre
Nathan
Presbyterian Aid Society
Lutz
East
Tueeday
Mra
M. G. Hayes
Dorthy
Detroit
Lawrence Colman
Kim Hall
Haro Raycraft
Mabell Billsby
Claude Burton
F. W. Ruggles
Gaffney’s Style Shop
M. Pringle
Carson City
C.D. Culver
Gaffney's
Alger Wood
Alma College
Fenton High School
L. Wood
Floyd Rumberger
Thin City
J. W. Wood
Sumner Township
Jinningman
Hamilton Button
Traverse City
Alma Chronicle Notes on Local People and Events
A sprawling Alma column catalogs visits and returns of residents including Dr Beshgetoor from In Guanapolis and Detroit, and Ed Smith with Orvil Allen in Republic Track Co. items. Mrs Floyd Glas shows health improvement. Local river ice measures and school duties resume. Gleaners travel to Kalamazoo with Harris and Little. Robe family returns from Newark. Electrician Ambler returns to Mt Pleasant. Course seat drawings progress. Mc Clinton plans to move practice to Saginaw. Kennedy visits Alma College en route to St Louis. Harry Rockwell Building progresses for a moving picture house. Alma high school basketball loses 88 to 1 at Cadillac.Curt Washburn warns about scams in Central Michigan. traces of a track man and a budding coach’s career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beshgetoor
Guanapolis
Detroit
Orvil Allen
Ed Smith
Teeeaaae Ter Co
Republic Track Company
Floyd Glaas
County Line
Alma Hotel
Kalamazoo
William Harris
Edward Little
Joseph Robe
Mildred
Newark
Ohio
Mra. Robe
M. McLaren
Chicago
Kins
Saginaw
Mice Kennedy
Almn College
Alma
St. Louis
Harry Rockwell
Superior Street
Grand Rapids
Bemmee
Cadillac
Curt Washburn
I Funk
Michigan
F. M. Crook
FM. Arnold
M. C. Hubbard
J. P. Spencer
Hess & Clark
Ashland
Safety First Proposal Aims to Make Garments Flammable Free
Liv. Charles F. Pabst of Brooklyn Hospital says soaking clothing in ammonium phosphate solution makes fabrics near non inflammable. In Philadelphia he reports dissolving one pound in a gallon of water, five minute soak, air dry, then wear with safety around fire. Tests with gauze show edge scorching but fabric remains intact. The American Society for Fire Prevention backs adoption nationwide to save children's lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Pabst
Brooklyn Hospital
National Safety First Council
Philadelphia
American Society For Fire Prevention
Public Safety Committees
Young Man Dewitt Marks Dies After Illness
Dewitt Marks former Alma College student died at his parents home in Plainwell Michigan on Wednesday January 6 1916 after five months of illness from intestinal cancer caused by ruptured appendix prior operation He attended Alma College in 1911 and 1912 earning friends among students faculty and the community and played on the college football team both years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt Marks
Alma College
O. D. Marka
Plainwell
Mich
Marks
Bal al Poa
The Value of Salt in the Bathroom
Salt appears as a cheap home remedy for beauty and health. It is praised for nerve and vitality benefits, skin firming massage, and even teeth whitening, advising regular use in baths or dry rubs for smoother skin and improved complexion.
Turkey farming and winter shelter for all ages
The text discusses outdoor turkey care in cold climates, noting that young and old benefit from natural shelter via tree branches during milder periods, and that over domestication harms vitality. It mentions feed and farming practices, implying profitability from proper investment and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
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Welch’s Bazaar
Anderson & Hauck
THE
Cash Store
Connection
Ellison’s Grocery
Santos
Little Rock Coal Co
W. A. Bahike
George E. Sharrar
W. A
Saginaw County
Sheridan
Wyoming
Reginald Dean McClinton
Reginald McClinton
Alma Young People
Arthur Price
Rockford
Ill
Record Force
Price
Weener
Ing
Ines
Bual
University of Michigan
Dr. Pabst
Brooklyn
Harness Store
Ishings
J. P. Losey
Attech
Alma, Mich
New Era Association
Grand Rapids, Mich
Chas. E. Pettyjohn
Gratiot Ave
Clapp & Fraker
Alma Roller Mills
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