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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
2
Published Thursday Afternoons by The Alma Record Company. J Brown business manager. Subscription one dollar per year. The Axcomp is entered at the post office in Alma for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
Electors of Alma Michigan will vote Monday August 7 1911 from seven to five on issuing 10000 bonds to build a Pine River bridge at State street open Prospect Ave from Superior to Downie and to build a sidewalk on State Street to the cemetery Ward polling places include City Hall Gaffney Block Arcada Hotel and W K Adams Sample Room City Clerk DW Adams dated July 1 1911
The Sev eral Boards of Registration in Alma Michigan will meet Saturday August 5 1911 from 6 00 to 8 00 am and 8 00 am to 8 00 pm to finish qualified voters lists for a special election on August 7 1911. No unregistered person may vote. Women with male electors qualifications and taxed property in Alma may register and vote. Sessions occur at ward designated places including Ward No 1 City Hall.
City clerk via authority announces ward and public reading room designations in Alma with entries for Ward No 2 Ward No 1 and Hotel Arcada including D W Adams sample room dated mid July 2011.
Alma Michigan Common Council approves a $10,000 bond issue to finance a Pine River bridge at State street, a sidewalk from the railroad crossing to the Cemetery, and to open Prospect Avenue from Superior to Downey. Land purchase and other street improvements also included. election set for August.
In Alma Michigan a special election is planned for August 7 1911 to decide issuing bonds of 10000 for Pine River bridge State Street sidewalk and Prospect Street opening and other street improvements. The ballot asks voters to choose Yes for issuing 10000 for the projects and No opposing. City Clerk J M Montigel and Mayor D W Adams sign the notice.
The essay urges new students to choose Wright or Pioneer Hall to gain dormitory life, arguing such in hall communities forge loyalty, selflessness, and robust character. It notes a planned expansion, highlights Professor George B. Randels joining Alma's psychology and pedagogy ranks, and previews his autumn courses.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements of F J Cheeney, notes the cure mechanism, price per bottle, and sales through druggists.
Alma College promotes balanced education for men and women, emphasizing physical development alongside mental and moral growth. The campus features a modern gymnasium and Davis Field with a track, baseball and football fields, plus tennis courts. Athletic instruction is led by Dennis H. Grady and Miss Viola H. Weis, with varsity competition in football, basketball, baseball and track. Freshmen and sophomores receive gym credit in winter, and women undergo personalized fitness assessments and targeted exercises, followed by class basketball championships and a spring tennis tournament.
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