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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
8
The Saginaw Racing Association plans a fast August meet with 00.000 purses aiming for near grand circuit quality. Past Saginaw events delivered closer, more exciting racing than larger meets, as evenly matched fields kept crowds energized and locals treated the week as a holiday with satisfying sport.
The balance sheet details the First State Bank at Alma Michigan as of May 2 1908 with assets including cash in vault and at bank, discounts, overdrafts, and securities. It lists liabilities and equity components such as deposits and capital reserves and bears signatures of the bank officers and the banking commissioner.
The page notes a continuation of prom events with diplomas presented by Dr. Raymond C. Turck and badges by Miss L G Chapman. The Glee Club performed, received an encore, and graduates and the classes of 1906 and 1907 were listed with names from Michigan and Ontario. The grand annual ball at the sanitarium Wednesday evening was praised as very enjoyable and up to standard.
Alma College reports a busy week with examinations and senior vacation, student William Winton visiting, and a recent wrestling meet securing medals for Marshall and Johnson. Freshman exhibition closes the class rhetorical program with ten or more students delivering orations and essays on noted figures.
Victor Bell of Kansas City died Tuesday at 1 a m from Brights disease after a period as a Sanitarium guest. His wife Mrs Bell, delayed by flood conditions, arrived in Grand Rapids Wednesday before the burial, with Bell a prominent Long Bell Lumber Co. figure in the south and midwest. Inspector G W Mann of Toledo announced transfer plans for American Express Ice to United States Express Co., which will take Pere Marquette system on November 1.
Wm A Leet of Ithaca and CP Adams of Mt Clemens visited Alma on short business. Numerous residents and visitors appear in town notes from Alma and nearby communities, with social visits, travel to Vestaburg, Owosso, Chicago, and St Louis, and sales at Messinger's and the Variety Store.
A nostalgic poem questions the fate of graduates as the speaker laments their departures. It imagines them sailing to sunny climes, weaving rhyme from thyme, and returning briefly before vanishing again, conveying sorrow, longing, and the enduring memory of loved ones.
A brief notice lists church and society volunteers aiding wartime services. The item outlines recurring weekly gatherings at a local venue with plans for summer events and memorials. Veterans and community leaders are highlighted, with references to a Voteran Shire program supporting local care and service.
The Seville and Samoer Farmers Club met at Mr and Mrs W T Pitt's home on a fine June Thursday. Mrs Albert Fisher read a paper on Home Life on the Farm. Discussion included why farmers set prices like other businesses and sugar beet sowing timing for profitable crops. Visitors included Mrs Wai Hood Toledo and others. Next meeting July 6 at W C Mallory's home.
The club discusses women's suffrage and temperance links, asking if voting rights would aid reform. The upcoming June meeting, hosted by Mr Mrs Henry Stadiberger, will feature a program by Arcada Partners' Club children including recitations readings and a patchwork of student acts.
The June American Boy offers varied material for boys with a striking cover showing a crowd of happy faces. It boasts eighty two illustrations and a selection of high class stories and articles. Published by The Sprague Publishing Co in Detroit Michigan.
Thousands visit Flint as a grand celebration opens on June 7 with crowds arriving by train. Vice President Palrbanks and party expected early. weather dampens plans but events proceed near schedule. Charles W. Tairbanke, VP of the United, arrives in Detroit en route to Flint, hosted by Senator Roswell Alger at Fort Street home. He and his party depart on a special car for Flint.
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