26 Jun 1903
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
1
The article notes a resident in Illinois who credits hard work and strict business discipline for rising to one of the state's successful merchants. It highlights personal effort, steady routines, and steady growth leading to recognition among local businessmen.
The sketch profiles L. Bennett who began selling taffy at age twelve and built a lasting business by hard work and clear goals. Stevie, as peers called him, exemplifies a young entrepreneur's rise through industrious methods and persistent focus on a chosen objective.
A fragmented Alma page recalls Jore ss delivering to nurses and a sanitarium banquet for Asia Springs Training School for Nurses. It describes the civilian life of Bennett in Alma, a candy maker turned baker and entrepreneur, and notes the senior class graduation with a speech by Dr Geo F Butler, praising Florence Nightingale and nursing ideals.
A nursing school graduation event featured valedictory remarks and thanks to staff, followed by diploma presentations by Dr. J. H. Lancashire. Miss Mary Butler performed a demanding solo, and Cecille Berryman closed with a soprano solo. Diplomas went to Selma Schneck, Flora Hodgeon, Mary Archer, Anna Bell, Isabel Dill, Martha Brown, and others, as dancing and socializing concluded the evening.
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