Alma College Athletics And Lectures Highlight Week
College news from Alma College notes Alice Wing returning for Tuesday classes and local visitors Frank McGahe and others. The track team trains for an upcoming meet, and Miss Helen Lockwood visits with YWCA. A China talk by Mrs Addie of Nankin inspires prayer meeting, while a planned Alma Albion ball game and a lecture on Oberammergau raise funds for Geneva. Field day produced two records in shot put and class relay amid a sizable crowd. sophomores win the relay.
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Alma College
Alice Wing
Turaday
Frank McGahe
Lansing
Alma
Wil Lang
Addie
Nankin
China
Sophmoros
Albion
Cullge
Albre
Fuller
McEwen
Faller
Bechler
Falton
Peres
Foote Srd
Eastman
McKee
Sidebotham
Hardie
Glass
Hamilton
Gines
Webber
Bangs
Sophmores
Therry
Waldron
Brown
Perez
Helmer
Fulton
Sophs
How It Is Done and Green's August Flower Claim
The ad asserts the path to wealth is energy and savings while good health comes from Green's August Flower. It targets despondent readers with ailments from indigestion to headaches and promises two doses relieve symptoms immediately. Sample bottles are offered free at Sharrar & Mulholland with a regular 75 cent price and a Green's Prize Almanac.
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Sharrar & Muholland's
Green
R USDAY EXCURSION TO TOLEDO OPENING LAKE ERIE PARK
The Ann Arbor R R. offers a special train excursion to Toledo on Sunday May 1 as the Lake Erie Park and Casino opens. The trip promises an outstanding program and good time for all attendees. Round trip fare is 1.25 dollars.
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Toledo
Lake Erie Park and Casino
Ann Arbor
R. R
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Bereavement Support
A family extends heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindnesses during their bereavement and for the beautiful flowers, noting appreciation from Me ost Mas, Woo, Vier, and relatives.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims to Cure Digestive Ailments
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for stomach distress including heaviness, wind, nausea, and pain. Promises restoration of digestive fluids and renewed power to digest with natural action. Claims users may eat freely without discomfort after taking the product.
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Hood
Ryan Pepela
Sarai
Our Schools and School Guests Passages at Mt Pleasant and Ithaca
The article notes students leaving various grades for illness or transfer, moves to new seats in eighth grade, and teachers absent due to illness. It mentions trips to Mt Pleasant for field day, a reception for students of Ithaca and St Louis high schools, and a German class starting Gustav Freytag. Senior classes finish L Allegre and read Conia.
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Lola McQaurty
Saginaw
Clase
L'Allye
Li Penseraso
Conia
Abbie Jay
St. Lowis High Scho
Morsis Chadwick
Wise
Chapel
Sanitarium Park
Mt. Pleasant
Ithaca
St. Louis
Excursions Pere Marquette to Expo and Buffalo Exhibits
A Pere Marquette train leaves Alma at 6 55 a m for Grand Rapids returning at 6 40 p m with rate 100 11st. Automobile progress since the Chicago Columbian Exposition is noted and Pan American Exposition exhibits are forecast to outdo prior displays.
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Gnasd Rapids
Suriday
Alma
Grand Rapids
Exposition
Chicago
Buffalo
Red Rock Renamed After Local Howler Legend
A long tale explains why Red Rock kept its name and how a nearby howl r inspired a name change to Red Rock. Strangers asked for meaning but residents found no reason beyond a legend involving a howl and a barrel of cider. The piece notes the town’s modern spelling and lingering curiosity about origins.
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Colanbla
New York
Allaty
Chalom
Creeohy Lake
Red Rock
Storm in the Tropics Amid Tropical Flood and Night Terror
An account from the tropics describes a sudden night storm with torrential rain and a tropical flood that churns the waters with phosphorescent foam. The narrator and companions endure a harsh descent in temperature and darkness as artillery-like thunder tests their helpless vessel.
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Taylor Ward
Atlantic
Tropica
Benin
Mr. Block
Waris
Daring voyage from Tamburg by the Matador Arctic crew
A six man crew led by Lieut. Von Bauendahl sails from Tromsoe aboard the 44 ton Matador, a sail powered craft. Plans call for going as far north as ice permits before abandoning the vessel and pushing ahead by sled with watertight provisions.
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Tamburg
Lieut
von Bauendahl
Tromsoe
Emperor’s barber dismissed for alleged misdeed
The imperial barber, once famed for his skill in shaping the royal crew tool, has been dismissed for suspected misdeeds linked to favor he enjoyed. The text notes his unique knowledge and his role in prior intrigues surrounding the center of power.
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Koper Wiltad
Lobster Lobsters Fade as Codfish Prey During Shedding Season
During shedding, lobsters retreat under rocks to molt and grow new shells making them vulnerable to codfish. Fishermen report cod swarming these dens, waiting to attack molting lobsters while they are weak and exposed. The season ends with lobsters largely completing their molts and defending their territory thereafter.
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Kimmelf
Tully
Eetneetek
Swiss Insurance Plan Defeated by Swiss Cantons Vote
The proposed Swiss national insurance measure faced strong opposition from military figures and industrialists. It would have levied 26 percent premium from workers, 20 percent from labor, and 10 percent from employers, covering sickness and accident and including a military insurance clause. The bill failed by 195000 votes. Glarus supported it, while 21 cantons rejected it. Dissatisfaction ran through agriculture, home industries, and silk manufacturers who feared higher taxes under compulsory appraisal.
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Mito
St Tnt River
Washington Post
Poverie Mente
Glarus
Puzzle of Ancestry and Odd Royal Tidbits
Readers are invited to spot the fallacy in a letter about exponential ancestors and four generations per century. The page also notes odd curiosities from an English well under a Rosnan diocese, including clerical ordinations, artesian well ebb cycles, and a claim about Queen Victoria's dominions and populations.
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Liverpool Post
Patchy city meeting notes on water and street work
Fragmented minutes describe discussion of water works, street improvements, alleys, sewer plans, and replatting efforts. Vague references to committees, petitions, and contracts indicate a municipal board adjournment and actions to file notices and secure bids.
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Clark Flas
Will Guthaut
Fred Andersen
Rivahle
Hueleton
Hammond
Wits Hemet
Atuathy
Eishof
Othe
Lrasten Hagh
Ster Fistach
Bowerston
Wis
Board of Review
Committee On Printing
Counei
Rvs
Stevems house on Woodworth Avenue noted in probate records
A fragmentary notice references the Stevems house at Woodworth Avenue with a probate judge named in connection to estate matters. The garbled text hints at instruments and fixtures but provides limited readable details about the action or dates.
Carriage Painting Ad From Circa St Louis
Circa St Louis advertises carriage painting services after refitting the paint shop. No first class painter engaged, offering to make old work look as good as new. Call to view the work at 1152 tf F. 8. Circa.
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St. Louis
Blood and Health Claims Promote Hood's Sarsaparilla
A 19th century advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for numerous blood born ailments from anemia to scrofula and pimples. It asserts external remedies fail and urges thorough blood cleansing as the only cure. The notice also promotes Pere Marquette rail routes to Milwaukee Manitowoc with low rates and improved service.
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Hood
Hoart
America
Pere Marquette
Ottawa Beach
Ludington
Milwaukee
Manitowee
Bae Fengere Enroute
Ark Sgeniey
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Fred Soule
Lena Miller
Ntet
Peart Haxetton
Epehus
Haw
Selmol
Gustav Freytag
Mdewalke
Mr. Pleasant
Telgla
Brosh
Oko
Tropis
Lighon
Neon
North Pole
Abe Eupely
Mae
Cudien
Thele Shella
Swiss National Insurance
Diovese
Rosnan
Nongery
Corleelastiics
Priette
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Turkey
Palestine
Tom
DR. F
OLP
Purmort
Hill’s
D. W. Hubbell’s Bazaar
Columbia and Hartford
G. A. Hill, Prop
E. R. Griffith
Offloe
Bharrar & Milibolland
Elie
Stevems Fieuse
Woodworth
Wauwen
Michigne
Gratiot
Hay Bates
Apsl
Tony Lwe
Dale
CS Prn
Newey
Ton Bielbek
Warty OF
Age
Vrmtert
Tien May Eth
AL Pees
Isaal H Seacie
Odes Et Perth
Mtoe
Theat
Jane
Frederick
Ali
Tibach
Isaac
Smaven
Oman
Michigan
Gratiatea
Eaid
Earid
Nakd Ratate
Alma Kicon
Saas Sraven
Maneiow
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