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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
8
County correspondence lists visits by Miss Iva Newark and others visiting relatives near Charlotte, Ithaca, Alma and Mt. Pleasant. attendance at W C T A conventions. social events, weddings, and dosed with illness. Also reports deaths of Mrs. Wallace Coomer and obituaries for Margaret Townsend and David Gardner with Civil War service noted.
Perris S J Bailey spent weekend with kin including Wilson children and grandmother Mrs BE Bailey. Mary Holland returned from Mt Pleasant Normal for weekend. Duncan Palmer of Palo visited town to check farm. Warm Davenport has a new Maxwell touring car. Samuel Bollinger helping a ill father in Richland. Mrs Gotte entertaining first mother and daughter from Stanton. Weekend visits at G Beach and G M Willesit home. Esther Howth went to Clare with daughter and Grant Terwilligers. Thrace and daughter visited Grant Rapids to see LaForest and wife. Gerge Gott and daughter visited H J Getter. Church exercises slated for Saturday May 2 at 2 p.m. for Declaration Day. John Lewis of Petarkey with Edward Lewis and wife and Wm Rogers and wife of Crystal called midweek by auto from Petoskey. Thomas Hilliard died May 12 at five years. funeral May 14 at the church, grave nearby. leaves wife, three daughters and two sons.
Mr and Mrs Seymour Harris were summoned to Belding by the death of his sister in law Mrs Eliza Clark of Toledo. She arrived Tuesday to visit Mr and Mrs J W Schaffer. Ed Smith returned from Shephardstown for the weekend. Dell Holinex traveled to Mecosta Monday on business. Percy Tissoe and wife of Crystal visited over the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Marshall Smith. Mrs Smith stayed briefly. Will Mead moved into Dr Shatter's residence.
Alfred E. Walker son of Mr and Mrs Frank Walker of Ithaca faced Judge Sears on local option and assault charges. He reportedly beat his wife until nearly insensible last week prompting neighbors to call the sheriff. He was jailed and later fined 00 days in jail by Justice Salter amid a pattern of violence at the Walker home.
Allen Spencer of Chicago delivered a varied program in the college chapel featuring works by Rameau Beethoven Mendelssohn Brahms Franck Debussy Carpenter and Lint. The Beethoven Sonata Op. 10 and Brahms Romanzen Op. 115 stood out with notable artistry. The recital included modern French selections and an American composer Carpenter noted for integrating ragtime into concert music. A scholarly encore of Schumann Romance followed, and Spencer offered Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude as an extra. The Annual Students Recital at the college auditorium May 1 presented young performers including Gilbert Mitchell Cooper and the College Orchestra to a receptive crowd.
The Epworth League convention schedule is outlined with talks from Mack Pollock Alma College and Rev J C Kruse St Johns. A city ordinance bans toy explosives and a fatal collision near Shepherd hospitals injure Mr and Mrs Faunce as the train struck their buggy at Kennedy Crossing.
Alma High School defeated Alma team margin five points at Davis Field in a hard fought dual meet. Handley led Alma with a 15 point showing including a fast 100 yard dash, while Miller and Ehinger also scored well. Gardner of Lansing beat Alma’s Smith in pole vault as the locals set school marks, and Alma’s sprinters, weight throwers, and relays impressed despite poor weather. Next week Alma travels to Saginaw to face Arthur Hill in a meet billed as among the season’s best.
Mrs. C. W. Granger of 311 Lincoln Ave Alma died Tuesday evening after a yearlong cancer sickness. Born 1867 in Gratiot County she married Oct 26 1888 and lived in Alma since. Survived by husband two children Wilda Granger and Mrs Belle Ray two grandchildren sister Mrs Mary Sandy of Belding and brother J S Nevins of Greely Colorado. Funeral held Thursday at Lincoln Ave home.
Deputy Game Warden Arthur Murphy led the prosecution of Dell Dick Bonne and Graham Mersey for dynamiting fish dams on Pine and Maple Rivers. They were fined 25 dollars each and placed on probation with travel limits set by the Circuit Judge. Evidence shows fish returning to Alma and Saginaw River dams, indicating improved enforcement.
Alma High School defeated Ithaca on Davis Field 7 to 3 in a seven inning game. Highfield started for Alma and was wild at times but pitched well in big moments. Mindell Wilson and Smith led Alma’s hitting. Mindell hit a three base hit and Wilson scored on a freak home run. Alma stole bases at will and claimed their sixth consecutive win. Coach Luchtman Captain Perry and nine players are shaping a strong season. Also reports the infant child of J R Bateman, Arcada farmer, died Thursday afternoon with services at the residence Friday officiated by Rev T G R Brownlow. The infant child of A F Eicher, the liveryman, was buried Thursday morning with Rev Brownlow officiating.
Alma College announces the May Festival artists led by G Knapp tenor for Seven Last Words and Bohemian Girl. Beatrice Jackson soprano soloist. William Fenton tenor soloist from Grand Rapids. Veatch to cover baritone in Bohemian Girl. Ventoh baritone from Alma State. Ward Hodge illness prompts casting changes.
Sunday Holy Communion and sermon 10 00 a m Sunday School 11 50 a m Vesper Service 00 p m Monday Rite of Confirmation 7 30 pm Tuesday Litany and Bible Class 7 90 p m J Frank Jackson Rector HL Wy Priest Pastor Residence 02 Gratiot Ave Sunday Service sermon The Spirituality of Worship Sunday School 1bea0 aun BYPU Meeting 6 00 pm Topic Religious Residing What anit Leader Koalee Hiutin Evening Service Tilo jem Semen How Uhaemer ure ly taik Thureday Prayer Meeune Tet pum All dime cardially filled te Uiese ser vitae William M Mason Pastor Sabbath School 11 80 am Mr Frank McConkey Supt East Ead Sabbath School 2 45 p m Prof F N Notestein Supt Y PS B 8 30 pam Sermon by pastor 7 40 p m A cordial welcome to all
The Alma W T U will meet next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. K C Crandall instead of Saturday. The afternoon program will feature reports from the recent county convention.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a pure eucalyptus based antiseptic air to treat catarrh. It claims inhaling medicated air from a pocket device reduces swelling clears passages and destroys germs with a money back guarantee if results are not obtained.
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