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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
4
The Alma Record outlines advertising rates for notices including church socials, obituaries with 125 words free and extra per word, and card of thanks at one cent per word. It also references a state issuance for a day of registration and lists municipal chairpersons and boundaries within Michigan in May 1917.
Church listings show United Brethren and Baptist services with pastors and sermon topics. The text includes partial draft exemption questions, requests for military service details, and a long form instruction.
The article urges readers in Alma and Gral ut county to invest in war bonds as low as fifty dollars to support the United States in the war. It presents bonds as a patriotic duty, enabling families to start savings for children, college, or a bank account while aiding the country, and encourages service on Tuesday registration day.
A dense listing of church services and meetings across multiple denominations. Includes Free Methodist, First Church of Christ Scientist, Pine Street Church of Christ, Salvation Army programs for Decoration Day, and youth activities. References memorial tableau, prayer meetings, Bible school, and college events with numerous names and locations.
The notice cites President Wilken and calls male citizens aged twenty-one to thirty-one to register for military service. Locations across Alma, Reading and Bemince areas are listed for muster, with mentions of local halls and banks as gathering points. The document also references a new federal law restricting liquor sales and a call to support the army mobilization locally.
The governor of Michigan announces a statewide registration day under a federal act. Citizens aged twenty one to thirty one must register as required by law, with officials empowered to enforce. The proclamation sets the date and directs local officers to carry out registration and related duties.
The Genesia presents Thomas H Inces Civilization at the Genesis theatre on June Mth a lavish production hailed worldwide for its prestige. Star cast includes Herschell Mayall Lola May Howard Hickman End Markey George Fisherod Frank Burke Charles K French J Barney Sherry Jerome Storm and Ethel Altman with Gardner Sullivan penning the story and Victor Schertzinger composing the score. Adv
Shepherd high school baseball, aiming for state title, cancels its scheduled game with Alma amid fears the matchup at Shepherd would not favor their cause. The opposing team, noted for a string of losses, declines further scheduling, while Shepherd cites inability to secure a suitable deal to play at home. The incident prompts reflections on sportsmanship and fairness in scheduling among local schools.
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