Local notes on teachers convention and temperance meetings
Superintendent A F Schultz and wife attend state teachers convention in Grand Rapids. WCTU to hold meeting at Bivnt State Bank with Carl Washburn in charge. Alma College dedication events and a dry movement debate draw crowds. Alma students celebrate win over St Louis. fire of lamp piles and political chatter mark a lively week. William A Bahlke reports glaze tile farming progress and plans for 1817 crops including beets and beans.
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A. F. Schultz
Atate
Grand Rapides
WC TU
Bivnt State Bank
Carl Washburn
Karl Webber
Northville
Alma
Alma College
Seville and
Sumner Club
Gergett
WCTU
Baptist Church
Friends of Temperance
Mor. Kimball
Ground Rapids
Grand Ledge
Sirwa
Halle
Alma High School
State
Superior
Michigan
William A. Bahlkv
Merrill
Bahlke
Alma High School Debating Club Grows With New Members
The Alma high school debating club welcomed fourteen new members at a Wednesday meeting including Schultz Notes tein Olmstead Moore Seaman Smith and others. A triangular debate is planned this year with Big Rapids Ionia and Alma, and new and old members show strong commitment to the program.
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Alma High School Debating Club
Schultz
Notestein
Olmstead
Moore
Seaman
Smitt
Wilk
Clark
Desmond
Cummings
Walker
Hopkins
Johnstone
Wyatt
Eeard
Webster
Clay
Green
Big Rapids
Ionia
Alma
Smith
Campbell
Boyd
Cash
Mediex
Holland
Johnson
Sharrar
Petty John
Boshgetour
Alma college appoints Crooks as president and honors alumni
The article reports the installation of M Crooks as Alma College president with guidance from John H McCracken of Lafayette College and Rev William Hiram Pouthes. Degrees LL.D. and D.D. are conferred on several notable figures including Dr. Thomas Blotedel Dr. Carr Rev Louis Brooks and Rev Angus Cameron. Ambrose Angell of Gratiot County dies, having lived in Alma and held public offices. J C Brownridge buys the local veterinary practice from Dr. McNabb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma College
Becaus
Christaan College
John H McCracken
Lafayette
Crooks
Alma
Sonwty
Ig Tte
William Hiram Pouthes
Philadelphia
Tiptoe
Thomas ¢ Blotedel
Liberal Arts
Penn State
Carr
Urrall
Wisconsin
Louis Brooks
Howell
E. A. McAlpin
College Board Presbyterian Church
Angus Cameron
Detroit
Cameron
Albertson
Harry M. Gauge
Huron College
S. 1
Nollen
Lake Forest College
Uinois
Princeton Seminary
McClure
McCormick Seminary
Reed
Auburn Seminary
White
Ambrose B. Angell
Gratiot County
Isaac Russell
Ambros Angell
Jeune County
New York
Wayne County
Michigan
Ingham
Jackson
Albion College
Ist
Arcade Township
Anwell
Isaac Bidwell
Witford Angell
Montara
Mason
Riverside Cemetery
O. F. Lodge
Church Services and Sermons Across Local Congregations
The week’s church notices list sermons at U B Church on Reighteous ness Exalteth a Nation and Baptist church services next week. Christian’s Responsibility and Sin is a Reproach to Any People are Sunday evening topics. Church of Christ, First Church of Christ Scient, St Johns Church and Redeeming the Time are also noted. An auction sale by J J Hopkins on November 1 at Fred Church farm near Alma is announced.
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The
Baptist Church
First Church of Christ
St. John's Church
J. J. Hopkins
Fred Church
Alma
Prices and variety entice shoppers to unique styles
Returning customers from larger cities are surprised by the reasonable prices for high quality dresses suits and hats. The seller cites two reasons for low prices: no high rent and small profits that quicken turnover for broader selection. Shoppers won’t see the same outfits on others.
Advertised Letters in Alma October 30 1916
Alma Mich Advertised list for week ending October 30 1916 includes John Bartlett Mrs Annie Brown Mr Benny Ad Candon Ervin Dusher Mrs Emma Ellison Elmer Fisher A Fitzgerald Fred Hammond Mr B F Hanna Emerson Harrison Hod Hopker Elmer Holland Key M W Hoyt H Haney W Jude vin Ray Keefer Mike Levine Mr Harry Po Madden Mr and Mrs Herbert Moffat Mrs Mo Monroe Geo Newcomb F Rumney Mr FH Reynolds Mr Alger Scott Mr Willard Stevens De L E Somers Miss Mabel Switker Carl Sufka Mr Eluie Thompson Mr Clifford Willis The list warns items uncalled will be sent to Dead Letter Office November 1 1916.
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Alma, Mich
John Bartlett
Annie Brown
Benny
Ad. Candon
Ervin Dusher
Emma Ellison
Elmer Fisher
A. Fitzgerald
Fred Hammond
B. F Hanna
Emerson Harrison
Hod, Hopker
Elmer
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Fountain Synge
Paterson Drug Co
Rexall Stores
Alma Roller Mills
Alma Mich
Alma Grain & Lumber Co
Electric Department
High School Debating
M, Crooks
Moaneer
JC. Brownridge
V.M
Winn
Dr. McNabb
Mr. Brownridge
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
U. B
Church of Christ
Edna Kelly
West Superior
Florence
Earl C. Clapp
Messinger
Wright
Jersey
Guernsey
Plymouth Rock
Weber
Ies Ug Igi
Concord Buggy
McCormick Binder
Milwaukee
Portland
Bryan
Blue Bell
Cole's
J.D. Helman Auctioneer
Prop
Earl Kuhlman
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