Patronize the Home Merchant in Alma
The Alma Record urges readers to support local merchants during hard times. It asks which firms stood by customers when sick or out of work and emphasizes that buying locally strengthens community growth and shared prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears & Roebuck
Montgomery & Ward
Porsot
Chicago
John Wanamaker
Hibbard-Spencer-Barthett & Co
Ay Larkin & Co
Ong
Marshall Field & Co
Prohibition Campaign Mobilizes With National Prayer Day
Temperance forces push nationwide drive for constitutional prohibition after the Shepard Hobson vote. On December 3–4 a nineteen-leader conference in Washington will plan strategy. December 5 ministers will hold special prayers for Congress, with mass meetings December 12 in Washington and local unions across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard-Hobson
Woman's Christian Temperance
Alied Temperance Forces
Washington, D. C
Sixty-fourth Congress
Unio
Philo Matheans Guests of Phi Phi Alpha Night
Philo Matheans hosts Phi Phi Alpha with pennants and banners in a welcoming society room. Guests enjoyed a spirited evening featuring relay races, a six to two leg transformation, Miss Healy’s songs, and a Virginia Reel. Refreshments included coffee and doughnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomatheans
Phi Phi Alphas
Fuldin
Miss Buttie
The Right Spirit Towne Need For Confidence
Towne benefits from business confidence not rivalry. A town full of hope and work builds itself and attracts others. Doubt and gloom push people away and slow growth. Strive to make your town lively and progressive, for helping the town helps you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vetech
Businehbe
Lainte
Hokeile
Seed corn likely scarce and costly next spring
Prof. W. M. Shooxmith of Michigan Agricultural College warns seed corn will be short and expensive next spring. Letters are sent to Michigan Experiment Association members to gauge seed supplies as northern states face a dearth and farmers prepare for 1916 plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Shooxmith
Michigan Agricultural College
Michigan Experiment Association
Pyal
Shoeamith
Smiles and Sneers Stir Editorial and City News
The piece contrasts a smug, bullying stance with calls for humility as a warning to readers. It notes a editorial stance on conflict and the German-France dynamic, then reports Adelbert Thum visiting Ithaca and Messenger family travel to Baltimore for a daughter's visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Thum
Union City
Asia
Nesday
Ithaca
Mrs. Messenger
Baltimore
East
New York
Watch Your Children Often Paterson Drug Co. Notice
Fragmentary notice urges parents to monitor children for health concerns. Reads like a public safety or health advisory referencing Paterson Drug Co. and mentions mild symptoms and sugar presence. Details are unclear due to OCR damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson Drug Co
Philomathean Banquet Honors Nine New Members
The Philomathean Society hosted its annual Initia tion Banquet Friday evening, welcoming nine new members. A candlelit yellow and white decor set a formal tone as Miss Otha McCracken presided. Speakers Miss Marvin Miss Rowena Rowe and Miss Ruth Robbins Li delivered reflections on welcome new theme and alumnae ties. Mrs Randels toasted Alma College stressing loyalty and college collaboration while Blanch Healy offered solos. A reminiscence by Miss Ruth Robbins Li and words from Miss Gladys Dercheny urged upholding high ideals. The event included many former Philomatheans and society members and concluded with conversation and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomatean Society
Aevern
Ixahl
Otha McCracken
Miss Marvin
Rowena Rowe
Thea
Alma
Randels
Blanch Healy
University of Michigan
Ruth Robbins Li
Philo
Gladys der Fheny
Old Philomathean
Utter Dance
Hizel Puleng
Ruth Robbins
Dorothy Baker
Gladys Derchm
Leontine Mexelinger
Anda Gill
Marcela Adams Stuckey
Ruth Ellis Hudson
Charles Wickes
FP. N. Notestein
Geo. Randell
Mite Hitchcock
Foote
Wright Hall News Guests and Banquet Attendance
Miss Bud Healy former student here visits while studying music at the university. Mrs Charles F Wickes of Stanton visits niece Adelaide Ballou. Dorothy Baker Midland Jana Ruth Robbins Lapeer stay with Otha McCracken for Philo mathean banquet. Gladys Dershem Owoano attends Philomathean banquet. Hazel Dulamp Bay City visits Helen Baker. Lydian Nina Reaneguie spend Sunday in Middle ton. Mary Mazel Robert travel to Howell for dedication services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Healy
Iof M
Charles F. Wickes
Stanton
Adelaide Ballou
Dorothy Baker
Midland
Jana Ruth Robbins
Lapeer
Otha McCracken
Philomathean
Misa Gladys Dershem
Owoano
Hazel Dulamp
Bay City
Helen Baker
Lydian
Nina Reaneguie
Middleton
Mary and
Mazel Robert
Howell
Miss Grace Roberts to Indianapolis After Ill Mother
Miss Grace Roberts travels to Indianapolis to care for her ill mother and will miss returning until after Thanksgiving. Miss Caroline Robinson visits Saginaw and is joined by Miss Camelia Waite, with Miss Anda Gill visiting care of the hall. A note discusses postage subscriber disputes and printer debt in a critical tone, urging fair treatment. It also recounts a freshman smoking a cigar episode and ends with a note that paper supply news compares various woods to spruce pulp.
Not the Right House in an Odd Evening Exchange
A weary book seller visits a shabby house and asks for famous authors, seeking Dickens or Stevenson. The resident declines, stating they do not run a boarding house and suggesting the neighboring place across the street where boarders are kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Robert Loula Stevenson
Walter
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Lansing State Journal
Wright Hall News
Ces
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DR. Wing
Alma State Savings Bank
H. A. Wing
Slater & Goodes
Home Lumber & Fuel Co
Highland
Witten
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