Alma College clubs and campus notes and football update
Alma College fragmentary notes reveal campus clubs meeting Mondays at 7 00 pm in venues named Ledley Hall and other rooms. The football team faced Tonia and Bay City High School with mixed results and players like Mc Donat Gargett and Scott praised. Local news covers scholarships lectures, theater, construction, and church plans with community events and fund drives.
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Holly Presbyterian Church
Tonia
Central Michigan
McDonat
Alma
Gargett
Bucks
Scott
Bay City
Walsh
Ames
Syds
Norman
Local Gossip and Patents and Potatoes in Forest Hill
Forest Hill notes list residents visiting relatives and buying shipments, including L E Canfield, Walter Buck of Ohio, Geo Wager of Remus, James Smith of Cadillac, and E A Murphy of Shepherd. Local trades mention turkeys, real estate offers, and a disturbing note about several youths carrying revolvers and a shooting incident near a horse. Multiple callers, travels to Alma, Grand Rapids, and a T O O F lodge. Property for sale in Weidman, Mich.
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Forest Hill
L. E. Canfield
Beery
Tennessee
B. K. Huffman
Grand Rapids
LE. Dunfield
Elmer Post
T. O. O. F. Lodge
Benguet
Alma
Art
Wim Michael
Ohio
Tonis Creech
Royal Banquet Marks Lodge 208 Initiations and Surprising Visit
Members of Lodge No. 208 hosted a season’s gathering with visitors from St. Louis Ithview Shepherd Riverdale Emerson Breckinridge and Zanesville. Two candidates were initiated and another two advanced, followed by speeches and a social hour. The banquet at Hotel Arcada featured a surprise entrance by the ladies of the Relwoes lodge, and the event concluded after a full late night with 125 total attendees.
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St. Louis
Ithview
Shepherd
Riverdale
Imerson
Breckinridge
Zanesville
Hotel Arcada
Relwoes Lodge
Tavnes
Delavan firms move back to refurbished building
The Delavan business houses of O. M. & G. L. Delavan report completed renovations. New floor counters shelving and plate glass front with electric lights enhance the store’s appearance. The firms promise continued general goods groceries boots shoes and dry goods with a renewed stock and assurance of quality.
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C. IL
G M. Delavan
Delavan
O. M. & G. L. Delavan
Recon
Temperance Union Conventions Across Canada and Worlds Held in Toronto
The Canadian Convention will be held in Toronto with dates noted and a postponement for the World Convention also in Toronto to follow, with details on Grand Trunk Railway routes and ticketing. Officials announce certificates and travel arrangements for delegates, including daily trains, Pullman cars, and preserved berths, under the Grand Trunk system.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Toronto
Ater
Cron
National
Joeny Bynter
Tara
Pietcher
Kidney Cure Claim Sparks Caution Amid Advertised Cure
An old advertisement promotes Voley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney disease. It urges readers to use it and mentions Brvins de Ropes in connection with the claim, reflecting period advertising language and questionable medical efficacy.
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Voley
Presbyterian Sermons and Sunday Evening Review
The pastor will preach next Sunday both morning and evening with the morning topic The Glorious Gospel and the evening topic Thinking on our ways. Morning will feature Wanted Efficient Fellowship and No Neutrality possible. A review of In His Steps by Charles M Sheldon replaces the morning sermon.
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Myra Russell
Pleasant
Glasson
Conservatory of Music
Myra
Lauries’ Ald Society
Pribyterian Church
J. W. Ewing
K. D. Lemey
Ely
Will Reed
Owen Company
Shakespeare
Ithaca
Uywer Company
Othery
Gov. Rich
Percy Ives
Detroit
Lansing
Rich W.S. Turek
Ashtabula
Winsfield
Fobes
Vermont
Ohio
Egra
Massachusetts
Western Reserve
Pollasky Block
Bulding
Frank Pollasky
Chicago
Amanda Fowler
Riverdale
Tim Kirwin
Danham
Justice Denham
Board of Stewards
Board of Supervisors
North Star
Presbyterian
Charles M. Sheldon
Osson
Peru Seeks Silver Realm Amid Gold Plans for 1900
The article notes Peru joining nations aiming to base currency on solid gold, with silver advocates warning progress may reduce gold’s future reach by 1900. It suggests a broader shift in monetary policy and the push to convert global silver use back to coinage, amid economic tensions. The text also advertises rural property near Alma, Michigan, for sale or exchange, mentioning 40 acres of improved land and mortgage considerations.
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Peru
Japan
Allverites
Ailver
Alina
Basis
bOe
Alma
Croup Cures and Health Remedies Promoted in Ad Copy
An amalgamated ad-style text touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup, Dr J H McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm, Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and bronchitis, Allen's Foot-Ease for foot pain, and No-To-Ha nicotine aid, with various testimonials and vendor names such as Bivins & Rhodes, Bivins & Riones, and B. S. Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Bivins & Rhodes
J. B. McLean
Webb
Grain-O plant replaces coffee in stores
A new grain based beverage named Grain-O has been introduced in stores as a coffee substitute. Marketed as gentle on delicate stomachs and indistinguishable from coffee, it is promoted as affordable, with children able to drink it safely.
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Ouohte Ame Nenene
Alma College
Dort Ledley
Romaine ‘ Foor
Tonne Sanday
Vice Presiden
Cannes Cork
Julia Mccall
Tandies Hhali
Ronteg
Bettina Seorriary
Sacle
Mina
Elgent
M. Pollasky
Towsday
L. Hirschkowits
James E. Torrence
Ann Arbor
Dr. Parmont
Wm. Owen
Opers House
V. Hollenbeck
Tecumseh
E. P. Caldwell
S. L. Bennett
S. Vitet
G. W. Bates
K.C.T. M
Leo J. Potts
Supreme Court
Chicago Journal
Jery
Saurderr
Har Leen
Sam
Hoos and Wetth Block
Pritchard
Weidman
Mich
Eas
the Oddfellows
Ark
P. A. Tronntox
Bivins & Rieves
Peale
J. H. McLoun
B.S. Webb
Oasis
Sterling Kennedy Co
New York
Chamberlain
Bretxs & Riscoes
Allen
Allen S Olmated
le Roy
N.Y
P. E. Grisham
Gaare Mills
Bivins & Biones
Working Woman's Home
Peoria St
Lavina
Mer
Ervine
Packane Free
Allen 3
Olmsted
Wright House
Jim Allen
Tike
Huey
Tar
Hivins
Ry Des
Bert Woodward
Mowe
Witim C
H. Hauver
H. M. Cowley ST. Johns, Mich
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Luurmon Gee
U. S. Pension Attorney Insurance and Collections
Cer dL
Miller
Steve
Blacksmith
Tahall
Nee
J. W. Sidel
Narthen
Unbic
Chas, Morden
Shavrever
Neale
Cold 'S
Fidelity Mutual Aid Association
Probiity Mutu Aid Association
CRO
Wuiplt Reseree
M. Sheerrerley
Pat Pimpinmenn
Ciscareta
Kliders
Fred
C. Tetany
Drdusiets
Pela Eucia
Ortgaok
Boew Mage
Dartes Fo Headley
Marmaret Bradley
Willinen H Waldby
Tiereby
Pole
Murhenge
Register of Leeds
Crain County
Mighigan
Anid Mertamve
Virhya
Wale
TorkanKe
Aftemont
Che Pratt
Vilage
Iinen Michinen
Plaud
Mirkigin
Petipa Gilliot
Miehivin
Chern Alan
Saat
Ceirner
Perth
Te Tuledis Saginawa Mukewon Raliway
Pine
Pumper
Toledo
Saginaw
Muskegon
Mertengen
Detroit Free Press
Mikio
the Pree Press
Almanac
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