04 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
1
President Bruske announces many improvements at Alma College in a formal address. The statement highlights upgrades and new programs aimed at better preparing students for work.
The Hood Museum is nearly ready with major renovations and exhibits. Alma College receives funding and gifts to finish displays including fossils from Alexander Winchell collection, chemistry slated for next phase, and a renewed campus walkway funded by Portland Cement Co. Subscription urged for the Record.
An excellent corps of teachers engaged for the ensuing year ready to begin classes as scheduled.
Alma's palin schools prepare anew for Monday opening with upgraded laboratories and facilities. The building offers a complete up-to-date program with a 1900-volume library and modern science labs. The high school uses an elective system and grants University of Michigan admission without exam.
In Toledo and St. Louis papers a note recounts T. W. Whitney of this city sending cigars to J. B. Conners, division superintendent of the N. & W. at Portmouth Ohio. A letter from J. B. Cowens at St. Louis praises the gag and hints at political shifts, with the cigar brand produced by McCullough & Son of Alma.
A royal welcome awaits veterans and visitors at the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion in Big Rapide next week from September 7 to 12. Local backers pledge full support, promising four leading days of varied amusements with a one fare rate from across the state. News outlets across Michigan have shown strong interest in the event and its publicity drive.
Deputies arrested Hara Osborn and Emma Egbert in Alma for living together as a couple though not married. They were held on a charge and taken to Muir. Osborn escaped en route to Ionia while the woman remained for trial.
Bert Woodward appeared on the streets early in the week without his mustache, prompting questions about whether he was disguising himself on his Chicago return. Friends barely recognized him, and the change in appearance is described as drastic.
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