Alma College Opens For Sixteenth Year In September
Alma College prepares to open its sixteenth year on September 10 with doors thrown open for students. The campus exceeds others in buildings, library, and faculty. Wright Hall and Pioneer Hall ready to house a growing student body. Dr Butler of the sanitarium will deliver opening address September 16 on “Wanted, a Man.”
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Alma College
Almo
Michigan
Olivet
Alma
Alpion
Adrian Albion Olivet
College of the Future
Ammi W. Wright
Senator Alger
Detroit
N. B. Bradley
Bay City
Charles H. Davis, Esq
Saginaw
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
General Assembly
Pioneer Hall
Wright Hall
Theocal
Academy
Dr. Butler
Sanitarium
Large Macabees meeting draws thousands in Midland
The Central Michigan Maccabee association held a highly successful gathering in Midland last week with an estimated 4 000 to 10 000 in attendance. Beaverton Corey and Pleasant Valley tents won major parade and exhibition prizes, and Ithaca will host the 1904 September meeting. A Sunday excursion to Toledo on the Ann Arbor line offered special trains at 1.00 round trip, with half fare for children aged five to twelve.
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Central Michian Maccabee Association
Midland
Beaver Tent
Beaverton
Corey
Hant
Pleasant Valley
Ee Valley Hive
Beat Tent
Iland
Ithaca
Toledo
Ann Arbor
Almaat
West Michigan State Fair to Feature Racing and Exhibits
The West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids runs Sept 4 16 16 17 and 18 with major automobile races using professional machines and aim to lower the time record. Exhibits include women’s needlework fruit poultry and a full American Standard rarities showing with Sharpe Butterfield scoring prizes. Railroads offer a single fare statewide and bands from local and visiting groups will perform amid strict anti gambling fraud rules.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
Sharpe Butterfield
West Michigan
Seed Wheat Treatment To Fight Stinking Smut
An Ion bulletin from Michigan Agricultural College advises seed wheat treatment to prevent stinking smut. Methods include a formalin and water mix spread on barn floors with seed wheat placed over it, and a corrosive sublimate option with strict handling precautions. Citizens are urged to request the bulletin from D. Smith, director of the experiment station in Lansing by sending a two cent stamp.
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The
Agricultural College
Michigan
D. Smith
Lansing
Three Men Seriously Injured In Factory Accident
An accident at the St. Louis engar factory Sunday left Frank Fraley of New Baltimore James Hoagg of Saginaw and Charles Harrison of St Louis badly hurt after a rope attached to a roof beam broke the bear fell injuring all three. Fraley died the next day Harrison and Hoagg sustained serious injuries with Hoagg injured internally and Harrison suffering severe leg injuries.
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St. Louis
Frank Fraley
New Baltimore
James Hoagg
Saginaw
Charles Harrison
Rea
Hoagy
Harrison
Cure for Morphine Habit Promoted by Manhattan Therapeutic Ass'n
A promotional notice claims morphine and drug addictions are curable with their treatment. It promises immediate relief, a restored appetite, and painless, permanent recovery under individual care from a nerve specialist. Free booklet and trial treatment offered, correspondence confidential. Street address given in New York City.
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Andree
Manhattan
Broadway
New York City
Immortal Ben Hur to Play Grand Rapids Stage
Lew Wallace’s Ben Hur religious romance to be staged at New Powers Theatre during State Fair week September 14. Grand spectacle claims record audiences and receipts. company includes 226 performers and 22 horses and camels. advance setup underway for the chariot race scene.
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Klaw
Erlang
Gen
Lew Wallace
Grand Rapids
Mich
New Powers Theatre
Ben Hur
Amecrica
Drury Lane
London
Edward
Alexandra
England
Powers Theatre
Central Michigan Produce and Alma Manufacturing Constructions Nearing Occupancy
Both projects near occupancy with Central Michigan Produce Co cold storage nearing completion. Refrigeration plant by F W Wolfe Co of Chicago, slaughter house progress and occupancy aimed for October. Alma Manufacturing plant nearly ready to install machinery. boiler house smokestack due this week. Arbuckle Ry Co of Toledo contracted for boiler and engines. Electric motors to power individual machines though steam as motive power initially.
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Central Michigan Produce Company
Alma Manufacturing Company
F. W. Wolfe & Co
Chicago
Alwa Manufacturing Company
Arbuckle-Ryan Company
Toledo
Riverdale to Host Final Races and Dances Tomorrow
Riverdale business men promote a last day of races and sports in their bustling town with trotting and running events plus games, a morning Elm Hall versus Forest Hill ball game, and an evening dance. Committee includes Lee Strong, Jack Mobile, and J B Adams.
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Riverdale
Elm Hall
Forest Hill
Lee Strong
Jack Moble
J. B. Adams
A Woman's Complexion and Liver Health Collapse
A period advice notice argues cosmetics are foolish for complexion. promotes Green's August Flower as liver tonic to purify blood, improve skin, and cure constipation biliousness nervousness and insomnia. Claims a bottle cures severe dyspepsia, with trial bottle at 2 2 cents and regular size 75 cents at Sharrar Mulholland druggists.
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al Draggiste
Sharrar & Mulholland
Round Trip Southern Rail Fares Announced by Mobile & Ohio
Mobile and Ohio Railway will offer 12 dollars round trip tickets from St. Louis Cairo and intermediate stations to New Orleans Mobile Montgomery and other southern points on September 15 and October 20 816 dollars from Chicago with liberal limits and stopovers.
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New Orleans
Mobile & Ohio
R. R
St. Louis
Cairo
Mobile
Montmeéry
Chicago
Dso, M
Brats
Apartments for Rent in Opera House Block
Three of the new apartments in the opera house block have been rented. Several remain available for small families. Inquire at J B Lancasuime & Co for details and viewings.
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J. B. Lancasuime & Co
One fare events and ticket details for fairs and trips
Notices show transportation fare options for state fairs and trips. Details mention Sept 14 to Sept 19 returns, Denver Colorado legs, varying sale dates in September and October, and round trip validity with specific return deadlines.</s>
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Denver
Colorado
Urald Lodge
Sadi
Eighteenth Annual Ohio Excursion Notice
The Ann Arbor RK. R. announces an October 7 excursion from Alma to Toledo with return by November 7. Excursion tickets cost 4.86 round trip, with reduced rates to all Ohio stations on multiple rail lines. Details available from the nearest Ann Arbor agent or J J Kirby Toledo Ohio G P A.
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Ann Arbor
RK. R
Ohio
Alma
Toledo
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Detroit Southern
Hocking Valley
Ohio Central Lines
Cincinnati
Hamilton &Dayton
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Wabash
Gail
KR. R
J. J. Kirby
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Central Michigan Nowabee Association
Tihaon
Ed Kates
Western Michigan
Michigan Agecultural College
Central Michigan
Alma Manufacturing
Fle Muth
Grouo
Vermeulen
Guia
Pere Marquette
Alwa
Wright House Blacksmith Shop
F.H. Goss & Son
Bugsy
Jonnoisseurs
Elias NY
Empire
Gentral Michigan Produce Co
F. W. Brown
Stockbridge
Etter
W. ©. Vliet
South Platte Valley
Union Pacific
P. B. Choate
Gla
Woodward Avenue
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