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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
5
Readable fragments show Alma area items including church bake sale dates, junk shop hours for Jewish New Year, college student housing needs, and demonstrations. Mentions E Burman & Sons junk shop, Proud's Dept. store, and local residents like Frank Bittner taking a Detroit chemist post. Also notes Gratiot County Equal Suffrage upcoming meeting and Frances Willard Union gathering.
A Pere Marquette extra freight train from Grand Rapids to Saginaw derailed near Cedar Lake three miles east of Edmore Sunday night. Twenty-five freight cars and two engines went into a ditch, causing five deaths and blocking traffic for over twenty four hours. Ground was mucky, several cars nearly buried, six gasoline cars and one explosives car destroyed. None of the deceased identified yet.
Alma will receive pasteurized milk within weeks as a municipal effort advances. Dr T W Carney and Colleton of Elwell led the push, Elwell’s Colleton added a cheese factory expansion, and a pasteurizing plant equipment was installed when ready.
Secretary F Brown reports 109 Gratiot County draftees from the first call will move to Battle Creek cantonment this Friday. About 40 percent of drafted men from the county will join fourteen who left last week for Camp Custer. Draftees will assemble in Alma 12 to 24 hours before departure, with local citizens ready to greet and support them as they head to war.
Coach Harry Helmer will begin practice for Alma College this week and issue calls for players. He expects many returning veterans plus new standouts from state high schools. With under three weeks to prepare, Helmer faces a tough task before the annual M A C game at Engst Lansing.
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