Harper Is Peased A Review of the Football Situation
A concise review notes Alma College football status with most key stars accounted for while a few top players are missing from the roster, affecting depth and potential outcomes this season.
18 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
1
A concise review notes Alma College football status with most key stars accounted for while a few top players are missing from the roster, affecting depth and potential outcomes this season.
Davis Field hosts 16 candidates under Coach Hasper as Alma College opens practice in mud and rain. Heavily weighted by newcomers and returning players, the squad aims to strengthen the line with Wright of Bad Axe and Forgeson as key veterans. Scheduled games include Kalamazoo, Albion, and Mt. Pleasant with an open date for early homecoming.
The Gratiot County Pioneer Association holds a meeting on the Ithaca courthouse grounds starting at 10 a.m. chaired by President William E. Winton. After officer elections a picnic dinner and program follow with prayers, welcomes, essays on local history, and music. Everyone is invited with baskets for the picnic.
A morning wedding at the bride’s mother Mrs. Oscar Bentley home in Palton united Miss Blanch Kinkerter and Mr. Henry Minker of Fulton in a blue silk gown and conventional black suit. Rev. O J Golden of Pereinton officiated. Guests hosted a two course dinner at noon as friends extend best wishes for their future.
A pamphlet offering synopsis of United States homestead laws and guidance on securing a cheap irrigated farm or disaster section. It promotes travel along the Chicago and Northwestern Railway lines through South Dakota and Wyoming with special low excursion tickets via Northwestern One. W B Kniskern requests itineraries.
A list of names and recipients for uncalled letters ends with the Deaf Letter Office notice on September 16 1997. Alfred Steve of Perrinton underwent eye removal surgery on September 16 with Dr Hall of Pompeii and Tr C F O Neil of Middleton assisting. the patient aged 35 endured the operation well.
A reader from Traverse City Michigan requests a one year subscription to the Alma Record. The contributor, Miss Auren Winer, expresses desire for the latest news and best reporting, noting journalism experience and intent to stay informed.
The Michigan conference of the Methodist church meeting in Albion last week chose seven delegates for the next seat enter conference in Baltimore Maryland next May. Frank J. Colins represented the Alma church and was unanimously selected as a delegate amid several contestants. Congratulations poured in for Mr Colins and his friends.
Reverend G W Gosling enforces the local liquor law at a GALLS IT A SHM revival event, warning attendees about violations and outlining penalties under the ordinance. The incident underscores ongoing enforcement during the community gathering.
Rev. G W Gosling urged a sharp temperance resolution condemning Lansing officials but Dr W M Puffer, head of the reform committee, declined to back it. Ministers adopted a temperance push, proposing July Fourth be a temperance holiday, and urged Roosevelt and Taft to curb Sunday work and halt Alaska exposition doors on the Sabbath.
Real estate transfers listed include Doty to Mills in Ely of Sel of KW AD and several other transfers with names such as Mills, Rockwell, Kinney, Young, Rockwell, Rowland, Viger, Snyder, Sharrar, and Delavan. The item also notes John H. Filden returning from Portland and planning timber land purchases, plus business trips related to Brock Heating Company.
An election of officers for Eastern Star Lodge occurred on the first Friday of September with installation last Friday evening. Mrs Lonnie Tork performed the installation after which ice cream and cake were served. The next meeting is scheduled for the first Friday in October at 7:00 p.m. Newly elected officers include Flora Day as worthy matron and Chas Balmer as worthy patron, with a full list of officers and attendees noted.
The Perrinton cheese factory, started a month ago, reports processing upwards of 7000 pounds of milk daily with bright prospects for the coming year. The main challenge is securing milk at a fair price while the firm announces fireproof cement construction and expansion moves headed by President J. G. Cares who bought the Ol elevator and sold the Per Frinton property to Alma Elevator Company.
The Rebekah Degree members regret the death of sister Nellie Coleman and extend sympathy to her family. The charter will be draped for thirty days and copies of the resolutions sent to the family and filed in the minutes. Signatures include Aina Thomrars and Tosishittiny: ALVERSON.
Prominent capitalists, including Merdhed & Company of Saginaw and Boutelle & Co. of Sag inaw, move to create a large reserve along the AuSable river. They acquired hundreds of acres and plan a reserve, an adjacent preserve, and resort buildings to make the area a premier forest attraction in Otsego County. Combined, the firms control about fourteen miles of forest line.
The 1900 census lists Alaska with eighty post offices, regular northerly mail routes from the Pacific coast, and several public schools serving 2,257 pupils. Since purchase for seven million dollars, Alaska has yielded federal revenue and vast fur, fish, and wildlife wealth, while copper production and broad shipments to the territory reflect its growing economy.
The Michigan conference announced appointments for the Lansing district led by Presiding Elder W. P. French. Names cover Alma to Woodlind with many pastors reassigned or to be supplied, plus two specific church moves in Grand Rapids and Coldwater. The report notes Rev W P French’s departure from First Church Lansing and salary adjustments for Rev W P French.
A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson. Sept twenty, Karl Taylor is rapidly recovering from a severe typhoid fever attack. Mrs Fred Loom underwent an ab...
In a capsized talk at the capitol, Auditor General Bradley flatly states he is in the Republican gubernatorial race and will stay in. He rejects Kelley’s push to drop the 40 percent primary clause and vows to campaign hard, arguing there is no corporate influence on him.
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