Alma College Welcomes Large Freshman Year and Football Opening
Alma College reports a growing class with about 100 freshmen from Ithnes high school now registered and many more arriving. A strong campus social line includes a large attendance at the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian associations receptions. The Kindergarten training department leads the town kindergarten with fifty-five children, while dining room capacity serves around eighty students. Athletic activity includes new football and baseball managers, first literary society meetings, and a season opener on Alma’s gridiron next Saturday against the Perms Industrial School, with home games limited to two of the three.
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Ithnes High School
Alma College
Y M. A
The
Athletic Association
Mitchell
H. P. Bush
Brown
Zora Sigmas
Frivvel Sety
Young Women's
Young Men's Christian Associations
Leadhes’ Hall
College
Perms Industrial School
Allen
Local Notes and Updates From Saginaw and Nearby Areas
Local brief roundup reports Haley opening a shoe shop on State Street opposite Extwarris Hons and Frances Palmer recovering after five weeks of illness. Also noted are moving headquarters for the Acting General Passenger Agent of the P M rail road, a death near Elwell, prospects for Ithaca fair, and various civic notices including Republican Committee HQ opening, mail delivery route penalties, and a photography gallery management change in Alawa. Dr Halsey of New York City will lecture at Alta College chapel on Friday October 5, 1100 at 9 am standard time.
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Mr. Haley
Saginaw
State Street
Frances Palmer
P. M Railrond
Trout
Republican Committee
Opera House
Kully
D. D. Bryant
Vernon
Alawa
Green
Halsey
New York City
Sec. of
Foreign Missionary Board
College
Camcus
Alta
Local School Notes Preview Busy Week At Marion
Marion school notes report new pupils including Miss Glane and Miss Hudson and new seventh graders Alta Rowe and Florence Polit. Absences listed Bert Garble, Mike Struble, Moe Nellie Winn, and Johnson family moves. Washington and Lincoln busts decorate fourth grade. high school to present program Friday. football teams practice for games with St Louis Ithaca and Mt Pleasant. impromptu concert entertained pupils Friday afternoon.
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Florence Polit
Teleda
Hattie Mille
Mike Struble
Moe Nelie Winn
Oland Baker
College
The
Union
Johnson
Washington
Lincoln
Literary Society
St. Louis
Ithaca
Mt. Pleasant
Effective intrenehments in Boer war trench design
Reports from Boer prisoners indicate English artillery impacts are limited because trenches are built in the letter S shape rather than straight lines. The curved pattern, borrowed from Basuto methods, allows freer movement and better protection. some entrenchment ideas are attributed to the Turks.
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London
Literary Notes in Campaign Issue and Woman's Home Companion
McClure's Campaign Number promises an anonymous analysis of historic presidential strategies in The Strategy of National Campaigns. The October Woman's Home Companion features diverse pieces from Recollections of a Midget to travel and romance tales, with notable names such as Robert Grant and Edward Steiner, plus Haloweene features and new fiction by James A. Olteen.
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McClure
Hambridge
Countess Magic
Tom Thomb
Robert Grant
Lian Bell
Edgar Fawcete
London
Pope Lo XI
Edward Page Guston
Edward A. Steiner
Ted Ty the Crowell & Kirkpatricks
Sap
Not What She Expected Incoherent Local Exchange
A fragment from a city scene captures a flirtatious maiden seeking love and a tender retort from a suitor who claims God and her mother truly love her. The piece shifts to a report on Britain’s network of dockyards, noting locations from Portsmouth to Hong Kong and highlighting Malta as the largest naval depot with ships of significant dimensions able to dock there.
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God
Scimitar
England
Britain
Portemouth
Sheerness
Chatham
Membroke
Gosport
Deptford
Gibraltar
Malta
Halifax
Bermuda
Cape of Good Hope
Jasmison
Ascension Island
Trincomalee
Sydney
Evquimault
Hong Kong
Fortunes and nails in Victorian era superstition and fashion
The excerpt describes fortune telling with nails and wax, a boy’s odd test, and quackish preoccupations. It notes nail signs linked to temperament, superstition, and sensationalism. It also mentions fashion changes in gloves and sports affecting glove makers, plus miscellaneous Victorian curiosities in Cincinnati and Detroit items.
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Wilk
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Ducks on the Farm Advice for Keeping Waterfowl at Home
The article offers practical guidance for duck care on farms, detailing feeding, housing, watering, and daily routines. It discusses breed suitability, required space, preferred foods such as bran with potato and turnip mash, and the importance of dry, clean quarters. It also notes timing for confinement, egg expectations, and general husbandry tips.
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Avi
Harald
Atlee
Pep
Niger
Tyre
What She Wanted to be Bella Dona in Grand Opera
A fragment from Catholic Standard and Times shows a dialogue about ambition in opera. The speaker contrasts roles with lines about being the bella dona versus the manager, highlighting character dynamics in a theatrical scene.
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Tommy
Evhel
Catholic Standard and Times
Obstacle O Briet the Fenian and the Canadian voyage
An unclear historical fragment questions how to move drive past customs without duty. The dialogue mentions Obstacle O Briet the Fenian and invading Canada, with interrupted embrace and confusion among observers in a rubber plant setting. The text is garbled and reads as a stage whisper scene fragment.
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Canady
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