Bluff or reality near Marshall to Bay City railroad
The Marshall Statesman reports continued activity on the Columbus Marshall and Northeastern railroad project. Contractor John Seymour asserts progress from Marshall toward Olivet, with ten miles advanced and iron arrived, including bridge timber and a steam shovel. Skeptics doubt, but the paper says the road is not a bluff and promises pay for invested money.
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Columbus, Marshall
The
Statesman
Marshall
Bay City
John Seymour
Seymour
Olivet
Battle Creek
Toledo
Marshall Statesman
Alma College Opens With Prosperous Welcome Year
Alma College inaugurates a flourishing year with repainted main building and dormitory, expanded faculty, and a new museum underway. Chapel, registration, and unity events mark opening as students arrive from various districts. A new medical firm forms with Dr. Sweetland joining Dr. Pringle in Alma.
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Alma College
Bruske
Alma
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Geo. J. Sweetland
Grand Rapids
Geo. W. Pringle
Dra
Sweetland
University of New York
Grand Rapids Medical College
2D Regt. Mich
Hobart College
A Glimpse of London From a US Observer
Mr Whitesell shares a compact set of London facts for American readers. London’s population stands around six million with daily commerce in cigarettes letters and money, plus vast meat and dairy consumption. The piece notes numbers for omnibuses, cabs, Americans in London, and daily fog sickness, births, and marriages as part of a broader slice of city life.
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London
England
D. D. Whitesell
United States
Whitesell
London School Board
Carlisle
London Fire
Sunday Excursion to Toledo From Ann Arbor
Sunday October 1st the Ann Arbor A BR runs an excursion to Toledo and return. Train leaves Alma at 6:42 a.m. Round trip fare is 1.26 dollars. Six and a half hours in Toledo.
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Ann Arbor A. BR
Toledo
Alma
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W. Kelly
Fa House Block
Alma, Midh Ton
Dewase
York
A.W. Wareng
Alma Want
Ala
Jam
Smawna
Thacn
Turck
ELY Brewbaker
S Seuihin Kh
Anet Cashier
Evtabhiahid
WM. Wixson
H. P. Bogart
H. F. Bogart
WM. Olubb
Columbus, Marshall and Northeastern Railroad
Thompson & Sanderhoff
Guy Heart
Mamie, O'Rourke
Manila
Dewey
U. S. Marine Band
Washington, D. C
Porunak Music Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Willow Call
New London
New
Harvard
Avery
Mors’ Miller & Son's
Vermeulen’s
Big Department Store
ORNS
New Capes
Vermecgqlens
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