Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-08-23

they could be identified 10y their spout
ing. We saw a ship also today i'm TN.
distance to the south
Thursday, July 25th, 5p, m. or 1:3l
Mich. time.
We are all pretty we'll today. Sine,
being ,casick everyone has am enormou,
appetite and the captain Is afraid w,
will eat mp the ship. For breakfast
ate one big dish of oatmeal, three
oranges ,beefsteak French fried potatoes
toast. bread, milk. blackberry jam
radisheS, etc. OF course | don't take
half the bill-of fare, and this will give
you an idea of how we'll we fare. had
Il good meal for lunch and they are get
ting ready hosts of chicken for dinner
and CARRYING up more oranges and olives
from the hold while we are whiting our
appetites sitting on the decks wrapped up
in the blankets (for the breeze is still
chilly or walking about the ship
Saturday, July 21th, 2:30 p. M,
Pacific time, & p. m Michigan time
Yesterday continued cool and cloudy
but today we have begun TO shed our
overcoats and sweaters The ocean
waves are now higher than those of
a small lake in moderate wind We
We're 1850 miles from San Francisco at
noon today-over half way TO Honolulu
We are getting fat under the care of the
government and | realize how different
it is from our experience in the late
"unpleasantness." Nearly everyone is
in the best of spirits. Last night the
college and state delegations began TO
organize, and the wells and songs sug-
gested little state rivalry Michigan
this afternoon with a list OF
Al on board Messrs +. 4. Coddington,
Corell of st Louis, Taylor, Rennold
Savorv and McVav from z. of VI are
among the number New York and
California have the largest delegations
about 30 or so each This morning at
about 10 a m il began 70 rain little
but it did not last long We have had
only one rain since we left Howell the
evening Of July IL and that was a heavy
shower Thursday afternoon after we
had left Omaha
a number of the passengers have dug
lp their Spanish books and are getting
after the language, several classes are
being organized with old Spanish stud
ents and teachers at their heads Every
textbooks and method can
be found but there are few text books
alike of several kinds
Monday, July %, 1901, 8 p m. Pacific
" l5 Michigan Time.
Yesterday was quite warm the first
hing of interest was the flying fish
which could be seen far and near, skim.
ming over the water few feet above
.he surface. In the morning at eleven
o'clock we had religious services on the
Onward deck. The captain of the ship
conducted the worship and we used the
Episcopalian service. From three TO
our p IN. another service was held by
he Y NJ c. A., and il was very impress
i've. Songs We're sung from Gospel
hymns No 6, led by an orchestra of
our violins, one trombone and two
.larionets. Each one who spoke and
estified told the state he was from.
We shall have these y. NJ. c.. A SER
ices every day now, beginning at 80
}. m.
Today is quite warm aud very lazy
There is some breeze and
he canvass stretched all over the decks
1--WE Us shade This afternoon was vac
ination day for the passengers and |
except those with fresh scars,
we're vaccinated. The crew and passen-
-ers are vaccinated every trip. The |
'cean has grown calmer all along and
here is only enough sea now to make a
ow boat ride pleasant.
Tuesday, July 30, ? 05 p. m. Pacific
ime, 8 :35 Michigan time, standard.
We have just been looking at a ship
through glasses which we passed many |
niles TO the south, We could disting-
Iish little except the sails This noon
ur ships log had registered 1915 miles,
o You see we will surely reach Honolulu
n the morning early. BY the route we
ook from Howell we travelled 30l6
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