davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
WILL WAGE CAMPAIGN
THIS COMING MONTH
House to House Visitation of
the Churches of City Will
Come Sunday.

Tuesday evening an important
meeting of the council Of the Alma
Federation of Churches was held in
the State Savings Bank. The busi-
mess presented had to do with the
plans proposed a month ago to have
city wide campaign to win Alma
for Christ during March. 1t was re-
ported that all is in readiness to
launch a united drive participated in
by all practically all the Christian
workers Of the city.
Committees which have been ap-
pointed since the last meeting to
carry on the work of the campaign
are as follows:
Better Sunday Committee-Rev.
Matt. Duffey.
Signs Committee - Rev. Peter
White and Rev. Cook.
Poster Committee-Mr F.. J. Mer-
rill.
Finance Committee-Mr l.. n
Baker.
Visitation Committee-Mr Wilbur
Price.
Newspaper Comnittee-Rev w
l.. Gelston.
Something of the work of each of
these committees was touched upon
in the meeting. The major part of
the evening" discussion, however
was led by Mr.. Price who told each
pastor present how many workers he
would need 70 secure from his church
to aid in the city wide visitation
which will be made Sunday after.
noon March 7th. Mr. Price said the
city will be divided into seven dis.
tricts. These in turn will be sub.
divided In order to cover all, about
$50 workers will be needed. The Wis.
itation will be made between 2 anc
$3.50 on the afternoon of the Sunday
named. In order 10 direct the vista.
! tion Alright Mr.. Price stated that two
people ought to be appointed to act
as supervisors in each of the sever
principle districts, making ii super
visors in all. Upon consent Of those
present the chair appointed fourteen
persons to serve as follows: Mr.. vii
bur Price, Rev. Peter White, Mr.. l.
n. Baker, Mr.. John Knoertzer, Fr
John Mulvey, Rev. Matt. Duffey, DR.
Frank Jackson. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
Grierson, Mr. +. j. Merrill. Mr.. c. A
Wolverton, Rev. Leon Cook, Rev
Poston and Rev. W. L. Gelston. Thes'
fourteen supervisors are asked Il
meet next Tuesday evening at th'
State Bank promptly at Z p m. fo
final instructions.
A call to daily private prayer foI
the success Of the campaign and fo'
a general revival is issued TO ever.
Christian in the city by request o
the Federation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
DIED TUESDAY
Mrs. Schultz Passed Away After III
ness Of Several Weeks.

Mrs. +. c. Schultz, one of Alma's
well known and highly esteemed
residents, passed away at her home
at am early hour Tuesday morning,
after an illness Of some weeks dur
alton.
She was a daughter of Mrs. A. NJ.
Stay of Port Huron, Great Record
Keeper for the Lady Maccabees, who
with her husband, and Mr.. Schultz
were at the bedside Of Mrs. Schultz,
when the end came.
Mrs. Schultz is survived by her
husband. one son, Morden, one daugh-
ter. Mary, and a sister. Mrs. o. w.
Hayes of this city, and her parents
and brother. who are residents Of
Port Huron, where the funeral scrv-
ices were held this afternoon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
SPEAKS HERE
William W. Bishop Will Give Two
Lectures at College.

1t is now expected that on next
Tuesday, March I'd, the college will
be favored by two lectures to be Civ
en- by Mr.. William Warner Bishop.
librarian of the University of Mich
igan. Mr.. Bishop is a man of nation
al reputation. He was with the
Princeton University library for sew
eral years, then served q long term
of years as reference librarian of the
library of congress, from which posi-
tion he was called to the University
of Michigan as librarian. Last year
he was the president of the American
Library Association, during which
term of office he addressed many
learned bodies throughout the United
States.
In the evening. at eight o'clock,
Mr.. Bishop will give an illustrated
lecture in the college chapel or
Printing in the Middle Ages" This
will be of universal interest to all,
and of especial interest to all stu
dents Of history and of English. An
invitation TO this lecture is extended
W an NOWHSpSpplt Wno may De inter
ested, to all teachers and officers OF
the public schools as well as to the
students, and TO the club women of
Alma.
In the afternoon at four o'clock,
also in the chapel, Mr.. Bishop will
speak on "The Library as the Lab
oratory of the College" This ad-
dress was given last spring before
the Ohio College Teachers Associa-
tion and held the closest attention of
that body Of educators, being consid-
cred one Of the finest Of the papers
presented. An invitation is extended
to any one who may be interested, to
the afternoon lecture also.
The lectures will be free to all.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26

Goals from fouls-Richards s out
of 12; Mcdonald out of IT,
Adrian's five seemed TO have more
polish than the Albion quintet, yet
it was just as helpless before the
sterling, savage defense that was
maintained by Moore and Mills, as
had been Albion on the previous
night, and only three field baskets
were scored by the visitors, a point
on a foul. making the total Of seven
that Adrian piled up.
Gaffney, Richards and Jimmy
Howe constituted the offensive ma
chinery for the Alma five, with Mills
and Moore adding field baskets for
good measure. Alma's Polar Bear
led in the scoring with six field bas-
kets to his credit, Richards and Howe
being just behind Gaffney, having
FIVE ringers apiece. The two guards,
Mills and Moore, scored within a
point Of as many as the entire Ad-
rian quintet amassed.
Richards and Moore led the attack
in the first half with each connect
ing for field baskets twice. Gaffney
netted one. Four fouls made the AL
ma count for the half IL against
Adrian's 3.
In the second half Gaffney and
Howe ran wild each scoring five
times in the half. Richards counted
three times, and Mills Gagged his first
basket since Alma tied for the title
with Kalamazoo in 1918.
For Adrian Bird and Peavey were
the heaviest workers both on offense
and OF defense, but could do little in
scoring against the superb work of
Moore and Mills.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
OBITUARY

Dora Overbaugh was born March
4th, 1889, then at the age of five
years was adopted to Mr.. and Mrs.
John North, Of Vickeryville, Michi-
gan.
AZ the age Of twenty-six years
Miss Dora North was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Howard Petit Of Alma,
Michigan, where Dora stepped into
motherless home, careing for her
husbands two children. AS time
passed, she proudly became a mother
always making wonderfully sweet
impression upon her husband,
friends and neighbors as being one
of the most kind and affectionate
mothers God could grant.
Mrs. Petit was i'll with Influenza,
later becoming pneumonia which
brought on child birth a month in
advance, this child being a boy, and
living only one hour passing out at
the midnight hour Sunday, February
18th, 1920. The mother passed out
at the hour Of four-thirty, Monday
evening, February 10th, 1920.
This devoted wife and mother
leaves a husband, one child, Francis,
age two and one half years, two
step-children, William, age fifteen
years. and Pearl, age thirteen years,
all at home near Alma, an aged
father, Mr.. Henry Overbaugh, one
sister Mrs. Mable Thurston, both of
st. Johns, Michigan, her aged foster
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John North,
of Vickeryville. Michigan. and other
relatives and host of friends to
mourn the death of this sweet soul,
which left a broken-hearted husband
and three lonesome children.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
COLLEGE FIVE
IS A WINNER
Two Nj. /. A. A. Games Were
Won on the Local Floor on
Friday and Saturday.
ALBION, ADRIAN, VICTIMS
Double Score on MethOdists And
Win Over The Baptists
43 to Z.

Crippled the worst that it has been
any time this season, the Alma Col
lege basketball team found itself this
past week, and put over two glowing
victories, winning from Albion Col
lege "a 70 IL, on Friday evening, and
then coming back Saturday night and
burying Adrian's five under an ava
lanche of field baskets, the score of
this encounter being 43 to z, one of
the worst defeats that the visitors
have suffered this year.
The Albion game was Alma's all
the way, the Maroon and Cream TAX
ing a lead on a field basket by Gaff-
ney, after the Methodists had broken
the ice by a goal, from foul, by
Mcdonald, and not once thereafter
were Fields men able to even up the
count with the locals.
Gaffney had fine success during the
first half in evading the guarding of
Spanenberg, and Gagged four field
baskets, these being all that Alma
had in the first session. Two fouls by
Richards completed the scoring for
the half, for the Presbyterians.
Spanenberg connected with one
field basket for the Methodists dur
ing the first half, and Mcdonald add
ed three points to the Albion count
with three ont of nine fouls that he
tried.
In the second half Field sent Span.
enberg back into the game with in
structions to ride Gaffney, which ht
did TO such an extent that the Alma
center was out Of the scoring for the
balance Of the game. This caused
the Maroon and Cream warriors t.
feed the ball 70 Glen Richards, whC
cut loose with three from the field
Eddie Boyne added another during
the half. Richards had eight attempts
on fouls during the second half anc
counted six points on the eight at
tempts.
Standing out as features from tn,
Alma standpoint was the work o
G.. Moore, G.. Richards and Gaffney
Spanenberg and Mcdonald looked th'
best for the visiting five.
With the services cf Captain Tebo
Crittenden and Smith, taken from tn
Maroon and Cream in a single week
the prospects for victory over tn
Albionites was slight, as it was rath
er expected that there would be
great hole in the Alma defense il
particular as a result Of the loss o
the two guards. The high class worl
of Moore and Mills at the guards
was such that the Methodists coul
not solve the defense and proved tn
deciding factor in the battle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
OBITUARY

Hattie Courier was born in Pine
River township February 4, 1892, and
spent the gerater part of her life in
Arcadia township. In 1911 she was
united in marriage to Darrell Apple.
She died February 81, 1920 at Brain
erd hospital from fu-pneumonia. She
leaves to mourn her loss one son, Roy
Apple, eight years Of age, her par
ents, four sisters and many friends.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
AN ARBOREAL SLATTERN

Our pen cannot do justice to the
descriptive language in the article
which follows. 1t is wonderful
piece of word painting and true to
the life in addition to being interest
ingly educative. Every reader of
good English, we'll balanced, will
read this short article with thorough
enjoyment. IL is by an editorial
writer in the Minneapolis Journal OF
Jan 8, 1920, and was brought to our
attention by Theodore Wirth, Park
Superintendent of that city.
When the Park Board of Minneap-
oils forbade the planting of Box Ell
ders along the streets Of this town,
they did a good days work, well
seasoned with clear foresight and
wise retrospect. The only flaw in
the proceedings was the failure to
limit the life period of every tree of
that variety already on the street.
The chief charge agains I this tree
weed is that IL has no fixed purpose
in life no wholesome pride of per-
formance, no sense of its own un-
worthiness. IL is cursed with boor-
ish forwardness and a painful lack
of that nice sense Of dress common
to trees of better breeding A poor
tramp among the matrons of the for
est, it is endowed with a shocking
fecundity and It's offspring with a
vulgar vitality.
The Pine. now for instance, is a
purposeful, dignifed and a self-re-
specting tree. Its aims from infancy
10 age is to build its central shaft.
Forgetting the things that are below
it presses upward. Nothing stops its
terminal bud IN its direct reach for
the sky; and no lower limbs retard
the building Of the one well deter
mined bole. IL is this quality that
has made the Pine and It's kin the
most useful tree on earth.
The Oak aims 70 endure, the Maple
10 shape a noble head; but the weak
minded, sprawling Elder has no COM
mercial ambitions. n is content to
squat and sprawl.
The Box Elder leaf has no out
standing character. Men do not
honor it, But the Maple leaf has
reached regimental honors in the u
nited States army; and the Oak leaf
commanders order in the navy.
Art loves 10 twine these two leaves
into its best ornamentaions. But
who ever saw even a Digger Indian
adorn himself with the trihing foil
ora of 4ba Drsy ElIar0
Autumn gets no responsive tint
from this trees fading Summer skirt
Drab, frayed. fiabby, it waves no gay
kerchief in farewell 20 the departing
year. Nor does it lay its garments
down with a viii, as do the Linden
and the Poplar; nor hold grimly or
30 them, as does the Rcd Oak. Half
hcartedly it strips itself Of part OF
it's shriveled covering, leaving the
raveled rags 70 fap in the Winter
wind, like the weather beaten rem
nants Of a CorTheld scarecrow.
Yet this cheap tree persists. il
rushes in where Oak trees fear 4
root. IL immodestly offers to repop
ulate the forests where its better.
have been have been slain for then
wealth; for, knowing nothing, i
fears nothing. Verify, in the wood!
as in the rest Of the world, "the pool
ye have always with you"
The above article y timely and W,
hope will be guioe 10 Alma people
IN setting out trees. We want Alma
to be beautiful and we should hav,
no room for scrubby, slattern trees
which could detrsct from the beaut,
Of our stately e,ns and beausifu
naples.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
SMALL FIRES

The Alma Fire Department was
called out twice Sunday by small
fires, neither did much damage. The
alarms came in about one hour apart
for the fires. both Of which were roof
fires on State street homes. One was
at the home Of Fred Rowland and the
other at the home Of w. T. Naldret.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
PIONEER DEAD

Mrs. Benjamin Ray, aged 81 years,
died at her home on South Park Ave.
Wednesday morning. following all
illness Of several days. She had been
a resident Of Gratiot county for many
years and was highly esteemed by
all who knew her.
The funeral services will be held
from the late home Friday afternoon
Rev. Matt Duffey officiating. The
body will be taken to Ithaca for bur
ial.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26

Madge Kennedy - Idlehour Sun
day-adv.
The funeral of Beatrice. the four
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Hutchinson, who died last
week Wednesday, was held Friday
afternoon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26
ADRIAN

titutions-Wagner for Moore,
Ridge for Schoen.
Field baskets-Gaffney 6, Howe 3,
Richards S, Moore 2, Mills; Bird,
Harris, Peavey.
Fouls-Richard out Of 9; Bird 0
otu of 3, Harris out Of 2, Ridge 0
out Of 3.
Personal fouls called--Peavey 3,
Richards 2, Moore 1.
Referee--Bintz, Saginaw.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26

"Checkers--Idlehour Monday and
Tuesday y.--adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26

Deluxe candies are the best. 77-tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-26

Best candies. DeIuxe.-T7-tf-c
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-01
Pioneer in Community Farms.

Untimely death has cut short inc
career Of Harry s Cantwell a lawyer
IL 81. Louis. and has delayed, at least
the fulfilment Of dream that has q
practical hearing upon one OF ire
vital problems OF present day civil
zation, the problem Of maintaining AIDE
auate operation Of the country's farm
ing areas, -.
More than q score Of years ago Mr
Cantwell saw the menace OF the IN
creasing drift of farm population e
the cities. studied the moving causes
and sought to devise a remedy nc
realized that the isolation Of farm llI
weighed So heavily upon the eoals 81
women that many refused 20 endure
it-that the freedom, independents and an.
comparative sTluence that farm ili'
lad 10 offer did not balance the scales
AGAINST bright lights and shop "'n
dows and the intimate gossip OF th'
hack porches. His remedy Tor thl'
condition he set out TO demonstrate
whom ne was able TO get 70 II, by OF
ganizing farm home community y
crawford county, Missouri. He passed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-01
RESISTANCE TO DISEASE

Debility is a loss of vitality, not al
fecting any one part of the body par
ticularly, but the system generally. IL
is dangerous because it reduces the
body's resistance TO disease.
When debility follows acute dis
eases, convalescence is slow and the
strength does not return as it should.
An attack of the grip often results IN
debility that persists for months. nv
erybody recognizes that the remedy
for debility is TO build up the blood
because the blood goes TO every part OF
the body and an Improvement in its
condition is quickly felt throughout
the system. The problem in every
case is to find something that will en-
rich the blood.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills suit most
peoples need because they are non-al'
coholic and they really build up the
blood and strengthen the nerves. DIR.
Williams Pink Pills are useful for
growing children and for men and
women whose nervous energy has been
overdrawn. Try them whenever your
blood is thin.
A useful booklet, Building Up the
Blood" will be sent free by the DIR.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
n. Y. Your own druggist sells Or.
Williams Pink Pills, or you can order
them direct by mail, postpaid, at 90
cents a box.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-01

attended the exercises Monday morn
ing, sveral of whom took part in
the program. The usual parade oc-
CURED, In which the Montpelier Mill
tary band led, while those who APP
peared in the parade were the city
council, veterans of the different wars,
Sons of Veterans and auxiliary organ
izations.
Rev. Charles St. John, pastor OF the
Congregational church, gave the adj
dress, which was as strong one as
has been given in recent years. lie
told the veterans that they had OBJ
tanned liberty for the nation some
wears ago and that the people should
retain il, that first OF all this should
be an American nation, there should
he no super government that would
hamper American Advancement, that
league of nations would be a good
thing and that this nation should be
a part of it. He told the audience
there is not enough religion in the ma
alton and cited Lincoln as an exam
pIe and that if the nation had fol
lowed Lincoln's lesson OF prayer there
would De less j. w. W anu
organizations in the country and less
of low grade amusements. lie dis'
cussed education to q considerable ex'
tent. showing how il is lacking. There
should be better knowledge OF this
government taught in the schools and
! more of the golden rule; our lmml'
grants should better understand ouI
IDEAS. Probably no more torceiuiiS
could this portion OF the address beer
made than by what then occurred
when a young newsboy arrived in thu
hall and commenced making an eiior'
TO sell his papers, due probably u
his lack of knowledge of decorum IN
public place. The speaker said thai
there should be more respect Tor law
and order; that lack of II produced
a condition which Governor Coolidge
had to show his authority IN anc
which had won commentator. ne
compared law and order from Cover
nor Coolidge and Governor smith
point of views, reading the veto OF th'
former and approval of the latter tC
the 275 per cent beer proposed laws
He also touched upon the havoc being
produced by labor troubles and th'
value of 100 per cent efficiency among
employed persons, as well as the val
no of a good home 20 stop troubles
EXERCISES by the veterans ana ehii
dren also were given.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-01
MeAdOo and La Guardia and Germany.

Mr.. William G. McAdoo contributed
500 TO the relief fund for Germany and
Austria with the following letter;
II received your letter in which you
invited me TO become an honorary
member of the New York committee
for relief Of the distress in Germany
and Austria. ! am glad to accept IT,.
Nobody can be deaf 10 the cries OF as
sistance of the suffering people IN Ger
many. Austria and other parts OF Eu-
rope. enclose a check for the amount
of 500 as a contributiontto your fund. ,
La Guardia, president Of the board Of
aldermen OF New York declared in a
statement that il was the little chill
dren who had suffered most during the
war and who are stiIl suffering To
hate them and 20 attempt 20 punish
them. TO stand aside while they suffer,
i unchristian, against military usage
and un- American. Many Of these chill
dren have suffered from the moment
thew were born | mean all the chill.
dren in countries which suffered
through the World war The best we
can do in order to maintain peace Is 10
take care OF the children, the future
citizens of the world You cannot teach
hungry children the golden rule"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-01

away before he could prove the merits
of his scheme
Mr.. Cantwells first farm communi-
tv was to be established by 200 city
families on 1000 acres of arabic land,
fayorably situated as to a railroad and
streams. A holding company was to
buy the original 1000 acres-so much
was aecomplished-lay out village,
supply sewerage and lighting fscili-
ties and sell to each colonist a 20
acre lot, facing on a highway. The
holding company would build suit
able cottage for each colonist and pre-
pare his ground for the first crop
There was to be q common warehouse,
trading arcade" a town hall,
school, a postofiice, theatre and 9TH
err institutions that public welfare de-
manded. The holding company was
not expected TO be purely philan-
thropie body. 1t would buy the com
munity site at farm valuation and sell
it, fairly enough, at community valu-
alton. The presence of population
would automatically enhance the
ground values.
Such, in brief, is one mans dream,
put forward for the consideration OF
the living. Somewhat similar plans
have been put into operation in Cali
fornia, based, perhaps, as was the plan
of Mr. Cantwell, upon the farm vii
lagos of Europe. When intensive cul-
tiyation of the soil becomes more gen
eral in the United States, il is safe
to say, some such plan will be widely
adopted Chicago Daily News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-01
SHORTAGE OF ABOUT $4,000.
According to Statement Of Bank ON
Gals About Strong's Accounts.

Vergennes, June Examination OF
the books Of the Fist National bank
az this city whose cashier, Charles II.
Strong. committed suicide last Thurs
dav when examiners appeared for an
inspection of accounts, has disclosed
shortages Of $4,000, according 70 a
statement by the president, oliver II.
Sherman.
The shortage covered the period
since Jan. |. last, and Mr.. sherman
said he was unable TO account for any
method that could have been used In
disposing of the accounts. SO far as
known Strong had engaged IN no spec
ulative enterprises.
strong had been in the employ OF
the bank for 40 wears, the last 20 as
asher. He was understood to possess
substantial private means and the
shortage did not involve numerous
funds Of which he was trustee