Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-07-24
LOG4L BRETITIES.

Nweek.
Don't ever move in hot weather. Its
! bad on ones temper
E Subject morning sevice at the NJ F.
&Church Right Minded"
H Miss Minnie Rich, of Greenville an old
Hfrlend of We editor was in town this weeh
on a short visit.
;. a. Smith. the genial manager Of the
EWrieht House. took Il trip to Lansing and
Iona this week.
q Correspondents are requested to have
!, communications reach this Office not later
g han Thursday noon
Z The ST. Louis Knights of Py,hias are
q amaking arrangements for an excursion t
Detroit early IN August y
The residence Of Jas. Clark or rather
the roof Of it has been receiving a coat oi
ar roofing paint this week
The Normal School now has enrolment
Aof 30 pupils. Several ladies are attending
s he kindergarten department
1t is said that the prospects for large
Gcrop of wheat were meyer better in Gratiot
county. The quality is also excellent.
J. A. Stuttz was rather limp last week
not altogether on account of the warm
weather, as a sprained ankle was the cause.
Loads Of telephone poles pass through
he streets now and then, reminding uS
that the line will soon be ready for business
Messrs. Steel and Webster of Ithaca are
preparing TO erect a fine brick lock M tha1 d
Village. 1t will have "a frontage of sc feet
and depth Of 20
\ copy Of the Ovid Union has reached
our table, marked y. OF course we will j
The Union is one ofthe brightest, newsicst.
cleanest papers we know of in the State.
There are 21O Smiths in Grand Rapids
and it looks as though Gratiot county was
running opposition, judsing from the
humber bearing that name in this locality
There will be dime supper and Lawn
Social next Wednesday afternoon and|
evening at the residence Of the Rev. j
Van Antwerp. Come and give US your
help,
The |. o. G.. I. social Of Tuesday eveni
i ing was voted success. There was ai
good attendance. good refreshments. and|
Il good time. The society is s. 90 BETTER
off now.
The Estella school board have re cngac
Icd Mr.. A. o. Everdcn and Miss Eva Stur-|
gis for another term. Both stand we'll
among the county teachers and Estella isl
fortunate.
Chas. Younglove of williamson. has
accepted "A position with j NJ MontigclI
~ Co. as carriage painter. Mr.. Y. has
spent several years in the business and is
first class painter.
Breeze gave the newsboys Of Grand Ran
Ids picnic and banquet at Reeds Lake on
Thursday. This is something SO novel
Tor the valley city that the new Shows will
probably rise UP and call him blessed.
The entire RECORD force snatched few
moments Thursday afternoon in response
TO an Oft repeated invitation called upon
6. VI. Scott the ice cream dealer. The
way three dishes of ice cream disappeared
was remarkable and we must say that we
never ale finer cream Wen come again
Mr. Scott.
a horse belonging to Mr. Culr of 81.
Louis, became frightened at the cars ON,
day last week and ran, striking its headI
against the train and driving it through
The side Of box car. \ broken neck and q
instant death weIc the result. The anima
was valued at 1925
The entertainment at the rink last nigb,
vas a great success. Everybody turned
'ut Notwithstanding the hot weather
Ralph Ely won the prize as best gentle
man skater and Miss Christina sartor n,
inst lady skater so the RECORD onic,
ock part of the honors The Association
s now $500 better off. Fl
Roscoe Conkin says that the smalles
'ountry newspaper is worth more to it,
ountry subscribers i'm one month than il,
rice for a year, and does more for il,
leighborhood for nothing than many
ligh official does for hi. munifcent salary
md It's vey evident that Roscoe know.
What he is talking about
Our family is now nicely settled IN th,
Iousc recently vacated by Rev +. l.. York.
The location is very quiet and pleasant
We are greatly indebted to Mr.. b. W.
ellison for the loan of his horse and
haeton with which to remove our invalid
Who, although the heat was very oppress
We stood the tiresome process of moving
cry nicely.
The following named persons in this
ownship we learn intend taking term al
he Alma normal school this fall: Misses
,ula Gee, Cora Lewis, Wel,ie Bogert
lay Taylor. kva Fullerton. Rcttie Worth
ng, Katie Pratt, Fred Fullerton and lie,
haffer. There are probably several 9th
RS in the township who will attend and
hus make no small addition TO that praise
'orthy institution. Corner Local.
In his report to tho state board of health
n "tyrotoxIcon, the poison found in fer
rented cheese, Or. Vaughan, ofthe state D
niversliy, shows that the poison may be
elected in the same manner as the
resence Of any acid by pressing bit of \