Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-16
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Drug Store
| Several members of the Masonic
order, of Alma, attended the funeral OF
Harrison Reed, at st. Louis, last Thurs
day.
Ed. Weston does all kinds of repair
ing light machine work, pipe work, saw
filing, etc. Shop half block south of
Episcopal church.
a man at Blanchard is buying up
black ash knots and shipping them to
New York city, where they are worked
up into yeneering. He shipped a knot
last week that weighed 700 pounds.
Farmers will do well to call on Joe
VanArsdale when they have eggs or
other farm products to sell, as he pays
the highest price and carries a nice line
of groceries, can be found opposite the
Angel House
Wilmot Langdon is the young man
| that was arrested for disturbing the
Salvation Army camp meeting at Elm
Hall and fined S22 90 and cost or 80
days in jail by Justice Seneca Sly.
Serves such loafers right. There were
others who deserved like treatment.
We are in receipt of the premium
list of the 3rd annual fair of the st.
Louis fair association to be held at st.
Louis September II, IS, 10 and 20, 1889.
Great efforts are being made to make
this fair complete success. if all those
interested Will lend helping hand it
cannot fail.
| a joint meeting, of the boards, Of
school inspectors of the townships, of
Arcadia, and Pine River was held at the
office of the town clerk, in this Village
on Saturday last TO take action upon
petitions OF certain property holders to
have their lands detached from this
School district and attached to other
districts. The district board withheld
their consent to the changes proposed
except in the case of Mr.. Metcalf, and
i'll consequence no further changes
could be made.
| Don't expect an advertisement to
bear fruit in one night. You can t eat
enough in one week to last you a year,
and you can't advertise on Chat plan
either. People who advertise only oEce
in three months forget that most folks
cannot remember anything longer than
seven days. If you can arouse Curl
osity by advertisement, it is great
point gained. The far sex don't hold
all the curiosity ia the world. Quit
ting advertising in dull times is like
tearing out dam because the water is
low.
We see by the Montcalm Herald that
Prof. w. III. Davis, now principal of the
| Lake View School, is a candidate for
the secretaryship of the board of county
examiners of Montcalm county. If
this board knew Prof Davis as well as
we do, there would no question as to
his getting this position. He is
gentleman of broad culture, of liberal
and progressive views and eminently
fitted both by education and experience
not merely to rattle around in the
Office and draw his pay but to fill it in
such way that the interests of the
schools will be promoted, the best cause
of education greatly advanced. He has
had over twenty years experience as a
teacher of graded schools, was first OH
the list of teachers of the Alma Nor
NAL ,as to his qualifications and eflicien-
CIV. his success as teacher in the Normal
here resulted in his being engaged as
teacher in the summer Normal at the
College here for two years, where he is
at present engaged. If the people of
Montcalm county are aware of his en-
inent fitness they will not fail to avail
themselves of the advantages his
services in the supervision of their
schools will afford 1t tseems scarcely
nescessary to add that this Office should
be filled by person of liberal attain
ments and practical experience in the
management of schools, familiar with
the best methods of instruction and
thereby competent to give aid and
counsel to the young and less exper-
ianced teachers in their visits to the
schools, and yet we see young teachers
without any of these advantages seek
ing this position which they are in no
wise competent to fill with credit to
themselves or profit to the schools
under their charge.
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