Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-07-24
See Lindsley's new adv. this week.

See Lindsley's new adv. this week.
Rev. A. .. Burrill was in town oyer
Sunday.
b. ii. Sawyer of Ithaca was in town
Thursday.
You can buy untrimmed hats at cost
at Miller's.
Sam Arnold is very sick and not ex-
pected to recover.
Bert Stevens, of Rosebush, was in
town the first of the week.
The Ladies' Literary Club have just
got out their yearly program.
A. j. Hall spent Sunday at Lake
George, enjoying grand fish.
Mrs. Cora Hubbard, of Sheridan
visited Mrs. Z. f. Brown this week.
President Clute of the Agricultural
college is at the Sanitarium this week
Miss l.. Belle Foster. of Cleveland,
Ohio, is the guest of her cousins, the
Misses Booth.
Bert VanDenBergh and wife arrived
home last Tuesday night from their
visit to New York.
Rev. 9. f. Conley, of Detroit, will oc.
cupy the pulpit of the Alma Baptist
Church next Sunday morning.
Ice cream served by the dish, or fur
nished by the quart or gallon for pri-
vate use or parties 10y G. NJ. Scott.
There will be children's service at
the Presbyterian church on Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock. All are invited.
M. ID. Eaton, of the Clair Democrat,
and attorney Cummings, of Glare, were
in town Monday, making the RECORD
a call.
VIII Parker, former resident re-
turned Saturday and has resumed his
old job with Montigel & Co., at the
foundry.
Marshal Chadwick will be at the Of
lice of w. A. Bahlke on Friday and
Saturday of each week for the purpose
of receiving taxes. 62S-4wk
Mrs. Robert Irwin, mother of Mrs.
W. +. Jones, is visiting the latter. She
is accompanied by her young son and
Will remain month or so.
9. j. Graham and wife, of this place,
have been engaged to teach the River
dale schools for the next year. This
assures that place another valuable
school year.
AT the meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the school last Tuesday evening
the following officers were elected: Il.
A. Ely, director; j. +. Schwartz, mod
orator and G. 5. Ward, assessor.
Sumner is the first village III the
county to wholly adopt free text books,
the district having voted in favor of
the system at the annual meeting. 1t
is safe to say that the efficiency of the
school will be much increased by the
innovation.
The dumping of the contents of
vaults and other filth into the river
as has been frequently done during the
summer is an act pernicious in all its
consequences. The people in the north
east part of the town are justified in
protesting vigorously.
a telegram was received last Monday
by Alma friends, that the seven weeks
old baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Ora G.. Chat
fin of Detroit, former residents of Alma,
died that morning. Mrs. Charlie Spicer
is now in Detroit with her sister in her
sorrow. The funeral was held Tues
day.
NJ. w. Tucker, Of Sumner, called on
the RECORD last Tuesday and left a
copy of The Memorial Life of Sherman
with his compliments The work is a
valuable one and one which Mr.. Tucker
is giving to his customers. Each party
has a ticket and when the amount of
purchases come to $50 he can call for
the book.
Arrangements have been made with
the L. & n. by which three or four
coaches for the encampment will be
run in the latter part of next week and
left for decoration. Delegations from
the Sumner, Vestaburg, Dushville, Elm
Hall posts, beside about 20 from the
Alma post and Relief Corps will leave
this place for Detroit.
The Teachers Institute held at Ithaca
the last Of August should be attended
by every teacher. The work will be
conducted by Profs. j. n. Mccall and
Jerome Travis. Prof. Travis will have
charge of the classes in L. 5. History,
Geography, Reading, Civil Government,
Algebra and Writing. The balance OF
the common branches and Geometry
will be taken by Prof. Mccall.
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