Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-08-10
Isaac Fink and family took in the

show Friday.
T.. V. Benjamin, of Mt. Pleasant, was
in town Tuesday.
Fifteen dollars in gold given away at
Delavan's. Call and Investigate.
For a first-class shaye or hair cut 20
to Clark the barber.
Miss Nettie Bahlke, of Ithaca, visited
friends in Alma the first of the week.
Miss Lena Foster, Of Mt. Pleasant,
is visiting Miss Alta Wilson this week.
For ground feed, corn, oats, etc., call
at the Alma Feed store opposite the
post Office.
ii. III. Knapp, Of the State House of
Correction at Ionia, was in town Wed
nesday night.
Before the circus get new suit of
clothing. See Alma Mercantile Co. Is
adv. on first page.
Mrs. Frank Davidson left last Satur
day for Fenton, where she will visit her
parents for a few weeks.
w. T. Smith, Of Stanton, represent.
ing the Detroit Free Press, was in
Alma Monday on business.
DIR. Wickham and family, of Corona,
ILL.,, have been the guests of DR.. l.. S.
Stevens for the past few weeks.
Before buying fall stock, / will sell
all untrimmed hats at cost.
MRS. BART MILLER.
Chas. Hampton, state game warden,
of Petoskey, was In Alma Wednesday
on business, making this office a pleas.
ant call.
The annual reunion of the 18th Mich.
Infantry of which several in this place
are members, will meet at Sturgis,
August "a.
Mrs. G. +. Brown leaves Saturday
morning for Williamson where she
will visit friends and recreate at Pine
Lake for two weeks.
The Alma creamery shipped one-half
ton of butter each to the Bancroft
House, Saginaw, and the asylum at
Traverse City on Tuesday.
Willie Barrie, of Saginaw, son Of w.
Barrie Jr.. was run over by wagon in
front of the Park House, st. Louis,
Monday, smashing in bis chest. AT
last reports, he can not recover.
Herman Boyer and Chas. Repenberg
lay in Jail at Ithaca to answer to the
charge of rape on the person of Matte
Botsford the IL year old daughter of
William Botsford, of New Haven.
There will be service next Sunday
morning at 1920 o'clock at st. John s
Episcopal church with celebration of
the Holy Communion. The usual ser
vice will be held in the evening. Sun
day School at $3.50 p. m.
Call on G. S. Lozier, Alma, Mich,
for bicycles (both new and second hand
Also for pianos and organs. Orders
left at Wright House or Sanitarium
will receive prompt attention.
G.. S. LoZIER.
Last Saturday, we had occasion to
visit the little berg of Bannister and
called upon DR.. j. n. Day. Mr.. Day
is all old Alma boy and since leaving us
has added NJ. d. to his name. He is
enjoying good practice and the best
of health. Success to him.
Errors have been discovered in Mich
igan's census which gives the state an
increase of 14l i'll. The total population
of the state is now given at 2,241 900
More than two-thirds of the increase
has taken place In the cities, which
shows that the tendency is for tran
sients to move towards the centers OF
population.
Lakeview met with terrible loss by
fire last Friday morning. 1t broke ouI
in the west part Of town with ives,
wind, sweeping every business place OIL
the main street. Tue only places saveC
out of 20 business places were one dry
goods store, one saloon, one barber shoI
and hotel, all of which were west o.
the origin Of the fire. The loss is some
thing terrible.
j. L. LeMessurier has invented two
machines that are being found almost
indispensable in laundries. They are
known as the Lawrence Shirt Starchel
and the Lawrence Sleeve Ironer and
is manufacturing them for the trade,
The shirt starcher is made of brass
wood and iron. 1t is the fastest, mos
simple, cheapest and best machine on
earth for starching bosoms, Jokes, necl
and wristbands. One operator will
keep three finishers busy, The starch
is kept hot by steam. The sleev,
ironer is the latest and cheapest ma
chine in the market for ironing wrist
bands and sleeves. 1t not only irons
but flutes the gathers at the wrist-ban
and making a novelty Of the sleev,
ironing.