Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-06-08
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day morning, boy.
lion. s. g. Hopkins, Of Mt. Pleasant,
was ia town Tuesday on business.
VIII Burgess reJolces over the arrival
OF boy at his house, Monday morning.
Mrs /. n. Fancher, of Mt. Pleasant,
visited friends in town the first of the
week.
Ladies, buy the "Armorside' corset.
1t will not break down Sold only at
Delayan's.
w. X. Watson is the possessOr of a
new ball-bearing top buggy with which
he is we'll pleased.
Mrs. Gray Rutherford, of Detroit, is
visiting her brother, n. j. Mccullough,
and family this week.
See those capes and jackets at Alma
Mercantile Co. Prices reduced 25 per
cent. See adv. on first page.
Hon. C. II. Morse, State Labor Com.
missioner of Lansing, was in town
Tuesday calling on old friends.
f. f. Peters, of Owosso, spent Sun.
day with his parents. He rode over on
his wheel Sunday morning, returning
Monday.
III is quietly reported that Ithaca is
10 have new democrat paper.
Three papers in Ithaca will find thin
picking.
). T. Schwartz is turning out a very
handsome carriage for Geo. Emsley
which is something new in design in
this section.
ID. ID. Whitesell, G.. l.. Ward, Bert
woodward and M. McLaren were in
Mt. Pleasant Wednesday attending
circuit court.
Umbrellas going up-when it rains
They are way down, when you buy
them at Pollasky's. From 80 cents up,
worth twice the money.
Parties from Dushville, Crystal Lake,
BaDnister and Perrinton were in town
Monday and Tuesday with their wool,
taking advantage of the best market in
this section of the state.
Among the attractions of field day
of Alma College this week, will be a
ball game between the College club and
the Indian School club of Mt. Pleasant,
which will be lively contest.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Pres
byterian Church will hold an ice cream
and strawberry social at the residence
of Mrs. p. M. Smith, Tuesday evening
June 18th. a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to ALL
The Ex-Romanist, r. w. Tavener,
! formerly of London, will deliver
his powerful and eloquent lecture on
Monday evening at Adams Hall. Sub
! ject, why left the Roman Catholic
Church and what saw therein"
Mrs. Geo. Wood, of st. Louis, a sister
of A. +. Eagon, died at her home Sun
day aged 43 years. She had large
circle of friends in Alma who loved
and respected her. The deceased was
a member of the l.. .. T. M. of that
place and carried policy of 81 900.
The young man who was arrested for
picking Mrs. Watson's pocket last week
giving his name as Mehan, had his ex-
animation last Friday and was bound
over to the circuit court with bonds of
$500 which were not furnished, and in
consequence he is in the county Jail.
The truthful liar of the Holly Adver-
tiser says that farmer of White Lake
raised ! 900 bushels of popcorn last year
and stored it in barn. The barn caught
fire, the corn began to pop and filed a
10-acre field. An old mare in neigh
boring pasture had defective sight, saw
the corn, thought it was snow, and
laid down and troze to death.
The following is from the Alma cor.
respondent of the st. Louis Evening
] Press, who is said to be an American.
The bright youth will improve with age:
Wouldn't it be better to give to the
poor living soldier the money spent on
the dead soldiers? Wouldn't you now
direct that instead of decorating your
grave when you are dead that money be
expended to feed some hungry living
soldier OF his child?"
The work exhibited by our school at
the Association in Ithaca last week,
will be displayed here Thursday 1t
is good idea for our people to have a
day at the close of the year on which to
visit the school and see the results of
the years work on paper. Next week
will be the last week of actual recita-
tions, examinations coming the follow
ing week. Last year the exhibit day
was very well attended and it encour-
ages the teachers to offer the same in
ducement to visitors this year.
We quote the following from the
Alma correspondent of the st. Louis
Evening Press: Several Sunday
Schools have been organized around