Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-20
Joe Kimble is very sick.

Fine line OF summer dress goods al
Alma Mercantile Co.
Mrs. Geo EmsIey left "Wednesday
for an outing at Petoskey.
Mrs. Il. VanDen Bergh is visiting
friends at Fenton this week.
Z. Ii Woodward, Of Saginaw, is Wis.
iting relatives here this week.
A complete line of boots and shoes
at lowest prices at Delavan's.
Clark Beebe is the happy father of AL
eight pound, boy arriving Monday.
Ike Lewis, OF Detroit, formerly of
Alma, is visiting friends in town this
week.
New line parasols and sun umbrellas
at Alma Mercantile Co. See adv. on
first page.
Mrs. Bart Miller is entertaining her
mother Mrs. Smith, of Grand Rapids,
this week.
B. ron Finch, former Gratiotite,
now of Detroit, was in Alma Monday
on business.
Jas. Richardson and family, of Pom
pei, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
A. r. Dingman.
l. f. Chapman has been appointed
post master at Elwell in place of Emily
II. Phelps resigned.
The Alma Feed Store reports that
they have sold nearly ton of bug finish
this year 1t is sure cure.
The Alma kid nine played the st.
Louis kid nine last Friday and were
defeated to the tune of u to ii.
N. T. McClinton, Of Cass City, is
spending the week with bis wife, daugh.
ter of ID. r. Sullivan of this place,
Jas. Howe and Miss Lille McMulen
OF this place ere married last N ednes-
day, Rev. G. w. East, of st. Louis,
otficiatiDg.
The base ball game last Saturday
afternoon was very one sided affair,
resulting in victory for the Santa
rum, 80 TO g.
j. II. Lancashire returned to the sea
shore at Magnolia Mass where his
family are, and will remain through
the heated season.
The Sani,arium now has 100 0ccu-
pants and is DOING grand work, but
they have room for more and are pre-
pared 10 care for them.
Eleven from Alma took in the excur-
sion to Bay City last Sunday, reporting
a good time. Some Of them saw the
CoXey army which is located there.
j. G. Hawley, on the Wright farm
south Of Alma, is the first of the season
in this section to thresh He got his
wheat out of the way Tuesday after
noon.
DR.. G. l.. Barber, Of Ithaca. made
this Office apleasant call Saturday night
while on his way TO Petoskey where
he was called to administer to sick
uncle who is very low.
The old frame house just this side of
the st. Louis Il. & a. depot on the
Alma and st. Louis road, burned to
the ground with contents last Monday
afternoon, origin not known.
If you need anything in mems wear,
from full dress suit down to a pair of
socks, you can save money by buying
at Polasky's clearance sale, now on.
A discount of % to 80 per cent. on
everything.
The Grand Rapids Herald gave a
write up on the town last week and
those who subscribed received a men
ton which to some was very insatis-
factory. What they were promised
and what they got were two different
things.
On Sunday last a pleasant little
gathering occurred at the house of j.
+. Sartor in this village. The whole
family consisting of five children, four
girls and one boy, were at home the
first time in eight years. The whole
family of children are married and the
gathering composed most of the hus-
bands and wives and their children.
n newspaper in Illinois recently
brought suit against 49 men who would
not pay their subscriptions and OBJ
tanned judgement in each case for the
amount of each claim. OF those %
made affidavit that they owned only
what the law allows them, thus pre-.
venting attachment. Then under the
decision of the supreme court they
were arrested for petty larceny and
bound over in the sum of $500 each
All but six gave bond. The new post
al law makes it larceny to take a pa
per and refuse to pay for it.
Chas. F. Kerby, of Grand Rapids,
was arrested in this place last Thurs.
day on the charge of violating the or
dinances relative to peddlers and buck
sters. He is rug peddler and had
been here for a few days selling his