Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-16
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| Wheel very nicely.
Mrs. G. NJ. Scott is spending week
with Lansing friends.
Work on the gymnasium on the cam.
pus is progressing finely.
Ely Brewbaker and wife are enjoying
an outing at Crystal Lake.
Gratiot county Sunday school rally
in Ithaca next Wednesday.
Mrs. L. o. Rice of Chicago, is visiting
the family of George Parsons.
II. Nj. Dunham of Cadillac is visiting
his father, John Dunham, this week.
j. II. Lancashire left Friday morn
ing to join his family at the seashore.
| Miss Grace Arthur of Price, Clinton
county, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John
Greig.
An eight pound boy put in an ap-
pearance at Justin Gill's home last
Sunday.
/ Mrs. W. S. Turck instituted a chap
ter of the Eastern Star in Holly last
evening.
Mrs. Ii. j, Vermuelen left last even
ing for a weeks visit with friends in
Lansing.
A. w. Wright left Tuesday night on
business trip to Chicago, Duluth and
Minneapolis.
Mrs. j. w. Ewing has returned from
an extended visit with friends in differ
ent places in Iowa.
o. 5. Akin has opened "A restaurant
in connection with his other business
in the Sharp building,
Mrs. II. ID. Lemen left Thursday
noon for Coleman where she will visit
her sister for few days.
Regular meeting of Fitz James Lodge
No. % X. of p. next Wednesday night
Work in the second rank.
CT. ). Ramsey of Portland, photog
rapher who has been taking views in
Alma, is quite sick at the Arcadia.
| Eighteen persons from Alma joined
the Masonic excursion to Crystal Lake
and Frankfort Wednesday morning.
Louis Brooke, class of '96 Alma col.
lege, is seriously sick with typhoid
fever at his brothers home in Ithaca.
Mrs. Fl. j. Bradbeer of Port Huron,
who has been visiting her sister Mrs
| w. L. Ballentine, has returned home.
The annual reunion of the survivors
of the Twenty-third regiment Michigan
infantry will be held in Ithaca next
Wednesday.
Mrs. II. c. Russell of Bellevue, Mich.
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. II. L..
Johnston, whom she has not seen for
about nine years.
Miss Nellie Marlborough left last
Wednesday afternoon for two months
visit with relatives and friends in
Rochester, n. Y.
A number of Oddfellows from this
village visited st. Louis lodge Wednes-
day evening and assisted in conferring
the second degree.
George Young shot a fine specime of
blue heron yesterday morning, The
bird will be mounted by George Fink
who is a practical taXidermist
Prof. James Mitchell was in Alma
last Saturday. lie goes to Columbia
college next year to take post gradu-
ate course in history and political econ.
omy.
Charles Caple, Charles VanDen.
Bergh, Seth Tubbs and Lloyd Ellison
make up party that start for Lake
George next Tuesday for a weeks fish.
ing.
Alma lodge f. 81 A. NJ. Special
meeting Thursday evening, Aug, 22nd.
Work in third degree. Good attend
ance requested. Visiting brothers
welcome.
A. J. van Page, student in Alma
college, has completed translation
from the Dutch, of work entitled
Character of st. Paul." and the same
has been published.
DR.. G.. w. Pringle of Midland was in
Alma Tuesday tryiDgto exchange Mid
land property for home here, with the
view of locating i'll Alma TO educate
his family at the college.
Miss Anna Gelston, instructor in
English and Latin in Alma college, is
at Bay View with the family of her
brother-in-law, Prof. Woodburn, pro-
fessor of history in Indiana University
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Turck and Mr.
and Mrs. b. 5. Webb go to Boston next
Tuesday to attend the conclave OF
Knights Templar and the general con
vention of the order Of the Eastern
Star.
The new orchestra comprising
Messrs j. NJ. Nichols, ,Seeley Amsbury