Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26

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l.. A. Sharp was in Shepherd on
business Wednesday.
Buckeye mower and reaper repairs
for sale at Smith q Glass.
II. Il. Goppelt of Saginaw L. s.
visited II. j. Vermeuen Wednesday.
Mahan has the largest stock of wall
paper ever brought into Gratiot county.
Hammell's Little Drummer is a
leader handled by all frst-class deal
ers.
M. Pollasky has been on a business
trip in the northern part of the state
this week.
K, b. Russell of Saginaw was the
guest of his uncle Isaac Russell several
days last week.
Mrs. Mary Bugbee of Oden, who
has been visiting Mrs. G.. Rush, has
returned home
You can get a warm meal at any
hour of the day or night at Fink's
Palace Restaurant
One thousand dollars will be hung
up in purses for the county fair to be
held in Ithaca Sept. "A 81.
Mrs. III. A. Lozier and her sons Harry
aud Joe of Cleveland, o., are at The
Alma for rest and treatment.
Kehn ~ Co are prepared to do all
work in the line of merchant tailoring,
in the best manner and on short notice.
Farmers and all others who contem-
plate building should buy the O. G..
cave trough. 1t will save the molding
BROCK 81 RODMAN.
Geo. English of Pompeii left 600
pounds of wool at the Wooden Mills
Tuesday to be made into wooden
blankets.
Mrs. j. p. Sidewell was called to
Unionville, Mo-, on account of her
mothers dangerous illness, but expects
to return to The Alma.
New steps have been placed in front
of b. s. Webb's drug store. The
appearance Of the opera house block
would be vastly improved if the other
tenants would emulate Mr.. Webbs
example.
Miss Gertrude Whiting entertained a
party of friends Tuesday evening, in
honor Of Mr.. Edward Hitchcock of
Kalamazoo. Music, social converse
and refreshments made the evening a
very pleasant one.
The ID. Il G. new steamers are now
running four trips per week between
Toledo, Detroit & Mackinaw. Send for
their illustrated pamphlets, Midsum-
mer Voyages to Mackinaw. Address
A. A. Schantz, G.. p. A., Detroit. 35ltf
Alma lodge l. O. o. f. No. 23S,
installed the following officers Monday
evening: 0. w. Rogers, n. g.; Theo.
dore Knapp, v g.; Geo. Wilson, treas.
Charles Hutchings, sec'y; George
Soper, warden; j. +. Sartor, ST., con-
ductor; J. F. Medler, l. G..
Frank +. Pollasky has been on "A
fishing trip to Frankfort. Before going
there Franks yeracity was never ques-
toned, but since his return his friends
look askance when they see him, and
realize that they will have to listen to
his story about catching eleven large
pickerel in as many minutes, and losing
eight or ten that were so large he
couldn't pull them in the boat.
Will r.. Reed of the Alma Roller
Mills, who was out in the state last
week looking after wheat, says that
threshing is well under way, in the
localities visited by him, and that the
yield is at least one.third better than
farmers expected. Mr.. Reed also
informs us that wheat of an excellent
quality is coming into this market as
well as can be expected at this season
of the year.
Mrs. John Glover, residing three and
one half miles south of Alma, was
reminded last Wednesday that that
was her birthday. About 10 of her
friends from this village and in the
vicinity of her home came with well
filled lunch baskets, and beautiful
upholstered chair. The entire party
did ample justice to the contents of the
baskets, but the chair was left with
Mrs. Glover as . souvenir of this very
pleasant occasion.
One, l.. Austin, has for some time
past published what he called a news
paper in Elsie, and had he conducted
himself as gentleman and given his
patrons clean newspaper, he might
still have had the field all to himself.
He failed, both as gentleman and as
a publisher, and George J. Johnson, for
long time employed in the Republican
Leader Office in st. Louis, was induced
to go to Elsie and establish paper,
being pledged the support of majority
of tho huairess man of the p1acp This