Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-30

supplies Oh IL. IL. HayL.
Miss Mertha Peters is home from a
visit with Owosso friends.
Will Ellicott was taken to the Tray
erse City asylum yesterday.
Go to Fink's Palace Restaurant for
ice cream and ice cream soda.
President Bruske and family returned
from Roscommon county today.
Ed. Berry of Bay City was in Alma
Monday looking after his property.
Mrs. X. w. Hitchcock of Kalamazoo
is the guest of DR., and Mrs. Kendall
Brooks.
Mrs. Edgar of North Baltimore, o.,
former resident of Alma, is visiting
friends here.
Brock " Rodman are behind the
main building, but ready to do business
just the same.
Mrs. Mcintyre, who has been visit
ing Mrs. Henry Ward, has returned to
her home in Bad Axe.
To Observation-Disclosures rooms on
Woodwork Avenue, second house
north of Dingman's store.
Mrs. Henry Brewbaker entertained a
small company at tea Wednesday even
ing in honor of Rey. and Mrs. Cary.
Claude Chadwick and family left
Wednesday morning for Chippewa
Lake, where they will spend few days,
LOsT.-A vest pocket memorandum
book, containing memorandum of bus
mess. Finder Will be rewarded by re-
turning it to me. h. ~, BAGLEY.
The local organization of the Honest
Dollar League will be effected at Ithaca
on Saturday afternoon at O'Clock,
September Z, 1898.
G. l.. Il G. Nj. Delavan have bills out
advertising repair sale commencing
Saturday August 3lst. Call and see
the bargains they are offering.
The workmen had just got the cupola
of Schwartz's foundry III position last
Monday, when one of the guy ropes
broke, and the whole thing came down
with crash.
From the number of 'prairie schoon-
ers" which have passed through Alma
in the past few weeks, considerable
number of Michigan people are seeking
homes in the west.
Mrs. Dewitt Vought and Mrs. l.. b
kehn received a telegram Wednesday
from Eden, Ohio, summoning them tC
the bedside Of their father, who was
dying of Bright disease.
The Northeastern Soldiers and Sail
ors' association, comprising Tuscola
Gratiot, Isabella, Clare, Gladwin anC
Osceola counties, will meet in MIDLAND
September Il, IS, 10 and 20.
Alma Lodge +. ~ a. NJ. regula
meeting on Saturday evening, mex
August 3lst. Members will pleas'
take notice that the matter of amend
ments to the bylaws of the lodge viii
be acted on at this meeting.
VIM. Snyder, who lives seven rules
west and a north of Alma, killed Gin
namon rat last Saturday, which meas
ured two feet in length. The rat Tough
desperately, and whipped two men ant
| four dogs before it was killed.
There was no excuse for any one t
over sleep last Monday. The core
which operates the whistle a
Tinker II Lancashire's factory becam
entangled in some way, and the lon
shrill blast which followed would easil
have awakened the Seven Sleepers.
Ray Turck and his friends, l.. j. Nc
Clandless and II. ID. Whitman of AM
Arbor, Harry Newkirk of Bay City an
Clarence Church left yesterday TO
Houghton lake, in Roscommon county
where they will camp for a fortnight
Dan Barber goes along as man of a.
work.
President L. a. Ely returned las
Friday from the upper peninsula
where he has been inspecting factories
During this trip Mr.. Ely visited ever.
town in the upper peninsula, and the
had to go over into Wisconsin to tur
around and get back into Michigan
Mr.. Ely says there is nothing in tn
upper peninsula to induce man t
change from an agricultural to lun
Der district with a view to betterin
his condition, and that he saw no plac
that can compare with Alma.
The Michigan State fair will open o
Monday, September 9th, at Gran
Rapids and continue through the l3tl
The location is sufficient guarantee
a fine exposition of the Agricultural an
Manufacturing products of the state
Grand Rapids is the center of the gres
fruit growing region of Michigan, an
this insures the largest fruit exhibit eve
made i'm the state Grand Rapids is I'll