Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
Mrs. ]. +. schwartz 8 on the sick list.


Walter Vliet Of Grand Rapids was
in Alma Tuesday visiting friends
Call and examine the Honest John
truss at G. l. Mahan drug store.
Mrs. n. G.. Davidson is visiting
friends in Wausseon, Ohio, this week.
Headquarters for axle grease; best
thing on earth to soften and grow new
hoofs. MORDEN's, Alma.
Miss Alice Mcfarland Of Jackson
spent Sunday with g. L. Brown and
family.
1t is remarkable how much some
people know about the I. & a. change
at Alma.
Kehn a Co. are showing ii fine line
of early fall suitings Gail and look
them over.
Mrs. j. Z. Moore of Chippewa Lake
is visiting c. l.. Chadwick and family
this week.
If you are a smoker and never used
any of Hammell's goods YOU are behind
the times.
Emanuel Emsley of Alembie, has
moved back to Alma having sold his
farm at that place.
There were - tickets sold on the L.
A. a. Il n. NJ. for the Toledo excursion
Sunday at this station.
have quantity of mill wood l will
sell delivered at 70 cents per cord,
Leave orders at the express office.
FRED KERNEN.
Lucas Smith, Esq, Of Canandagua,
n. Y, who has been visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Caple, has returned
home.
John Weimer of the Sanitarium had
a lively runaway last Sunday down
Woodwork Ave. No damage except to
the carriage.
Elm Hall base ball club came to
Alma last week and logged Alma team
to the tune of 33 to 21 They will
probably meet again.
Frank Ramsey leaves for Alpena
next Monday with Passmont where he
will start Wednesday IN the free-for-all
pace at the meeting there.
y dancing party was given at Dan
McLaughlin's two miles south Of Alma
last Thursday evening. Fifteen young
people from this village attended.
IL. J. Vermuelen has adopted the
suggestion made in the RECORD few
weeks ago, and hitching posts have
been placed in front of his new build
ing.
One-half off sales are chestnuts
Closing out POO suits at Sl00 to 81 o.
less than wholesale cost-much cheap
er than one-half Messengers cloth
ing store.
The Wright House Laundry has
found it necessary in keeping up witt
their increased trade to put i'll larger
washer. The new one will wash l0t
shirts at time.
Jno. ID. Gray the efficient clerk at The
Wright House has resigned and will g
to Bloomington, H., in like position
lie will be succeeded by Alya Caple
another competent gentleman.
Curley Crawford, formerly of st
Louis well known around Alma, was
arrested in Mt. Pleasant last Tuesday
on a charge Of trying to mortgage prop
erty not belonging to him to raise $500
Fred ). Avery has accepted ;
position as state agent for 1.-The Path
finder" paper published in Washing
ton, d. c., in the interest of TIT
teachers and young men and women
Fred is a hustler and we wish HIN
success.
Jas. Kress and family of Ithaca spen
Sunday with alma friends. Alma
people are very anxious that he max,
an announcement that when his tern
of Office expires he will return to Alma
and take up his new profession, tn,
practice of law.
The suit last Saturday of Haskell VI
Church was a very interesting cast
with probably more spite than aggriey
ance. 1t took about Is hours to try I
and resulting in no cause for action tn,
plaintiff having the consolation o
putting up S1l.5l costs.
The Wright House barber shop ant
bath rooms have been reprinted ant
papered and opened TO the public b,
Roy Finch of Saginaw who is first
class barber. In connection to thu
barber shop has been put the BILLIARD
room which will be under the manage
ment of Mr.. Finch.
The following from census bulletin
No. gives the statistic of poultry
June /, 1891, eggs sold, the acreage
and products of meadows in 1898
the quantity and value of hay anC
straw sold in the year ending June
1894, the acreage OF corn raised for silag,