Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-11-13
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Fine stationery at Webb's.

Mrs. Frank Medler is quite sick ut
this writing.
N. j. Mccullough did business in
Ithaca Monday.
Bert Woodward was i'll Ithaca on
business Monday.
Miss Carrie Smith was il st. Louis on
business Tuesday.
Mrs. j. b. Rowell called OH st. Louis
friends Friday last.
NJ. j. Chaplin took in the blowout in
Ithaca Monday evening.
George Emsley made a business trip
to Saginaw on Saturday.
Earl Torrey left Thursday morning
for business trip to Chicago.
II. A. Ely returned from business
trip to Big Rapids Tuesday evening.
j. b. Tubbs q Son will ship four cars
of stock to Buffalo Saturday morning.
Rev. G. f. Blanchard of Schoolcraft is
visiting his parents in Alma this week.
Miss Belle Edgar has returned from
visit with friends in North Baltimore,
Ohio.
@. A Gray was in North Star visit
ing friends Sunday and Monday of this
week
DR.. Bruske occupied the pulpit of the
Presbyterian church in Marshall last
Sunday.
f. w. McCabe returned from week S
visit with friends i'll Bay City Friday
evening.
p. Kuhn visited his mother at Sidney
over Sunday. returning on Tuesday
morning.
w. III. Cannon of Glendale, Dakota,
is the guest of j. H. Caple and family
| this week.
A. G. Barclay preached in the Day
school house, two miles north of Alma
last Sunday.
In our next weeks issue we shall pub
lish the official election returns for
| Gratlot county.
A few odds and ends in underwear
and notions are being closed out at a
great sacrifice at j l.. MILLER's.
| The regular business meeting of the
f. and A. NJ will be held on Saturday
evening. All members be present.
Truman Underhill and wife of Be-
lair, Michigan, were the guests of l. B.
Wolfe and wife the first of the week.
Rev. G. f. Woodruff left the last of
this week for Chicago, where he expects
to take some additional Seminary work.
ID. d. Whitesen returned the last OF
the week from Toledo, but has been
confined TO his home with severe cold
since.
The ID. L. e. n has been reorganized
by the recent purchases under the name
of the Grand Rapids, Detroit q Lansing
Railroad
a free sample copy will be sent to
any address by writing The Michigan
Farmer, Detroit, Mich, or calling at
our Office.
B. G.. Button commences Monday
next the system of taking orders from
house to house every morning. See adv.
on first page
Interest in the Ashley oil fields is
running red hot. Six Ohio oil men
have been on the spot prospecting dur
ing the past week.
Word received from Toledo from Mrs
Geo. Willard says that her daughter
Sophia is failing very fast and there are
no hopes for her recovery.
The Alma Roller Mills Company with
their usual push and enterprise have
now begun to buy hay. They are pay
ing the highest market price.
Miss Gail Plum of Charleston, who
has been visiting her friend, Mrs N. F
McClinton, for the past few weeks, re-
turned home Tuesday morning.
The Alma Roller Mills will pay the
highest market price for baled hay
delivered at their mills. Bring you
hay, they can take care of any amount.
A man living near Elwell was sur
prised on Wednesday morning last to fine
a sign in front of the cannon which hi
had loaded to fire in honor of Bryan
election, which read as follows: "A
charge to keep l have"
The semi-annual apportionment o.
primary school money as made by tn,
. Superintendent of Public Instruction
gives to Gratiot county with her 9,29'
children 81, 159.46. A gain of 81 cents
per head over the May apportionment.
While out delivering bakery goods
/ Tuesday, S. l.. Benefits horse becam,
frightened by the breaking of the axle
and ran away. No serious damage wa
r done, only the cookies and cakes wer,