Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-04-10

Fresh chocolates and bon bons at
Fink's.
If you want perfume that will last,
go to Webb's.
A 5000 school house will be built i'll
Breckenridge this summer.
The school board has engaged all Of
the old teachers for another year.
To RENT:-House on Woodwork
Avenue North. Inquire of NJ. McLaren.
An Eagle Affair, "a model, aluminium
rims, bicycle, for sale cheap. Must be
cash. CARS Brown.
Miss Bertha Stevens was teaching in
Edmore and Stanton last Friday and
Saturday.
John L. MoCurdy, proprietor of the
st. Louis table factory, died last Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. S. Caple was called to Eaton
Rapids Tuesday by the serious illness Of
her mother.
Bart Miller has received another car
load of farm implements from Hench q
DromgOld, York, Pa.
Mrs. Byron Nelson of ST. Louis
dropped dead Monday morning while
washing her breakfast dishes.
Ernest Scott was elected treasurer Of
the seventh (Saginaw) district. at the
Y. P. S. Q. 4. convention in Ionia.
Melbourn Medler of Sumner, formerly
of Alma, was elected township clerk of
the township of Sumner last Monday.
The Sorosis club Of st. Louis is pre-.
pairing for an entertainment tc be given
in the opera house in that city April Ii.
Darius Reed returned Friday evening
from Almont, Lapeer county, his old
home, where he has been visiting
| friends
Prof. Ely. Miss Stepanek and the
pupils of the high school attended Rabbi
Cheeseman's lecture in the chapel Wed.
nesday morning.
Herbers A. Sprague, the impersonator
who gave an entertainment in Alma a
few weeks ago, was in town Tuesday
en- route to Mt. Pleasant.
Bert Woodward and BILLY johnson
had "catch. catch-can" wrestling
match on the street the other morning.
Time Was called in few minutes, with
Woodward on top.
The Bell Telephone Co. has notified
its general manager in Saginaw to COM
ply with the request of the village coun'
Gil to remove all signs from and paint
the telephones poles in this village.
The Christian Endeavor society will
hold its regular monthly business meet.
ing this evening at the residence of w.
G. Clark. After the business meeting,
q musical and literary program will be
given.
For RENT TO small family. Good
seven room house, in first-class condi.
ton, three miles south and west OF
Alma, with one-half acre Of land. If
desired also pasture for two head of
stock. Apply to B. F. CLINE.
The net earnings of the Ladies' Guild
of st. Johns parish for the year closing
with Easter were $429.3i With the
exception Of few dollars for incidental
expenses, this money has been paid on
the debt of the rectory.
II the fellow who stole sixteen cans Of
fruit and several bottles of catsup from
w. A. Thomass cellar the other night,
will return the cans and bottles nothing
more will be said about it. Mrs. Thomas
wants the cans before the season is over.
Hazel Holiday was nine years old yes.
terday, and after school about thirty OF
her friends met at her home and cele-
brated the event, as only children who
are free from care can do. Warm sugar
was served with an abundance of tooth.
some eatables.
Last Monday while Will Bohn and
| MISS OneTIudu VI CneTIndu Olty WeIt
driving about three miles northeast OF
Alma, the horse ran away, throwing the
occupants out. Mr.. BOhn suffered dis
location of the shoulder, and Miss Sher'
man was badly injured. The buggy
was completely demolished.
j. D. Hellman, township clerk of New
Haven. has disappeared, and it is said
that number Of persons are interested
financially in his return. He became
seriously involved, and it is said forged
the names of parties to notes which he
sold in Ithaca and Carson City. Crimi.
nal proceedings will be instituted az
soon as he can be found.
The simple announcement that the
members of the w. r. @. would serve
an Easter supper Saturday evening was
sufficient to call out a good many OF
their friends who know from past sx.
perience what supper prepared by
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