Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-28
HOME AND VICINITY.
DRUGGIST

DR.. Pringle has been in Midland on
business this week.
Augustus A. Voorhees, of Ithaca has
been granted pension.
John w. Johnson of Saginaw visited
his parents here over Sunday.
William Carr of Saginaw visited Perry
Banghart and wife over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beckwith have
been visiting friends in Wheeler.
b. S. Webb has been doing business
and seeing the sights in Chicago this
week.
Mesdames Gilbert Porter and Will
Latimer of st. Johns visited i'll Alma
Sunday.
Walter Caple went to Saginaw on his
wheel Sunday, and has been there all
the week
w ID. Rhoadcs had one of his hands
badly lacerated on a saw at Butterfeld's
mill last Saturday.
a. w. Snyder will give a musical
concert and box social at the Davis
school house, Aug. 29th.
Mr. and Mrs j. w. Holmes left for
Jackson Tuesday morning, to attend the
funeral of a brother.in
John Jameson of Chicago, accom-
panied by his friend, j. b. Werrcn,
visited friends here the first of the week
Miss Bessie Mclean, of Keysville, n.
Y, has induced young lady friend
from Troy, n. Y, to attend Alma Col
lege next year.
w. a. Bahllle attended the demo
cratic convention in Bay City, and was
honored by being chosen secretary of
the convention.
Isaac Pierce, former resident of
Alma, now living i'll West Bay City,
was here last week, on business and
pleasure combined.
Theodore Nelson has been resting
from his bicycle and newspaper business
this week, spending the time with
friends i'll Saginaw.
Several families have moved into the
village during the past summer for the
purpose Of taking advantage Of the ex
cellent educational advantages offered
by the college and public school.
Rev. William Watson for some time
past the pastor of the Free Methodist
church in this place, has been transferred
to Saranac, and Rev. William Bodine of
Saranac has been sent to this place.
DR.. j. II. Lancashire was thirty eight
years old last Saturday, and Mrs. Ian
cashire had a number of guests at Sara
villa in the evening TO help him cele
brate that important anniversary.
The final examinations of the Alma
Training School for Nurses will be com
pleted this week, and preparations be-
gun for the annual commencement,
which occurs Thursday evening, Oc-
tober /.
a rising vote of thanks was taken in
the Presbyterian Sunday school last
Sunday, thanking A. w Wright, j. H.
Lancashire, f. w. Hooper, Darius Reed
and r. G. Lattimer for the teams kindly
loaned by them on Rally day.
Flowers intended for the use Of the
flower mission may be left at the resi-
dence of l.. A. Sharp Monday forenoon.
Mrs. G.. II. Jefts, who has this work in
charge reports very gratifying re-
spouse to the request for flowers.
The RECORD was in error last week in
stating that Miss Stepanek, former pre-
ceptress Of the Alma high school, would
go to Jacksonville, H., next year. Miss
Stepanek has accepted the chair of
classics in the high school at Newark.
n. j.
A grand picnic was held in A. Nc
Daid's grove one mile south and one
half mile west of North Star, Mich,
Thursday, Aug. 27. There was an
address by Hon. j. Woodman Of Paw
Paw, Michigan. Past master of the
National Grange.
West q Schmitendorf of st. Louis,
agent for the Western Cottage Piano
and Organ Co., and the Singer Sewing
Machine Co., are in trouble. The mem
bers OF the firm, who are accused of
crooked transactions, have left for parts
unknown. George Eggleston of Ithaca
has removed so much Of the stock as
was left in ST. Louis to his store in
Ithaca.