Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-09-17
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For quantity and quality of milk try
Horace Price
j. d. Spinney is counting in the county
seat this week.
Geo. p. Stone of Ithaca was in Alma
Tuesday on business.
w. w. Rollin has our thanks for
liberal sample of plums.
Fourteen tickets were sold to Frank
fort Sunday over the A A.
Miss Bertha Struble has commenced
her school in the Keefer district.
Bertha NJ. Wilson at the opera house
Saturday evening September 10Th.
W. G.. Wykoff of st. Johns was the
guest of Alma friends over Sunday.
Don't fail to examine Mrs. Lathrop's
new line of walking hats and sailors.
A little eight pound boy came Monday
to stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stone.
All doing finely.
Mesdames Todd and Sessions of Carson
City were guests of j. w. Ewing and
wife the first of the week.
+. l.. Convis Of Ithaca was in town
Monday on business and also visited his
brother in law, l.. II Hayt.
| Remember the auction at Fred
Wright's, north of Wright's Corners,
Pine River, next Wednesday
| Tur,on Goo xraS I'm Month Star last
Sunday attending TO the duties in con-
nection with his Sunday School work.
Seth Evilsizer brings us branch of
pears, from tree five years old grown
from the pit. He thinks he will have
five bushels on the tree.
Howard Willard, after long and
successful clerKship in the Vermeulen
store, has resigned his position and will
take much needed rest.
Miss Carrie Smith wishes to announce
to the public that her annual opening of
new fall millinery goods will occur Sep
TENDER "a and %. She offers the very
latest in pattern hats and bonnets.
One of the indications of good times
that convinces US is that the RECORD has
added "a new subscribers since August
LIST. Nineteen of these are farmers.
w. II. Purmort, our new dentist, is
nicely located in the Ellison building on
State street, where he will stay until his
rooms in the Pollasky block are done.
The case of Banghart VS.. Hooper was
called before Justice Palmer Saturday
afternoon. After an hours elaboration
the jury returned verdict of no cause
of action.
Q. E. Gray and Will Padelford have
moved their stock into the store just
east of the post office. The building re-
Gently occupied by them will be used by
The Saginaw Store.
Seyenty-two tickets were sold by the
Alma agent Tuesday to people who took
the special train to Glare to attend the
u. r. X. Of p. and G. A. r. celebration
held there this week. Several more
people went on the regular trains later
in the day and the following day. A
grand time was anticipated.
Last Friday night four Alma boys
entered the watermelon patch Of one OF
our citizens and made sad havoc. They
} were not content with gorging them
selves with the juicy fruit but smashed
and destroyed a number of other melons
both ripe and green. The boys were
apprehended and agreed to settle the mat
ter by doing five dollars worth Of work
J for the owner of the melons. A little
hard work will teach the boys good
!, lesson.
Rev. J. w. McAllister preached his
farewell sermon on Tuesday evening.
He left Wednesday morning to attend
the meeting of conference at Kalamazoo.
1t is hoped by his people and the citizens
of Alma that conference will return hin
to this field of labor, but fearing lest
something should happen that the
appointing power of the conference
should see fit to send him TO another
field, the Methodist people insisted that
their pastor should preach TO them once
in the new church. He very gladly
complied with their wishes and his ser
mon Tuesday evening was full of very
tender feeling toward his flock