Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-05-21

Fine line of hammocks at b. q r. $
Dr. Bruske preached in Detroit last
Sunday,
Fresh candies and baked goods at
Morley's.
DR.. Bruske was in Saginaw on bust
ness Wednesday.
Subscriptions for the Century maya
zine taken at this office.
Get some fresh paris green at Webb's
to spray your fruit trees.
Mrs j. f. Sartor, Jr, visited Ithaca
friends Tuesday evening.
Francis Palmer was in Riverdale
Wednesday on legal business.
Jas. Kinch and wife of Mt. Pleasant
visited his parents Wednesday.
Hamilton Pritchard is still very low
at his home in Sumner township.
Roy Covert is to deliver the Decora-
ton Day address at Elm Hall this year.
Lyman Cahoon is preparing to erect a
handsome dwelling on his lots on State
street.
5. L. Bennett was called to Detroit
Tuesday, by telegram, on Anti-Coffee
business.
L. G. Torrey went to Toledo the first
of the week in the interests of the Anti
Coffee company.
The st. Louis bus line appeared Mon
day morning with a new lettering, The
st Louis and Alma Line"
jay Blakeslee of st Louis, our travel
ing representive, was in Alma. Thursday,
putting up hotel register for the Hotel
| Arcadia
Attorney f. G.. Torrey will speak
before the Epworth League next Tues
day evening on, "The Life and Writings
of the Apostle Paul.
The graduates recital of the college
musical department will be- held in the
chapel Tuesday evening, June LIST. Re
member the day and date.
John Greig took nine Lady Maccabees
over to St. Louis Wednesday afternoon
to attend the county convention in SEES
sion there. All report a splendid time.
Mrs. :. b. Avery of Lowell and Mrs.
b. G. Curtis of Belding were called to
Alma the last of the week by the illness
of their father, j. G. Barber, of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Dodge and little
/ Of iel,n al In nd A. :
of her brother, j. n Ford, at the Wright
House Mr.. Dodge is taking treatment
at The Alma.
There will be a meeting Of the stock
holders of the Alma Building and Loan
Assn, at the Office Of the secretary, on
Monday evening, May oath at S p. m,
standard time. p. NJ. SMITH, Sec'y. ,
Commissioner Renner informs us that
the new iron bridge which is to be put
across Pine river at |. b. VOLTS will
be here about June 9TH, the job to be
completed by July LIST.
The third quarterly meeting of the U
b. Church will be held in the Adventist
church, Alma, commencing at 2 80 p. IN
May 22nd, continuing over Sunday
Presiding Elder Bolles will be in attend
ance. 949-2w
The Shepherd Graphic is the --latest
publication sprung onto the Shepherd
people. 1t is full of news but where i
expects support the editor probably ha,
all figured out. Two papers in tha
place have had one whirl.
Monday morning the Ann Arbol
trains began to run into the new depo
and yards which have been fitted NJ
temporarily on State street. y larg,
D and cOmmodious passenger and baggag,
! car answers for a passenger depot while
: the freight traffic is supplied by two dis
carded freight cars. The new unior
q depot is a thing of the near future.
Apropos of the sixtieth anniversary o
r the reign of Queen Victoria, the Jun,
4 number of McClure's Magazine will con
a tain series of life portraits of TN,
, Queen, the earliest showing her, chile
i vi ltI uiotilcI lops Ut tiiV "St vi wv
4 years; the next at four, the next at five
G and so on, almost year by year, down {,
5 the present day. The reproduction vii
v be, IN most instances. directly from tn
5 originals. and by the finest process. N
9 such series has ever been published be
fore.