Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-27

Horace Price.
V. @. Morris of Ithaca spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Gray.
ID, M. Peters of Shepherd spent Sun
day with his parents at this place.
Claude Chadwick started on another
picture enlarging pilgrimage Wednes-
day.
Miss Leah Dean is spending a week in
st. Louis with her aunt, Mrs. John
CLARK.
WANTED "A first class kitchen girl.
Apply at the office of the Alma SAM
tarium Co.
| Miss Florence Beckner was at st. Louis
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Coleman the first
of the week.
S. l.. Bennett and j. Major Lemen
were among those who took the excur-
sion to Buffalo.
Dewitt Vought has leveled his lawn up
in good shape, and given his house a neat
new coat of paint.
Bryan's Comedians at the opera house
tonight and tomorrow night. Prices
TO- 10 and 20 cents.
| Forty-fve individuals took the train
for Toledo on Sunday; seventy one went
to Buffalo on the excursion.
Prof, p. T. Dodge, the oculist of
Stanton, was i'll town Tuesday and We'd
nesday on his monthly visit.
| b. L. Skinner of the Battle Greek
Advance Thresher Co." was III town
Monday, comforting with A. w. Wright.
DIR. Bruske was back Friday and Sat
urday from Higgins Lake. He says the
only difficulty is that they catch more
fish than they can dispose of.
DR.. Clisby of Mason was III town Mon.
day making preparations to occupy the
new Osterhout property. The Doctor
has been engaged to teach bible and
theism at the college.
H. j. Vermeulen says his old custom.
ers are coming back III good order
Some who live distance from town
say they saw by the RECORD that he
was back and are glad TO see him.
+. S. Gilmore, ticket agent OF the A
A. at Ann Arbor, spent Sunday with
the family of F. Il. Banghart. Mr.
Banghart's people were also pleasantly
surprised by visit from Mrs. Bert Mar
bic and children.
Lady Hayt, the handsome three-year
old of l.. H. Hayt's, won first III the four
ye4r-old colt race and the 10 class a
st Louis last week i'll easy heats. This
week she is at Owosso training and get
ting ready for the Flint races next week
Jim Allen says that one of the modest
college boys walked into his dining room
the other evening, took off his hat, coat
boots, and went TO bed before he dis
covered that his rooms were next door
His blushing apologies were then mos
profuse.
The ST. Louis races last week were
eminently successful both financially
and by way of entertainment. The only
serious mishap was when Marguerit,
bolted, and hurled her rider into tn,
fence. This is an old trick of hers, ant
should prohibit her from the track.
A couple of enterprising young fellow
have added to our list of firms, that o
Knox q Sidebotham, painters of signs
They have equipped themselves with al
elegant new road wagon, and if tn
crows only spare their prancing quad
rupeds for few more weeks of terrest
: rial usefulness, the boys will have NJ
r further use of the Klondyke.
: The belt at the Alma Wooden Mill
: flew off last Friday and jerked the eng
' inc so badly out of place that quite de
lay was caused. Mr.. Moore says tina
| work at the mills is prospecting and tina
! many people of Gratiot Co. are learnin
that they cannot dispose Of their voc
more proftably than by taking it to II
: NJ. Moore Call AMI see what he is doing
Home Art for August is a regula
, Klondyke for those ladies who delight s
> much in fine embroidery work. Thi
. number contains Article No. 6, of tn
, series on Florentine Embroidery b
Mrs. M. Gutter Kelly, also the secon
article of series on China Paintings, b
Misses S. and H. Todd. The supple
ment is pattern of Wild Roses an
Foliage.
J. f. Tyron, representing a fire alarr
company, lay before the council las
: Tuesday evening propositionIfor assist
ing to protect our property agains
contagration. His scheme is to put i
six alarm boxes in various parts of tn
I village, at a cost of 800 each, the pay
ments to be 5000 annually. Trustee
Brewbaker, Glass and Tinker were az
' pointed to investigate the matter.
In the last issue of the Independent
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