Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-04-23

Garden seeds at Bivins 81 Rhodes.
Subscriptions for the Century maya
zine taken at this office.
j. Woodward of Riverdale was III
town on business Wednesday
n. f. McClinton is home from Ann
Arbor for the Easter vacation.
Mrs. Case is visiting friends in
Chatam, Canada, for two weeks.
Miss Ida Coleman begins work as
clerk in the Alma Mercantile store
Monday.
Old papers for sale at this Office, five
cents per Dozen or twenty-five cents
per hundred.
G. c. Thompson and wife of Mar
quette were the guests Of Alma friends
the first of the week.
Remember the baseball game on the
college campus Saturday, Alma vs.. Mt
| Pleasant Admission 10 cents.
AL Hodgkinson has been very busy
the past weeks moving the buildings
from the right of way of the Ann Arbor.
d. G. Morey of st. Lonis has leased
the George Fink building and will open
up first-class candy kitchen about
May LIST.
If you are tired mending your boys
stockings call at Pollasky's and get
pair of those % cents triple knee
Leather" stockings.
Mr.. and Mrs Scallon of Edmore have
rented a house here and will move TO
Alma soon. Mr.. Scallon is foreman of
the Remick stock farms.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gladding are the
proud parents of bright little twelve
pound girl who made her appearance
Friday. John is happy papa.
You cannot afford TO miss the recital
by the music department pupils i'll the
college chapel tomorrow afternoon at
1870 standard time. No admission.
The work on Mrs. Marchmont's house
on Superior street is progressing finely.
The house is being raised about eighteen
inches and Il beautiful rustic work wall
placed beneath it,
Take your lecture course tickets to
Webb's and secure reserved seats for
the cantata, "A Garden of Singing
Flowers, at the opera house, Friday
evening, April Both.
Alma has no reason to complain of
hard times. Every town man who
wants work is given it on the Ann
Arbor road at Sl.15 cents day, and
when accompanied by a team $3.50 per
day.
Monday night Medler Brothers of
Sumner closed their store as usual and
Melvin went over to band practice.
When he returned TO the store he found
the till opened and about thirtv-ive
dollars some. As he supposed that his
brother had taken it no further inquiry
was made until morning.
The Sunday School of the Presby-
terrain church observed Easter day with
an appropriate exercise Sunday evening.
The program consisted of music, recita-
lions and exercises by members of the
school, all well rendered. The decora-
= tions were very neat and artistic. One
I: pleasing feature was the presentation
V by Supt Ewing of twenty diplomas to
= members of the lower grades for faith
C full attendance and perfect lessons. The
{ loyal legion plan seems to work in q
d highly satisfactory manner, aud many
X good results are noticed.
C The annual Easter meeting of St
c Johns parish was held in the church
Tuesday night The old officers were
= all reelected Warden, William Reid
q Sec, Miss Katherine Delavan, Treas.
- Miss l.. 3. Case Collector, Miss Emily
e Case; Council Of Advisers, 5. w
i Tinker, A. II. Dingman, Ely Brewbaker
,. G.. 5. Ward and Orville Davis, Tn,
Q treasurer's report showed the affairs OF
J. che church to be in first-class condition
a All the regular expenses of the congre
e CATION have been met and $4,000 paiC
a on the Rectory debt. The latter ha
Ie been largely raised by the Ladies' Guild
r. Under the care of Rector H. b Jeffer
1t son the church is making very rapi'
Y progress both in interest and spiritua
growth.