Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-30

this week on business.
Roy Covert is spending few days at
Frankfort recreating.
Wanted, at once. Good vegetable
cook at Alma Sanitarium.
Owing to delay of freight the RECORD
is few hours late this week.
j. w. S. Person of Stanton was in
Alma last Friday on business.
w. A. Leet and julius Kirby of Ithaca,
were in Alma Saturday on business,
ID. M. Peters of Shepherd is visiting
his father at this place for few days.
The Shepherd base ball team failed to
show up Friday. Consequently no game.
For a good clean shave and hair cut
go to Earl Clark, oppositet he post
office.
Miss Nellie Ransome of Detroit spent
Sunday with the family of Mrs. Theo-
dore Nelson
H. w. Ashley of Toledo was III town
Wednesday on business connected with
the Ann Arbor
A. Page, the berry man, at Elwell
picked ZIP quarts of berries from his
patch last Sunday.
S. Fink went over to st. Louis Mon
day to see his old friend Ex-senator
Brown of Cincinnati.
The pay roll at the Roller Mills tins
week working on the new elevator and
electric light plant is 81 men.
Oliver Stone of Ithaca is at the
Mercantile filling the place which
Frank Wheeler recently vacated.
Chas Hutchins has returned from
North Liberty, Ohio where he has been
building house for his son-in-law.
Ferd Montigel and wife returned Tues
day from weeks trip to Mancelona
and Petoskey reporting an elegant time.
ON "Wednesday Rev. Geo. Bates
moved his family and effects to Bay
City where he has received a call to
preach.
Rev j. \. Frye, Presiding Elder of
the Reed City District of the Evangel-
ical Church, made short stop at Alma
Monday.
The Garricll Theater Co., at Opera
House Friday aud Saturday, gave excel
lent satisfaction at St. Louis. Price 10
and 20cts
Robert Frederick of Olivit is in town
and expects to move his family back to
Alma for the purpose of sending his
children TO college.
+ In addition to other efficient work
Congressman Mesick has secured IA free
mail delivery at Traverse City, com
mencing November /, 1891.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. +
church will serve a good warm supper
p i'll the Noahs Ark building, Saturday
= July 3lst. Ice cream and cake l0c.
0 Harvey Button returned to Alma Sat
urday morning from Bowling Green
e Ohio, where he has been clerking III tn,
e grocery store of Henry Vermeulen.
e Marcus Pollasky and wife returned t.
e Alma Saturday. Mr. Pollasky lef
o Thursday for West Virginia and New
York on business Mrs. Pollasky vii
d remain in Alma few days.
It Mrs. j. n. Ford left for Niles OF
e Tuesday to visit her parents; and he
k guest Mrs. Jilson. returned to her HON
/. at Plymouth, Ind. Mr. Ford accom-
/. panied them to Grand Rapids.
John Meyes an employ on the ne,
It elevator fell from scafold Thursda
z night distance of 20 feet striking o
t. his face in the bottom of the bin. II.
lie face was badly cut up and his wis
d spraned, nothing more serious.
's Our hotels and boarding houses are :
O. full it is almost impossible to find boarC
II Four rail road men chased the town fC
&c two hours Monday night to even find
r. private house with accommodations.
ot Wonderful discoveries of gold hay
~ been made in Alaska and just over Il
st line in the Dominion of Canada. III
he rush from the northwestern part of Il
ne L. S. to the new Eldorado is depopula
y ing whole villages, and the authentic r
X ports brought i'll by steamers of Il
en fabulous amount of gold being taken OF
Y, by miners is causing great eXcitemel
IL from one end of the country TO the 9TH
as and rivals that produced by the Cal
g" fornia reports in their balmiest day
ct Thousands upon thousands of dolla
ad are being taken out every day and tho'
y. returning have great nuggets of gold
e. prove their stories are not overdraw
lie The Alma fremen who went 60 Sal
nav Wednesday to compete in the Al
IN Michigan firemen's meet, DID not ia
n quite so well as they expected and d
served. Speed was not lacking, ho'
an ever and there was plenty of grit and e
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