Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-06

Smoke the -. &. Is.
j. T. Ewing returned Monday from
Crystal
Miss Lena Fink visited friends in ST.
Louis Monday.
Geo Pulfrey of st. Johns was in town
Monday on business,
j. II. Arnold and family of Durand
spent Sunday with John Gladding.
Mrs @. l.. Boughton was called to
Ingersol Monday on account of sickness,
Miss Minnie Dewolf of Prairie Depot,
Ohio is a guest couple of weeks at l.. Ii.
Hayt's
Rev. h. A. Wright of Mt Pleasant,
took dinner with Rev, McAllister last
Saturday.
Miss Maud Johnson OF Ann Arbor is
spending few days with the family of
a. l.. Fisher.
Mr., and Mrs. Il. n. Chadwick rode
over to Shepherd last Saturday where
they will remain a week,
Arthur Granger Of Ithaca was in town
Wednesday III the interests of the Gratiot
Co, Telephone Company.
A, II. Dean and wife Of Henderson
spent the fore part of the week III town
visiting their son John Dean,
A. w. Beckner and Misses Stevens
and Whiting gave one of their popular
concerts in Ithaca Wednesday.
w. +. Knowlton of Saginaw was III
town Saturday Mr.. Knowlton is sec.
rotary of the A. w. Wright Lumber Co.
w. @. Clark of the Mercantile return
ed with his family from their two weeks
outing, last Saturday. Mr.. Clark reports
pleasant time.
In our last issue we unintentionally
erred in stating that V. NJ. Wilson was
elected director of the school board,
w. O. Clark was the honored man.
Mrs. Nj. j. McLaren, Miss Bertha
McLaren and Mrs. Alverson went to
Elsie Wednesday to attend a wedding,
Miss Bertha acting in the honored capac-
ity of bridesmaid.
The contract is closed with the Grand
Rapids Seating Company for $50 chairs
to be used III the new Methodist church
The chairs have the ball bearing hinge,
and n1,a,-a m without Noise
DR.. r. G.. Turck returned from Grand
Rapids last Thursday where he has had
medical charge of the Soldiers Home
during the absence Of the regular ply
sician He left Friday for few days in
Chicago.
a year ago yesterday DR.. Pringlt
landed in Alma. He has been attentive
to business, and has earned the respect
and confidence of those who have Ell.
trusted their sick in his charge. His
card will be found in another column.
Prof. Chas. a. Davis unexpectedly
returned home Saturday evening. HI
has been employed in the State Geolog
ical Survey work in Tuscola Co. Bush o.
the college has been doing his office work
The Professor returned to his labol
Monday morning
Jackson Talley reports that tramp
claiming to be employed on the PollaslSy
block, stopped at his house and mad,
arrangements for months board
Before the month was very far advanced
Mr. Talley learned that no such mar
was working in town.
The law suit in John Dunham's just
tice court on Monday between The Gal,
Manufacturing Co. of Albion and Rober
Il. Moblo of Riverdale resulted in
judgment for plaintiff of $ll.90 damage
and $40 costs of suit Spinney appeared
for plaintiff and Guild of Montcalm fo
defendant The case will be carried Il
the circuit court.
The Central Clothing Co, successor
to +. f.. Pollasky in the clothing anC
furnishing goods business, say the.
have bought the stock at great reduc
ton, on the original cost, and are arrang
ing big slaughter sale VIII ich they pro
pose to continue until the entire stock
closed out. This sale begins Saturday
Aug 18th and prices will be cut so loy
that it is expected everything will
closed cat within go days. The bes
bargains naturally will go first; those in
tending to buy will find it TO their al
vantage to come early.