Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-04
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Isaac Fink of Saginaw was in town
Tuesday.
Miss Elsie Fleming is visiting friends
in Ithaca.
Mrs. Bunker visited friends in st.
Louis Monday.
A. +. Meachin, Of Saginaw was in
town Wednesday.
Mrs. Mahoney and son Dan are spend.
ing the week in Merrill.
O. E. Going and family spent Sunday
with relatives in Dushville.
Mrs. James Vandemark has nearly re-
covered from her late illness.
Robert Osborn and wife visited with
Fred Leonard of Alma Sunday.
Miss Rosie Hudson has been visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Ward in Elm Hall.
A. L. Drury, of the Standard Oil
Company was in town Wednesday.
Twenty five excursion tickets to Sagi-
nav were sold Sunday at this station.
Parker Harrington is visiting for a
few days at the home of Robert Jones.
Will Knouse is shipping several car
loads of heading stock to Ithaca this
week.
Mrs. w. b. Lathrop and son Clyde of
Alma were guests of Nj. @. Lathrop
Monday.
Geo. Sanders has repaired the damage
done to his store building by fire week
ago Sunday.
H. Tucker is contemplating making
q business trip to Chicago the later part
of the week.
Quite number of Riverdale people
attended the Decoration services in Elm
Hall, Monday.
The manager Of Reuben Kings farm
has resigned his position and has gone
to Battle Greek.
Miss Minnie Fingley has been obliged
to leave her position with F. G. Hyde on
account OF illness.
w. A. Bradleys house will receive
coat of paint this week. James Wilson
will do the work.
G. II. Sutliff, of Lansing was in town
Wednesday in the interests of the Capt.
toll City Cigar Co.
The annual Sunday school convention
of Seville township will be held next
Sunday in Elwell.
Marion Rhodes is giving his house a
new coat of paint and otherwise inn
proving the looks of the place.
The Commercial House has been un-
dergoing some much needed repairs. 1t
has also been newly repapered.
The services in the church next Sun
day evening will be conducted by the
Rev. Mr.. Freary of Grand Rapids.
Tim Kerwin and bride have returned
from their wedding tour. They will
not begin housekeeping Immediately.
Two brothers of H. o. Watkins rode
from Laingsburgh on their wheels
last week. They returned Wednesday.
Charley Chase has exchanged farm
lying one mile south of Ferris for forty
acres adjoining his property just west
of town
Il. f. Keys and family left Tuesday
morning for weeks visit with friends
and relatives in their former home,
Marlette.
The Odd Fellows and their wives will
be entertained in their hall next Tues
day evening by speaker Miss Miller,
of Kalamazoo.
@. n. Knapp, our wide awake cloth
ing dealer, will soon begin the erection
Of an addition to his store building
which will contain, when completed, a
stock of groceries.
Our two saloons are now an acknowl. |
edged fact. The township board, at a
meeting held Monday, accepted the !
bonds of Fred. Hudson and Charles |
Green and they have secured their
licenses.
Though the saloon is an institution, |
the existence of which in community /
is often times to be deplored, yet in this
instance, we can safely say that the re-
suit will be only betterment Of the
morals of our village.
On Monday last contract was
awarded the Michigan Bridge Co. of
Port Huron, Mich, for building a bridge |
on the township line over the mill race.
1t will be an iron bridge of forty feet
span and will cost $4,000.
The machinery for Mr.. Isham's new
saw mill arrived Monday and the work |
of building was commenced immediate
ly. A force of men sufficiently large to
complete the mill this week will be put