Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-29
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"Othello" Tuesday night, opera house,
Alma.
Bep Button has a Gratiot County
phone
W. g. Turck went to Lansing on bust
ness last Friday.
U. S. Dodge of Niles is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. j. N. Ford.
NJ Scallen is visiting at Wyman this
week and looking after his farm.
Mrs. Bright went to Grand Rapids
Tuesday evening to visit her son.
Walking hats and sailors at cost to-
morrow and Monday at Miss G. f.
Smiths.
Mrs. John w. S. Pierson of Stanton
was the guest of Alma friends the first
of the week.
T. A. Ely has gone on the road again
after few weeks interruption. MIR.
Ely is good salesman.
Mr. and Mrs. Meacher of Bannister
were the guests of S. Wilbur and Frank
Gray the last of the week
B. B. Mitchell of Detroit, one of the
NJ. O. r. r. magnates, is rusticating at
the Sanitarium for a few days.
The Woman's Club will meet next
Monday with Mrs. Orville Davis. "Behr-
ing Sea- is the topic for current events.
Mrs. w s. Turck was in Saginaw,
Flint, Lapeer and other places last week
on w. r. @. business. She returned
home Saturday evening.
Rev j. E. Platt, pastor of the Baptist
CHI urch in Parshallville called on Rev
H. w. Clough last Saturday on his way
home from the convention at Bay City.
w. o. Brigham of Toledo and j. NJ.
Chapman of Grand Rapids, representa-
tives respectively Of the Ann Arbor and
D. G.. r. q w. Rys., were in town last
Friday.
Rev. H. w. Clough attended the
Baptist State Convention which met in
Bay City last week from Monday till
Friday. He reports very helpful and
inspiring time.
9. r. Brown, who has been working
up the Fireside Protective Circle here
and neighboring towns, left for Glare
Tuesday. The Alma circle now num-
bers one hundred members.
Miss Halle Pringle returned home
from Petoskey last Friday She has
decided to give up her work in that city
and remain in Alma for a time. She
will enter the Alma College Conservatory
of Music.
VIM. Ingall of Ionia county, brother.
in-law of Fred Hall, was in town We'd
nesday trying TO sell $50 bu. clover seed,
but was unable to do So From fifteen
acres Mr.. Ingall got 100 bushels of seed,
of which about 100 bushels We're of the
Mammoth variety.
Fred Hall has leased for one year the
piece of ground just north of the depot
belonging TO NJ. Pollasky and will erect
a railroad eating house. The building
will be begun the first of the week and
is to be 6x20 it, with rooms for both
lunch counter and restaurant. This will
be great convenience to many.
p. r. Banghart had on exhibition in
front of his meat market last Saturday
a fine looking dressed pig. On inquiry
the reporter learned that the pig was
| only six weeks old and one of Mr. Bang
hart's own raising 1t fairly made ones
mouth water to look at il bat the pig
was not for sale. Mr. Banghart killed
the pig TO be roasted for Sunday dinner
at his own home. He wished to have an
old fashioned barbecue" in honor of
his mother and other visiting friends.
The Rock Band concert by the Till
family Wednesday evening was listened
to by full house. 1t was very fine.
Everyone is highly pleased with it,
especially with the musical rocks and
glasses and the swinging harps. These
novel sources of music cannot fail TO
interest and charm an audience any.
where 1t was 800 house and the
Methodist society cleared neat little
sum. Mrs III. K. Meyers won the fount-
ain pen offered by Mr.. Till TO the one
who sold the largest number of tickets