Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

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Old papers for sale at this office, five
cents per dozen, or twenty-five cents
per hundred.
Will Reed returned Wednesday from
a successful business trip in the southern
part of the state.
@. A. Carnahan of Mt. Pleasant was
i'll town Saturday in the interests of
the bike" races there.
Rev. Geo. w. Bates was in town the
last of the week, and left Saturday to
preach in Byron, Mich.
w. A. Leet and julius Kirby of Ithaca
wheeled over Tuesday. They say a
cycle path is sadly needed.
Mrs. E. B. Wightman and daughter,
Ila, of Fenton are visiting Judge Dun
ham, Mrs. Wightman's father
Miss Leta O'Brien of Stanton who has
been visiting week with the Misses
Woodward returned home Monday.
Married, by Rev. j. w. McAllister on
the goth inst, Mr.. John j. Hackett to
Miss Minnie Bangs, both of Arcadia
Work was resumed on the NJ f..
church Monday morning and it will
be ready for dedication i'll six weeks.
We are glad to be able to state that
Darius Reid has so far recovered from
his late illness as to be on the streets
this week.
Mrs. Anna Trapp and Miss Winifred
Trap left Saturday for their former
home i'll Grand Rapids, Ohio, to spend
their vacation.
Mrs. Goodrich has received two large
Alaska diamonds from her son, +. NJ.
Goodrich a former Alma boy, now at TT.
Wrangle, Alaska.
Harry Porter has moved out of the
house he has been occupying on College
Ave. and is now living III the former
haunt of the '94 push.
The old brick chimney so long a land
mark on the shore of the pond is being
demolished and the brick will be used in
the new Pollasky block
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the NJ. E. church will meet at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs f. S. Petty
john on July End, in the afternoon.
j. T. Northon left Friday for Glare to
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Northon will resume teaching i'll Sep
TENDER as Supt. of schools i'll Edmore.
At meeting of the Alma Wheel Club
Monday night Dick Dingman, Will
Padelford, Phil and Chester Walker,
Frank Wheeler, Carts Brown and Will
Spicer were elected to membership. 1t
was decided to take run Friday to Mt.
Pleasant TO the races.
The new pension board of Gratiot
county met at Ithaca Wednesday and
organized as follows: +. A. Bagley,
president w NJ. Weller, secretary
and q. 5. Watson, treasurer. There
were ten before the board for examina-
ton, which is a good showing for the
first meeting
All Alma will be glad to hear that
the band concerts in the park will be re.
sumed this summer and continued every
Friday night. 1t is TO be hoped that the
record of last year in which weather
never interfered will be equalled. Our
band is an institution of which we are
all justly proud.
The efficiency of our fire department
was never better shown than III the
fire at Benefits last week. Before
the explosions had stopped two streams
were playing on the flames and although
there was considerable fire, not so much
as show case was cracked by water,
the damage being almost entirely 10y
smoke and fire.
A team belonging to Mr.. Isham of
Ferris Center broke loose from where
they were hitched in front of the college
Saturday and started west Near the
farm of Ed. Adams they caught up with
Mr.. Isham who had left them with the
man and gone on ahead in buggy a
collision resulted and Mr.. Isham was
thrown to the ground and dangerously
hurt. His rig was also considerably
damaged.
Preparations are going rapidly forward
for the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion at
Mcbride July l, 2 and 3. f. Neff's beau
utiful grove, in the edge of the town,
has been put in elegant condition, having
been thoroughly under brushed and
raked. The celebrated Fox Battery, of
Grand Rapids, will be present during
: the entire encampment and will give
artillery drills and fire all salutes. Gov.
Pingree, Hon. A. Il. Bliss, Commander
of the Michigan Department, G.. n. r.,
and Hon. l.. G.. Palmer, of Big Rapids
have been engaged as speakers. Col
Fred Neff and his associates and Chair