Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-11
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Monday ON business.
n. f. McClinton will return from
Ann Arbor next week.
Watson Robinson spent Sunday with
his parents in Vestaburg.
Newell Smith of st. Louis was in
town Saturday on business.
Supt. Knight of Laporte, Ind, was a
guest at the college Tuesday.
Mrs. N. j. Mccullough of Ithaca was
i'll Alma Saturday visiting friends,
A. @. Middaugh is giving his barber
shop a thorough repairing and painting.
Regular meeting of the f. d A. M.
Saturday night. All members be pres
ent.
Mrs. II. f. Thompson left, Tuesday,
for Asbury Park, n. j., on "A two months
visit
Mrs. O. j. Stillwell of Ogden, Utah, is
in town visiting old friends and rela-
tives.
Old papers for sale at this office, five
cents per dozen, or twentyfi five cents
per hundred.
Work has begun on the new iron bridge
southwest of town, and will be pushed
TO completion.
We see by the Eugene Guard, (Ore-
gon) that +. S Day, former Alma boy,
has successfully passed a first grade GER
tificate.
DR.. Herrick Johnson went down TO
Detroit Sunday to preach He returned
the last of the week
Miss Hattie Hunt spent Sunday with
Alma friends. Miss Hunt has just COM
pleted very successful term of school
in Nestaburg.
The Alma (O base ball team went over
to st. Louis Tuesday afternoon and suf-
fered a terrible defeat, 11-2, at the hands
Of the home club.
f. A. Bagley NJ. ID. of Alma and G. S.
Watson NJ d. of Breckenridge have been
appointed L. S. pension examiners by
President Mckinley.
Evangelist Struble, one of the Pacif.
ic Coast Evangelists who held the meet
ings here two years ago, was III Alma
Tuesday calling on old friends.
j. NJ. Nichols went down TO st. Johns
Tuesday night to join the band from
that city. They are at Lowell today
competing in the big band tournament
Mrs W. H. Haven and son, Robert
returned to Cleveland, Ohio, the first OF
the week after months visit with hei
sister, Mrs j. NJ. Nichols of this place
Harry c. Price has started a milk
wagon from the Grafton farm and i.
now prepared to furnish the public witt
the genuine article at the lowest price
Harry is hustler. Give him call.
The Children's Day exercises at the
Presbyterian Sunday School last sun
day were some of the best ever given il
Alma The children had their piece:
, we'll committed and delivered then
especially well. Rev w. f. Jones tall
to the children was practical and inter
{ esting.
JAY NJ. Blakeslee, general agent fol
: the United States Benevolent Society o.
. Saginaw. was in town, Wednesday
looking after business. This is the old
l est accident and sickness company i'll the
5 state and has a reputation for prompt
ness and satisfactory settlements. W.
: understand that several took out appli
cations
The following delegates will attend
r the Geneva, Wisconsin, students con
ference of the Y. NJ c. A.: Messrs. j. L
Ewing, Bates, Stevens, Knox, Long, Nc
a Cabe and Divine. The last four vii
e ride their wheels to Grand Haven, Their
: taking the boat. The trip is pleasan
e one and Alma College will be wei
q represented.
We are very sorry that some peopl
: will continue TO disregard the wishes o
? the Sanitarium Co. and abuse privileg
; so freely granted them, and continu
e making themselves obnoxious at the par
'. on Sunday. Bicyclists and driver
should remember that it is not plac
= for racing, and have been warned of tn
: effect if continued, but they heed not
= and in consequence it has been close
c against bicycles and carriages on tina
l. day.
Arthur Beechler and John Baker
}. two Mt. Pleasant youths, aged 10 and l
= years respectively, were playing i'll
Y freight car Sunday afternoon when
IS was coupled to the through freigh
Is unknown to them and they were brough
is to Alma. Frank Wheeler cared for then
B. during the night and early Monda
z morning turned them over to Marshal
1t Greig who,at their parents request, ship
$ ped them back home by the noon train
Il The youthlets were in high glee whei
). they boarded the train having ha
II enough of wild west life.
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