Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-04
HOME AND VICINITY


Hammocks at b. 81 RS.
Wright House tonight for ice cream.
Supt. Culver of Merrill was in Alma
Saturday.
Miss Blumke spent Sunday with her
mother in Saginaw.
f. w. Hooper went to Chicago on
business Friday night.
Ice cream and cake at the Wright
House tonight, 10 cents.
Mrs David Depew of Flint is visiting
Alma friends this week.
Rev. Jay Clizbee, of Mason was the
guest of DR.. Bruske Wednesday.
Twenty seven new guests are regis
tered at the Sanitarium this week
Mrs Herrick Johnson went down to
Ionia to spend Sunday with friends.
James Kress and family have returned
from Oregon and will locate at Ithaca.
Miss Nora Powell of Lansing spent
Sunday with David Cuvrell and family.
Mrs. John Hall of Charlotte is the
guest of a. j. Hall and family this
week
Remember that Nichols will be in his
store and ready to do business next
Monday
Mrs. Theodore Nelson and son, Wilbur,
visited friends in Saginaw the first of
the week.
Closing sale of all linens SATURDAY, at
cost, preparatory to putting i'll entire
new stock at Miss Smiths.
James and Glen Robinson of Ithaca
were in Alma the last of the week and
took home nice string of pickerel
William Howe, Jr., returned Saturday
night from Sault st. Marie, where hC
has just completed "a successful term OF
school.
Rev. w. f. Jones spoke to the young
people at the Presby terrain church last
Sunday evening on 1.-THE choice Of read
ing matter.
The annual Gratiot County Pioneer
Picnic will be held at Ithaca, June IS
An excellent program is being arranged
and will be published next week.
Owing to a large increase of trade, J
O. Bright has been compelled to chang,
his cigar factory TO the @. n. Sharl
building on Superior street He will al
so add more help.
Miss Bertha McLaren closed he
school in the Wiley district last Frida,
with exercises and picnic dinner. Sh
has accepted the school for the coming
year at an increased salary.
The annual promotion exercises o
the eighth grade of the Union School
will be held in the high school room
Tuesday evening. Supt. p. II. Kelly o
Mt. Pleasant will deliver the address
Seventy Alma people took in the Sun
day excursions this week. Forty-fiv
went to Saginaw, eleven to Ann Arbc
and fourteen TO Toledo. Seventy thre
st. Louisites took in the Saginaw excur
sion.
Mr.. and Mrs. w w. Dodge and son
Billy, returned home to Mishawaul
Ind, Monday morning after a tw
weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. j. n
Ford. Mr.. and Mrs. Ford accompanie
them to Grand Rapids.
One of the best athletic meets eve
held in the country will take place o
the race track in this village tomorrow
Saturday. Remember the boys hav
been to a big expense TO secure tn
meet. Come and help them out. At
mission 25c.
Bert Woodward has begun the ere,
ton of two handsome cottages on Woo
worth street. They will cost about 81
600. 90 each and be fitted with all I'll
latest modern improvement. This is
good move for renting cottages hay
been in large demand for some time.
Childrens Day exercises will be he
| at the Ely school house next Sunda,
| June 9th. A very interesting progra
| consisting of recitations, solos and di
logues will be rendered. Prof. j. v
Ewing will speak to the children for
few moments at the close All a
| urged to attend.