Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-11
HOME AND VICINITY
Smoke .'The Alma. "

Mrs. L. Gee is very sick ut this writ
ing.
Eugene Sterling is out again after two
weeks sickness.
Marcus Pollasky was in town on bust
ness Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. Bildson is very low with
little hopes of recovery.
Rev. Reed of Shepherd was in Alma
visiting friends Tuesday.
Dr. f. S. Pettyjohn returned from
Chicago Monday morning.
Rev. w. G. Burns of Stanton was in
Alma on business Wednesday,
John Mayes of Carson City visited
with old Alma friends Monday.
DIR. Ray Turck left for Chicago Tues
day night on a short business trip.
Marion Gibson has been appointed
postmaster at Sickles, this county
Ed. Fuller of Saginaw was in Alma
visiting old college friends, Wednesday
See those pretty pattern hats Miss
Smith is closing out today and Satur-
day.
Geo Latimer and wife of Shepherd
visited his parents at this place Wednes-
day.
f. G.. Torrey was in Coleman and
Glare on professional business the last
of the week.
Miss Freeman and Mrs. James Nc
Pherson of Saginaw visited Alma
friends Thursday.
DR. II. f. Butler occupied the pulpit
of the First Congregational church of
Greenville Sunday,
A large protrait of Francis Hood has
been received by DR.. Bruske and will be
hung up the Hood Museum.
DR.. J. n. Day of Lake Odessa, an
alumus of the Alma High School, was
in Alma visiting friends Wednesday
The Mt. Pleasant baseball team was
defeated in hard fought game in St
Louis by the score of II TO Wednesday
Rev. A. + Hart of Plainwell, former
pastor of the NJ. f. Church at this place
was the guest of Alma friends this week
Miss Georgia Cowles has accepted &
position as teacher in the fourth grade
of the Ithaca High School. Miss Cowle'
is very competent teacher and the
Ithaca school board has acted wisely il
securing her services.
II. L. Misamore and his baseball play
ers went to Saginaw Saturday morning
and played two games with the f. & p
M. team at that place. The scores were
. to 3 and 8 to i'll favor of Saginaw f
IL p. NJ.
Seneca Sly has been appointed post
master at Elm Hall by president Nc
Kinley Mr.. Sly is one of the best re
publican workers in the county and tn
appointment cannot help but give en-
tire satisfaction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Labadie ap
+
day evening in the beautiful coined.
Little Galatea." Both of these star
were at their best and gave our citizen
one of the best plays of the year. 1t i
very doubtful if Alma will witness bet
ter acting this season. The CLOSING
piece "a Husband in Clover was no
only amusing in the extreme but dis
played the remarkable power of facia
expression of both actors. Mr.. andlMrs
Labadie will return later in the seasol
when IA large audience will greet them
A lively runaway occurred in Aim
Saturday. Geo. Abbott, who lives tw
miles north of this place, had jus
finished loading load of potatoes t
bring to town. He stepped out of tn
barn a moment and the team starte
with the load running into a carriage a
the corner and upsetting its occupant
but hurting no one severely The tear
then started for town running TO the oil
A. A. depot then down State street {
Ellison's corner. Here they collide
with the water hydrant and stopped
Besides broken hydrant and load q
potatoes scattered along the road fo
two miles no serious damage was don,
The event caused no little excitemcu
for the time.