Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-03-04
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and is able TO be out.
q. j. Miller went TO Grand Rapids
Saturday on business.
A. Stone and w. Stevens of Ithaca
called on o. p. Stone Monday.
, L.. II. Hayt drove to Henderson yester.
day to attend his fathers auction sale.
Smith Butterfield was very pleasantly
surprised by about twenty of his friends
Wednesday evening.
"A. d Smith, the new tailor, has left
Alma and gone to Bangor, where, he
Informed the RECORD, he will start a
tailor shop.
Misses Ivah Aldrich, Gertrude Reid
and Mae Burgess of st. Louis were
guests OF Miss Gertrude Greig and other
friends Sunday.
David Woodward and wife of Way
land returned home Tuesday from a
weeks visit at the home of his brother,
Bert Woodward.
The Woman's Club meets with Mrs.
James Mitchell next Monday. Topic
Tor current events, advantages and
Disadvantages of Immigration.
Arthur Carothers of the RECORD
force was very pleasantly surprised by
several young people at the home of
Chas. DePlanta last Friday night
The Detroit Journal correspondent is
responsible for the statement that coal
Is believed to be present in large quaint
ties in vicinity of Ithaca. G atiot may
have coal boom.
DR.. G. Il. Payne and wife of Cam.
bridge, this state, are taking treatment
at the Sanitarum aud make their home
meanwhile with Mrs. Payne's sister.
Mrs. Chas. Hutchings
Miss Edith Desmond has been very i'll
with measles this week, peritouitis
setting in, Wednesday night it was
thought she would not live till morning,
but she is better as we go to press
The Y p. 5. G. E of Elwell will hold
a poverty social in the u. V. L. hall of
that village next Tuesday evening, Mr.
sth. Supper ten cents each or fifteen
cents per couple Those who wear good
clothing will be charged extra.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the Presbyterian church |
elected officers Wednesday as follows:
President, Mrs. Bahlke; vice, Mrs Trapp;
secretary, Mrs. Suydam treasurer, Ms
Mitchell.
Mrs. l.. "A Ely and three children
were poisoned one night last week by
eating canned tomatoes, making them
all very sick Mr. Ely was called home
from the south part of the state. Fort.
unately all recovered in a few days.
Parties having petitions for new drains
before the county drain commissioner
previous TO June =. 1897, had better pre-
sent new petitions as all old ones on file
previous 10 that date are of no account,
the change in the drain law making
them worthless.
a. w. Brock returned Monday from
his business trip in the New England
states. He found things very lively
there and had good success with the
Acme Heater AS the season is so near
rs close for heating apparatus, Mr..
Brock will not start out again till fall f
There will be union temperance
meeting in the. NJ. Z. church a week 5
rom next Sunday evening, March 18th. c
II charge of the young peoples societies $
# the town and college. Some phase of !,
he temperance problem will be presented a
" one from each organization and II
music will be provided. n
The school board have received 2lO b
publications. for the SUPPLEMENTARY, v
yer fifty of which were FROM outside a
he state, and 275 letters have been y
eceived by the board and Supt. Ely d
he board met Wednesday evening and et
oiled the list down TO six names. They q
I'LL meet again next Wednesday night -
nd meanwhile will make further n
lvestigations. b,
While it is hoped that peace may pre- ~
pain, the administration is making OF
for any emergency. The \
'rce at the United States naval yard is "
raining every nerve TO put the navy in n
rape for action, while the Winchester
rms Co is running twenty.four hours Nj
day to fill government orders. Uncle -.
nm is peaceable fellow, but he doesn't tir
tend to be taken off his guard. ha
The Misses Dusenbery had runaway ~ ~
inday with the horse they were driv- bo
K. They were tipped out near DR.. CT
iydam's office and the horse started pr
'wn the ally by his office and tried TO p,'
oss tho ditch which was full of snow.
ne horse got turned over on her back mi
the ditch and could not get up till TIN
lped TO do so. The cutter was smashed
d one of the young ladies sustained cot