Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-21
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Home made mince meat at j. b.
Parker's.
A. c. Stone of Ithaca was in town
Tuesday.
Rev. G., w. Bates-of Bay City visited
relatives here this week.
Sheriff Mccullough of Ithaca spent
Sunday with friends here.
Chas. Grooms will have an extra bar
Der to assist him on Saturday.
Carts Brown left Wednesday evening
for an extended visit in Chicago.
w. w. Kinch is a Notary Public and
agent for four Insurance companies.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Holler baugh last week Wednes-
day.
Prof. and Mrs. Davis are entertaining
Mrs. a. G. Lane of Houghton for few
days
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. Playford of st Louis
were guests of E. Salter and family last
Friday.
HI. Vermeulen has opened his cloth
ing and shoe store and will soon have III
full stock.
Mrs. ]. G. Bright entertained her
sister. Mrs Ida Bradley of Saginaw,
few days last week.
Ed. Kelly of Bowling Green, o., spent
a few days with his family last week,
remaining over Sunday
Archie Alexander of Dewitt, former
Alma College boy, visited his uncle,
b. S. Webb, the last Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Dalrymple went TO
Elwell Saturday to attend the Maccabee
installation of officers that evening.
FLOYD Lockwood, formerly of Alma,
now salesman for the Barnes Paper Co.
of Detroit, called on old friends here the
last of last week.
The inside of the union depot has been
cleaned from top to bottom and revar.
nished, making it much pleasanter for
passengers to wait.
The work of alteration on the opera
house block began last Saturday, a
rough enclosure being erected to protect
the men from the weather.
Levi Baker of Fairmont, n. D., and
his brother Charles of Greenville, Mich.
have been visiting few days at Q. R
Moultons and B. b. Ellison's in West
Pine River.
DR.. Kelly will be in Grand Rapids
next Tuesday and Wednesday IN attend
ance at the meeting of the Grand Lodge
f. & A. NJ. His dental rooms will b.
+ closed on these days.
Miss Louise Jefferson was among tn
number who had birthday this weel
and surprise party in consequence. l
was Tuesday evening, and the younj
/ people all had good time
e The Court of Honor, recently organ
S lied, sends J. NJ Montigel as delegat
a TO the annual meeting Of the suprem
i court at Quincy, Ill. He will leave her
next Monday and be gone a week.
+ About twenty of Miss Mildred Tuck
d ers young friends took her by surpris
d Monday evening and made her four
a teenth birthday a memorable occasion
/. After a very pleasant evening the youn
e people departed leaving several presents
among them a bible, as a memento
!. the occasion.
n The body of Smith Hopkins, who's
@ death at his home in Detroit we mel
K toned last week, was brought here Il
n burial last Friday. He was aged Ga yea
10 and his death was caused by apoplex,
,e He was native :of New York stat
but was for several years a resident
Alma and will be remembered as Il
- proprietor of the Hopkins restaurant.
- At the installation of G.. a. r. an
:. w. r. G. officers last week, Mrs. w.
10 Turck, the department president was L
:. stalled as treasurer of the local corps al
as Miss Mary Taylor department secretar
>, as local secretary. The local socie
= esteems this very great honor Insta
,o alton ceremony was in charge of +.
b. Chadwick. The G.. 4. r. officers we
~ installed by w. A. Thomas, past con
mander Of the post.