Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-02


ker d Huff's.
Mrs. Geo. Yerington is the guest of
Mrs. G. f. Brown.
j. Major Lemon is spending the week
at Mackinaw Island.
S. l.. Bennett was in Ovid the first of
the week on business.
Call and see what bargains Brock will
have to offer you next week.
II. j. Vermeulen shipped a carload Of
apples to Chicago last Saturday.
Mrs. NJ. J. McLaren left for Toronto
on Monday for short visit with friends.
j. B. Parker was obliged TO leave for
Petoskey on Wednesday on account of
hay fever.
z. M. Smith spent the first part of the
week pursuing the finny tribe near Fer
ris Center.
The X. of p supreme lodge and Uni
form Rank of the world will meet in De-
troit in 1900
O. +. Brown and j. M. Nichols, ac-
companied by their families, spent Sun
day at Six Lakes.
Nine. McCarty has opened dress max
ing parlors in the rooms first door east
of Mrs. Lathrops millinery store.
Regular Review of Alma Tent, next
Wednesday evening. Every member is
requested to be present at o'clock.
New line of bicycle caps, children's
tans and ladies' walking hats and sail
ors at Miss G. E. Smiths this week
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Houghtaling returned
from Owosso Monday night, where
they have been attending camp meeting.
Two births are reported this week,
each boys; one at the home of VIM.
Bower, and the other at the home of
Frank Kirby.
Miss Edna Tristram, who has been
visiting at the home of Rev. II. b. JEFF
ferson for few days, returned to Chi
cago on Monday.
We understand that Ray Bangs of the
Thirty fifth Mich. is quite i'll with mala-
rial fever at Camp Eaton. There are
some fears Of its turning into typhoid.
The ball game last Friday at the
grange picnic between picked teams
from Emerson and Arcadia resulted in
, the score of Z to ~ in favor of Emerson.
Alma people were somewhat surprised
, the first of the week to learn of the mar
, riage of Miss Boneita Greig to Wallace
Smith of st. Louis which took place in
Ithaca on Monday.
: DR.. Dodge, the optician and eye spe
2 cialiSt, will be at DR.. Suydam's office
Sept 6. and Z. Don't wait until you
are blind before having your eyes cared
for but consult specialist at once.
, The August supplement for Home Art
3 illustrates a beautiful rose design fol
/ cushion. The material for the cushion
t may be ivory white art satin sage greer
canvas-weave linen or any solid coloreG
r art linen.
T. A. McLandress of the Saginaw
Courier Herald staff was in town las
: Saturday for the purpose of obtaining
= information in regard TO entering colleg,
this year. He is a brother of Rober
: McLandress, a former college student.
o Two births happened in town las
: week which we failed to report On,
9 was girl at the home of Mr. and Mr.. J
S Hackett, on Wednesday and the othe
was a nine and one-half pound boy borl
o to Mr.. and Mrs. Ozro Abbott on Thurs
n day.
Q Mrs. Ella Downey is in Grand Rapid
: this week trimming in the wholesal
houses and preparing to assist Mrs. j
II F. Lathrop in the selection of her ney
fall stock of millinery. She expects t
a return home about the middle of mex
y week.
n When Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7. Peters re
:. turned from Bay View it was though
l. and hoped that Mrs. Peters had entirel
n recovered from her recent affection bu
T. she has been getting worse steadily an
on Tuesday they were obliged to hav
q her taken back to Traverse City.
D. Mrs. @. B. Richardson of Walla Wallf
r Wash. Mrs. Green, and Mr.. and Mrs
d Isaac Rorabacher of Langsburg, Mich
" arrived Saturday and with the except
n ion of Mr.. Rorabacher, who returne
3. home on Monday. are spending tn
lie week the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Wilson.
k About thirty young people of til
70 town started for straw ride last Tue
/. day night and proclaimed the fact b
a blowing fish horns, ringing cow bel
10 and making other hideous noise
~ There were two hay racks full of til
er young jewellers and after making whi
IN racket they thought possible woun
Il. up at the home of DR.. Pringle with