Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-07-08

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Miss Lena Schwartz is home from
Traverse City.
Mrs. h. f. Hunt and little girl arrived
in Alma last Saturday.
The best of everything in the meat
line at Parker q Huff's.
Miss Lena Tanning of Stanton is the
guest of Miss Jessie Weed.
Miss Kate Mcnamara of Mt. Pleasant
was in Alma celebrating the Fourth.
Jim Allen will give you a first. class
shave at the Wright House barber shop.
DIR. j. III. Lancashire as in Detroit on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Mrs. E. Wooley of st. Louis visited at
the home of E. Brant the first of the
week
Fera McNutt of Dushville was a guest
at the home of f. Brant the first of the
week.
Whang leather shoes, toughest made.
On sale this week at G. E. Pettyjohn 81
Co. IS store.
Miss Jessie Hanes of Glare visited at
the home of j. belong on Wednesday
of this week.
Miss Eva Gardner of Ithaca was the
guest of Miss Ida Coleman over Sunday
and the Fourth.
The annual report of the Alma Build
ing and Loan Association will be found
on another page.
Chas. Rhodes left on Tuesday for Elk
Rapids where he will visit relatives and
friends few days.
All the standard periodicals of the
day can now be secured at Webb's
Corner Drug Store.
Mrs Kate Hoyt and Miss Kate Hoyt
of Port Huron are guests at the home of
w. A Bahlke this week.
The Baptist society report that they
have as balance from their Fourth of
July work, the sum of $S2 "a.
Mrs. H. J. Campbell of Grand Rapids
was the guest of Mrs Bardwell and Miss
Dick over Sunday and the Fourth
Chas. Taylor and wife of Toledo
visited at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Taylor, the first of the week.
Mems, boys and Misses straw hats
this week at G. f. Pettyjohn q Co.'s,
at satisfactory prices. Call in and get
one.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hapner of Mt.
Pleasant were visiting at the home of
Mrs. E. r. johnson the first of the
week.
DR.. b. r. Frank eye specialist will
visit Alma every Thursday of each week
Office at Wright House. Consultation
and examination free.
q. B. Porter, Will Latimer of St.
Johns and Geo. Latimer of Shepherd
and their families spent the 4th with
K. Q. Latimer and family.
j. g. Bright's new cigar, Admiral
Dewey" is meeting with good success.
In fact Mr.. Bright cannot manufacture
them fast enough to supply his trade.
The board of pension examiners have
changed their place of meeting from
Ithaca to Alma on account of the advan-
tiges of the railroad connections at this |
place.
Floyd Woodward and Fred Delavan,
two of the Alma boys who went to
Island Lake, failed to pass the medical
examination and returned home yester
day.
Mrs. Jas. McElroy, sister of Rev. II.
w. Clough, and her granddaughter,
Miss Florence Dodson of Chicago, ar
rived on Thursday to make a short visit /
with Rev. Clough and family.
S. p. Myers Of Lansing and Mrs. Mary
Z. Carson of Charlotte, returned to their
home Wednesday after attending the |
funeral of their sister, Mrs. Margaretta |
Elwell on June 30
Theo Martin, of Billings, Mont, who
has been stopping in Alma for few
weeks, left on "Wednesday for his home
in Montana Mr.. Martin was formerly
OH the A. A., but is now OH
the Northern Pacific.
Master Clyde Lathrop had very
narrow escape on the Fourth from losing
the sight Of one of his eyes. He had
toy cannon which he was firing and was
loading the same when another boy
threw lighted fire cracker into the
powder which exploded in his face. He
will probably carry several scars for
some time.
DR.. J. III. Lancashire has raised a flag
staff in front of his residence which is
the finest anywhere in this
part of the state The pole stands GO
feet from the ground up and extends be-
low the surface nine feet. On the top