Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-02-04
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Miss q. L. Smith visited friends in
Ithaca last Friday.
Regular meeting of the Alma Lodge,
+. 81 A. NJ, tomorrow evening
Regular meeting of the o. E. s. on
Friday evening, Feb. A; special work.
Bert Woodward went TO Detroit We'd
nesday on business to be gone few
days.
j. ID. Spinney left Tuesday OH bust
ness trip to Reed City, Kalamazoo and
other places.
Mrs. Jennie Stevens of Grand Rapids
was the guest of L. Sadler and family
over Sunday.
Messrs. A. G. Schneider, l. Fink,
Smith Butterfeld and j. Rogers were in
Ithaca Sunday.
S. ID. Fell of Hamilton, Texas, was
here on business with A. W. Wright the
first of the week
Woman's Club will meet at the home
vi 4ulos W. lOAb -uOhu'y
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K. II. Branch of left, Weller 81 Co.,
New York City, was the guest of his
niece, Mrs. O. l.. Delavan, last week.
The County Epworth League Conven-
ton to be held in st. Louis has been
postponed till the latter part of this
month.
We are informed by Health Officer
Suydam that the public schools will
probably not open till week from next
Monday.
Mrs. Harriet Burger has been obliged
TO leave New York City on account OF
her health and go to Sunset Lodge San
itarium, Lakewood, n. j.
There was a pedro party last evening
at ID. McLaughlin's, one and one-half
miles south of town. People were pres.
ent from both Alma and Ithaca.
The parties who changed umbrellas at
the Wright House barber shcp on Satur-
day, Jan %, will confer favor on the
proprietor by returning the same.
The Roller Mills Co. moved into their
new Office last week Thursday and are
enjoying it hugely. The three rooms
are all very neat and cozy, and conven.
lent.
II. l., johnson of Riverdale put up
Friday night at Kinch's restaurant.
He was on his way home from Hemlock
with horse and cutter and had to tussle
with a good many snow drifts.
Miss Inez Watz of Saginaw visited
friends here and in Ithaca the fore part
of the week. She had part on the pro-
gram of the violin recital given at Miss
Thompsons in Ithaca Wednesday even
ing.
Miss Lillian Mccullough of Ithaca and
Miss Laura Button of this place gave an
informal party to nuL.ber of their
friends at Miss Buttons home Saturday
evening last. Several couple from
Ithaca were present. To say that the
evening passed off very pleasantly is to
put it mildly.
J. NJ. Montigel returned last Saturday
expressing himself highly pleased with
the Supreme Court of Honor meeting and
more enthusiastic than ever over the
advantages of the Court of Honor as a
fraternal life insurance company. The
organization is yet very young and has
certainly had remarkable growth.
The sleighing is being made good use
of by all those who have wood or stone
10 draw. A good deal of stone is being
drawn to town just at present Besides
that for j. L. Miller's new block, several
are having stone put on the ground for
a foundation under their residences.
Among these are s. Anderson and Frank
Ray.
Peters e. Dean sold Lyman Cohoon the
furniture for his new house on Safest,
and delivered the goods last Saturday.
This is certainly nice compliment to
our local furniture dealers, seeing that
representatives of the large furniture
companies of Grand Rapids had been
here doing their utmost to persuade Mr.
Cahoon to purchase of them. 1t always
pays to buy of home dealers.
In her Peaceful Valley" articles, in
The Ladies Home Journal, Mrs. Lyman
Abbott has undertaken to tell farmers
wives and daughters how their lives may
be made brighter and broader. Her
contributions thus far show her to be In
hearty sympathy with her subject, and
by painting, with her gifted pen, pict.
ures Of an ideal country community. she
has gone a long way toward a solution
OF the difficult problem, She is treating
every phase Of country life. its labors,
trials and diversions, showing a bright,
attractive side to farm life.
The blizzard last Sunday night and
Monday caused greater havoc with the