Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-01
w. II. Parr was in Crystal Sunday.

Warren Halves of Crystal was in Alma
Tuesday.
Butter and eggs taken in trade at Pet
tyjohn's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Latimer of Shep-
herd were in Alma Tuesday
l.. j, VanLeuvan of Mt. Pleasant was
in Alma the first of the week.
Delon Fleming returned from weeks
trip to Frankfort last Saturday.
The biggest and best tablet for five
cents at Sharrar 81 Mulholland's.
Frank Kipp of Grand Rapids has been
visiting friends in Alma this week.
Miss Belle DePew of Flint visited
friends in Alma the first of the week.
Miss Bessie Holmes is spending a few
days with friends in Shepherd this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S Marshall of Inlay
City are guests of Mr. and Mrs. j. p
Losey this week.
Royal Hyde, who has been spending
the past week at the northern summer
resorts, returned home on Monday.
Mrs. VIM. Wilson left the first of the
week for Toledo and Cleveland to pur-
chase her new stock of fall millinery.
G. l.. Chadwick of Ithaca was in Alma
Sunday Mrs. Chadwick is spending a
few weeks here with friends and rela-
tives.
Those double face gSlf skirt patterns
at F. E. Pollasky's >sre bringing forth
the EXPLANATIONS of admiration from the
ladies.
Ellison Interline of Eden, O., who has
been visiting relatives in Alma during
the past two weeks, returned home on
Monday.
j. Major Lemen of Shepherd was in
Alma the first of the week, called here
by the serious illness of his grandfather,
j. w. Durham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. DePlanta, who
have been visiting in Emmett county
during the past week, returned home
Wednesday night.
Thursday afternoon of this week,
Rev. M. ID. Carrel addressed union
service of all the churches at Brecken-
ridge on the subject of, Successful
Followership.
On Monday of next week the tinkle
tinkle of the school bell will be heard
throughout the land and the small
urchin will have to pass up the swim
ming hole and sundry other like enjoy
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. +. Brown, accompan-
led by Mrs. d. f. Gray of Grand
Rapids, who have been visiting relatives
in New York during the past three
weeks, returned home on Saturday Of
last week.
The Epworth League will hold jubi-
lee social next Wednesday evening Oh
the lawn in front of Rev. Carrels resi-.
dence. Come and have a good time.
Special program.
The ladies of ST Johns church will
have bread, cake and pastry for sale at
Bivins q Rhodes drug store tomorrow,
Saturday, from II a. IN. until 3 p. N.
and for every succeeding Saturday until
further notice.
The citizens of Glare are making great
for the old soldiers at the
sixth annual reunion of the Northeastern
Soldiers and Sailors Association Sept.
12-15. Addresses will be made by Gen.
r. A. Alger, Hon. w S. Mesick, Dept.
Com. Pealer, Col. O. V. Il. Pond, Hon.
Phil T. Colgrove and others.
M. K. Walker of Howell was III Alma
the first of the week looking after the
interests of &. +. Burns q Co. of that
place who have several hundred acres Of
beans contracted for with the farmers
hereabouts. He reports the crop as
looking fine in this vicinity and that
some will be ready to begin harvesting
IN week at the outside.
A letter recently received from T. NJ
Granger states that he is enjoying
splendid trip in the state of New York.
No rain has fallen in the part of the
state where he is at present since last
April. When we consider that it has
only been since the middle of July since
rain has fallen in this part of Michigan,
we can consider ourselves lucky, and
that the climate of this great state is not
80 bad after all.
We are in receipt of the anniversary
number of the Manistee Daily News
containing an illustrated description of
the "salt city of the inland seas" its
institutions, business enterprises and
representative men. From an artistic
and typographical point of view it is as
fine a piece of work as it has been our