Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-06-30


H. j. Vermeulen is on the sick list
this week.
Dr. r. f. Hunt is spending the week
with relatives in Jackson.
Bart. Miller left on Wednesday of
this week for York, Pa, on short trip.
Mrs. NJ. Gray is in Grand Rapids
visiting her daughter in law, Mrs. John
Gray.
If you want to put in water works or
want any plum bing done call on A. w.
Brock.
Miss Ada j. Cochran of st. Johns is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs j. w. S. OPP
dyke this week.
We have just received new line of
"bike" and "sun" bonnets at 9. l..
81 G.. M. Delavan's.
new cement walk is being placed IN
front of O. N. Sharps property on
Superior-st this week.
DR.. A. f. Bruske was in Detroit Mon.
day and preached the funeral sermon of
the late Capt Thos. Hubbell.
Singer sewing machine, second hand,
in good repair, very cheap if taken at
once. Inquire at RECORD office. pd
A. w. Beckner was in Saginaw Mon
day where he sang before the state Mu-
sic Teachers Association in convention
there.
3 +. r. Griffith was in Fenton the first
of the week on business. He was ac-
compauied by his little daughter, Miss
| Mabel
' Mrs. j C. Bright left on Wednesday for
Mt. Pleasant where she will remain for
. few days the guest of her brother-in-law,
M. j. Bright.
{ I. +. Timby and his guest, j. f. Nc
Claskey, were north near Thompson
q vile the first of the week in quest of the
, speckled beauties.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hapner and son,
Harry, of Mt. Pleasant were the guests
of Mrs. Hapner's mother, Mrs. Ella
JOHuSOH, over Ouuudy'
4 f. E. Pollasky has the exclusive sale
Of the celebrated Red Cross" noiseless
, shoes for ladies' wear They give more
ease and comfort than any other grade
of stylish shoes.
Rev. r. II. Sidebotham, who attended
college here for several years and is n
graduate of sc, was married on Wednes-
' day of this week to Miss Effie Bryce of
Lapeer. They expect to leave for Korea
, August 20, where he goes as foreign
p missionary.
Mrs. Mary Bauer of Forest Hill, moth.
er of Mrs. H. w. Hayes of this place
=. met with quite severe accident on Fri
( day of last week while alighting from
ground and two of her ribs were trac-
{ tured. Mrs Hayes is with her mother
at present assisting in caring for her.
] We have always advocated the theory
that it pays to advertise in the RECORD,
f and now we have had it proven TO be a
Z fact s. Messenger brought in notice
of house and lot for sale, too late for
insertion in last weeks issue of the
paper and it was laid over for this
week. On Monday the house and lot
was sold.
The Maccabees of this place have been
experiencing revival this week. Two
deputies from the Great Camp (the
O'Connor twins came to Alma last
Saturday and on Monday morning they
commenced to canvass the town. The
result was that on Wednesday evening
sixty six applications were accepted by
the Tent, as the result of three days
work. They expect to increase this list
to one hundred and fifty during the
next ten days.
DR.. n. F. McClinton, assisted by DR..
R. E. Hunt, performed the very deli
cate operation of needing two soft cata-
racts in the eyes of colt belonging TO
NJ. Sharrar on Thursday of last week
This colt was born blind and as similar
operations have been performed on
children with the result of restoring
sight, the results of this operation
; will be looked for with great interest by
both the medical and veterinary profess
sions.
The new switchboard for the Union
Telephone Co. has arrived and is being
placed in Bivins e. Rhodes drug store
ready for use when the company as
sumes control of the County line Satur-
: day morning. The same make switch
boards will be placed in all of the ex-
changes on the line. They are of the
latest approved make and arranged so as
to facilitate the work of the operator.