Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-07-21
Ohas. silsbee spent Sunday in Carson


City.
Plumbing and water works fittings at
A. W. Brooks.
The biggest sale of the season now on
ut Pettyjohn's store.
Il. e. Pollasky and daughter, Bernice,
were in Riverdale Thursday.
l.. II. Mapes has purchased the Voor.
hees farm northwest Of town.
Jas. A. Stuttz of Sandwich, Ont, is
stopping in Alma for few days.
l.. Fl. Hayt left on Tuesday for Ben
ton Harbor on short business trip.
Don't forget the free lecture mt the
opera house on Christian Science, July
n.
@. l.. Maxfield of Kalamazoo college
was the guest of Wilbur Nelson Mon
day.
Sixty three people from this place
patronized the excursion to Toledo last
sunday
NJ. f. Burkhead, who has been quite
i'll during the past two weeks, is able TO
be out again.
Miss Jennie Kinch of Jackson was
the guest of her brother, w. w. Kinch,
the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs Jas. Hinch Of Mt Pleas
ant were guests at the home of his par
ents in Alma last Sunday.
For sale or exchange for farm land
the Wagstaff property on Ely-st., Alma.
Inquire of Ely Brewbaker.
The young people of the Baptist
church will give social on their church
lawn next Tuesday evening.
Miss Ola Irish left on Monday for We
que-ton-sing where she will remain dur
ing the balance of the summer,
Mrs. Zach Simmons and children left
on Thursday for Flushing on short
visit with relatives and friends.
+. w. Davidson and Herbert Scott of
the Republican Leader force, St. Louis
were in Alma Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Bert Osborne and children Of De-
troit are guests at the hone of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Brant this week
Mrs W S. Messenger of Allegan and
Mrs Martin Cook of Ionia are guests at
the home of Edward Griffin this week
w. II. Parr was in Crystal the first of
the week attending the funeral of his
mother who died at that place on Mon .
day.
III your glasses are constantly drop
ping off your nose, call on Scattergood
& Jacobs they can fix them so they will
stay.
Jos Rivett of Grand Rapids was in
Alma Wednesday the guest of Ezra
Robinson and visiting with several
other of his old comrades.
Mrs. Earl Clark and daughter, Leah
who has been visiting relatives in St.
Johns during the past two weeks, re-
turned home on Monday of this week
There will be an ice cream social at
Mr.. Wright's, first house west of Day
school house, on Saturday evening, for
benefit of Day Sunday school. Every
body invited.
Mrs. f. Ryerson of Bedding, former
! resident of this place, accompanied the
remains Of her ten months old child
here for burial on Friday of last week.
She remained over Sunday with friends.
John Wanamaker has closed a con
tract with the Philadelphia Record in
which he is to give 800, 900 for page
ad. for one year, and yet there are mer-
chants who say that it does not pay to
advertise,
Chas. Silsbee left on Tuesda for De-
troit TO meet representative of one of
the largest eastern shoe manufacturers
for the purpose of selecting new stock
of shoes for II. j. Vermeulen's depart
ment store.
The August number of The Designer
presents number of interesting articles.
The fashion plates are all adapted to
this season of the year and as usual are
the correct styles. No home is complete
without copy of The Designer.
On Wednesday evening of this week
Miss Lena Fink entertained about TWEEN
ty Of her little associates at the home of
her parents on Woodwork Re
freshments were served on the lawn in
front of the house and all enjoyed them
selves hugely.
We have heard of people who, after
climbing tree, sawed off the limb they
were sitting on in order to get to the
ground but a blacksmith in the east
of town the first of the week solved the
problem of how to pick cherries without