Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-04-07

Circuit court convened in Ithaca
Wednesday.
Nice chickens for your Sunday din
ner at Bangharts.
f. j. Hyde of Riverdale was in Alma
Monday OH business,
j. W. Glass was in Saginaw and Bay
City Wednesday on business.
If you have any eavetroughing or
thinning to do call on A. w. Brock.
Roy Streeter of Riverdale is clerking
in the dry goods department at II. j.
Vermeulen's.
Mrs. Geo. Sharrar and Miss Blanche
Woodward spent Wednesday in Ithaca
visiting friends.
With the advent of April we are ex.
periencing the first delights of balmy
spring for this year.
For SALE.-An eight room house.
barn and three or six lots for sale cheap.
Inquire at this office. If
Mr.. and Mrs. w w. Roberts left on
Tuesday for Saginaw where they expect
to make their future home.
w. @. Hawley has resigned his posi-
ton with II. J. Vermeulen and is now
clerking for j. l.. Miller 81 Son.
The many friends of Mrs j. O. Bright
will be pleased TO learn that she is con
valescing rapidly from her recent illness
Mrs. n. Church of Ithaca and daugh.
ter, Helen. were guests at the home Of
Prof. and Mrs. @, A. Davis Wednesday
night
J. W. G. Nesbit formerly OF this
place, passed through Alma Monday on
his way to Bay City. John is at present
located in Big Rapids.
A. w. Brock has his tinshop very
nicely located in the building recently
vacated by j. G. Bright's cigar shop and
is now ready for business.
You would be surprised to see the
beautiful carpets. matst6Rs, rugs cur.
tains, etc, you can bpS with a small
amount of money at F p, Pollasky's. 4
The members of the Woman's Club
will tender a reception to Mesdames
VIM. Reed and Orville Davis in the X .
of p. hall on Monday evening Of next
week
Bernhard Schlesinger, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs S. Fink for the
past few weeks, left on Monday for New
York from where he expects TO sail for
Germany.
w. a. Bahlke has purchased the
Ziesse estate Of the heirs and some other
property adjoining about one acre in
all, for the site Of the new Presbyterian
church if built.
On another page of this issue will be
found the report of the votes cast in the
different townships in the county at last
Mondays election. Not much cousol
alton III it for a good working republi-
can.
Geo. Baxter of Toledo is the new
night operator at the union depot in
1 place Of r. T. Conger who is acting as
! car checker at the sugar factory Mr.
! Baxter was until recently a member OF
the It'll L. S Regulars and participated
in the battle of Ell Caney last July.
Mrs. W a. Seavers returned from De.
troit on Monday last. Mrs. Seavers
spent about two weeks in the city fol
the purpose Of studying the latest styles
10 be used in dressmaking during the
coming season. She is very nicely 10.
Gated in rooms with DR.. Cora B Wilson
in the postofiice block.
Wednesday, April 20, is the S0th an.
niversary of the l. O o. +. order and
the day will be appropriately celebrated
by the members of this district in the
city Of Mt. Pleasant. A large number
of the members of Alma lodge expect C
attend and the second degree team will
exemplify the work in that degree
Ii would seem 70 a casual observer thar
It is very unwise plan for the people
of our town who have property for REM
and are securing good fair rental price
70 now raise the rates on the same foi
the simple reason that there is deartl
of good residence houses in town, II
will have a tendency to drive people
away from Alma instead of more com
ing here TO live.
BY criminal blunder on the part OF
the compositor and carelessness on that
of the proof reader one of those extreme
! ly ludicrous mistakes that will some
times creep into newspaper occurred in
the article regarding the funeral and
life of Miss Alice Vliet as published IN
the RECORD last week In the quota.
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