Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-04-07
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
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! lege student, was IN Alma the first OF
week
Miss Louise Gargett visited friends in
Toledo over Sunday, returning home
Monday night.
Geo. Gargett left ON Wednesday for
| st. Johns on business for the Milwaukee
Harvesting Machinery Co.
Al. Pontine and family have moved
onto VIM. Sullivan's farm, and Will
turn agriculturists this summer.
Prof II. h. Petit of the Agricultural
college was in Alma Monday morning
with his cousin, Miss Hattie Petit
A H. Harrington, who has been
visiting friends in town during the past
week, returned 20 Olivet Wednesday.
Mrs Caleb Craig, who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. j. o. Bright, for
the past week, returned TO her home in
Saginaw Wednesday.
VIM Wilson has purchased the prop
| erty east of Clubb's shop and IN place of
the old building that stands there now
Will erect a fine new residence.
Miss Mertha Peters left on Wednesday
morning for Detroit where she will
make her home with Der sister Mrs Il
Q. Ely, during the coming summer.
The many friends of y. G.. Davidson
will be pleased to learn that he is now
In business for himself in Fort Wayne,
Ind, having purchased barber shop
h. T. Gidley, VIM Yost and j. w
Hagerman left this place on Tuesday for
Seattle. From that point they expect 90
embark for Alaska ana the gold fields.
Mrs. b. w. Ellison and Mrs w. y.
Garget were IN Toledo over Sunday at
ding the opening of the new church
Of the First Church of Christ Scientist,
in that city.
Bivins * Rhodes have purchased the
property where Bangharts meat
market and Kinch'S shoeshop now are
and sometime I'm the near future expect
TO erect fine brick block on the same
Mr. and Mrs. d. d. Whitesell have
moved TO Mt. Pleasant. Mr.. Whitesell
will retain his business interest here,
the move merely being made ON account
of the scarcity of houses and the high
rental charged.
Mr. and Mr. Fred Avery of Ashley
were in town Tuesday on their way 60
Wheeler Fred is principal of the Ash
ley schools and Is now away spending
MS spring vacation.
Chester Walker left on Thursday for
Ashland, N c., where he has accepted
position rs trained nurse IN "a large
sanitarium Miss f. NJ Hill. formerly
Of the Alma Sanitarinm, is employed IN
the same institution
Mrs a. Arnold has purchased the
building recently vacated 10y J. l.
Miller & Son and is having the same
moved onto one of the vacant lots in the
Stuttz addition, where she will have 10
fitted over into a dwelling house.
1t may be- of interest TO many of our
readers TO learn that CongreSsmanMesick
Will remain In Washington until May
His children are attending the pubic
schools there and as Mrs. Mesick is with
him he has decided 10 spend the month
Of April In that city.
a few weeks ago we published an item
in reference TO the arrest of a man stop
ping in Alma giving his name as c II
Winnie and palming himself of as "a T. /
s. detective He was taken 70 Howell 1
by the sheriff Of Livingston county and
az bis trial this week he was sentenced
to Jail for thirty days.
Miss Della Sigsby has returned from
state where she has been visiting friends /.
and relatlv es for the past three months. (
She was accompanied home by her
cousins, Mr. and Mrs Fox and daught- /
er Mr. and Mrs Fox intend to make T.
Alma their future home.
A gentleman from North Star by the T.
name OF Orlando SipeS came to Alma .
the latter part of last week and opened .
up barber shop in the room adjoining .
the Hotel Edwards building a O +
Davis has secured an interest in the .
shop and viii have charge of it, The /
room will be fitted up for first class
shop.
Robert Jacques of Riverdale died 40
that place on Thursday of last week.
1t will be remembered that the deceased 4
was attacked little over a year ago by /
his father in fit of insanity and sus-
tanned quite severe injuries from an axe
in his hands 1t was thought at the
time that his injuries were fatal but he
had been kept alive since by wearing a
plaster paris cast
Outing for April appeals to a soft spot
in the heart Of the sportsman and the
lover of nature. Among it's contribu-
tions are Give Weeks Awheel IN
France" "Ducking in Comfort, " "The
Nottingham Club of Buenos Ayres,'
Bats and Still Fishing, "An April
Fishing Camp" "A Quiet Nook for
Anglers, Staging Through Mountain
Desert, "Springtime Ramble in Bird
land Aquatics claims Duty and
Discipline Ahoat," -Four Months OF
Board the Yankee, " by the "Man on the
Bridge, and "The Brockville Rowing
Club, whilst fiction is superbly repre-
scented by the late John Heards, Jr S
story of 1.-The Maid of Tirol. The H.
Illustrations are numerous and of the
highest artistic merit.