Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-04-14
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

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Wednesday on business trip.
Mrs. o. NJ Everden of st. Louis was
in Alma Monday calling on friends.
Albert Schaffer of Minneapolis was in
Alma Tuesday on business with A. w.
Wright.
Mrs. ID. +. Gray of Grand Rapids
spent Sunday'in Alma the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. O. f. Brown.
Prof. A. O. Lane. state geologist,
spent Sunday in Alma the guest of
Prof. and Mrs. O. A. Davis
A. ID. Moore was in Toledo the first
of the week. Mr. Moore is moving his
family into the McCarty rooms.
The attention of those interested in
fire insurance is called TO the article on
another page entitled Insurance.
Miss Helen f. Tubbs returned on
Wednesday night from three weeks
visit with relatives and friends in Eaton
Rapids.
Mrs Ella Johnson returned from a
two weeks visit with relatives and
friends in the south part of the state on
Saturday last.
JB Rockwell of Carson City is the new
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Mr. Rockwell will move his family here
we are informed.
A w. Beckner was in Detroit the
latter part of last week on business, re-
turning home on Monday.
DIR. A. b. Spinney of Reed City was
in Alma Wednesday on his regular "trip
and stopped over night with his son,
John ID. Spinney.
Sergt. Booth of Sumner was in Alma
Tuesday on his way home. He enjoyed
very pleasant trip home from Augusta,
Ga, coming by the way of New York
City
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T Peters leave this
week for Grand Haven. They have
rented their residence in Alma and ex
pect to make Grand Haven their future
home.
Two saloon bonds were presented TO
the council at the meeting Wednesday
night, that of +. L. Edwards and Pearl
Cahoon. They were both referred TO
committee.
Prof. j. L. Ewing was in Bay City
Wednesday and Thursday attending the
meeting of the Saginaw Presbyter as
delegate from the Presbyterian church
of this place.
We are in receipt of a very interesting
letter from O. f. Scott who is attending
the University of Pennsylvania, but
owing TO its length and our lack of space
we are unable to publish it.
Ben Stickney of Grand Rapids, the
genial conductor on the Saginaw di-
vision of the d., q. h. * W., is taking a
few days much needed rest and enjoy
ing the baths at the sanitarium.
B. S. Webb has purchased the proper
ty on the corner where Mrs. VIM WiX-
sons millinery store now stands and in
tends putting up a new building on the
same sometime in the near future.
Harry Price wishes TO inform the read
ers of the RECORD that he Will continue
in the milk business in Alma during the
coming season and Is prepared 10 serve
his patrons the same as III the past.
h. n. Chadwick showed Us this week
a relic in the shape of a letter written by
himself "a years ago the 18th of this
month while he was stationed at Chatta-
nooga. The letter was written lust
three days before Lees surrender.
Village Clerk Kinch informs US that
ne has IcCOIucu twenty seven utdluS III
the village Of Alma during the year
commencing April, 1895 and ending
April, 1899. This is probably the larg-
est death record ever III the history of
the village.
j b. Rockwell leaves for Alma tomor-
row where he has accepted position in
a store. Mrs Rockwell will follow as
soon as a house can be secured Mr.
and Mrs. Rockwell have host of friends
here, who regret very much 60 have
them 60, but wish them success in their
new home. Carson City Gazette.
The coming bonnet is said to be
dandy. 1t will have COW catcher in
front, a tail board behind, a flower
garden on top with bunch of grass on
one side and bird carcas on the other
The whole.will be deliberately banded
together with crushed ribbon and topped
off with very loud millinery bill-Ex
Here is a valuable pointer for Michi-
gan farmers on potato raising: A Mis-.
souri, man plants potatoes and onions
together in the same hill and he Is
never bothered with drouths. The
onions bring tears TO the eyes of the
potatoes and thus the ground is always
or