Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-24
ST. LOUIS.


Friday
Professor Ewing OF Alma college was in
the city Saturday.
A. II. Lowry made business trip to
Mancelona Tuesday.
Mrs. II. J. Vermeulen and Miss Ger
trude Whiting Of Alma visited st. Louis
Saturday.
Please don't forget the pancake and fish
pond social given by the Court OF Honor,
march % at the W. K. G.. hall all are in
vited.
The Court of Honor held their regular
meeting March Il had initiation and quite
number was present. although it was a
very bad night.
Long IL Adrch have sold their farm in
Bethany township lately purchased OF j. +.
Ball to J. A. Force OF Breckenridge who
will remove there April |.
Every sort OF work aprons, for ladies,
little girls and little boys will be on sale, at
reasonable prices, April LIST, at J. Tuger's
empty store. Come and look them over.
Otis Miller and brother, of Old Mission
who have been attending Ycrington's
college returned home Tuesday. |
Mr. Miller intends to return in the fall |
DR.. F. A. elise of Ithaca was in the city |
Monday arranging for location The !
doctor Is an expert optican and comes high |
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Don't order your Easter flowers from out |
OF town for our city florists, b. Longwell,
IA, Holiday and Mrs Lower are to fur
NH fine display to the Sorosis, to be on
sale at J. Tuger's empty store the day be-
fore Easter, April lst
A number of the Court of Honor mem
bers nd.their families took sleighrde out
to Pleasant Valley and called on Mr. and
Mrs. johnson and giving them good sur
prise and eating warm sugar. They all had
good time, March Is it being the first
sleighng.
Rev. J. 4. McGreaham started Monday
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in this district, he being one OF the Synodi.
cal Home Mission Board. He visited
Gladwin Coleman, Beaverton, Wise and
other churches in that vicinity returning
Thursday night.
w. H. H. Smith d Sons will begin work
as soon as the weather will permit on an
order Of brick for the Alma Sugar company.
The company will use some two million and
Smith " Sons can deliver all they can make
up to July /, which means about eight
hundred thousand
The {. f. society OF the Presbyterian
church held a membership social at c. G.
Barton's residence Monday evening. Games
etc were participated in, fine lunch served
and then business meeting was held be-
fore breaking up. The occasion was rem
dered very pleasant by the hostess
The Guild, Sorosis and Helping Hand
of the Episcopal church will unite in an ,
Easter sale of aprons for ladies and chill ,
dren, cut and potted flowers, coored Easter
eggs and cakes The flowers will be fur
uished by our city florists, +. j. Holiday,
g. Longwell and Mrs. Lower Sale at j '
Tuger's empty store the Saturday before |
Easter, April LIST. s
4 party OF ten High School students took '
advantage of the excursion to Lansing last :
Friday. Senator Giddings showed the
party every attention and made the visit to
the State Capital a pleasant one for the
boys and girls. Raymond Gillett and
Styles Kennedy took pictures of the Senate
and House chambers, Mr. Gliding request
ing the members to be seated while il was
done. The party are loud in their praise
of the senator's kindness.
Last week Field Manager Coulter OF d.
NJ. Ferry Il Co. seedsmen OF Detroit was in
the city and arranged with Long & Aldrich
10 make contracts with the farmers in this
vicinity for raising sugar corn and beans
for his firm. Ferry d Co. pay 81 % per
bushel for beans and Is cents for 80 pounds
of sheled corn delivered in Detroit These
rrices are much better than what are paid
for the ordinary article Last Friday and
Saturday Mr. Aldrich closed contracts with
the following parties: For beans: T. w.
Whitney 30 acres; John Coston 10; Geo.
Long 10; G. $. Aldrich 10; 5. b. Richard
son 5; S. Kennedy 5. For sweet corn: 5.
Kennedy 5; G.. s. Aldrich 10; J. Coston Is;