Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-04
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

ALaa Wednesday.
Frank Grover is assisting at Brooks
tinshop this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Halves OF Crys-
tai are guests of their daughter, Mrs Il.
DeYoung.
Jas. Gargett left the first of the week
for two weeks visit with relatives and
friends in Ohio.
Miss Lena Fink left on Thursday for
Chicago where she will visit relatives
for short time.
bliss Ella Taylor of st. Louis was the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Kelly
Wednesday night.
II. ID. Starr of Saginaw was in Alma
Thursday and made pleasant call at
the RECORD Office.
L. d Forrest has purchased theJ w.
Holmes farm in Sumner township
Consideration $1,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kent of Grand
Ledge visited Mrs. Ella Johnson the
latter part Of last week.
A bus load of young people, and old
er ones too, enjoyed n picnic at the
Grassmere farm last Wednesday.
DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Kelly leave on
Thursday of next week for the northern
SIMMER resorts on a short vacation.
Dan. Mclaughlin and e. S Hall left
on Thursday for Toronto, Can, to visit
friends and relatives for short time.
Seventeen tickets were sold at this
station for Niagara Falls on Thursday,
the date Of the excursion to that place.
d. d. Whitesell left on Tuesday of
this week for points in Canada and Lon
don, England, on two months bust
ness trip.
Ade!bert Thum is assisting III A. w.
Wrights Office during the absence of
Geo. Richards, who is away on short
vacation.
Hear James MCGEE in his popular
lecture "Probes and Probers" at the
Baptist church next Thursday night,
August 10.
Marion Fisher left on Saturday of last
week for points in the southern part of
the state. He will visit his brother
while away.
Mrs. NJ. Stevens Of East Tawas aud
daughter, Mrs. May North of Bay City,
are visiting relatives and friends in
Alma this week.
Miss Nettie McLaren, who has been
visiting in different points in Canada
during the past month, returned home
the first of the week.
Mrs T. D. Brown and two sons of
Canandaigua, Il. Y, were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs j. S. Caple the
latter psrs Of last week.
A party of four, composed of II. G.
Price, Jas Rogers, Ed. Wolf and w. j.
Padelford, left on Monday for North
Dakota whore they will work on a ranch
until fall.
Mr., and Mrs G.. S. Ward are spending
the week at the summer resorts in the
northern part of Michigan. G. o. Ward
accompanied them on the trip, but re-
turned the first of the week.
Mr.. G. NJ. Willoughby and Mr.. Cook
of Pompei were in town last Sunday
looking up passengers for the harvest
excursion to Dakota. Mr.. Willoughby
started for that state Tuesday.
Leon Tichner is the new barber at
Groom's barber shop. Mr.. Tichner
comes well recommended as a barber,
and besides is a first-class cornet player,
a fact that is Of interest to the band.
The ice cream social given by the
members of the Alma Fire Department
in the old PollasKy building last Satur
day night was well patronized, consider
ing the GOODNESS Of the weather The re-
ceipts of the evening were SLIGO
The new dog law goes into effect Sept.
%. Then each township will have a
dog warden whose duty will be to col
lect the tax or kill the dog He will is.
sue license for each animal. There
will not be much to do until next May,
when the new tax comes due.
AT meeting held in their armory last
Tuesday night ST. Louis 90. No. II, U.
r. X. of P. elected the following officers:
CARTS Brown, captain A. II. Lowry, 1st
lieutenant Nv G. Rowland, I'd lieutenant;
Fred Bernard, recorder; G.. S. Aldrich,
treasurer; L. Lenhoff, guard; Geo.
Sharrar, sentinel.
Mr.. James MCGEE of Kalamazoo COL
lege will give his popular lecture emit
tied, "Probers and Probes" at the Bap.
fist church next Thursday evening
Aug. 10. While only young man he
has already made n name for himself as