Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
Caucus next Tuesday afternoon.

James Kinch Of Mt. Pleasant was in
town on Wednesday.
Try Earl Clark's barber shop when
you need a shave or hair cut.
Mrs Elton McNutt of Kalamazoo is
visiting relatives in Alma this week.
Mrs. Amanda Hicks leaves next Mon
day for a visit with friends in Petoskey'
Everything is going at a reduction at
our great removal sale. NJ. IL j. Lam
born.
A. f. Mulholland left Tuesday for a
weeks trip to st. Johns and other
points.
r.. @. Ely of Detroit has been spending
several days in Alma this week with his
parents.
Mrs. A. d. Hitchcock of Mt. Pleasant
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Francis.
Twenty seven tickets were sold at this
station for Crystal Lake and Frankfort
last Sunday.
DR.. CT c. Dowdal of Chicago was the
guest of DR. II. f. Butler the latter part
of last week.
Miss Mertha Peters returned on
Wednesday from weeks visit with
Owosso friends.
DIR. VIM. Kelly will occupy his new
dental parlors in the new Lancashire
block next Saturday.
l.. b Quick has purchased the proper
~ of Chas. Morden on Water-st. and
will occupy the same.
Mrs. w. G. Vliet and little son, Har.
Ian, are visiting with friends in Bay
City and Caro- for couple of weeks.
Mrs. f. A. Bagley and daughter,
Gretta, returned last Monday from a
two weeks trip to Detroit and other
points.
Miss Kate Mcnamara of Mt. Pleasant
was in Alma Monday on her return
from two weeks trip to Flint and
Toledo.
Thompson q Sanderhoff have three
good second hand binders that they will
sell cheap. These machines are in good
running order.
The republican county convention
has been called for Tuesday September
f. and notice of the call will be found in
another column.
w. w. Sigsbee will leave next week
for Erie, Mich, where he has accepted a
position as station agent for the Pere
Marquette railroad.
The editor of the RECORD is very
grateful for two nice bouquets OF
flowers, the gift of Miss Alma and Mas
ter Downey Vought.
Miss Jennie Burkhead of North Balti
more, Ohio, returned home, Thursday
after few weeks visit with the family
of NJ +. Burkhead and other Aims
. friends.
The senatorial convention for thu
nineteenth district has been called TO
Tuesday, August 81 TO be held in Ithaca
and the regular notice thereof will b.
found at the head of our editoria
+ column.
G. II. Marquette has purchased the in
terests of f. J. Ray in the Alma Produc
Co. and will continue the business a
: the old stand. Here's success to Mr.
Marquette.
Lee Ward, who has been clerking il
the boot and shoe department at Yer
meulen's Department Store for the pas
two months, left on Monday for Lansing
e where he has a position in a large de
partment store.
r Miss Sarah l.. Ward left last Frida,
&. for Dyer, Tenn, where she has accepte,
4 position as teacher Of instrumental
. music and vocal instructor in the Yves
Tennessee College. The position is yer.
acceptable one and Miss Ward is to b
congratulated upon securing it.
4 VIM. Thomas, our popular gardener
= has our thanks for a liberal sample o
tomatoes Of the seedless variety. Mr.
Thomas has been growing these toma
toes for the past couple of years and ha
met with good success. The seed o
this variety variety is in such small
quantities that it costs s32 per pound.
The editor can write more cheerful,
. of the business interests of the towl
when his columns are literally filled
with the advertising of the bushes
houses. No editor can advocate tn,
doctrine Of buying from the hom
merchant unless the home mer
; chants show they are interested il
catering to the home trade by adver
Using in the columns of the local news
paper. IL is depressing TO the editor t
find business men patronizing ever,
advertising fake that comes along, anC
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