Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-09-06
Mrs. Bert Hayes is visiting friends in

Mrs. Bert Hayes is visiting friends in
Stanton.
O. 0. Ward has returned from his
eastern trip.
Chss. Grooms of Ionia is visiting
friends here
Bart. Miller went on the Petoskey ex.
cursion on Tuesday
Harry White was in Grand Rapids
few days the first of the week.
DR. McCandless and John Myers of
Ithaca were in town Tuesday.
Mrs. A b. Scattergood left Wednesday
to visit friends in Hudson and Reading.
@. G. Wonders and wife of Seville, left
Tuesday TO attend the Buffalo Exposi.
ton.
Some improvements are being made
TO the interior of Messengers clothing
store.
w. A Bahlke has moved his law office
to an elegant suite of rooms in his new
block
Miss Agnes Lamborn returned the
first of the week from two weeks visit
in Ypsilanti
Mrs Carrie Brown was among the
number who went TO Petoskey on the
excursion Tuesday
Tubbs * Woodland and Hooper &
Craner shipped large amount of live
stock last Saturday
Mrs. L. A Sharp and children re.
turned Friday evening from their ex.
tended eastern trip.
w. 7. Davis will open his new jewelry
and music store to the public tomorrow
IL is certainly fine store.
Jay SwarthouC of WILLIAMSON, travel.
ing salesman for the Keystone Mfg Co.,
called on friends here Wednesday.
David Moore, for the past few months
in the employ of The Hayt & Pierce Co.,
left last Friday to accept a position in
grocery store in Mt Pleasant.
The eighth annual reunion of the
Northeastern Soldiers and Sailors Asso.
citation, will be held at Coleman, Sept.
l7.20 Reduced rates on all railroads.
Miss LIZZIE Seaver, who has been work.
ing in Ionia, was taken severely i'll last
week, and her parents went after her.
She is now at her home here, but is
still quite i'll
A brass band has been organized at
Eugene, a small place few miles south
of Alma. The boys received their in
struments "Wednesday and have already
commenced practice
Monday morning the small boy, who,
for the past ten weeks has been reveling
in the happiness of old clothes and
leisure hours, was slicked up by his fond
mother and bundled off to resume the
burden of tutelary training
About forty relatives and friends of
Mrs. w. j Byard gave her very
pleasant surprise at her home last Fri
day afternoon, August 3d. 1t was her
with a nice rocker and other gifts. Ice
cream and cake were served and all en-
joyed very pleasant time,
Fine samples of beets from the W. A.
Bahlke, n. j . Mccullough, Fred Church
and A. w. Wright farms are on exhi-
bition in the window of the Alma State
u Iaf no nd II
Jessurun are also interested in a lumber
of acres growing on the Bahlke farm.
The heaviest sample weighs six pounds
Brainerd Nelson, formerly of Wheeler
who was sentenced TO Jackson prison for
two and and one-half years for killing
} his young wife, has been recommended
for Communication of sentence by the state
pardon board, which will set him free
Nelson is 10 years old, has been in pris.
on one year, and there are extenu.
ating circumstances in his case.
Are you going TO build house? By
all means have it wired for electric lights.
The cost is small if wires are placed
the completed building is increased
twice the extra cost. The Alma..ssElec.
trio Light 90. is now wiring the. model
residences of DR. VIM. Kelly, Prof. j. 7.
Ewing and Ira Moody.
Mrs Trinnie Guthrie of st. Johns. who
was visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
b. Hevil, near Pleasant Valley, was
killed by lightning on Tuesday night of
last week while putting her little child
to bed The bolt came down the chin.
ney and badly wrecked the interior of
the house. Mrs. Guthrie was about %
years old and leaves husband and one
child
II j. Vermeulen expects 20 nave the
large addition to his store completed dur
ing the present month. and will then
have the largest store in this part Of the
state The first floor will be 81 lao.
He left for New York City. Wednesday,
accompanied by G.. T.. Silsbee of the