Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-09-06

Mrs. Bert Hayes is visiting friends IN
Stanton
O. o. Ward has returned from his
eastern trip.
Chas. 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. McOandless ana 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 EXPOSE
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. T. Davis will open his new jewelry
aud music store 10 the public tomorrow
1t is certainly fine store
Jay Swarthout of WILLIAMSON, travel.
ing salesman for the Keystone Mfg Cos
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 position in a
grocery store in Mt Pleasant.
The eighth annual reunion of the
Northeastern Soldiers and Sailors Asso.
citation. will be held at Coleman, Sept.
11-2O Reduced rates on all railroads.
Miss LIZZIE Seaver, who has been work.
ing IN Ionia, was taken severely Ill last
week, and her parents went after her.
/ She is now at her home here, but is
still quite III.
A brass band has been organized at
Eugene, "a small place a few miles south
Of Alma The boys received their in-
strumeuts "Wednesday aud have already
commenced practice
Monday morning the small boy, who,
for rhe past ten weeks has been reveliug
iu che happiness Of old clothes and
leisure hours, was slicked mp bv his foud
mother aud bundled Off to- resume the
burden o. tut-lary training
About forty relatives and friends of
Mrs. " Byard gave her very
pleasant surprise al her home last Fri
day afternoon, August 80. IL was her
i6-h birthday, and She was presented
with "a nice rocker and other gifts. Ice
cream and cake were served and all enc
joyed a very pleasant time.
Fine samples OF boets from the W A..
BahlAe, n. =. Mccullough, Fred Church
and A. w. Wright farms are on exhi-
btiou in the window OF the Alma State
Savings Bank. r Hathaway and ID.
Jessurun are also Interested in number
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 viii set him free.
Nelson is - years old, has been IN pris-
on one year, and there are extenu-
ating circumstances in his case
Are you going to build a house: BY
all means have it wired for electric lights.
The cost is small If wires are placed
during construction; aud ,the value of
the completed building is increased
twice the extra cost. The Alma sElec.
trio Light 90 Is now wiring the. model
residences Of DIR. VIM. Kelly, Prof. j. T.
Ewing and Ira Moody
Mrs Trinnie Guthrie of st. johns. who
was visiting her parents MIR. and Mrs.
b. Hevil, near Pleasant Valley, was
killed 10y 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 a husband and one
child
H. D. Vermeulen expects TO nave the
large addition TO his store completed dur
ing the present month. and will then
have the largest store in this partIof the
state. The first floor will be 81 l40.
he left for New York City, "Wednesday,