Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-04-04
Marvin Harvey spent Sunday in Ionia.


Miss Myrtle Mosher visited friends in
Ithaca this week.
A X. Porter of Breckenridge gets an
increase Of pension.
Margaret Funston spent Sunday with
friends near St. Louis
Thos Smith OF the Hotel Fern was
in Alma the first ~ the week
Mesdames G. Nelson and Anna NJ.
Boughton were in Ithaca Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs A. w Wright and DIR.
j. Ii. Lancashire were in Detroit
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murray of Elsie
visited friends in Alma over Sunday and
the first Of the week
Morris Johnson attended the Easter
ball given by the Fellowship Club in
Ithaca Monday night.
Mrs II + Meyers left on Tuesday for
"A short visit with relatives and friends
in Lowell and Grand Rapids.
dancing assembly will be held in
the opera house this evening. Good
music and good time is promised
The st. Louis papers last week each
printed a very handsome illustration Of
the proposed chemical works 10 be built
in that city
w. II Beeman has resigned his posi-.
ton with The Hayt * Pierce Co, and
expects to g TO Pinconing where he has
a position offered him.
Chas. Humphreys has torn down the
old landmark. known as Olubb's shop
and i'll build on the same site modern
brick blacksmith shop.
Stephen Gallagher has resigned his
position with z I Banghart. and has
entered the grocery department. of The
Hayt IL Pierce Co s store.
When leaving your orders with The
Hayt q Pierce 90. for groceries, remem.
Der 10 have "a bottle Of Rockingham
Dairy Cream included in the order .
A party of five, consisting Of Geo
Harm and wife, Jos. Donevant. Lee and
Hart. Scott, left last Monday for Seattle,
Wash, where they expect 70 locate.
Mr.. and Mrs Theo. w. Marsh at
tended the wedding of Mr.. Marsh's sis
ter, Miss Jean Marsh, 70 A. =. Brush of
Detroit, in Grand Rapids last Saturday.
The weather last Sunday was not very
favorable for the donuing of those new
Easter bonnets-nor mas il been since.
Furs and winter wraps have been more
in line
The social custom in Paraguay re.
quries a gentleman 10 kiss every lady 70
whom he is introduced; but Paraguay
is too far away from here for sunday
excursions
Ladies clean your gloves with LaBelle
Glove Cleaner. For sale only at Yer
meulen's big department store, head
quarters for kid gloves in all the desir-
able shades. Gloves fitted and war.
rauteed
Ellis Clark a former resident of Area.
da, who has been spending the winter
in Florida, was in Alma the first OF the
week making preparations to move his
household effects TO Battle Greek where
he has located
The new keyless lock boxes have been
placed in the postofiice and make very
decided Improvement in appearance as
well as general usefulness. Quite a
number of other improvements are also
being made in the fixtures.
d. : Mcqueen, late of Rockford,
Mich, has located in Alma, and will
practice his profession as optician. Mr.
Mcqueen has his office with J p Losey,
the jeweler, where he can be found at
any time. He has an ad. in another
column.
The Easter window display that un-
doubtedly attracted the most attention
last Sunday was in Sharrar q Mulhol.
lands drug store. The window had
been fitted up especially for the three
white Spitz puppies belonging to A J.
Hall and a very handsome sight they
made
Rev. Irl r Hicks, in his forecasts for
April says upon the whole he believes
that April will prove a nice month for
general outdoors work and doubts If the
rainfall for the month will be all that is
desired in many sections Of the middle
west. During the month we may look
for spurts Of cold weather, but of very
brief duration
NJ f Root i advertising an auction
sale Of live stock. farming implements.
household furniture, etc. on his farm
two and ore-half miles west Of the
Davis school house and three miles east
Of Sumner, on Wednesday, April g.,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. IN. Free
lunch at noon. The usual terms with a
discount for cash on all sums over five
dollars. John Rowell will have charge