Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-07

day.
Bert Hayes was in Cedar Lake Mon.
day night
Opera house, Tuesday night, "a Mid.
night Gall
John f. Innis left on Tuesday for
Washington.
John T. Mathews of Ithaca was in
Alma Tuesday.
Gale b. Davidson OF Detroit was in
Alma this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Ray are visiting
relatives in Ionia
L. n Carpenter left on Thursday for
short trip 10 Chicago.
George Thornton OF Marion was in
Alma the first of the week.
See Miss Helene Fiske as Roxy" and
Nj b Streeter as Crit at opera house
Monday night.
Mr. aud Mrs. Alva Caple of Toledo
have been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. :. Caple, this week
DR.. n. f McClinton performed quite
a difficult surgical operation on John
Giles of Sumner last Monday
a good girl for general homework.
wanted at once Good wages paid.
Gall on Mrs. II. j. Vermeulen
Rudolph Walters has traded his farm
for the Mapes boarding house property
and will move into the same at once.
Mr. and Mrs, Seth Tuhbs were called
to Ithaca Sunday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. NJ b. Salter, a relative of Mrs.
Tubbs.
A. l. Fisher is assisting in the shoe
department AT Vermeulen's this week
during the absence of Messrs Vermeu-
len and Silsbee
Earl Clark has been improving the
appearance Of the interior of his barber
shop 10 a considerable extent this week
When YOU want a good shave, try him.
II. y Kilby, the member of the Kilby
Mfg Co., who had charge of the con.
struction of the Alma beet sugar plant,
is stopping at the sanitarium for a short
| time.
Murza j. Chaplin, for several years a
student of Alma college, now with the
Michigan Drug Co of Detroit, was in
Alma Monday shaking hands with old
friends.
Frank Barnes was in Saginaw Mon.
day for the purpose of having his eyes
operated upon He also went again on
Wednesday and was accompanied by
his local physician, DR. L. I. Lamb.
Ladies clean your gloves with Lab lie
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
ranteed
+ II Clemens Of Fort Wayne, Ind
has accepted a position i'm the dry goods
department at VermeuIens Mr.. Glenn
ems comes recommended as beinRa first.
class dry goods man with considerable
/ experience
JAS l. Wilson wasin Detroit over Sun
day and while there signed a contract
with "a. X Chandler, commission mer.
cheut for one year Mr Wilson is I'M
decided whether he will locate i'm Lake
view or Beldinr
Mrs. + Fleming is advertising an
auction sale az stock. farm machinery,
hay, grain. etc., on her farm four miles
northwest of Alma on Wednesday,
March II. The usual terms, with @ T..
/ Chandler as auctoueer.
The Harold Jarvis concert at the opera
house last Friday night was "a very
pleasant musical event, but az usual
when there are high class entertain
ments, il was poorly attended and the
receipts were not sufficient 70 pay ex-
penses.
The burning ont of a chimney on A.
r. Hudson s residence Thursday after
noon called out the fire department.
/ Whoever turned in the alarm neglected
to state where it was and everything
was all over with before the cause for
the alarm was located.
H. j Vermeulen and @. E Silsbee
left on Monday for New York to select
the new spring stock Of clothing for
Vermeulen's department. store. Mr.
Vermeulen will also visit Chicago while
away aud expects to make some large
purchases for the dry goods department
The rural mail carriers from this office
have received their new wagons and
they make a very handsome appearance
as they are lined up at the postofflce
each morning before starting out on the
routes The wagons were manufactured
by The Butler 90. of Butler, Ind, and
were purchased of j. W. Holmes x Son.
With twice the value OF property &c