Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

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Wednesday.
Miss Louise Hood has been on the
sick list this week
Before selling your hay see the Stock
bridge Elevator %.
"rhe Fatal Check" at the opera
house Monday night.
Miss Sarah Mcnamara returned home
from Toledo on Tuesday.
A. w. Brock returned home from
Minnesota last Wednesday night.
Miss Eugene Sterling of Coldwater is
visiting her brother, 5 l. Bennett.
Geo. Fink is in Crystal this week put
ting up his stock of ice for summer use.
Friedrich A. Spencer of Ithaca has
been granted apension OF s. per month.
Geo. Thompson has been quite i'll
with bronchitis during the past week.
Mrs Geo. Pulfrey was called to Itha-
ca the first OF the week by the illness of
sister.
All kinds of stoves, heating, COOKING
and gasoline, can ba bought cheap at
Brooks shop.
Geo. Willard was in Riverdale
Wednesday. serving summons on several
parties near that place.
Miss Grace Pulfrey returned home on
Monday from ST Johns where she had
been visiting for the past three weeks.
Mrs. Flora Wise was quite i'll the
latter part OF last week with bronchitis,
but at the present writing has lie.
covered
John Minnick left on Tuesday for
Jackson TO complete arrangemements
with the Empire Drill Co, for the sea
sons work.
The mail carriers on the rural free
delivery routes out of Alma have or
dered new wagons, built on purpose for
this service
David Elliot mas sold his eighty.acre
farm in Pine River to Jas. Jones and
will move onto his farm west of Forest
Hill early in the spring
James Leaman, who has been serving
in the 81 L S. Inft. in the Philippines,
is visiting his sister, Miss Phebe Lea
man, IN Alma for a few days.
Finch is the new game that is all the
fad in society now We have the cards
for sale at this office, with full instruc.
tions as to how the game Is played
You always get the latest in en-
broidery designs in the Designer Tho
4 March number is replete with all the
/ latest in all Of its departments Pub.
lished by the Standard Fashion Co.,
/ New York
The sixteenth annual convention of
the Gratiot county Sunday School asso-
citation will be held in the Presbyterian
church, Alma, February 26 and %.
The full program of the meeting viii be
published later
Arrangements have been made by Us
so that we can send you the RECORD and
the Michigan Farmer on, year for Sl.45,
cash in advance This offer is for old
subscribers who pay all arrearages and
one year in advance as well as new sub
scribers
Mrs Julia Hammond Is Advertising
an auction sale of stock, farm macnin-
cry, etc, on her farm five aud one. half
miles west Of Alma OH Friday Feb. 2l
Considerable nous hold furniture Will
be- sold at this -ale The usual terms
with q. f Chandler as auctloneer.
G. @. Rice and T. .. Lockwood, two
farmers residing near Portland. were i'm
Alma the latter part of last week inter.
viewing some of the farmers i'm regard
to the benefits of beet sugar factory.
They returned home well satisfied with
their Investigations and will work for a
factory al their place
The dwelling house on the DeGraft
farm southwest Of Alma burned down
on 4 AtH'lhN 4A~ls ~ " a. N'N u AllNNA ~
. ID p. Struble, who saved all his house,
hold goods. 1t is stated that the house
could have been saved if water could
have been procured, but there was none
on the farm, and neIghbor, whom il
is alleged had erudge against the
owner of the property, refused the FIRE
fighters water. consequently the house
was "a complete loss.
There was a bad wreck on he Ann
Arbor railroad north of Fuweu last
Monday morning A freight train
broke in two going down Lake George
hill. aud terrible collision followed
Brakeman II Henry was knocked from
the train aud badly injured. Engineer
A McKeruuz aud Fireman VIM Nc
CURE escaped with slight Injuries.
The wreck happened shortly before the
m rniug passenger train had passed and
therefore passengers had TO be trans.