Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-10-10

Thos. Pringle has moved into the Mrs.
Nelson house
Mrs. ID. w. Adams is visiting relati yes
in Grand Rapids.
John ID. Spinney Of Reed City was In
Alma few days this week.
Ii will pay you to see the new street
hats at M. 81 j. Landlords
Mrs j. s. Oaple was called to Eaton
Rapids Thursday by the illness of her
brother.
Vermeulen has the latest styles and
the most up o.date line OF millinery in
the county.
Harry Ball Of Wallaceburg, Ont Wis.
tied his sister, Mrs K. T. Lamb, the first
of the week.
For sale, an unlimited number of good
shaves and haircuts. Inquire at Davis
Bros barber shop.
Harry and BENJAMIN Springer are in
Edmore this Week working on the Gibbs
block being built there.
Rev. O. A. Gary of Detroit, a former
rector OF st. Johns church, was in
Alma the first of the week.
Mrs. b. Snyder of New Lothrop is
visiting at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. j. l. GARNER, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Creig Smith of
Saginaw visited at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Wright Thursday.
s. Stanard left Tuesday night on
business trip to Fair Grove. He will
return the latter part Of the week.
John N Booth writes home to his
parents that he has a good position with
the Mining Gazette Go. Of Calumet.
The trading stamp business at Pol.
lasky's will be discontinued Jsn nary LIST,
next. Complete your books and have
them redeemed before above date.
L. A Diamond of Hastings and Miss
Bertha Lyons of this place were mar
ried in Detroit last Monday. They will
make their future home in Detroit.
The yard engine for switching at the
sugar fastory arrived Tuesday morning
and began the fall work. The A. A.
has the switching contract for this year.
r. b Holmes will pay seven and one.
half cents for fowls and eight cents for
spring chickens delivered at the Pere
Marquette depot, every day in the
week.
Miss Ella Blair and Miss Edith and
Herbert Humphreys of Kincardine,
Can, are visiting their cousins, Mrs. r.
w. Murker and Chas. Humphreys,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Bodine and
daughter, Beatrice, returned home from
Grand Rapids Saturday evening after a
weeks visit and also attending the
state fair.
job T Sleight had one of our Alma
nimrods arrested the first Of the week
for hunting on his premises. The ex.
animation will be held before Justice
Chadwick on "Wednesday of'next week.
Tomorrow ia the Jewish New Year
and the day will be observed in Alma by
those protesting that faith. F. f Pol
laskys and Messenger e. Co.'S. stores will
be closed from six o'clock tonight to six
o'clock tomorrow night.
The first political gun TO be fired in
this fall campaign in Gratiot county
took place in Alma Thursday night
when Congressman William Alden
Smith Of Grand Rapids addressed a
large gathering in the opera house on
the issues this fall as viewed from a
Republican standpoint.
J p. Mckay has sold his bicycle store
and repair shop to a gentleman from st.
Louis by the name Of B. Forquer who
will continue the business at the same
place. Mr.. Mckay intends to remain
here until about January lst, when he
will go the state Of Washington and en-.
gage in business
Cbas. Humphreys has one OF the neat.
est and most modern equipped black.
smith shops in the state. Plenty of
room space on the floor, neat Office in
front, model FORCES, equipped with pat.
ent blowers instead of the old fashioned
bellows and lighted with patent gasoline
lamps makes it indeed model shop.
A total eclipse of the moon, visible in
Michigan and throughout the United
States. will take place the evening OF
Oct. Is. 1t will be the only eclipse OF
the year visible in America. The eclipse
will be gin in Alma at 10 :39 O'Clock p. m. =,
local time. At IL AZ o'clock the shadow
will be complete. The middle OF the
eclipse will be reached at ~ 90 o'clock,
and at 10 o'clock a. m. the total eclipse
will end. The moon will be wholly free
from the shadow at 2:li o'clock a. m.
The length of the eclipse is somewhat