Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-20
Telephone 90. w. A. Howe.

Bakers.
Rev. w. X. Spencer was in Saginaw
Monday.
For the best eavetroughing call on
w. A Howe.
f Sprague was In Merrill and .Sagi.
nav Monday and Tuesday,
w. j. Pollock has moved into the Mrs.
Fisher house on Woodworth-ave.
j. w. Dean has added a line of sewing
machines to his furniture stock.
Mrs. VIM. Demuth left Monday for
Toledo for a short visit with relatives.
Harry Ball, of Wallaceburg, Can, is
visiting his sister. Mrs. e. L. Lamb, this
week.
j. +. Innis returned Tuesday, from q
two months sojourn near Milan and
Monroe
f. Benjamin. Of Howell, spent Sunday
in Alma with his daughter, Mrs. Percy
Il. Dudley.
Mrs. l.. A. Marvin, of Shepherd. spent
Monday night with her daughter, Miss
Rose Marvin
A seven pound girl was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Rogers on Wednesday
OF last week.
Daniel Griffith, of st. Louis, has been
remembered by Uncle Sam with an
original pension of SIP per month.
The prospects are good for large
attendance at the "sock" social TO be
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A.
Sharp this evening.
Mrs @. l.. Delavan left Tuesday for a
short visit with relatives and friends in
Ann Arbor and other places in the
. southern part of the state.
Chester Ellison, the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. .. Ellison, had the mis-.
fortune TO fall and break his left arm
on Tuesday of this week..
A. l. Butterfeld was home oyer sun
day and left Monday morning. 1or
Mulliken, where he will relieve the Pere
Marquette agent for a short time.
Miss Agnes Buell., OF Cleveland, came
last Saturday night and assumed
the duties of her position as head trimmer
for Mrs. +. A. Bivins, this week.
j. II. Tuthell, general agent for the
Milwaukee Harvesting MACHINERY Co.,
and A. r. Sutton, block agent for the
same company, were in Alma Monday.
Advertise, encourage home buying.
The merchant who does not advertise
lacks enterprise and is deficient in the
home pride and local spirit he criticises
in others.
Warren Duzenbury, former resident
Of Alma, who is now brakeman on the
+. M freight between Ionia and Saginaw,
visited relatives here Wednesday and
Thursday.
Miss Jessie Friedrich, who has been in
the employ of the Union Telephone
company for the past two years as
operator at the Alma exchange, has
resigned her position.
Thos Bromley, Jr., of Muncie, Ind,
was in Alma over Sunday and the first
of the week for the purpose Of attending
Of the Union Telephone company.
Do you expect to get and keep your
share Of the home trade during the com.
ing year. II you do you must advertise
in your home papers, and The Record is
the best medium through which to reach
the people of this vicinity.
The St. Patrick's ball given by the
bachelors" of Alma at the opera
house last Tuesday night, was a com.
plete success socially, although failure
from financial point Of view. Several
couple from ST. Louis were in attend.
ance.
We are pleased to announce that @. A.
Brown has leased the Hotel Fern for an.
other year Mr.. Brown has made con.
siderable improvement in the service OF
this hostelry and we hope he will con.
tinue its management for some time to
come.
The primary department, of the ~.
f. church, assisted by one of the larger
classes, will give a social in the church
parlors Wednesday evening, March %,
from Z 100 to 1000. Refreshments
served. A oriial invitation is given to
all to come and encourage the little
folks.
Ray d. Bates has bills out advertis.
ing an auction sale of live stock, farm.
ing implements, ETC., on his farm three
and one half miles north of Riverdale,
on Friday, March q, commencing at
| 10 100 a m. q. K. Chandler will have
charge of the sale. Free lunch, served
at noon.
The fire team was placed in their new
quarters in the village hall ON Tuesday
Of this week, and from now on will be
ready for service whenever there is a
fire alarm turned in. Mr.. Bancroft, the
driver, is confident that we have the
making Of an excellent team for this
service and he is working hard to get
| them in training