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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
Churches and Societies.

The subject Of the morning sermon at
the Presbyterian church will be. 1.-The
Ability of God" The evening subject
will be, paid to Do Wrong" All are
welcome.
Services at ST. Johns church on Sun.
day will be as follows: Morning, cele-
bration of the Holy Communion and
sermon; noon, Sunday school; even.
ing 1880, evening prayer and sermon.
The Rev. S. W. Frishe, OF Detroit, will
preach at both services. Everybody is
most cordially invited to be present.
Rev. J. Il. Wooton is attending con.
ference at Jackson this week and will
be absent over Sunday There will be
NO preaching services at the NJ. f..
church Sunday morning or evening.
Sunday school will meet at the usual
time.
The Sunday morning sermon at the
Baptist ohu rch will be, 1.-The Only Safe
guard Against Falling" evening sub.
ject, 1.-The Grandest Eulogy Ever Civ.
en-" Sunday school, with classes for
all. foil ows the morning service. All
are welcome. The church and Sunday
school will make their annual Offering
to Estate Missions" on Sunday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
( Editorials
+ by the
t People,.
TRIBUTE TO II. A. DELAvAN.

ihibtIE HI III. n. DELANAN.
EDITOR RECORD Il am pleased to
notice the we'll deserved high tribute
given in your recent issue of the life and
business career of Henry A. Delavan
deceased since he became resident
OF Alma, and without any desire or in
tention TO criticise your well chosen re.
marks on the subject, having known
deceased ever since he located here. l
feel 1t due to the relatives and friends OF
our once highly esteemed citizen to FAY
that although man of limited means,
Alma owes no higher tribute than is
due Henry A. Delavan. His sterling
worth can be told, but appreciated only
by those who resided here during the
dark hours in Alma's history. At the
time the brick store was built and later
the elevator mentioned in your article,
the business Of Alma was fast drifting
TO st. Louis and in the wake came the
fire fiend and desolation reigned SUI
preme, and none bat the subject of these
remarks had the courage to confront
the conditions and try to check the tide
OF business and hold for Alma his name
and place, and for two years there was
not sound of the carpenters hammer
heard In our village but was paid for
by Ii. A. Delavan. II was he who held
the fort aud fought our battles. is he
~ whom ne oue oir highet tribute Of respect.
he did much for Alma ALI that his
limited means could do. A man who
never compromised his individuality,
always true to his convictions, kind
hearted and generous.
S. f. ANDERSON.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

to 0, in hsrd fought game. The show
ing made, however, was good, and with
the material which has arrived this week
il looks as if Alma were to have strong
team this year.
Coach Fuller arrived Saturday and
has this week bsen rounding out the
new material.
About 20 candidates have presented
themselves for the team.
Many Of the old stars will be missed
but the new material should develop
the same fast men.
The schedule this year will be muc b
the same as last year with Hillsdale col
lege added. A second game with Elsie OF
Howard City will be played tomorrow.
The schedule is: Oct. 10, NJ. A. O.
at Alma; Oct. 16, Alma at Albion; Oct
%, Alma at Hillsdale Oct. 81, Albion
at Alma Nov. T. Alma at Kalamazoo
Nov. IL, Alma at Olivet.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
oFINrEREsT TO MERCHANTS


A correspondent at Iryington, H.,
writing to one of our exchanges, gives
some very pointed facts about mail or
der houses and how to lessen their trade
and how some merchants hold their Gus
toners.
This is what he says:
"If our home merchants would adver.
tise their goods properly the large supply
houses would find their trade falling off
in the country districts.
"The big department stores advertise
and give prices on every article, while
the home merchant, if he adyertises at
all, seldom quotes prices.
1--WE like to read in our home papers
the prices for which we can buy goods
from our home dealer, together with a
description of the goods, so that we may
know what we can purchase from our
home stores.
1.-The home merchant, nine times in
ten. sells his goods as cheap as the same
grade of goods are sold by any Of the big
supply houses, but their customers don {
know it.
"A merchant must not think that
even his best customers are so familiar
with his goods and prices that he knows
all about it without being informed.
awe can buy as cheap at home as we
can anywhere, and it is the merchants
duty to educate his customers to that
belief.
''Printers' ink is the great business
educator.
can average of about $500 per month
is sent away from Irvington to mail or.
der houses in distant cities for supplies,
the greater part Of which could be
bought at home as cheap"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
0RDER OF rUBLIoATIQNns state Of ,IIehI.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION State of Michi.
" gan, Twenty-Nintn Judicial Circuit in
Chancery. Suit pending in the Circuit Court
for the County If Gratiot. i'm Chancery. nj the
Village OF Ithaca, in said County, on the 22nd
day OF September. A. d., 1903. Nora Bolbeck
Complainant, ". Loren Belbcck, Defendant
In this cause IL appearing that the defendant
Loren Belbeck Is nota resident of the state OF
Michigan, but Is a resident OF The Province of
Ontario. IN the Dominion Of Canada.
Therefore, on motion OF Bert Hayes, solicitor
for Complainant, il Il ordered, that the defend.
ant enter his appearance in said cause on or be-
fore four months from the date OF this order
and that within twenty days, cause this order to
be published in the Alma Record. and that pub
licatlOn be continued once in each week for six
weeks i'm succession. GEO. =. stone
BERT HAYES Circuit Judge.
Solicitor for Complainant
ATTEST A true Copy. {. J. CHAMBERS.
9-25-1w Register In Chancery
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

FORMER Governor Hoard, chairman
of the Wisconsin exhibit for the st.
Louis exposition, is disgusted and wants
Wisconsin TO abandon their exhibition
entirely. The contractors of st. Louis,
he says, have formed pool to boost the
prices Of erecting the state buildings and
are practicing big storm of extortion
at the expense of the different states.
If the ex-governor is right and st. Louis
cannot guarantee its exhibitors fair
treatment it would be just as we'll to
give them good dose letting alone"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
COLLEGE NOTES,

Prof. West is erecting a house near
the campus.
Rev. Grigsby, of Cheboygan, assisted
in chapel exercises Wednesday morning.
During the week a number of "old
grads" have been seen on the campus.
Stanley Schenck, sophomore and
member of the 1901 team, has entered
school and joined the football squad.
The annual opening reception will be
held in the reception rooms of Wright
Hall this evening from to 10 o'clock.
Last Friday evening, receptions were
given by the Christian associations to
the new men and girls. The girls re.
ception was held in Wright Hall and
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
A FORMER ALMA BOY MARRIED.
The Wedding is the Outcome of a Romance
which Began i'm Germany where lBoth
were Studying.

Rev. G. E. Scott, of Grayling, for.
mer Alma boy and graduate of our COL
lege, was united in marriage 60 Miss
Clara +. Haywood at the home Of! the
brides parents in Springfield, Mass, on
the 9th inst. The weddingl was very
brilliant society affair, the bride being
one of Springfeld's most highly re-
spected young ladies, while the groom
is too we'll known in Alma to require
any introduction from The Record. The
marriage is the outcome of romance
begun in Munich, Germany. where. both
were pursuing their studies at the time
they first met.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

SHOULD the weather of the past week
continue for ten days the farmer may
pat himself on the back and be congrat.
ulated for putting in a large crop of
beets. Beet pulling will begin actively
about the first of October, and dry
weather will be needed to enable the
crop to be harvested to advantage Re.
cent tests indicate the percentage Of
sugar in the beets will be considerably
higher than it was last year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL.

ALMA, MICH, Sept % 1903
Regular meeting OF the Common Council of
the Village of Alma in Council Chamber on
above date.
Present, President Young, Trustee Delavan,
Demuth, Montigel Sanderhof, Struble and
Pierce.
Minutes Of last meeting read and on motion
approved.
ON motion the following labor claims we're al.
lowed at footing and the clerk instructed to
issue orders for same:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
SPENDING THE WEEK IN CHICAGO.

A party of Alma ladies consis ting OF
Mrs w. A. Bahlke, Mrs. j. II. Lanca.
shire, Mrs. II. II. Wilcox, Mrs. Geo. f.
Butler and Miss Lancashire. left Monday
in company with Mrs. Francis King,
who has been stopping at the sani;arium
with her husband for some time, to
Elmhurst, a suburb of Chicago, to spend
the week at the latter's home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

In ORDER that hunters may get licen-
SEES before the beginning of the season,
Nov. 8, Secretary of State Warner has
already sent more than $1,000 deer Ii.
cense blanks to the county clerks. The
first delivery of the public acts Of the
last session is also being sent out.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

Last Saturday afternoon number Of
college players who had returned, organ.
lied a scrub team and played the Elsie
eleven a practice game at Elsie.
The college men had had but one
night of practice, and were defeated, 6
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

ELI r. SUTTON, who skipped to Mex.
leo to avoid the arrest in the Henderson
Ames military supply scandal, has re-
turned to Michigan, pleaded guilty at
Lansing to the charge he was once &C.
Quilted of, and was promptly fined g, 900
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
VICTIMS OF A SURPRISE.

Rev. and Mrs. j. Il. Wooton were the
victims Of pleasant surprise last Fri
day night, when members and friends
OF the congregation unexpectedly walked
in upon them. They left behind them
as an expression Of their good will, o
handsome gold lined silver tea set,
suitably engraved.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
Secret Service.

Legitimate detective work, civil and
criminal Investigations. All business
confidential, best of reference. Address
l.. b. ~, St. Louis, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

SENATOR HANNA is announced as pre-
pairing for the political fight of his
life" once more. How many lives has
the Ohio statesman?
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25

THIS is a season of the year whe n
owners Of grist mills in Michigan are
happy. Most of them are running night
and day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
OkDER.-state

DROBATE ObDER:-State OF Michigan,
i County OF GratiOt, s. At session of the
Probate court for the county, of Gratiot. hold
en- at the Probate once, In the Village OF Ithaca,
on Thursday. the 3rd day Of September in the
year one thousand nine hundred three. Pre-
sent. Isaac :. Seaver, Judge OF Probate. In the
matter OF the estate Of Willard Britton, de-
ceased.
On reading and fling the petition, duly veri-
fed, OF Lee Houck, administrator of said estate,
praying that he may be licenced 10 sell at pri
waite sale all the real estate described in said
petition for the purpose OF paving debts.
Thereupon It is ordered. That Monday the
5th day OF October a. ID 1903. at two o clock In
the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of
said petition, and that the next OF Kin and heirs
at law OF said deceased and all other person. in
terested IN said estate, are required 10 appear at
a session OF said Court, then TO be holden at the
Probate Office in the Village of Ithaca and show
cause, II any there be, why the prayer OF the
petitioner should not be granted:
And IL is further ordered, That said petitioner
give notice TO the persons interested in said
estate, OF the tendency OF said petition. and the
he caring thereof, by causing copy of this order
TO be published in the Alma Record a news
paper printed and circulated I'm said County OF
Gratiot for three successive weeks previous TO
said day of hearing.
Oil 4w lsea) IsAACS. sEAvER Judge of Probate
ORDER Oh HEARING: State OF Michigan,
~ County or Gratiot. s.: AT a session of the
Probate Court for said County, held at the Pro-
bate Office. in the Village OF Ithaca. on the 3lst
day of August. In the year one thousand nine
hundred three [l9O3l.
Present. Isaac ;. Seaver. Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Ellen Conklin
deceased
On reading and fling the petition duly veri-
fed. of George Graham creditor OF said de-
ceased, praying that the Administration Of said
estate may be granted TO the petitioner or some
other suitable person.
Thereupon tits ordered, That Monday the
2sth day OF September next, az 10 O'Clock
In the forenoon, be assigned FOR the hearing of
said petition, ana that the heirs a-law
of said deceased aud all other per.
sons interested in said estate are required TO
appear at a session of said court. then to be
holden In the Probate Office in the Village of
Ithaca aud show cause, II any there be why the
prayer OF the petitioner should not be granted.
And II is further ordered, That said petitioner
give notice TO the persons interested in said es
tAe, OF the tendency OF said petition, aud the
fNaring thereof. by causing copy of this
order TO be published In The Alma Record
newspaper printed and circulated i'm said Coun.
~, for three successive weeks previous 20 said
day OF hearing.
9i4w Isaac :. SEAvER,
(Seal) "a true cOpy) Judge of Probate
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-25
FOOTBALL SEASON OPEN.

The College Team Met Defeat in Practice
Game with Elsie.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10
Real DOctOring.

DOC" Judson had never taken so
much as single course in medical
study, but he was in greater demand
than the regular practitioner Of Crow
Vile, who had degree and framed
"diplomy' in his office.
I'D ruther trust to Bill Judson's doc
toring than any that's learned out O.
medicine books" said old lady Sim
mons.
When pressed for reason for this
preference, the old lady had one I'M
failing answer.
when doc was away one time l was
took with rheumatism in my side, an
| had to let Daughter Jane send for
the diplomy doctor. He give me medi.
cines an said the rheumatism would
give way to 'em. 1t did give way lee
tie by leetle, an finally wore off, leav-
ing me weak as a rag.
well, now, when / have one O. those
spells an Doc Judson tends me. he
comes in. gives one look at me, mixes
up a glass Of his herb stuff, an In
less'n twelve hours he has that rheu-
matism histing all over me from head
to feet departing in half-dozen d.
rectons, an no chance for my mind
to dwell on any one spot an say, It's
the wust thar That's what | call
doctoring.'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10

land. or the desOlate shores of extreme
South America. whence they return,
after long voyages attended with in
credible hard ships, loaded with the
valuable products of the seal. The
sealing craft generally start out about
the first of March. From IL to 81
hands usually compose Il crew. many
of whom are provided with large guns.
and the rest with stout clubs or bats.
Each man has also pole or gaff, pro
vided with a hook at the end, to assist
him in leaping from piece to piece
when among loose ice Often it Is
necessary to cut, with ice saws,
broad channel through the midst of
the harbor to the open sea; and as the
united crews of sealing fleet some
times number 1000 men, it may prop
erly be supposed that the broad, icy
plain displays a scene of no ordinary
animation and excitement. Once the
vessels are in the open sea. a days
run will bring them to the edge of an
ice field, where myriads of seals are
discovered with their newborn young.
The young produce an oil that Is both
valuable and abundant and, as 1t takes
but slight blow with a bat to kill
them, they are easily made captive.
The gun is used TO shoot the old seals.
AS soon as n seal is killed-and some
times even before-a circular cut Is
made with sharp knife around the
neck and longitudinal one down the
belly to the tail. The skin with the
surface fat Is 'scalped' off. forming
altogether 'pelt." This alone is
taken and the carcass Is left on the
ice Barring accident Il vessel in To-
cality where seals are thick will have
its hold filed in ten days. The adj
venture is full Of hazard.
In the excitement of the pursuit after
the seal, leaps of terrific risk are taken
from field to field, across yawning
chasIns, whose terrors are scarcely no
ticed and sometimes night draws on,
with the hunter then first realizing
that he is many miles from his vessel,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10

stopped me, saying, in a whisper, NO,
time yet
"We stood, therefore, In silence, gun
in hand. The gorilla looked at us for
moment or so out of his evil gray
eyes, then beat his breast with his
gigantic arms-and what arms he hadl
then gave another howl of defiance
and advanced upon us. How horrible
he looked. | shall never forget it.
Again he stopped, not more than tif-
teen yards away. Still Malaonen
said, Not yet Good gracious! what
is to become of us if our guns miss
fire, or If we only wound the great
beast?
Again the gorilla made an advance
upon u.s. Now he was not twelve
yards off. could see plainly his fe-
rocious face. 1t was distorted with
rage; his huge teeth were ground
against each other, so that We could
hear the sound; the skin of the fore
head was drawn forward and back
rapidly which made his hair move up
and down and gave a truly devilish
expression to his hideous face Once
more the most horrible monster ever
created by Almighty God gave n roar
which seemed to Shake the wood like
thunder. could really feel the earth
tremble under my feet.
THE gorilla, looking us in the eye
and beating his breast, advanced
again.
"'Don't fire too soon, said Malao-
men; If you don't kill him, he will
kill you
This time he came within eight
yards of us before he stopped. | was
breathing fast with excitement as
watched the huge beast. Malaonen
only said. Steady, as the gorilla came
up. When he stopped Malao-
men said, Now" And before he could
utter the roar for which he was open
ing his mouth, three musket balls were
in his body. He fell dead almost with
out struggle"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10
Goose with an Ivory Arrow.

Ar Eskimo arrow of walrus ivory,
found imbedded deep in the breast Of
Canadian gray goose, is on exhibit
ton in Il gun store at Spokane. The
goose was shot few days ago by
John Cochran near Liberty Lake. AS
he picked up the big honkcr weighing
fourteen pounds, he was surprised to
see a little piece of ivory sticking out
from its breast for two inches.
With difficulty he pulled it out, for
the flesh had grown around the arrow.
Then he saw that it was an arrow
eight inches long and about as thick as
"A lead. pencil. The carvings on the
stem where it was tied to the arrow
stick are still visible.
No arrow Of the sort was ever seen
here before. The bird evidently car
ried it thousands upon thousands Of
miles from the far north, where it was
shot by some Eskimo.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10
A New Disease.

Motor intoXicatOn" Is a new disease
discovered by the savants of Paris. 1t
is the temporary mental disorder of
spec ding automoblists. NJ. Hachet
Souplet, at the last meeting Of the SO.
ciete d'Hypnologie ct de Psychologist,
spoke of the intoxicating effect of rapid
motor locomotion. The mental and
moral state of the driver becomes alb
normal He grows indicative. furi.
ously aggressive and lets himself be
carried away by the angry impulse of
the moment. The high rate of speed
works him up into the very same state
Of mind which makes the habitual
quences Both abuse, swear and use
vile language. NJ. Machet Souplet
quoted a number of instances from 20
lice reports of trials of automobilists in
which self-control and the sense of dig
nifty entirely deserted gentlemen of
high education and breeding. DR.. Ber-
illOn, an eminent man, cOrrobOrated ev-
erythlng NJ. Hachet Souplet had said.
DR.. Berillon knows motorist who
ran over a peasant and rushed on after
he did so as furiously as before. He
returned home in a state Of depression
that follows long rush forward at the
pace Of an express train. and never
gave thought to his victim on the
road until he read three days after how
he had killed him. He then felt very
sorry. declared himself guilty of tho
death of the peasant and settled an an
nuity on his family.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10

The latter then form the point of sup
port and the head and forepaws are
pushed on by the Strengthening of the
body. The mode Of progression Is
plainly laborious. and the seals never
travel any great distance on land.
In only one genus is an external ear
present and that genus inhabits the
southern ocean. Yet the northern seals
hear well when under water and are
easily attracted to the surface by n
noise. They generally travel in shoals
in the northern seas as to appear like
continuous mass. For the sake Of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10
SONDAE HAD NO PATENT
And Any Soda Dispenser Could Sell
His Drink,

Sunday, Sunda, Sondae.
Take your choice, for they all mean
the same as applied to the refreshment
offered at the soda water fountains.
Nearly everybody calls this form OF
cold refreshment plain Sunday" If a
hundred admirers of the food drink or
what you may be plea sed to describe
it, were asked how it got its name, the
majority would either say, don't
know" or probably first served on
Sunday"
The Sondae properly spelled, came
from the name of man. Robert Son
dae. of French descent, was formerly
soda dispenser in Buffalo, n. y.
When the ice cream soda came into
vogue, Mr.. Sondae noticed that n great
number of the people simply ate the
cream, and left the liquid He had
dreds of others, that many people
would not take plain ice cream, be
cause it was not favored highly
enough. From these observations he
took the cue of the present Sondae
He put little ice cream in small
glass and covered it with crushed
fruit. 1t looked good, and it tasted
good, SO 1t became the most popular
form of cold refreshment in Buffalo in
few short weeks.
From that city it spread to al! parts
of the country, but while it retained
the original sound of the orlginator's
name, the spelling came to be erro-
enously accepted as sunday" From
one part of the United States to the
other, In every city, town and cross
roads wherever Il soda fountain Is to
be fOund-there are posters in win
dows which say try our Sundays
The spelling is almost uniformly given
the same as the first day of the week
Mr.. Sondae had no patent, copy
right. or other safeguard on his orig
nal formula, and SO he is still dish
ing out the cold stuff at the same
old stand. Many men have acquired
fortunes for producing considerably
less.