Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-05-15
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Monday.
M. l.. Durham returned to Grand
Rapids Monday night
Don't be too late TO get one at Sharrar
81 Mulholland's Saturday. .
f. j. Alverson, of Ithaca, spent Sun
day with relatives in town.
A. N. Wright. of Duke, Ont, was i'll
Alma the fret Of the week.
w. p. Ainsley, of Williamson, is visit
ing his son for few days.
Mrs. f. NJ. Taylor. of Shepherd,
visited friends in Alma Monday.
The finest place in the city to refresh
yourself Sharrar & Mulholland's.
Vermeulen will conduct special sale
on all millinery for one day Saturday
of this week.
Geo. Sharrar represented Fitz James
Lodge No. 80, X. Of p, at the grand
lodge meeting in Saginaw this week.
Caple 81 Son have 800 worth of tin
ware that will be sold at half price
while it lasts.
Mrs. A. Sparks. who has been visiting
| friends in Alma, returned TO her home
in Farwell the latter part of last week.
The Y. p. S. @. f. of the Presby terrain
church will hold Japanese social IN
the church parlors this Friday evening.
Mrs. II. O. Peterson, of Jackson, has
been in Alma this week assisting in
caring for her sister, Mrs. j. w. Holmes.
A Thurman, of Belding, all expe-
rinced shoe salesman, has been engaged
by +. f. Pollasky to clerk in his shoe
store.
Malcolm McLaren was called to Mus
kegon last week by the sickness and
death of his brother, Angus A. j. Nc
Laren.
A few more Of those maps of Michigan
still left at this Office for those sub.
scrbers who wish to pay one year in
advance.
A seventy-foot smoke stack has been
placed on the electric light plant TO take
the place of the one destroyed by heavy
wind storm last fall
DR.. John n. Day, of Lake Odessa, was
in Alma Tuesday on his way to Sagi'
nav to attend the grand lodge meeting
of the Knights of Pythias.
A linen and apron sale, together with
baked goods, will be held BY the Episco-
pal ladies in the vacant store Of the
Lancashire block on Saturday, May 10.
SIS. +. Oviatt, of Lansing, was in Alma
the first Of the week for the purpose Of
ascertaining the progress being made on
the Alma Manufacturing company s
plant.
Pratt e Goodell's barber business is
increasing to such an extent that they
are contemplating adding the third
chair to their shop and employing
another barber
Work on the Central Michigan Pro.
duce company's cold storage building is
at a standstill for want Of material, and
a large number Of men and teams are
idle as the result
Messenger Baird, Of the American Elk.
press company, who has been on the run
between Saginaw and Grand Rapids for
several years, has been placed in charge
of the Lansing Office.
! Mrs. j. w. Holmes was operated upon
at Brainerd's hospital on Friday of last
week for acute appendicitis. The oper-
alton was successful and the patient is
recovering very satisfactorily.
The old building known as the Faugh.
her mill is being torn down and the
material used elsewhere Thus the old
landmarks disappear and are replaced
by new buildings Of more Importance
w. S. Bogart was elected grand jun
ior warden of the l. o. O. f. Encamp.
ment at the meeting in Detroit last
week. Waldo is quite hustler in the
l. O. o. f. and will make an excellent
grand encampment officer.
The brick paving for the entrance TO
the fire apparatus room at the village
hall is being laid this week. The alarm
gong inside the hall and the automatic
door opening devices have been put in
and are now in working order.
Postmaster Brown has received notice
that civil service examination for
rural free delivery carriers will be held
in Alma in the near future. Parties
wishing to take the examination should
make application to Mr. Brown as soon
as possible.
l.. ID. Hallock. chief engineer at the
sanitarium, and his son, A. d. Hallock,
assistant engineer and electrician at the
same place, left with their families for
Detroit on Monday of this week, intend.
ing to engage in the grocery business in
that city.
Several new boat houses are in proce IS
OF construction along the river banks
and number Of people are buying new
boats with the expectation that a por.
tion at least OF the pond will be cIeanad