Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-07-17
1T ONE and
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Mrs. Lawrence Ellison is quite i'll at
the present writing.
| j. II. Schwartz was in Cedar Lake
Wednesday on business.
DR.. and Mrs. f. G.. dip returned from
Detroit the latter part of last week.
l.. II. Hayt left Wednesday for Hen
derson for few days trip to his farm.
All trimmed hats will be sold at cost
at Mrs. w. T. Davies during the next
30 days.
Mrs. Glenn Gray. Of Grand Rapids. is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. O. F. Brown
this week.
M. Pollasky and daughter. Mrs. S.
Messenger, returned from Buffalo Mon
day night.
Take your lunch baskets along on the
band excursion to Wenona Beach next
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fullerton, of Ma
son, are visiting relatives in Alma for a
few weeks.
DR.. j. II. Lancashire left Wednesday
on short business trip to Battle Greek
and Union City.
Earl kaufman has been obliged to re.
sign his position at Bivins 81 Rhodes on
account OF poor health.
J. w. Dean attended the meeting Of the
Michigan State Embalmers' association
in Grand Rapids this week.
Miss Ruth Hall left Wednesday for
Chicago where she will visit relatives
, for a few weeks during the summer.
Gloyd White, of Lansing, has been
engaged by Chas Rhodes as an ex.
pert dispenser Of soda and soft drinks.
Good theatre and other attractions at
WenoDa Beach. Band excursion leaves
for there next Wednesday at 73O a. m. .
J Mrs. A. Lee Smith, of Grand Rapids,
visited her sister. Mr.. w. T. Davies,
!, over Sunday and the first of the week.
, VIM. H. Latimer and family, accom-
panied by their niece, Miss Emelyne
, Adams, of Detroit, spent Sunday at
Crystal.
Samuel McMullen has been entertain.
ing his brother, A. G.. McMullen, and
wife of Kewaunee, ILL.,, and sister, Mrs,
L. @. Healy, Of Franklin, Pa, this week
Mrs. +. r. Hathaway and children
who have been visiting relatives in the
southern part of the state during the
J past week, returned home Tuesday
night.
The members OF the b. Y. p. L. oil
the Baptist church participated in q
"hay ride" to the home of Albert Knapp
last Tuesday night. They report very
enjoyable evening.
A new five horse power Fairbanks &
Morse gasoline engine has been installed
) In The Record Office this week, the old
engine not furnishing sufficient power
) to run the plant up to its full capacity
j. L. Gaffney was called to Detroit
last Saturday by message stating that
his youngest boy was seriously i'll. He
returned home Tuesday, the little fell
low having recovered sufficiently TO en-.
able him to do so.
j. 8. Oaple brought to this Office one
: day this week a sample of oats pulled ur
from field on his farm that exceeds
anything of like nature we have seen
for some time. The stalks measured
five feet two inches in height.
Norma X, the remaining twin
daughter Of Archie Hamp, died on Sat-
, urday last and the remains were laid to
rest by the side Of the mother and little
sister in Riverside cemetery on Monday
of this week.
Leonard Wilbur, who went to Oregon
last spring, returned home Wednesday
Mr.. Wilbur spent the greater portion of
his time at Grants Pass, in the gold
mining district, and is quite favorably
impressed with that part of the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Kehn returned
home from Hamburg the latter part OF
last week. and we understand brought
home with them a nice lot of fish. As
we did not have the opportunity OF
sampling any we still remain skeptical
about LOUIS catching the fish himself
f. II. Clemens, the popular dry
goods salesman who had charge of that
, department at Vermeulen's last year
returned to Alma last Tuesday and il
again employed by Mr.. Vermeulen. Mr.
Clemens joined the list OF Benedicts
, after leaving Alma and brings his bride
with him.
On Wednesday, July 90, Q. E. Ohand.
Ter will conduct an auction sale of live
stock, farming machinery, tools, house
} hold goods. etc., for w. II. Brewer or
J the farm formerly owned by him, one
and one-half miles west Of Alma, com.
mencing at 8 O'Clock q. m. Free luuch
at noon.
Ed. Rogers, the executor of the David
I Bailey estate, is advertising an auction
sale Of live stock, farming tools, ma.
chinery ETC. on the PREMISES two mile,