Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-09-18
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DR.. A. +. Brus Ike was in Saginaw Fri.
day.
G.. S. Young was in Pc wamo Wednes.
day.
Mrs. John Dunham has been quite i'll
this week.
w. A. Leet, Of Ithaca, was in Alma
Wednesday.
+. j. Emmer returned from Williams
ton Tuesday.
DR.. Geo. +. Butler went to Chicago
Wednesday.
George Young was home from Pewa-
mo over Sunday.
Agent Bullock sold 103 tickets for the
excursion to Toledo.
Pleasant Wednesday.
B. O. Button attended the fair in
Grand Rapids this week.
Have your eyes tested with the amet-
ropometer at j. p. Losey's.
Miss Eva Irish has accepted position
in a millinery house in Canton, ..
James johnson, Of Grand Ledge, is
visiting his brother, w. o. johnson.
Mrs. and Mrs. p. II. Martin went to
Grand Rapids Wednesday to attend the
fair.
w. A. Fullerton is putting up some
new buildings for Burton l. Gee on his
farm west Of Alma.
Hiram Utley left Wednesday for
Michigan City where he will visit his
son for few weeks.
Mrs. Z. G.. WEIGH, of Glare, visited
her sister, Mrs. Frank Francisco the
latter part Of the week.
The last races OF the season at River
dale last Saturday were as good as usual
and the attendance about the same.
j. @. Lewis in the only and original
"Si Plunkard' at the opera house to.
night. Reserved seats on sale at Shar.
rar & Mulholland's.
Mrs. L. r. Ayres returned to her
home in Kalamazoo Monday. She was
accompanied as far as Grand Rapids by
Mrs j. n. Ford, who spent the day in
that city.
Mrs. J. Q. Bright, who has been
stopping with her sister In Detroit dur
ing the past summer, came home
Tuesday and now Mr.. Bright expects to
giveup baching and commence keeping
house.
Mrs. l.. F. Price died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Otto Wood, in this
village on Tuesday Of this week, aged
90 years. The remains were taken to
Fulton Center and interment made at
that place on Thursday.
The regular quarterly statements Of
both the Alma banks will be found liz
this issue Of The Record. The state.
ments show a good healthy condition
existing in our banking institutions and
steady increase in the business con-
Quoted, sure proof that Alma is on the
grow.
On Friday and Saturday, Sept. % and
26, Mrs. T. A. Bivins will have an in.
formal millinery opening, displaying
complete line of fall and winter pat.
terms and invites most cordially the
] ladies Of Alma and vicinity TO inspect
them.
Speaking about apples, Frank Fran.
cisco picked from one tree on his farm
east of Alma, and sold 20 bushels Of the
/ fruit, which netted him 81. 90, and esti-
mates that besides the 20 bushels there
are at least five bushels of windfalls. He
had been contemplating cutting down
/ his orchard but changed his mind.
Irving Goss, of South Bend, Ind, has
entered into partnership with his
father, f. II. Goss, in the Wright House
blacksmith shop. Mr.. Goss, Jr., is an
experienced man in any branch of the
business, but will devote the greater
OF his attention to the woodworking aud
painting department OF the work.
The Record has been informed that
Clyde Lathrop was recently quite sever
| ly injured in an elevator accident at the
hotel where he was stopping in Mime.
apolis. Clyde was boarding at the hotel
and going to school, but as the eleva-
tor boy was i'll, the hotel people, with
whom he was a general favorite. placed
him in charge for a few hours and the
accident happened at that time. He was
injured about the back quite badly and
at present is in the hospital.
J. N. Ford and II. J. Vermeulen re-
turned the latter part OF last week from
Mullan, Idaho, where they went to look
after some mining interests. They
found conditions much more favorable
than they expected and secured some
very valuable property, consisting Of ten
claims and mill site. They expect to
organize company at once to develop
the property and be ready TO commence
operations before April LIST Of next year.
They report that Mr.. Willard has some
very valuable property and stands good
chance Of making considerable money.