Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-12-30

Agent of Wabash railroad was calling oil
friends il, town Tuesday.
S. w. Tinker left Thursday noon on
business trip to Clare, Marion, aud othe
points on the Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Taylor has gone t.
Standing Stone, Penn, to spend the win
ter with her son, William.
{. NJ. Nixon and Miss Maria Nixon o
lansing spent Saturday and Sunday Will
their brother, J. NJ. Nixon.
Mrs Ezra Smith and two children
Doris and Donald, left Monday for St
Johns to spend the holidays.
Mrs Baumgarden and daughter Katy
of Charlevoix, who is visiting here, are
spending the week at Ithaca.
J. C. and c. II. II. Gallagher are spend
ing the holiday vacation with Their
grandparents at Breckenridge.
Prof. J. T.. Mitchell is making hi.
brother-in-law, Rev. A. J. Van Page, OF
Marengo H., visit this week.
Mrs. Melissa Mosher, from near Car
son City is spending the holidays at the
home of her son, Walter Mosher.
Postmaster Duncan, Martin Coon and
DIR. Hunter of Ashley, were in town sat
urday to see Rep. J. w. Holmes.
Master Henry King returned Friday
from Massachusetts,, where he has been
attending the Choatc school for boys.
A. ]. HALL and wife end Mrs. J. 5. Caple
spent Christmas with a brother of Mrs.
Hall and Mrs. Caple i'll Eaton Rapids.
Mrs. J. II. Lancashire and daughter,
Harrette, left Monday for Saginaw
where they will visit during the week.
While going down the steps at her
home in ST Leuis, Mrs. Geo Arnold
slipped on the ice and broke her wrist
Prof A. +. Rockwell returned Thurs
day from Lansing, where he has been at
tending the State Teachers Association.
Miss Blanche Woodward and Mr.. l..
Mitchell. of Ludingt0n, spent the holi-
days with Mrs. Shauar and her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher left for
Owosso Tuesday, after spending Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew O'Boyle
Mr.. and Mrs. Win Wilson and little
boy of Mt Pleasant, are spending the
holidays with V. NJ Wilson and family.
Prof. J. T. Ewing was in Lansing the
first of the week attending the Michigan
DldlS ANdNiSlS A99oNA't'Ol III 'NH9ioii
there
Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Brown went to
Shepherd last Friday TO spend the holt
days with Mr.. Browns parents at that
place.
Mr. and Mrs. d. l.. Johnson left
Thursday noon for Evart, where they
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. +. w Reed for a
few days.
Mrs +. L. Brown and two children ar
rived from Lake City Tuesday to join Mr..
Brown, when they will make their future
home i'll Alma.
Hon A. b. Darragh returned from
Washington TO spend the holidays with
his family. He will return about the
first of the year.
Jas. O'Mealley, claiming to be from
Belding, has been assigned a Job on the
water wagon" for twenty days by
Justice Chadwick.
The Alma Roller Mills and the Alma
Electric Light Co., gave each of their
employees nice fat goose for their
Christmas dinners.
Station agent w. II. Winchelll slipped
on the ice "Wednesday evening, cutting a
slight cash in the back of his head OH the
edge of a stone walk.
The men employed by the Roller Mills
presented Manager Scott with a little
token of esteem, just before he started
for Detroit Saturday
Mrs. Lloyd Ellison went to Detroit
Thursday TO see her sister, Miss Nell
Tubbs, who is i'll Harper Hospital. Miss
Tubbs is improving rapidly.
Rosco Henry, the efficient drug clerk
for Geo. Sharrar, has joined the bene-
diets. lie married Miss Emma Dunn at
her home i'll St. Louis Christmas day.
A. Carpenter, of Chilson, a cousin Of
Mrs. T. n. Chadwick, and John Case
also of Chilson, a brother of 5. Case,
spent the holidays with those two fani-
lies.
A. J.. Fisher has severed his connection
with Golthman Carpenter & Telling
Chicago and has taken a similar position
with Waldron Alderton, & Melze, Sag
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Claude Chadwick went to Williamson,
Saturday, being called there by tcle-
gram announcing the death of J. H.
Lemm, brother-in-law of l.. y. Chad
wick The Judge was unable TO attend
OH account of poor health.
The case of l.. {. Heyboer vs.. Roy
Williams for obtaining clothing under
false pretense came off before Justice
Chadwick early this week. The defend-
ant pleaded not guilty and the the trial
was set for next Saturday.
A very good attendance gathered in the
Presbyterian church Christmas Eve to
witness the exercises given by the chill
dren of the Sunday school. very
pleasing program was rendered by the
little ones and Santa Claus was there on
time.
We were visited by a genuine chinook
wind fir day night, the kind of wind so
common in Wyoming and Montana,
where eighteen inches of snow will be
completely gone, as if raised from the
earth, i'll a single night. There was very
little of our six inches of snow left Satur-
day morning with green" Christmas.