Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-01-29
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Wednesday.
Pm. Bland went to Detroit Thursday
on business.
Smoke Court Royal" five cent cigars
at Benefits. 1850
Mrs. A. l.. Pratt visited friends in st.
Louis Wednesday.
l.. Ii. Hayt sells the best kerosene oil
the "Red Star"
Mrs. o. E. Pettyjohn visited friends
in st. Louis Wednesday.
+. j. Emmer and Tom Pringle went
to Detroit Wednesday on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hannah went to
Mt Pleasant Thursday for short visit.
Bert Woodward and his daughter,
Blanche, spent Wednesday in Saginaw.
Mrs. o. ID. Metzger went to Pompeii
Wednesday for short visit with rela-
tives.
Il. p. Foley was called to st. Ignace
last Saturday by the death of his
mother.
Every farmer and business man in the
county should have one of those Record
atlas maps.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Wright went to
Battle Greek Wednesday and remained
until Thursday.
r. s. Greenwood, Michigan passenger
agent Of the Wabash, was in Alma the
first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Bright, Of Toledo,
spent Sunday with Mr.. Bright's brother,
j. o. Bright, and wife.
DR.. j. III. Lancashire left Tuesday for
Battle Greek and from there intended
making short trip to Chicago.
X. +. ID. No. 4 will be started from
this Office on Monday next and r. F. D.
No. from the Elwell office will start at
the same time.
A. j. Hall left Thursday might for Hot
Springs, Ark, where he went to join
his brother, John Hall, who is there
taking treatment.
The exhibition wrestle by Bobby"
Reakes and the Flying Dutchman" at
Riverdale on Thursday night of last
week was attended by good crowd and
we'll appreciated.
At the meeting Of the village council
last Tuesday night the question Of the
annual salaries to be paid the members
of the fire department as reorganized,
was recommended to the committee on
salaries.
Hortense Nielsen in "Hedda Gabler, !"
Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, will appear
with an excellent company at the opera
house tonight. This company comes to
Alma as one of the best attractions that
will appear here this season.
In this issue Of The Record appears a
short story entitled "a Loyal Church. "
AS it is of local interest and presented in
an attractive manner, the readers of The
Record will certainly appreciate the
sentiments of the article and it is hoped
they will profit thereby.
The wrestling match between the
Flying Dutchman" and Ernest Femby,
the shepherd Giant" that was to have
taken place at Shepherd last Monday
night, was postponed until Tuesday
night Of next week on account OF the
"Dutchman" getting his foot accident
ally out last Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the Disciple
church Of Ferris Center met with Mrs.
Henry Denges, Wednesday. A large
gathering was present. Miss Gongwer,
of Alma, favored the praty with FIVE Sc
lections onthe organ. The next meeting
will be held at the residence Of Mrs.
Grant Terwilger.
A. E. Weed, M. D.. of Saginaw, Mich,
specialist on diseases of the eye, ear.
nose and throat will be at the Wright
House, Alma, on Wednesday, February
3rd. and the first Wednesday Of each
following month. Practice limited to
the above class of diseases. Glasses
fitted scientifically.
A petition quite generally signed by
the taxpayers OF Alma, was presented to
the council at the meeting last Tuesday
night asking that the village purchase
the vacant block in the east part OF town
for the purpose OF converting it into q
public park. The matter was referred
to q special committee.
The large Ann Arbor railroad trestle
bridge over the Huron river at Ann
Arbor collapsed last Wednesday after
noon as heavily loaded freight train
Was passing over IL. Luckily not any of
the trainmen were injured although
several cars filed with freight were
dropped of into the river from q height
OF sixty feet. The passengers are being
transferred around the bridge with
sleighs at present and consequently all
north bound trains are several hours
late in reaching this station.
The last week In December, M. G.
Guthrie, a tonsorial artist employed at
a