Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1904-05-06
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Rhodes fountain opens Friday.

for wool.
Mrs V. NJ. Wilson is on the sick list
this week.
The same Francke's cream as last
year at Rhodes
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Wright went to
Detroit Tuesday.
Have you tried the famous Rocking
ham dairy cream?
Richard Lau. of Ionia, was in Alma
the first Of the week.
John &. Hawley has been quite III
during the past week.
Mrs. w. T. Davies visited relatives in
Crystal Lake Tuesday.
A few more brood hogs for sale at the
Rockingham dairy farm.
Geo. Fink left Tuesday for few days
business trip to Lansing.
New and up to-date street hats-all
prices-at Mrs. Davies.
Master Leroy Fishbeck has been quite
i'll during the past week.
A $3.50 trap for sale at s75. Enquire
Of Mrs. II. j. Vermeulen.
Lafayette Stevens was in Riverdale
Wednesday on business.
See Stevens. McCurdy & Co.'s new
furniture when it arrives.
Mrs. Carrie A. Brown returned home
from Lansing Wednesday.
You get Francke's cream at no other
place in Alma than Rhodes
Miss Edna Schwartz went to Saginaw
Wednesday to remain for few days.
Miss Elsie Boyer left Tuesday for a
short visit with relatives in St. Johns.
New hats this week at Lamborn's.
Special values at 81 80 and $500.
Tickets for the X. of p. excursion to
Detroit on Monday next are selling fast.
Mrs. f. J. Emmer left Tuesday for a
three weeks visit with relatives in
Williamson.
Sweet naval oranges at 30 cents per
dozen at the New York Fruit House.
Nj. b. Pierce.
Herman Tinkham left Tuesday for
Durand where he has position in a
meat market.
Arthur Hamlin has been promoted to
the position Of bookkeeper for the Alma
Roller Mills %.
Wool wanted every day at the River
dale elevator. Special delivery days
Thursday and Saturday. lila
Fred Raymond greatest play "Old
Arkansaw" will be the next attraction
at the Alma opera house.
The saloon bonds OF Richard Upthe-
grove were accepted by the council at
the meeting last Tuesday night.
Roy II Miller left Thursday for Lake
ha hao oh
stock and will engage in business.
r. ID. Wagner, of Mt. Pleasant, was
in Alma Monday night attending the
drill meeting of the u. Il. X. of z.
Large Smyrna figs. large and sweet,
and good TO eat. at the New Fruit and
Confectionery Store. NJ. b. Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Bassett. Of Shep-
.erd, visited relatives in Alma the lat
ter part Of last week and over Sunday.
DR.. Geo. f. Butler entertained the
members Of the Detroit Medical Col
lege baseball team at The Alma Monday
night.
Miss Helen Tubbs returned Thursday
from atbree weeks trip to Larwill, Ind. +,
friends.
Miss Lena Fink left Thursday for a
two months visit with relatives and
friends in Chicago, Milwaukee and
other places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Fuller left Tues
day for Hibbing, Mimi, where Mr..
Fuller has a position as chemist with a
mining company.
The council decided at the meeting
Tuesday night to order nine new rub.
Der coats and twelve new rubber hats
for the fire department..
The Gratiot county Pomona Grange
No. 36 will meet with Star Grange Sat.
urday, May %. Everybody is invited
to the afternoon session.
w. s. Bogart, of this place, was adj
vanced TO grand senior warden at the
meeting of the grand encampmeut Of
the l. o. o. f. in Flint this week.
Smith Butterfield left Tuesday for
Minneapolis, Mimi, where he expects to
engage in the grocery business with Jas.
Rogers, another former Alma boy.
The large stock of goods recently pur-
chased in Chicago for the Star Clothing
Parlors, is commencing to arrive and is
being placed in the store. The room has
been very handsomely fitted up for the
reception Of the new goods.
Raymond Bangs, who went to Jose,
New Mexico, last fall and from there to
Coffeyville, Kas., returned home Thurs
day. Mr.. Bangs visited the st. Louis
exposition on his way home.
Rev. A. b. Bowman. Of Lakeview, a
former pastor ST the u. b. church at
this place, was in Alma the first OF the
week attending the meeting OF the
ministerial association Of the North
Michigan u b. conference.
Nine kinds of candies, including New.
port chocolates, creams, old fashioned
cream dates, crushed raspberry creams.
at 10 cents per pound or two pounds for
% cents at the New York Fruit House.
NJ. b. Pierce.
w. s. Bogart, J. w. Dean and +. o.
Thornton went to Flint the first Of the
week to attend the meeting of the
grand encampment OF the l. .. o. F.,
Mr.. Dean as a delegate from the Alma
camp and Mr.. Bogart as one Of the
officers of the council.
Owing to the fact that w. w. Ferris,
the lessee Of the Hotel Arcadia, was not
ready to move out of the hotel at the