Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-17

feet deep for distance of forty rods on
the track between here and Ithaca.
Pension Attorney WV. Kinch has been
notified that the pension of Charles
Scheriif has been increased TO SI2 per
month. Also, an original pension of IS
per month TO Mary l.. Thomas. A reissue
OF pension 10 Susan $. Bell of IS per
month and = per month additional for
her child. These are all of Alma.
Ross Thompson, Steve Bennett and
/ III. Gaffney started Monday morning for
Detroit, where they will attend the
Automobile and Sportsman Show which
is III st ssion there this week. They all
entered fine specimens for the dog show.
Mr. Gatfney will remain III Detroit to
consult an Osteopathy specialist and take
treatment.
Programs have been sent out for the
annual meeting of the Michigan indie
pendent Telephone Association at Battle
Greek, February 23d and cath. As a
number of our citizens are deeply interest
ed in the Independent lines, il is expected
many from here will attend. Stanley T..
Parkhill, Mayor of Owosso and presi-
dent of the Union Co., has a subject on
the program.
Prof. J c. {. Troop will deliver the
next lecture OH the University Extension
Course at the Presbyterian church nest
Tuesday evening at S O'Clock standard
time. Subject, the play of "Othello.
Admission 25 cents. The study class W /
meet at !, o clock i'll the afternoon at the
same place. The interest in these lectures
is growing, which shows that they are
being appreciated
{. b. Mason, who has been superin-
tendent of the Alma Manufacturing Co.
since its beginning, and who has been
giving his entire time to the inside work
OF that institution, has recently accepted
a position with them on the road install
ing their larger engines The factory has
now reached time when the develop
ment work is about over and the work Is
settling into a systematic routine.
Did you ever notice the difference in
handshakesl Well if you haven't, just
watch for a while and you'll. see that
many of your unconscious first impression S
are gained from the way man grabs
your hand when he goes to shake i'll
There are all kinds of ways of shaking,
but the one / detest most is what may be
called the 'fabby' way; that is, when a
man SlhlPil BuNS iliS manu- III lOuio do
though it were a bunch of spaghetti.
Such handshake always makes one leery
of the man who owns the hand, because 1t
is sure sign of weakness and insincerity
One don't like TO have their hand squeezed
off every time they shake, but then it is
gratifying to know that you have hold of
something.
If Senator Ashley's bill goes through,
the trading stamp schemes will receive
another hard knock. His bill conferrs
upon the cities of the state the power TO
license trading stamp concerns and store
keepers who distribute them. For the
former the bill provides for license of
$500; and for the latter $500. Coupled
with this, a Detroit paper says. The
United States Daily, the organ of trading
stamp Democracy established some time
ago at Detroit, got a blow between the
eyes today when the postofice depart
ment decided TO admit the publication to
the mails as second class matter if it will
quit printing trading stamps and quit
allowing itself 10 be given away by mer-
chants As these are the two cardinal
principles upon which the organ of trad
ing stamp Democracy was founded, II can
hardly comply with the special postal
regulations made to cover its case with
out swallowing itself.
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