Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-01-27
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Dry and green Is IN. hard wood Tor
sale. c. +. Brown.
Or. f. G. dip of Saginaw, was in Alma
Thursday.
l.. H. Hayt was home from Saginaw
over Sunday.
Gavin Ronald went to Saginaw on bust
ness Monday.
a. Hall returned to Detroit Monday
for treatment.
rl'red Kernen visited friends in Mt.
O-asant over Sunday.
Rev. Maurice Grigsby, of Chicago, is
III Alma for a few days.
]. t. Schwartz was in Grand Rapids
the latter part of last week.
Miss Jessie Tucker of the Lee Mercan-
tile Co. S store, is on the sick list.
The Wright House billiard and pool
room has again been opened TO the pubic
Steve Bennett was in Saginaw on bust
ness Saturday and remained over Sunday
Mrs +. {. Flewelling visited over
Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Nint
Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w Moore enter
tanned few of their friends at pedro
last evening.
Geo Nannier of Devils Lake, North
Dakota, is visiting his sister, Mrs J. W.
Clark and family.
G.. p Blanchard left Monday for three
weeks business trip i'll Detroit and other
points in the Thumb.
Best Michigan coal $3.50 per ton;
Hooking Valley S4.25; Jackson number
four Si25. ). II. Epler.
Wanted-an Alma boy to learn the
printing trade. A good opportunity for
a boy who will make himself useful.
A sleigh load of Ithaca people came
over Tuesday evening and enjoyed a
pleasant time with Mr.. and Mrs, J.. w.
Wright.
Mr.. VIM J. Norris and Miss Fife May
Wixam were married on Wednesday
evening last by Rev. II. 5. Higgins i'll
his study.
The next number on the Alma Lyceum
Course will be the Sibyl Concert Com
pany. The -Four Stars" and the date IS
Tuesday, Feb. :.
Rev.Alfred c. Funnel of Fenton, Mich,
will preach in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning and evening. The
public are invited.
VIII. Sanderson was called to Green
willie Friday by the illness of his father
Mrs Sanderson went to Greenville
"Wednesday for a few days stay.
A few of the friends of Mrs. d. K
Sullivan gave her a pleasant surprise
Wednesday evening. Refreshments
were served, and jolly time had by all.
Senator 7. A. Ely was home over Sun
day. Mr. Ely has been out on the
juncket trip this week, Ionia, Flint and
Traverse City asylums were assigned TO
him.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby-
terrain church will meet next Tuesday
afternoon in the church parlors. Supper
will be served, to which the gentlemen
are invited.
Frank De Planta fell at the school
house "Wednesday and broke his left fore
arm. He was playing in the basement
and trying to jump and grasp steam pipe
which hung from the ceiling.
Miss Lulu Granger, who has been
absent from her work at the Lee Mer-
camille Co.'S the past week, on account
of sickness is able TO be out again and
will resume her duties Monday.
Rev and Mrs Maurice Grigsby will
leave today for Roseland, H., suburb
of Chicago, where they will make their
future home. Rev. Grigsby is pastor of
the Presbyterian church at that place.
The Opera House was pretty we'll filled
Wednesday evening to witness the COM
edy can Orphans PRAYER. The COM
pany is strong, their scenery was good
and lots Of it, and the play met with the
warmest approval bv the audience.
The second drawing for reserve seats
for the Lyceum Course will begin at
George T. Shtrrar drug store, Saturday
Feb. j. The drawing will cover the
-Four Stars Co., and Or. J. Merritte
Driver, two Of the first numbers on the
course.
A number of a J. Halls friends
marched into his home Indian file last
THURSDAY night and proceeded TO have a
royal good time, having taken Andy and
his wife completely by surprise. They
brought refreshments with them and it
was we'll toward the wee small hours
when they departed
The team belonging to the Central
Michigan Produce Co, had another one
of their sprints Thursday. They started
from the depot, and as they turned the
corner on Superior street left part of the
sleighs and the driver in heap near
Davis Bros. barber shop. No damage of
consequence was done.
There was a lively scattering of teams
on Superior street Tuesday afternoon
when the fast mail went through
Eugene Taylor's team became unman-
ageable and made good rin while he
stuck pluckily to his sleigns and kept
them straight i'll the road, and finally
stopped them near the bridge.
The high winds of Tuesday night
effectually blocked traffic on both rail
roads for twenty.four hours. The Pere
Marquette passenger due here at sac in
the morning was delayed over two hours
near Bay City and was blocked for two
hours near Paines. II arrived here at
-t3o, drawn by double header
James Walker, an expert engineer
from Detroit, is in Alma this week in the
Interest of the Lansing Suburban Traction
Co. Mr.. Walker is investigating the
ACCESSIBILITY of building an electric road
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