Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-09-08
H1Ome and
Vicinity

day OH business.
Willie Ewing is visiting relatives in
Fairgrove for a week.
John Tourney is spending the week
with friends in Ithaca.
Mrs. Wallace Amsbury is visiting her
parents in Jackson this week
Mrs. J. +. Schwartz left last Friday for
short visit with friends in Saginaw.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Durham, of Grand Rapids,
visited Mrs, II. NJ. Durham Tuesday.
Miss Kate Bair has returned to Ovid to
resume her duties in the public schools.
Dr. J. II. Lancashire left Friday for a
few days business tripin New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Adams and daugh-
ter Bella are in Howard City this week
attending the fair.
Mrs Sidney Parsons. of Forest Hill,
was the guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
NJ. Ring, Saturday.
Your attention is called TO the bargains
which are offered by the merchants on
the back page of this issue
Mrs. John Cover. Of Toledo, O., who
has been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
J. B. Fraser, returned home Monday
Miss Irene Taylor, OF Shepherd, who
has been the guest of Miss Dora Wiley
for a few days, returned home Saturday.
Miriam Ware and Alta Bonesteel, of
Wheeler, were the guests of w. d. Allen
ard wife part of last week and over Sun
day.
Mrs. Josephine Davis, who has been
visiting Mrs Ella Cowles the past few
days, returned home to Mt. Pleasant
Saturday.
Gavin Ronald returned to Portland, Ore,
Monday after two weeks vacation visit
ing his parents and friends in Alma and
vicinity.
Will II. Clawson, of Dowagiac, arrived
in the city Tuesday morning to accept a
position with S I Harrison as clothing
salesman
Harry Fink returned home to Los
Angeles, CAL Monday, after several
weeks visit with his parents and friends
in Alma.
About thirty members OF tie Christian
Endeayor Society enjoyed hay ride to
the home Of Messrs VonThurn last Tues
day evening
T. +. Pollasky has something interest
Ing to say i'll his adj on the back page of
this issue. If you don't wear them stand
up and be counted.
Many OF the merchants windows are
very attractively decorated this week,
notably Geo Sharrars which was
arranged by Mr.. futile
Mrs. Dora T.. Lovelance, of Columbus,
Neb, who has been the guest of her
brother, 5. X. Nanderkarr, left Saturday
for Quincy TO visit relatives
Henry Brockway, OF New York, was
the guest OF J. ). Caple last Saturday.
He was an old friend and neighbor of
Mr.. Caple's before he left the east.
Or Conklin has been in New York tie
past week on business visit. He stopped
in Albany to attend the National Fraternal
injecting of the Theta Phi Society.
Rev. VIM. Caywood left Saturday for
Grand Rapids TO make arrangements to
remove to that city, where ne has bee n
sent by the conference Rev NJ. DeFoe,
of Coopersviile. will take his. place here.
w. A. Ewing and sister, Mrs. Mary J.
Hogan, OF Glenwood, Mimi. left Mon
lay morning for their home. They were
here during the illness and subsequent
death of their brother Prof ]. w.
Ewing
Rev. {. T.. Hoag left Tuesday evening
for Charlotte to attend the seventeenth
annual session of the Michigan Annual
Conference of the NJ. f. church, which
convenes September 3 to II. Distin-
guished men from New York. Chicago.
Cincinnati and other cities will be pres
ent and about 100 ministers will attend
The presentation of "The Holy City"
by Gordon * Benefits company at the
opera house last Thursday evening was
much enjoyed by a fairly good house.
Some changes and improvements have
been made in the play since its last APP
pearance here which added much to the
play. Their customes and scenery were
excellent
Raymond Garrison returned from
Dowagiac this week, bringing with him
a fine collection of snakes which he gath
cred from the big swamps i'll Cass county.
lie also left large bunch of snakes in
the Grand Rapids museum enroute here.
The collection consists of massassaugas.
ribbon snakes, blue race rs. blow snakes.