Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-01-12

was an Alma caller Monday.
St. Agnes Guild will meet at the home
of Miss Carrie Young next Monday
evening
Il. Wood, Roscoe Giles and Marvin
Harvey were callers at the county seat
Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah Stalter went to Shepherd,
Monday, to nurse her son, Vernon Stalter,
who is very i'll.
Mrs. w. 7. Davies will sell at acutal
wholesale price, for the next 90 days, her
entire winter stock of hats to make room
for new goods.
James b. Steward of Anderson, Ind,
has been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Stewart, and daughter, Miss
Anna Stewart, for the past week.
Miss Efiie Boyer, who has been spend
ing the vacation with her parents in Pine
River township, returned Saturday to
Laingsburg to resume her school work.
DIR. W. B. Church, of Cincinnati, who
was called here last week to assist DR..
McLachlan, of Elwell, in a difficult
surgical operation, returned home Mon
day.
King Bros, of Grand Rapids, are
advertising for all purpose and heavy
draft horses. They have already shipped
from this vicinity, six carloads since last
May.
WANTED-Bright, honest young man
from Alma to prepare for paying position
in Government Mail Service. Box one
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 45-t52.
Miss Lillian Ross, who has been en-
ployed for several months at Howard
City, has returned to Alma and Monday
resumed her old duties as compositor at
this office.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Chisholm and daugh-
ter, Miss Nellie, of Breckenridge, were in
the city Monday, Miss Nellie leaving
here for Traverse City, where she is
attending school.
The Modern Brotherhood of America
met at their hall last Friday evening and
obligated two new members. The in
stallation of officers will take place at
their next meeting.
Mrs. A. J. Clum and Mrs. Z. B. Rock
well went to Elwell, Monday, to spend a
few days with their mother, Mrs. Grant,
who was quite seriously injured by fall
on the ice that day.
The remains of Mrs. Geo. Weeks, who
died in Traverse, City were brought to
Alma, Wednesday morning, and the
funeral was held from the home of los.
Weeks, Wednesday afternoon at one
o'clock.
Ray Swigart, WHO has spent the Christ
mas vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. 7. Swigart, returned to PawPaw,
Saturday, to resume his work as teacher
of sciences i'll the high school.
The second drawing for reserved seats
in the Alma Lyceum course will begin
Saturday, January 10, at Sharrar's drug
store. Holders of season tickets will
please bring same with them to the draw
ing.
Beginning tomorrow Saturday tn,
flre alarm will be tested every Saturday
at 4 o'clock. The bell will ring but til,
whistle at the waterworks will not blow
This is for the purpose of keeping the sys
TEN in good working order.
Mrs. George Fullerton, who has beer
visiting relatives in and near the city TO
the past month, returned home Monday
to Roscommon, accompanied by he
mother, Mrs. Thomas Downing, who will
remain with her indefinitely.
A very instructive and assuring exhi
bition is given each afternoon and evening
by the glass blowers, in the building tive
doors east of the postoffice They pro
duce great variety of fancy and Difficult
pieces and present each person with
souvenir.
John Andrews, of Bad Axe, came Fri
day to pay visit to his son, Johi
Andrews, Jr., and wife but was called
home Monday by the news of the deatl
of a daughter-in-law. He expected t,
return the latter part of the week to thi
city to spend several more days with hi
son.