Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-05-16
AGdIgl0RaG Local News

Remember you can get q supper at
Ross Cottage Thursday evening.
The Wright House has recently had
installed an up-to-date cigar case.
Mrs. S. Messenger is the guest of
friends and relatives in Detroit
Hagenbachs Trained Animal Show
will be in Alma June 6.
A. f. McKinnon of the Detroit Free
Press was welcome caller at the
RECORD office last Friday.
A. w. Brock left today for business
trip to Merrill, Coleman. Saginaw and
other points.
B. NJ. Gould of the Shepherd Advocate
was a caller at the RECORD office, Mon
day. Come again.
Mesdames H. G. Becker and j. Brown
left Monday morning for a two weeks
visit with friends in Wolcottville, Ind.
The Michigan Woman's Press Associa-
ton will hold their annual meeting at
Battle Creek, May 22-23-24, with head
quarters at DIR. J. II. Kellogg sanitarium.
A fine program has been prepared, the
meetings TO be held i'll the Pilgram
building.
II. S. Earle, state highway commits
sioner, has won suit he brought in a
federal court of Maine for an infringe
ment of patent on a sickle of his in
vention. The defeated company has
made contract with him for the manu-
facture of the sickle on the payment of
s., 500 a year royalties, for II years, the
remaining life of the patent.
This morning about 8 O'Clock, y horse
hitched to top buggy belonging to Il.
J. Ross Of the Riverside Dairy broke
loose from a telephone pole to which he
was tied in front Of the bowling alley
and without driver tore down Superior
st. at two minute clip. The buggy
swerved from one side of the street to
the other, but finally brought up in
Banghart's dooryard. The buggy was
wreck, the horse unhurt.
The Isabella county Republican, pab-
lished at Shepherd. had the following
to say of the recent ball game in this
city: 1.-The ball game between Alma
College and the Reds last Thursday
resulted in a score of ii to in favor of
the latter. The Reds could have Sc
cured as many more tallies but IA were
thought TO be sufficient. On account
of the lop-sided score the game was
uninteresting. Moore, in left field,
featured with a couple difficult line
drive catches.
Robert, the two-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Lowry came near be-
Ing drowned last Saturday. He was
playing about the house and, had been
missing seemingly but for an instant
when his grandmother went in search
and discovered its little feet protruding
from large crock sunk near a flowing
well and into which it had fallen head
first. Her cries soon brought neighbors
to the spot and by prompt efforts the
child was brought back to consciousness
after about fifteen minutes. Shepherd
Republican.
On Saturday night, May 10, at the
Alma opera house the public will be
afforded the first opportunity to see
genuine moving pictures of San Fran
cisco after the earthquake and fire.
They will also show all the principal
streets, buildings and points of interest
III and about the city before its destruc-
ton, and number of colored pictures
of principal buildings when they were
burning and people were still fleeing
from them. This will be the most COM
plete and realistic picture entertainment
offered here. Reserved seats ON sale at
Sharrar's drug store.