Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-29


of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Ogden spent Sun.
day in Saginaw.
John l.. Spinney transacted business
in Ithaca, Monday.
Miss Florence Church spent Sunday
with friends in Riverdale.
j. 4. Ruane of the RECORD force was
a Saginaw visitor Sunday.
Claude Chadwick of Cadillac was al
Alma visitor last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wright spent Sun
day with friends in Saginaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Ward left Monday
for week visit in Saginaw.
The decorating Of the wall of the post
office rooms was done by Mills, the
painter
The Guild of st. Johns church held
a i0c social at the home of 5. w. Tinker
last Monday night.
G. J. Vine, who for 1.-THE past few
weeksthas been employed in Greenville,
spent Sunday in Alma.
A. w. Brock has 1000 lbs of wool
stored in the building formerly used for
the manufacture of his heaters.
The Saginaw excursion last Sunday
was well patronized by Alma people,
there'being over forty tickets sold from
here.
b. f.. Walters was in Alma last week,
returning TO Alma on Saturday from
which place he will move his family to
ST. Johns.
Base ball on Davis field will decide the
State Championship next Saturday,
Alma VS. Albion. Go to Davis field and
cheer the home team.
George Brown of the Otseso Union,
accompanied by his wife, spent Sunday
in this city. the guest of his brother, G.
f. Brown, and family.
WANTED MACHINISTS- for ma
chine and bench, on small, medium and
large engine work.
OLDs GAS POWER Co.,
l47Ot Lansing, Mich.
The Epworth League will give re-
ception next Friday evening at the Nj.
f. Church at 5 O'Clock Members of the
League and church are invited. Re.
freshments will be served and everyone
is welcome
The fire team was called out at 1850
p. M, Monday to Chas Belbeck $ resi-
dence on Linden Ave. The fire wa,
caused by some sparks from an Ann
Arbor engine. Mr. Belbeck with the aid
of two neighbors succeeded in putting
out the fire before the fire fighters ar
rived
The first warm rain of the season ar
rived Sunday aud continued more or
less all day, it was followed by a cold
blast from Manitoba, which sent the
mercury near the freezing point and
filled the air with snow. Rapid changes
seems to mark the work of the weather
man this spring.
The city has purchased a new fire
team. The team is a beautiful one
without a bleinish of any sort. They
stand seventeen hands high, weigh
900 pounds, are a beautiful mahogany
bay in color and six years old. They
were purchased of Martin Courtney of
Genesee county by L. Sprague, who has
been on the lookout for good team for
month.
! WANrED-Potatoes and full line Of
vegetables for which we will pay the
highest market price.
l469tf LEE MERCANTILE Co.
1t is quite evident from the following
statement, furnished us by David Ham
mond that section l3. in the township
of Seville and especially that piece of
Land being plowed by Mr. hammond
last week, islocated in one of Michigan, S
coolest spots. MIR. Hammond states,
and his statement is substantiated by
nine different witnesses, that while
blowing on the 23rd day of May in an
open field, his pillow turned up Through
of four inches of ice.
The Alma Realty Co. will remodel the
Opera House and are now considering
plans and specifications. Just what the
nature of the improvements will be has
not. as yet, been decided, but they will
increase the seating capacity to about
100, putting in a balcony and a taper
floor, thus placing all first class seats to
the front. IL is also rumored that there
will he an orchestra. composed of local
talent in attendance for the winter
season.
The High school Base Ball team
lsyed the GreeDville nine at the latter
place last Saturday afternoon and tic
final result was } tn 1, but the boys state
that it was not in their favor They al.
lege unfair decisions and partiality OH
the part of the umpire. who had two
sons on the Greenville nine. With the
score in Alma's favor, these two sons
happened TO be running bases and ran ~
on foul ball. The umpire so far forgot
himself as to cheer the boys and coach
them in, at the same time calling hit
on the batsmsn.
LOST-In Alma breach. amber
stone. set in silver design. Scotch thistles
A reward given for returning TO Miss
Case, 42i. w. Superior St. 1470t2pd
The Womans Civic Improvement