Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-18
Joe Ray, of Lansing. spent Sunday in


in Saginaw last Saturday.
Carrolton Briggs spent last Sunday
with his parents in Stanton.
The water tank opposite the station is
receiving a new coat of paint.
HAL Woodward, of Buckley, spent
the day in Alma last Saturday.
Miss Olive Smith. of Stanton, spent
Sunday with her parents in Alma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brant spent last week
with friends and relatives in Riyerdale.
Jno. Marchmont transacted business
in Saginaw the latter part of last week.
Francis King and son, Henry, spent
the latter part of last week in. Grand
Rapids.
Fall opening commencing Sept cath.
Fine line of imported patterns. Mrs.
Gaffney.
Mr. and Mrs V. III. Shepard spent
Sunday with friends and relatives in
Saginaw.
n. j. Mccullough spent last Sunday
and Monday with friends and relatives
in Saginaw.
WMrs Marsh, of Grand Rapids, spent
the past week with her son, Theodore
Marsh, of this city.
Coach Harper returned from Chicago
| last Saturday TO take up the athletic
work at the college.
Mrs. Henry Knoertzer of St. Charles,
spent the day last Saturday with Mr..
and Mrs Jno. Knoertzer in this city.
Misses Sophie Langenhof and Otilia
Lenchtivus, of Beal City, were the
guests of Alma friends last Thursday.
Mrs. Griffith arrived from Detroit last
Saturday and will live here with her
husband during the coming sugar cam
paign.
There was meeting of the board of
directors of the Alma Realty Company
at w. A. Balkhe's Office last Saturday
evening.
Mrs Atkinson. of Union City, Indiana,
returned 10 her home last Saturday
morning after a weeks visit with her
father, S Cowdry.
Glenn Montigle left last Friday..m
/ ing for a trip to New York and Wash
ington, and will spend few days at the
jamestown Exposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Plum, of Jack
son. visited over Sunday with friends in
this city. Mr.. Plum used to be EN-
ployed at the engine works in this city.
Walter Caple spent last Sunday with
relatives in Toledo. Mrs Caple, who
has been visiting there during the past
two weeks, returned 10 Alma with him.
f. A. Clark recently purchased forty
acres of timber land in Lincoln town
hip, Isabella county, which he will
lumber during the coming winter. Con-
sideration, 900.
J. w. Delmarter, who for the past few
months has been employed by Smith q
Glass. and living in Mt. Pleasant, is
moving his family here this week, and
their future home is TO be on Second
avenue.
Mr.. Salter returned to Alma last Fri
day after a stay of one year in Virginia,
and states that he was very much pleased
with the country. He is undecided as
to whether he will remain here or re-
turn south.
The Lillian Lyons Stock Company in
terested the people of Alma every night
last week and the plays gave general
satisfaction. The opera house was taxed
to its limit every evening and a total of
over 2,3OO tickets were sold during the
week. The troupe went from here to
Midland
A very successful party was given at
the Springs Hotel last Thursday evening,
there being ninateen couples present.
Davis's orchestra of five pieces furnished
the music. These parties will take place
on Thursday evening of every second
week as iong as the young people take
so much interest in them.
The business men and the pedestrians
on the street were very much excited by
the ringing of the fire bell last Saturday,
and stood for several minutes watching
and wondering why the team did not
turn out of the barns. 1t seems that
there was test for the fire alarm under
way aud the barn man neglected to look
after the bell
Horace Woodward, aged IS, died at
his home six miles east and one mile
south of Alma last Saturday afternoon
at 4:l5. the cause of his demise being
asthenia and heart trouble. Mr.. Wood
ward leaves wife. Harlan Woodward
is nephew and accompanied the body
to Wyoming Iowa, where the funeral
and interment took place.
W. a. Guyot and wife, of Edmore,
passed through this city last Monday on
their way to Ann Arbor, having had a
daughter and daughter-in-law injured
in the interurban railway wreck last
Sunday The injured people were Mrs
Minnie Biers and Mrs. Stephen Arnold.
Mrs. Biers also had child in the wreck
which suffered a scalp wound. Mrs.
Biers was badly injured. having one and
possibly two limbs broken. Mrs. Arnold
had ore broken limb.