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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
WINDOW DISPLAYS

A -go-round was installed in the
vacant lot west of the hotel Arcadia and
has been running for several evenings.
Every train: has been bringing some
money making device to the city; men
with rubber balloons, canes and wheel
machines The committee authorized
to do so have also let sites for an unprece-
denied number of stands. The program
on sports for the day is the largest in the
history of celebrations in Alma and .she
prizes all worthy of competitor.
The merchants of Alma who are always
patriotic have some very pretty window
trims and as the city boasts OF some very
excellent display windows the new trims
show off to an advantage
Messenger has a very commendable
trim. A large red. white and blue star,
FIVE feet from tip to tip is decorated with
colored electric lights to harmonic with
the background. When lit up the win
dow is very attractive.
Other fine windows are to be seen at
Delevans, Lee Mercantile Company's Dry
Goods Dept and Stanard's Drug store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03

There is no time to be lost in prepare
ton for tie election Of delegates 70 the
constitutional convention, which viii
occur on the third Tuesday OF September
Sept. n. The candidates Of all parties
must be nominated on the second Tues
day OF August Aug. IS. Each senator
ial district as organized previoussto the
recent apportionment viii choose three
delegates. The candidates OF all political
parties will be nominated by primsry
election in any district where the can' l.
date Of any party for senator at the last
election was SO nominated; and IN dis
tricts where all parties nominated then
by convention, that method must be fol
lowed by all parties now. delegate con-
ventious to be called by the party com
mittees in the usual manner Seventeen
of the districts will under this provision
nominate by primary election. and iit-
teen by the caucus and convention sys-
tenn The seventeen include the four OF
Wayne and the two os Kent. and the
5th, roth, 18TH, a., 18th, 18TH 10Th,
goth, 24th. 26th and 9th.
No party enrollmentis called for under
this act, but every qualified voter IS en-
titled to receive and vote the party ticket
which he shall prefer A nomination
paper signed by at least one hundred
voters of the party to which the candi-
date belongs will be required TO entitle
any candidate to a place on the primary
ballot of his party; and here comes in
the urgency. All such nomination
papers must be filed before four O'Clock
in the afternoon of July p. They are to
be filed with the secretary Of state at
Lansing except i'll districts wholly within
a single county, where they will be filed
with the county clerk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
DewittsIittle Early .Risers. famous

DeWitt'sLittle Early .Risers, famous
little pills. Sold by Chas. Rhodes.
The interior of ,Chas Rhodes drug
store is very prettily decorated for the
Fourth. Long garlands OF red white
and blue are draped from one:end of the
store TO the other. Mr.. Rhodes is never
behind the times when it comes to dec
orations
John T. Daniels, of Essex township
Clinton county, was in the city this
morning securing signatures 10 a petit
too he was circulating as a candidate
for the primary election 10 be held in
August to select candidates for the con-
stitutional convention TO be...held next
October.
Kitchen help wanted Mt the Wright
House.
The Ann Arbor Railroad Co. has at
last come to the front with improve
ments but it was not until noon, last
Monday, that they put in appearance.
The new engines are of the latest make
and the small ones that have been in
use so long have been done away with.
The coaches are fresh from the car
shops and are up-to. date in every par
ticular. They are vestibuled and the Pull
man cars are fitted with observation plat
forms. The passenger traffic on the Ann
Arbor has been large for a number of
years while the coaches have been small
and stuffy. The trains on the Ann Arbor
in the future will compare with any in
the state Everyone welcomes the
change.
will mail you free, to prove merit
samples of my Or. Shops Restorative,
and my book on either dyspepsia, the
heart. ca the kidneys. Troubles Of the
stomach, Heart or kidneys, are merely
symptoms Of a deeper ailment Don't
make the common error of treating sym.
ptoms only symptom treatment Is
treating the result Of your ailmeut, not
the cause. Weak stomach nerves-the
INSIDE nerves mean SeOhiaSh MSdAhV9s,
AWAY. Aud the Heart. and kidneys as
we'll, have their controlling or inside
nerves. Weaken these nerves, and you
inevitably have weak vital organs. Here
is where DR.. Shsop's Restorative has
made It's fame. No other remedy even
claims to treat the inside nerves" Also
for bloating, biliousness. bad breath or
complexion, use DIR. Shops Restorative.
Write me today for sample and free
Book. DIR. Shoop. Racine, Wis. The
Restorative is sold by Geo. T.. Snarrar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
ALMA SUGAR co. DEFEATED.

Alma Sugar Company's base ball
team was taken into camp last Sat
urday afternoon when bunch OF
sugar beet men blew into town. The
game was played on Davis Field
there being as many rooters and
fans present as attend the College
games. They were also enthusiastic
and as ST. Louis brought over
bunch of rootcrs. as usual. there was
roofing all through the game There
was ample opportunity for both sides
to make noise as the game fuctuated
continually and neither team wa.
confident OF victory until the last
man was put out of the way.
The day was a good one for ball
playing, there being no wind to speak
OF and the threatening rain held off
and finally passed around to the
south.
Both teams. while there was plenty
Of good material on both sides, show
ed a decided lack of practice The
batting was quite heavy but the hits
were never punched Nina threw
the game away in the first Of the
sixth
The lineup Of the two teams
were as follows
ALMA SUGAR COMPANY.
A. Totten. p; Degruff c. Smith. s.:
Adams 3b; Finch. 2b; ] Totten. ri;
Coleman. CT: Mathews, II.
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY.
ALMA PLANT.
Bell. 3b: Archer, 2b: Krentcl. 1b;
Smith. IS; Corwin. p. LOOMS. CT;
Demuth. IL Lockwood. RI Harvey.
Score by innings:
2 4 ) 6 Z Q
St. Louis 0 o 0 9 0 o IS
Alma 90 0 2 3 o %
"This little pig went to market" doesn't
amuse tonight.
Baby's not we'll what's the matter, her
dear little cheeks are so white;
Poor little ,ummy is aching, naughty old
pain go away,
Cascasweet mother must give her, then
she'll be bright as the day.
II is sold here by Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
INTERESTING LETTER.
CONTINUED from page one.)

not the words Ii seems like a
dream. In the afternoon we visited
several of the churches, including the
cloisters OF San Giovanni, and the
sacred stairs, and went back 10 the
Palazzo Barberini for tea. We are
very near to the palace SO it is very
pleasant for us. and convenient Tor
running in ON both sides OF
course our friends live in splendid
style. but there's time enough for
that later. Yesterday morning we
visited the famous Castillo San An
CELLO the tomb of Hadrian, and ST
Peters II only could give you
some idea of that most magnificent
church. lis vast dimensions. the al
most oriental splendor of its beauti-
ful marbles, mosaics and paintings,
and the intensely interesting tombs
OF different popes, including that of
the late Leo Kill And the statue
of ST. Peter. we kissed the toe CATER
carefully wiping il offD of counsel
and then the magnificent tomb Of ST.
Peter beneath the marvellous dome
before which are % ever burning
lights. In the afternoon we visited
other churches and the catacombs
Of ST. Agnes. Imagine going through
narrow underground passages by the
light of a Pickering taper and seeing
an occasional skull or entire skele-
ton i'm a niche ON one side or the
other Then we took a drive on the
Pincian Hill where fashionable ROME
goes just before shutdown. This
morning we visited the Vatican, the
galleries of painting and sculpture
with their priceless treasures of art
and antiquity. the Rafael Trans
hguration". the apollo Belvedere,"
the LAGOON group. and what is
probably the greatest work OF art
in the world Michael Angeles cell
ing in the Sistne chapel After
luncheon we went 70 Cooks and
completed arrangements for leaving
next Monday for Naples, and then
came home and took a siesta pre-
paratory TO tea at the Barberini pal
ace where we were invited TO meet
some young ladies OF Roman society
and a little bunch OF counts. dukes,
etc. We had delightful time and
then Gwen and Vivien came to din
ner with us Tomorrow we have all
planned to visit the Palatine, Pan
theon and Capitoline Museum and
then join friends at motor boat re-
gatta. Sunday we shall attend SER
vice in the American church and then
drive out the Appian way and visit
the catacombs of St. Calixtus and the
church containing the tomb of ST.
Paul. We expect to leave Monday
morning for Naples where we have
planned a delightful trip, including
Pompeii, Sorrento. Auafe and Capri.
One week from today we sail and
then ] think ! shall stretch out in my
deck-chair and not move for week.
But although il is firing. we are hav-
ing a most glorious trip and I'm
learning so much. Only simply
must come back to Rome some time
when ! can stay longer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
SOUTHWEST ARCADIA.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Peacock Of
New Haven spent Sunday with their
parents inv this vicinity
Mr. and Mrs. ]. c. Yeran and
Davis Ycrian attended Sumner
grange last Saturday evening
Mrs Lily Isham AMI Alpha Mills
spent Sunday at Crystal
Elmer and Melvin Yeran took adj
vantage of the excursion to Toledo
Sunday to visit relatives near Vern-
on
4 large crowd attended the ice
cream social at the Cleaner hall last
Thursday evening The proceeds
were $685.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03

When you need pill and be sure ii is
an Early Riser. They are sold here by
Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COUNTY OF GHATfOT.
ON this lst day of July 1907 before me "a
ally appeared Edgar A. Bagey president
ANA Peiley NJ smith. secretary Of the Alma
building ana Loan Association. who seNerallA
declare the foregoing statement 10 be true
and correct 10 the best of their knowledge ana
belief.
EDGAR a. BAGLEY. PERLEY NJ. SMITH
President secretary
Subscribed and sworn before me this lst day
of July. A. ID 1907
W A. BAHLKE, Notary Public.
MY commission expires March 10 1919
This l. 10 certify that the undersigned have
examined the books OF the Alma building ana
Loan Association for the year ending July l0t
1907 and lind them true and correct. 10 the
best of our knowledge and belief
THEO W MARSH.
l.. ; BACLEY,
j. w. GLASS,
So Auditing Com
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
LONE STAR STATE


solutely unknown. These furious ex-
plosions Of natures wrath are al
ways the offspring OF low attitudes
and humidity The summers are
comfortable. The mercury rarely
goes above ninety, and the nights are
cool. All the people whom
] have asked say the summers are de-
lightful. There is no state in the
union with better laws and no state
with as low taxes. Lands are rap
idly rising in price and will soon sell
for as much per acre as here.
G. w. PRINGLE.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03

Owing TO the fact that VIM. Davies
will close out his stock of jewelry and
millinery in the short space of six
weeks the best bargains can be obtained
nt once. Call tomorrow.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
SOMETHING DOING At ALMA EVERY MINUTE.
F ourth of July Program
Salute at Sunrise Twenty Guns
Elsie band arrives at o'clock and will all trains
escort guests to city
MORNING PROGRAm

10 O'CLOCK
Calathumpean Parade will take place at 10 O'Clock. Form
Montgeps foundry consisting Bands County
bes line, Ithaca ST. Louis Alma Fire Companies Merchants
hobes (ay Seed Band consisting of Clowns Indians cod
and specialte
LINE OF MARCH
West 10 Woodwoth north Hastng,
Superior, east O Feed
O'CLOCK
band will ST. Louis and ithaca
Davis Field.
II OCL OCK-
Elsie Band will people Speaker Stand Wright
Morning program will reading Declaration
by Hon. J. W. Holmes, Speech Hon. d {.
Glare
DINNER
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03

Miss Sharp expects to spend the
summer with her parents in Alma
and return to her studies in Europe
next Autumn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03

Some good things can be found ut the
Variety Store in summer dress goods.
See them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
ATTENTION

My Office wi | be closed from Friday
July 9th TO Saturday July 18th owing 10
to absence from the city.
DR.. MAYNARD PRINGLE Dentist
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-03
LINE OF MARCH
II O'CLOCK
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
90 O'CLOCK


Oock-Samner band A. A. people
l3O-Coun Du Butt Bro, trick Bicycle Wright
House Corner.
Ook-Rube Henderson the celebrated comedy bounding
rope at Superior and Woodwork
Hundred Yard Dash k prize $500 2nd prize $500
2i55O boys LIST Prize 500 2nd prize 50
Boys Swimming race, under p years Isl prize SOO 2nd
prize so cts
BIS Canoe Race, Y mile, lSt prize $500
$3.50 O'clock DIVE from State St. Bridge.
345-Rube Henderson, Comedy az Superior
4O'cIock BALLOON ASCENSION and Parachute
Drop.
4f5-Exhbton by the fire &c snubbng both ny
drants State and Superior
ithaca and ST. Louis bali
Field fol afternoon game
5OO-DuButz Bros End Bicycle
3O-Rube Henderson, 2nd comedy
% O'CLOCK SUPPER
EVENING PROGRAM
Oclock-DuButz Bros and Henderson Bird and last speciality
act.
Ocock-Bands people Bridge the
Nigh Dive.
$50 Balloon Ascension with fire works from the
Trapexe followed by
GRAND DISPLAY of FIRE WORKS Over the Water
Foot Of State ST. Concert by Elsie.
Sumner and Alma Bands.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-02

tidal waves in South Ameriky-they
wasn't a bucketful O. milk alongside O.
the water that flowed down the Ken
nebec, an wet-it was twice as wet
as any water that ever come out O.
the sea. Me an grandfather was out
In the field plowin' when it come, an
before we realized what was happenin'
the waiter was up Z our necks. Til
old mar was a powerful old Teller for
a nlnety-two year old. an he turns to
me an says, Come along. sonny, git
aboard your old grandfather's neck,
an I'll swim We home. It's a leetle
too swampy to do no more work to-
day So ! climbed up his back an
set astraddle of his shoulders, an the
old man struck out for home. When
we got there the waiter had riz up as
high as the second floor an | tell We
grandma was putty glad when she
see MS climbin in the bedroom winder,
none the worse for our little swim,
Soon s he got me landed safe, tn old
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man dove IN again an swum over to
the hen house. an towed it back an
fastened it with a rope to the brick
chimbly. SOS we wouldn't lose none O.
the poultry, after which we set down
an played peenuckle until dinner
time. Grandmother d had the sense
TO move the kitchen stove upstairs, an
enough kindlin' to keep the fires
goin', an for three days we fed on
spring chicken. l never thought I'd
see the day when I'd had enousS
chicken { eat, but ON the beginnin' O.
tn fourth day it sort O. made me tired
to have it brought on tn table agin,
an | said so. ! guess I must ha been
one o them spilled youngsters because
as soon as said that grandfather said
he guessed he'd go foragin' for a little
variety
so he took the cat-boat, I s'pose.
that We KEEP in the cornfeld. an went
cruisin'?' put in the Postmaster sar-
c~astically.
III ! was romancin' ! might say that
he did, said the Captain calmly. But
seem as / am tellin' We nothin' but
what happened I'm goin' to stick to
the facts. He took the door O. the
cloe's closet off the hinges, fastened a
couple O bed.slats an thole pias into
the sides for oars, launched the door
through the winder an rowed off to
see what he could find. Bimeby he
came back again and said they wasn't
nothin' in sight, an he guessed we'd
have to stick to chicken until the wat
ters subsidized. The words was hard
ly out O his mouth when we heard a
terrific iloppin' goin' on out in the hall
and, ! CORY, when we went out to
see what it was, goshed If we didn't
see a Dustin big sammon swimmin'
around just over the staircase, an
ightin' like the dickens with a cou.
pie of pick'rel. Tn old man bust into
a fit O laughter, when he sees the
fish an turning to grandmother he
says, i guess ye must o left the back
door open, Ma, he says. The house
is full O fish An ! CORY it was.
never see such a lot of en-, or SO
many kinds o. EN- all TO oncet, There
was pick'rel an sammon, an trout
an bass. an sturgeon Til We couldn
count EN-, an every mothers son o.
EN- as mad S a hornet because they
couldn't git out. Ye see the old farm
house had acted jest like a net. an
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-02

after they'd swum in the back door.
through the kitchen into the parlor,
they couldn't find their way back.
They was ketched Jest as sure as il
they d swum into a net. The only
trouble was how we'd ketch EN- our
selves. All our tackle was down
stairs, but my grandmother was a
mighty inventive old lady considerin'
her eighty-seven years, an it didn't
take her long to fix matters SOS we
had all the fish we could eat. She cut
open one o tn pillars, an threw a
half a dozen feathers on the surface
Of the water, SOS the fish would take
EN- for flies, an when they riZ for a
snack, she'd lean over the top step an
scoop 'em in with a pillar-case fast
ened on to the handle of a warmin'
pan. On top o. that a half O dozen
nice fat cartridges lookin' for a place
to light flew in the winder an dropped
exhausted on the foot O the bed.
Well, sir, | never lived so high in all
my life as we did that week. Grand.
father'd married grandmother because
she was the best cook in Aroostook
county, an she lived up to her rep
pytation that week | can tell We. She
roasted, billed and fried them part
ridges, an the way she didn't serve
up sammon, pike, trout an bass
amt been invented yet. Tn only thing
we missed was our pie for breakfast,
an | tell ye it come hard for awhile
dom without it. When ye'd had a
thing all your life, an it's suddenly
cut out it gifts on your nerves a lit
tie"
~"Ptic1arly coffee" put in 81
Wotherspoon. Il sh'd think ye'd ha'
missed your coffee nor n the pie.
we would have said the captain.
But We see grandfather bein' a first
class swimmer--he'd been a logger for
SO years Of his life, an what he
couldn't do in the waiter can't be did
he dove downstairs into the kitchen
an swum to where the coffee was
grabbed a canful off the dresser
swum through the back door an come
up with It sputterin' like a porpoise
outside the house jest under the win.
der where grandmother was sittin
waitin' for it. or course we had ia
do without milk an sugar, but after
a couple O. trials O. pure coffee We
got to like it. an from that day tc
this | amt never used milk an sugar
in mine, an as far as | know, neither
has my grandfather an my grand
mother"
q hope they're very wen an en-
Ioyin good health said the Postmas
J Ter. gloomily.
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melodion was teemin with trout, an
the way the bass an sturgeon was
strewed all over was a caution. We
made enough out O. the haul to re-
paper the whole house, an pay for
paintin' tn outside with the trim in
three different colors. 1t was a great
experience, Joe, an it has learned me
never to cast no doubts on the stories
fellers tell about what happens when
they're out fshin'. l reckon that
il a thing ike that has happened to
me, other extraordinary things in the
fish line may happen to other folks"
"All Of which is very eddicatin -
observed the Postmaster. But l don't
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First rate, thank ye." said the Cap.
tain cheerfully.
Are they still Twin on the second
ioor?' said 81 Wotherspoon.
"Oh no" replied the captain. AT
he end of the week the waiter sub
sidized, an things resumed their nat
eral course, but We never see such a
place as the first floor when the last
drop O that freshet trickled out the
back door. II was chock full o. fish.
We was putty nigh onto a week pick
In EN- up. | guess there must ha
been 600 sammon ave.agin' eight
pounds apiece in the parlor. The
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see what it's got to do with tn pint
We were %discussin'. You said ye'd
gone gunnin' in the woods for fish,
an up to date we amt heard anything
like a bullet whizzin' through the
air"
That's because | amt come to
that part Of my story yet" explained
the captain. You're one of them fel
lers that wants to git through before
your finished, which amt a thurro way
O doin' business. No, | amt never
through till I'm done. | was goin' to
say that as o as we was able to go
outdoors on tollable dry land, to look
after the horses an cattle, We found a
most surprisin' state O affairs in the
woods. They was mostly tall pines.
the kind We made masts for schooners
of in them days, an that is now used
for telegraph poles an iiag-staffs. The
water hadn't come up higher n half
way to the top of 'em, but wherever
they had been under water there was
a couple O fish Of one kind or an.
other caught on the sharp needles Of
every branch, too far out to be
ketched hold Of by anybody climbin'
the trees, an too high up to be
reached by hand, or with an ordinary
pole, so We had to shoot EN- to get
EN- off, guess the old man an me
must ha' bagged a thousand Of EN- be,
fore we got through.
So We see, Joe, now that we've give
M time { finish the story, that it has
somethin' to do with the pint we was
discussin, an that there is cases
where when ye say the woods Is full
O. fishermen shootin' for sammon. or
trout or some other |inhabitant of the
deep, y amt so far out O the way
after ALL
@Humph!' calculated the postmas.
ter with a shrug of his shoulders.
III | was a justice O the peace. an
was called upon 10 give We time for
that story, I'd give We 20 years. gol-
burned il | wouldn't"
Dye mean TO say ye doubt my
word?' demanded the captain.
No said Joe. Il don't doubt one
o your words, Every dod.gasted
word o the bunch is a good one, an
in common every day use by reppy.
table people, but when We put 'em to.
%gether!"
Here the postmaster paused and
shook his head obviously.
When ! put em together WHAT
insisted the captain.
They're a meenace to public NOR
allty, ea'd % Postmaster. AN as
such deserve to be indicted"