Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-03-04
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MaI Vicinity

Sunday was March first
Today is Ash Wednesday.
D. L. johnson was in Breckenridge
Monday.
Miss Hattie NJ. Parsons. is home
from California.
Mrs. L. NJ. Sweet visited with
friends in ST. Louis Tuesday.
Rev. James Hamilton of Grand
Rapids spent Tuesday in this city.
John II. Andrews had bis household
goods shipped to Flint this week.
Every man in Gratiot county should
read Stanard advertisement this week
Forquer the automobile man has a
new Ford machine which arrived last
week
No local freight was received over
the Pere Marquette from Tuesday to
Friday of last week.
A bouncing baby boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Otto Sanderhoff
last Monday morning
A number of our college students
leave tomorrow to attend the Oratorical
Contest at Hope College.
Miss Helen Scattergood returned
Saturday from visit with friends
and relatives in Reading.
George Emsley and wife have re-
turned from a two weeks visit with
friends in Grand Rapids.
The Alma Art Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. T. F. Timby We'd
nesday March 18th. at ? 80 O'Clock
The test of the fire arlam which
occurred Tuesday at noon found tn.
new device in excellent working shape
Miss Sarah Mcnamara has so fal
recovered from her recent illness as t
be able to resume her work at the post
Office.
The roads are in bad condition
throughout the country and owing Il
the deep snow it is almost impossible
TO turn out with load.
f. Z. Ewing and family are onc'
more residents of Alma having re
Gently returned from Dundee ant
settled in the Roval Hyde house OIL
Maple street
Mrs Gaffney the milliner. expects
to commence spring work next Mon
day. During the season she will b.
assisted by Miss Fitch. of Flint.
trimmer win five years of experience
The womens Home Missionary
Society --of NJ. f. church will NEE
with Mrs. Kittie Durham, West Cen
ter St Friday afternoon at 2 80. Te
will be served from $3.50 until all ar,
served.
Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Bag
ley entertained the ladies of her neig
horhood at her home on State street
Thirty or more were present to enio
the good things prepared by til
hostess Refreshments were served an
"a general good time enjoyed by al
present.
Judge Stone, of Ithaca, w. A. Bahlk
and Ezra Smith, of Alma, Georg
Aldrich and G. Giddings. of st. Loui,
were among the attorneys who wei
, present Friday when Lee Johnso
referee in bankruptcy held court
the Office of ID. l.. johnson in the Stor
bankruptcy case from Breckenridge.
Messrs. w. K. Barber, John Forqus
and Isaac Russell of this city and L
IL Cummins. of Crystal Falls, a
members Of the 18th Michigan Calvar
enjoyed q four hours reunion la,
Saturday at the Forqner bicycle room
The old veterans enjoyed ever
minutes of the time and many wa
the scrimage that was talked over.
DIR A. b. Spinney has purchased I'll
old hotel Smyrna, where he will col
duct sanitarium. The building is
: large and commodious one. and wit
= few hundred dollars Ii can be III
in fine shape for the Doctors business
Since the fire which swept away abo'
g.. 900 above his insurance. he HI
established temporary quarters at Cook
corners and Is caring for about
patients and proposes to build fl
sanitarium building on the burned 81
in the spring. This he will run
connection with that at Smyrna. u
distance being but about two miles.
Montcalm Herald.