Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-09-16
LOCAL H APPEN|NGS

| ]. M. Wheaton has put new roof OF
his residence on West Center street.
Paul Kress is clerking in Stannard'
drug store during his hours out of school
Roy Kinketer aud Grover Taylor lief,
Tuesday for Battle Greek on bushes.
trip.
Coach Carrithers at the college is al
ready trying out material for the foo
ball team.
+. B. Soule has sold his house and lot
on River street to Chas. Banghler Con.
sideration $3.50.
Mrs. r. G.. Fisher left Saturday for
Mt. Pleasant to visit relatives and
friends for few days.
Seigle Wilson has closed his barber
shop opposite the post Office and has &C
cepted position at McFaul Bros. shop.
G. II. Carl sold to p. w. Creaser SO
acre farm miles from Middleton. The
sale was made for Clinton Nelson. Con-
sideration $4,000.
Mrs. Lockwood of Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, spent last week with her broth
er-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Greig of this city
The palms and ferns which for so many
years have been the pride of the SAM
tarium sun parlors have been removed
to the Wright House.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Story returned
Tuesday night from Detroit, where
they have been visiting relatives and
attending the state fair
The ladies of ST. Mary's Catholic
church cleared above fifty dollars on
the ice cream social they gave at Wright
park last Saturday afternoon.
f. P. Stannard returned Saturday
from Grand Rapids where he purchased
the largest and best assortment of holt
day goods he has ever handled.
Ask vour grocer for Alma Bread
Flour If he has not got it. insist
on his getting 1t for You There is no
other like il Demand it of him. X
Miss Eulalah Fisher left Friday for
Grand Rapids, enroute for White Hall
where she is engaged as teacher in the
Public Schools for the coming year.
We have some of the finest wheat
seed we have ever offered for sale Or
der early. One dollar per bushel--grain
department. Alma Grain and Lumber
Co. tfl44l
Mary Away White aged 3 years and
four months died at Shepherd last week
and was buried Sunday with funeral
sermon in charge of Rev. G.. H. Carl of
this city.
Young Lady desires position as stem
ographer and bookkeeper in Alma or ST.
Louis. Good reference. Address Miss
Myrta Maynard, 1853 LaBelle Ave,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
1t might bewilder a man but it will
only please a woman to go in and see
the display OF new fall hats Mrs Gaf-
ney, the milliner, is showing. See if we
are not right ladies. 1t
Use Alma Bread Flour One dollars
worth of Alma Bread -four will give
you more sustaining energy than two
dollars worth of meat Wheat food is
the food that produces energy. In
sist on Alma Bread flour
Nelson Bros. are making up big or
der of pump jacks for the Alma Manu-
featuring company. The Alma COM
pany frequently sell them with their
gasoline engines. The pumps can also
be operated by hand or wind mill power
Ed Herman of Battle Greek visited
relatives in this city last week. Ed is a
former Alma boy and left here twenty
one years ago He shook hands with
many old friends but sees many changes
from the Alma he knew of old
The largest and most complete collec-
ton of Rugs ever shown in Central
Michigan has just been placed OH sale at
f. E. Pollasky's. Owing to the bust
ness depression in manufacturing cent
ers Mr.. Pollasky was enabled to make
this large cash purchase at very low
prices and offers the public exceptional
Rug bargains. K
Mrs. w. S. Humphreys fall opening
of millinery goods begins Thursday,
IL. She has an exclusive !
line of new fall styles and large line
of patterns and novelties. tfl441 /
George Argent, who has been day
clerk at the Arcadia hotel for several
months, left fer Wallaceburg, Canada I
Monday. He has accepted a position /
with the sugar company at that place.
Fred Pattee of Harrisonville. Altoona
has purchased the Bert Hayes
farm near Elwell, aud took possession
of the same this week. Mr.. Pattee /
drove across country and encountered \
numerous forest fires while enroute.
Mrs. Wilcox entertained thirty or more /
of her friends last Friday afternoon at /
her home OF State street Five hundred /
together with social conversation and re-
freshment was the means of providing /
most pleasant afternoon for all present. 7