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


The Woman's Club will meet with
Mrs T. W. Marsh. 6l9 West Center
Street. Monday March 9th.
Mrs Allen. who was the guest of
Mrs w. 4. Adams last week. returned
Monday to her home in Detroit.
The Presbyterian Fortnightly will
meet with Mrs. Frank 4. Ellsworth.
8O7 Gratiot avenue, Tuesday. March
10th.
VIM. f. Adams has purchased sthe
old Weaver homestead on State street.
and will remodel and put the same
In shape for his own use.
GIRL WANTED-For general house
work. Small family and good pay.
Enquire of Mrs. II. G. Richardson.
Don't forget special matinee Satur-
day afternoon. Every child gets a
beautiful souvenir made of glass at
the Alma. Admission 5 cents. x
Thursday night. every lady will be
presented with handsome souvenir of
thin, blown glass al the Alma Theatre
Miss Ivah Bond of st. Johns was
the guest of Miss Rose Richwine over
Sunday at the home of l.. NJ. Sweet
on Woodwork avenue.
Monday of this week Justice John
d. Spinney united In marriage Ros-
we'll Evans and GLADYS Bunker, both
of this city.
Mrs w. E. Adams gave coffee
party last Friday afternoon In honor
of her guest Mrs Allen, of Detroit
Progressive five hundred furnished
entertainment for the score or more
present. after (which refreshments
were served. and royal good time
enjoyed until time for the guests to
take their departure.
V. M. Wilson, of Ann Artor was an
Alma visitor Thursday.
The engagement was announced
Thursday of Miss Sylvia Green. daugh-
ter of Hetty Green, the richest woman
in the world. and heiress to the greater
part of her mothers millions, to Mat
thew Astor Wilks. great grandson of
the original John Jacob Aston. The
date of the wedding has not yet been
set
Last Friday evening about seventy
members of Victory Rebekah Lodge
of Emerson. with their degree staff
initiated class of six in the Rebekah
lodge of this city. the Emerson staff
did fine work in their new regalia.
After the work of the evening the
ladies of Alma Rebekah lodge served
banquet to their guests and members
and the evening was concluded with
music and dancing.
James Oliver, the millionaire pillow
manufacturer, died at South Bend,
Monday morning of this week. Mr.
Oliver was bora in WLitehough. Rox-
burghshire, Scotland. August 3, 1923,
and came with his family To the
United States in 1898 After year
on a farm in New York state he went
to Mishawaka, Ind, in 1896. and
learned 1.-The foundry trade. Later he
began to manufacture plows, and in
1855 he invented tho chilled plow I"
He moved his factory to South Bend.
and has made millions out of his in
vention since then
John Foster, of Ypsilanti, former ed
itor of the st. Louis Republican
Leader made this Office pleasant call
last Thursday.
At meeting of the board of direc-
Monday night, ii was definitely de-
cided that Alma will be the scene of
the track and field meet this year
Amendments were also made in the
constitution providing for the running
off of all preliminary track heats on
Friday, the finals taking place on
Saturday forenoon. The final baseb all
games will be held on Saturday after
noon. Olivet's chances for next spring
are unusually bright and if NJ. A. G.
does not enter. Olivet should bring home
the track honors -Olivet Optic.
The theory that ignorance of the
law is no excuse for crime, must be
revived in this country soon. or we
will be nation of criminals An
industrious statistician who has beer
looking the matter up states that
congress and legislatures of the vari
Gus states and territories add abou'
"a. 600 new laws to the various code'
every year, and that no man, no mat
ter, how wise and careful, can pos
sibly keep up with this law making
mania 1t begins to look as if TIT
country. in self defense, will sool
have to retsrict sessions of the legisla
ture to about 30 days once every fou'
years If IL wants to keep out of Jail
until America becomes sane enough
to know that legislation for all tn
ills of humanity is not special.
reliable remedy. 1t is rather interest
ing to watch bunch of mediocritie
organized AS a legislature trying Il
make laws for a commonwealth, tn
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