Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-29

Byron Tuesday.
A sale that has no competitor
Shields x
w. A. Bahlke was an Ithaca visitor
Tuesday morning.
hoy Miller was an Ithaca visitor
on business Tuesday.
Goege willard was an Ithaca visitor
Tuesday on business.
WOOL WANTED-A the Alma Ele-
vator Co x
Francis King returned Monday
evening from his trip to Boston.
Help build up some industry by
smoking the "Alma cigar. X
A. l.. Hutchinson. of Ithaca trans
acted business in Alma Yesterday.
See the big ads for Shields. The
opening day is Saturday, May ID
Sunday train service went into effect
on the Ann Arbor railroad last Sunday.
Fresh fish. always on hand at the
Berman Fish market Telephone No.
1917 x
Ed Dippery and wife and Mrs. A.
W. Little were Ithaca visitors Tues
day
j. L. Ruan for eighteen months in
the employ of this Office left Sunday for
Cadillac.
Mrs. WIN. Mcfarland and Mrs. Ed
Shields visited with Ithaca friends
Tuesday.
The only Genuine going. out of bust
ness sale. In Opera House Block,
Alma, Mich. K
We want your rags. old rubbers,
and scrap iron. Telephone No. 1877
Berman Bros. x
The Ladies Union of the Baptist
church will meet with Mrs Kipp.
Friday. May LIST.
Don't fail to read the big ads. 1t
will save you much. Going out of
business Shields x
Mrs. p. A. Gilleo went to Ithaca
Tuesday morning for a visit with
Mrs. Al Murphy.
For fresh lake trout, herring. perch.
mullet or other fish telephone Berman
Bros fish market. x
Startling news. positively astonish-
ing j. j. Shields Variety Store going
out of business. x
Pat KilMartin, of Portland, Mich
spent SUNDAY in Alma. the guest of j.
J. Rarten and wife.
Sell your rags. rubber and old iron
to Berman Bros. We pay you cash.
Union telephone. 1877
NJ. II. Pugh. of Toledo, has bought
the Northrop farm near this city and
will move onto it soon.
Mrs, Elma Oster arrived Tuesday af-
ternoon and will be the guest of Mrs.
II. G. Purvis in this city.
Mrs. Ray Smith left Tuesday morn
ing for a few days visit with her aunt.
Mrs. S. Holcomb in Ithaca.
Miss Alice johnson arrived yester-
day afternoon for few days visi {
with Miss Kathryn Andrews.
Mrs. II. d. Fuller. of Marion, ar
rived Tuesday afternoon for visit
with her sister. Mrs. II. ID. Shaw.
Mrs. Maynard Pringle left Tuesday
morning for a few days visit with
friends and relatives in Carson City.
Miss Erma Mcbride. who has been
in Kalamazoo for some time past. is
visiting her mother, Mrs Maggie
Mcbride.
Spring gardening is near: if you
desire excellent results use vegetable
fertilizer. For sale by Alma Grain
and Lumber Co.
After Nav first the fire department
will begin their regular Friday evening
practice. the fire alarm being turned
in at Z o'clock in the evening.
Wanted-Every person in Gratiot
county to take advantage of the re-
duction in prices at Shields going
out-of- business sale. K
Z. NJ. Burke with the Ringing
Bros. Circus. was in the city Monday
and made contracts for that circus to
appear on the grounds east of the Golf
TinLo SATURDAY. luna a.
G. K. Horn had the misfortune Mon
day afternoon to step on a rusty nail
with his right foot causing bad
wound DR.. Day was called and
dressed the injured member and at
last reports Mr. Horn was suffering
considerable and was confined to hi
bed
What might have been serious fire
was narrowly aveIted Monday morn
ing about 10 o'clock by the prompt
action of ID. L. Sharrar with a few
pals of water in the store room of
the opera house block An alarm
was turned in but the fire was out
before the department arrived. The
fire started from the waste basket but
did no serious damage
Miss Sophia Durham who has been
instructor of matbmetics in the
Grand Ledge high school the past two