Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-26

News From a Lively Town.

Claud Phelps is moving to his farm
near Elwell.
Hon, A. B. Darragh of st. Louis
was in Riverdele Tuesday.
Remember the r. Z. Moblo sale
closes Saturday August %.
n. NJ Nixon is entertaining his
mother, whose home is in Charlotte.
H ubert'' Moblo of Detroit is visiting
his parents and friends in this village.
T. j. Blair the, Elm Hall mer-
chant was a Riverdale. visitor Wednes-
day
Henry Lyon is the guest of superin
family.
Mrs. Jessie Young of Shepherd
spent FRIDAY with her son j. G. Young
the jeweler.
caught and with the buggy returned
to its owner with broken cross bar
the only da mage done.
Tuesday night moving picture
show was given in Wyeth opera house.
Good entertainment and good crowd.
The h,tel in this village has been
doing land Office business of late
all of which indicates good business
for Riverdsle.
A &c no hot
dale business men and the Riverdale
Tigers is called for Saturday afternoon
of this week.
A letter from Ollie Jacques now in
Alabama says he is stopping with
j ohm Adams, who seems to be happy
and contented in his southern home.
John G.. Young reports business
good last week. He sold two New
! Home Sewing machines, besides a
! large business in watches and staple
and fancy iewelry.
Cement walks are being built in
various parts of the village. The
workmen are now busy on the walk be-
/ tween the residence of +. II. Rowland
and the Methosdist church.
The property. owned bv Charles
Going. and occupied by John Waldron
as a shoe shop has been sold to Frank
Belknap who will conduct a confec-
tionery and cigar store in the build
ing.
The building being built bv n. Nj.
Wixon will soon be ready for the
/ plasterers The building is one story
cement structure and will prove q
great improvement to that portion Of
the street.
Walter Swope, general manager Of
the Riverdale elevator is in the villag,
and with his family expects to NOV,
to Riverdale next week He has LEASED
the d. linn residence for his futur,
home.
The ten dav sale now being conduct
ed by K. E. Moblo x Co. is proving {
winner. The doors opened at 20,
o clock on the morning of August 1Stl
and large crowd had already linet
up in front of the store awaiting tn,
opening hour. Saturday of this weei
is the last day
r.. E. Moblo is having built "a resi-
dence which when finished will prov
a great addition to the residence por
Jion of our city. The building is t
be of vitrifed brick and will b
completed about the m iddle of October
Archie Brads-- of Shepherd is doin,
the mason work
A game of Ball PLAYED Sunday be
tween the sugar beet nine and E d
Hall, resulted in score of 2 to il
favor of Elm Hall. The winning team
was challenged by a business men ;
nine who defeated the Elm Hall buncl
by score of 20 to IL. Riverdale cal
still play good ball.
An exciting runaway occurred Mon
day evening when horse and bugg,
oOioh6ihS w LooC1 iNCiJ DlOh'
lose from rig from which it wa
being led and started to run, makins
directly for the door.yard of the Zini
residence, skipping bv narrow mar
gin the little children OF Mrs Zinn's,
who was on the lawn near the house
The horse stumbled and fell and wa
The committee appointed sometim,
since to buy piano for the school will
meet Thursday with the representa-
tives of four different piano houses t.
select the instrument The COMMITTEES
consists of Messrs. V. p. Cash, II. A
Lvon anu Reynard Schnepp. Tn,
piano representatives expected to b,
present are Messrs. Burr of Alma
Sage of Mt. Pleasant. Thomson o
Granville and Taylor of Elual1 4