Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-06-17

Il. w. Whitney of St. Louis: was il
Alma, Tuesday.
Salt rising bread. fresh daily al
Whites bakery. x
Byron Webb of Detroit, was an Alma
visitor last week.
Detroit Vapor gasoline stoves are sold
in Alma by Smith & Carr. x
James Gibbs of Saginaw, was an Alma
visitor "Wednesday OF this week.
You always get the best when you
order meal at Gray & Gray's. K
w. O. johnson left Tuesday morning
for a visit with friends at Coleman.
See Mrs. Bart Miller when you buy
your new corset. She has the best.
If you want the best gasoline stove
try the Detroit Vapor stove, sold by
Smith & Carr.
Miss Ruth Pinney was guest of Miss
Leontine Messenger last Monday after
noon and evening
Miss Agnes Hope of st. Johns, is the
guest of the Misses Edna and Emma
Swigart OF this city.
r. p. Lee left Tuesday morning for a
business trip to New York City and
other eastern cities.
Miss Pearl Turner leaves to-day noon
for Evart where she will spend her
summer vacation.
T Conn aoco,,,na nj al nv his 20
and children, left Saturday for a visit
with friends at St. Johns.
What is celebration without fire.
works to kid. Brown has them in
all sizes style and price. X
George Pulfrey expects to soon have
a gang of men at work painting the
exterior of the Hotel Arcadia.
Bert Mangus continues to improve
rapidly and will soon be strong enough
to be out on his mail route again.
Bittner, the greenhouse, man has
greatly improved the appearance of his
residence by generous use of paint.
Messrs Ezra Smith of the school board
and Principal Clare Upthegrove,
accompanied the high school track team
to St. Johns last Saturday.
The barber shop recently in the
Pollasky building fromerly occupied by
the Tea Cup Inn has been moved into
the building formerly occupied by Amos
Pratt as barber shop.
Bert Forquer is moving his sporting
goods and music department to the
Pollasky building on West Superior
street. The room vacated by the re-
moval will be added to the garage.
The liquor sales in Gratiot county as
shown by reports in the office of the
prosecuting attorney are 20 per cent less
in May 1909 than in May 1908. In
Alma 33 and one-third per cent less than
one year ago. Let the good work go on.
Miss Virginia Mulvey Of this city
sings next Monday evening at the
Big Rapids high school alumni exercises
and Friday, June % at the graduating
exercises connected with the closing Of
the school year at Ferris Institute.
Miss Mullenbach, instructor in French
and German, at the college, left yester-
day for Chicago. Miss Mullenbach has
hosts of friends in Alma, who hope she
may return to her work in this city with
the commencement of the fall semester.
Messrs Sandell e. Tubbs, the stock
buyers, shipped carload of stock from
Breckenridge last Thursday. In this
car was 20 head of cattle and ii hogs
for which the stock buyers paid Joseph
Bartlett Sl907.OO. Who says it does not
pay to raise stock.
There is now less than 500 in the
county poor fund and nearly six months
yet before taxes are to be collected.
Chairman Swigart of the board of coun-
ty superintendent of the poor estimates
that it will take from 81, 800 to 5000 to
pay the current bills until next Deem
her.
In connection with the commence
ment day exercises of Albion college
which takes place next week the State
Epworth League organization will hold
its annual institute. A splendid pro-
gram has been prepared and crowds Of
young people from all over the state are
expected.
Judge Kelly S. Scarf went to st.
Johns, Monday to convene the Clinton
county circuit court. The calender is
a big one, over sixty cases being listed
and the session promises to be long
one. The principal cases on the GRIM
inal calender are for violating the local
option law.
AIos S. Musselman, whosesale gro-
Ger of Grand Rapids, and known as
one of the best business men in the
state. announces that he will seek the
Republican nomination for governo r
at the primary fifteen months hence.
At the proper time he will make
formal announcement and give his
ideas as to platform.
Miss Bessie Kellogg who left Alma