Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07

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Miss Hazel Crosby of Merrill spent
Monday with Alma friends.
John Q. Young, Riverdale's jeweler
was an Alma visitor Tuesday.
Hon. A. B. Darragh of St. Louis
was an Alma visitor Monday.
Duncan McPhaul, the barber, is
spending his vacation in Detroit.
Mrs. Henry Fisher of Ithaca was
the guest of Alma friends Monday.
Fred Wright enjoyed Monday, the
nations holiday, with Alma friends.
E. Ingersoll of Breckenridge was an
Alma visitor the first of the week.
Elmer Pettyjohn of Ann Arbor was
an Alma visitor the first of the week.
Congressman c. E. Townsend was
a St. Louis visitor Tuesday forenoon.
Leslie Sharp returned home last
week after his trip to the Bermudas.
The crowd was variously estimated
at from eight to ten thousand people.
A. P. Lane of Ithaca, candidate for
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Alma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Soper of Flint
visited friends in Alma the first Of the
week.
Miss Madge Smith of Longsport
spent Monday at the home of n Saad
in this city.
Miss Cora Hollenbeck of Merrill ar
rived in Alma Sunday for a visit with
friends and relatives.
c. Benedict and family are now oc-
cupying the Konertzer house on
West End street
Attorney M. A. Marlborough of
Chicago was in the city Monday, the
guest of James g. Kress.
More than twelve hundred pieces Of
baggage were handled at this station
during the month of June.
w. w. Cushing and family are now
pleasantly situated in the ]. O'Boyle
residence on Elwell street.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. West and son, of
Flushing, spent Sunday and Monday
with VIM. Peck and family.
Former Alderman Hannah of Alma,
but now resident of Ithaca, spent
the Fourth of July with his friends in
Alma
The ten-cent dance in the skirt
factory rooms drew the crowd, nearly
! 800 tickets were sold during the day
and evening.
Not an arrest was made during the
day, not an intoxicated person seen on
the street This fact alone speaks
volumes for local option.
Hon. c. E. Townsend spoke at
Crystal Monday evening, going there
in an automobile from Alma, where
he spoke in the afternoon.
George Coleman and wife, of De-
troit. accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
VanSickle, were guests of Mel Medler
and family the first of the week.
Miss Helen Tubbs of Lansing, &C
companied by her friend, Mrs. Lowell,
spent the first of the week visiting
friends and relatives in this city.
Messrs. w. l. and H. NJ. Cross, who
have been working in Detroit, re-
turned home Saturday for few days
visit with friends and relatives.
J. H. Palmer of St. Louis has pur-
chased l. d. Suydam's interest in the
St. Louis coal yard, and the new firm
will be Palmer & Smith. Mr.. Smith
and Mr.. Suydam will still continue
the ice business.
Miss Emily Harper and Miss Leora
Johnston, of this city, attended the
funeral of Miss Gertie Whitney at
Merrill last week. Miss Whitney,
who was a student at the college in
1907, was victim of the white plague.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sandal re-
turned home Saturday night, after
three weeks visit in Chatham, Akron,
Canton, Turkey Foot Lake, and other
places in Ohio. In speaking of the
Mckinley monument. Mr.. Sandal
says it is a structure of which any
nation might feel proud.
Ray G.. Swigart, principal, and Fred
Everest, science teacher in the Mt.
Pleasant High school, started for
Boston last Thursday, to attend
the National Educational association,
which meets there this week They
went via Detroit and Montreal and
return by New York and Niagara
Falls.
That popular resort, "The Alma
Vaudette," commenced business in the
forenoon and gave continuous per-
formances until midnight Close to
5000 people witnessed the perform
ances, during that time. Thirteen
complete entertainments were given
after o'clock in the afternoon be-
fore Mr.. Fishbeck closed the doors.
Miss Sylvia M. Foster and Lyman
L. Wood of Wheeler township were
united in marriage Saturday after
noon, at the M. E. parsonage. Mr..
and Mrs. Wood will reside in Wheel
er, where they have numerous friends