Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-05-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

John Spinney spent Saturday in
Smyrna.
Miss Carrie Nelson spent Sunday
with friends in Howell
City council met in regular session
Tuesday evening of this week.
Roosevelt pictures at the Vaudette
next week. Read the advertisement.
DR.. Saunders and Prof. Barber, of
Ithaca, were in Alma Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. c. ]. Brown was the guest of
friends in Saginaw the first of the
week
FOR SALE-One big work horse.
Inquire of Bert Kittridge, one mile
northeast of Alma. If
Lou Kehn. of Cohen Bros, received
from Charles Simpson last week a
2O-pound carp.
w. J. Melchers, general manager OF
the Union Telephone Co, is. in South
Bend on a combined business and
pleasure trip.
Lew +. Cutcheon, publisher Of the
St. Johns News. was pleasant caller
at this office last Friday The News
is one Of the best weekly newspapers
published in the state and is credit
to its home city and Clinton county.
Miss Velma Sharp leaves next week
for New York city, where she will
visit friends until the return OF her
sister Mary, from Vienna, some time
in June. when the two will make the
return trip to Alma together.
Rev. J. Frank Jackson, of Belding,
formerly OF Calvary church, Saginaw,
will occupy the pulpit OF St. Johns
church next Sunday morning and
evening. Mr. Jackson is a fluent
speaker and should be greeted with a
full house.
+. d. Mills. of Saginaw. is now in
charge Of the Michigan Creamery Co.
plant in this city, and informs the
! Courier that churning will commence
next week, with the equipment en-
tirely remodeled and put in the best
Of condition.-Clare Sentinel.
The cemetery board are DESTROYS
OF having every lot in Riverside Gene
terry cleaned up before Decoration
Day One dollar paid to the city
clerk or any member of the cemetery
board will cause the work TO be done
if you are not disposed to do it your
self.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Alderman Geo. w Pulfrey, who with
his family, have been spending the
winter in California, announcing the
fact that they expected to start on
the homeward trip about May 9TH
stopping one day each at San Antonio
and New Orleans, and reaching Alma
about the 18th
Charles Miller, who lives on the
Henry Sandell farm in Pine River
township, was severely injured Satur-
day, April 80. While blowing i'll the
field the point of the plow struck al
obstruction causing the handle tC
hit Mr.. Miller a violent blow on the
right side Mr.. Miller is now a
Brainard hospital for treatment
Tuesday morning of this week twenty
teams owned by Cleaners and neigh
bors started blowing and will con
tinue the work until Mr. Miller
fields are plowed, dragged and rolled
This certainly shows that Mr.. Mile
has friends in his misfortune.
The college team added anothe
game to their list of victories las
Wednesday when they BUNDLED tn
Mt Pleasant normal aggregation b.
shut-out, while they capered acros
with two runs. The Mt Pleasan
bunch were no easy marks, however
as is shown by the close score Earl
in the game extremely good luck
coupled with a little bone head worI
by Mt. Pleasant base runners pulle
the Alma team out of a deep hole
With three men on and none dowr
Mt. Pleasant grounded to Phillips a
first, who touched first. The rune
at third hung to his base while tn
runner on second advanced with tn
result that he was out With me
still on second and third the mex
> man fouled out. Liverman. Mt. Pleas
ants big first baseman, turned a
ankle in the eighth while attemptin
, to slide to third. Helmer, the NJ