Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-08-03
Mr. Konoertzer spent Friday in

iAlldNd
John Matthews of Ithaca was an
Alma visitor Tuesday.
DIR. A. L. Bruske was home from
Higgins Lake last Monday.
Coronation of King George at the
Alma Vaudette this evening.
Mr.. Philips and son of Mt Pleasant
were Alma visitors last Thursday.
Mrs. w. NJ Stopple returned Fri
day night from visit with friends at
Toledo.
Lester Sharp is home from his
summer studies at the Chicago Uni
versity.
II. c. Richardson returned to Alma
Monday from Minneapolis where he
spent last week
+. W. Hooper of this city left Tues
day morning for Detroit to attend the
Blue Ribbon races.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown and
family of Mt Pleasant spent last
Thursday in Alma.
+. c. Crandall and family are camp
ing in the Evans Cottage at Bass
Lake near Vestaburg.
Miss Amelia Koepke of Hollywood,
California, spent the first of the week
with friends in this city.
c. B. Wilcox, of the Independent,
St. Louis, made this office a pleasant
call Tuesday of this week.
Miss Jessie Clark returned Monday
evening from a pleasant trip spent
in western Michigan cities.
Ralph Wheaton has so far recover
ed from his recent illness that Mon
day he was able to come down town.
Mr.. William c. Washburn returned
Saturday evening from Clinton coun-
ty where they have spent some weeks
the guests of friends and relatives.
Miss Doris Snyder left Saturday
evening for Breckenridge where she
spent Sunday at the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ, Snyder.
An all-day picns will be held at the
Ithaca Fair Ground, August 16, by
the Illinois people of Gratiot county,
who with their friends are urged 10
be present with well filed baskets.
There will be an ice cream stand on
the grounds and a program will be
given during the day By order OF
Committee.
"Templcton Rag" is the title of a
piece of sheet music now on sale in
Alma The words are by Floyd d.
Oswald of this city and the music
published by X. Kurkus Deepdale,
cor. 18th and 1st, Washington, d. c.
Mr.. Oswald is acquiring a reputation
in the musical world that if properly
cultivated means a lucrative income
in the future.
a certain eastern newspaper of
fered a prize for the correct answer
to the conundrum why is a news
paper like a woman The prize was
won by Mrs Mary Roberts, of Spring
field Mo, and the answer was:
Every man should have one OF his
own and not be rushing after his
nelghbor
Josiah Buell., president of last years
graduating class in the Ann Arbor
high school, editor Of the high school
annual, and leader of two debating
teams, will enter Alma College next
fall for his college course, despite the
fact that he lives closer to the Uni
versity of Michigan than he did to
the high school.
John Carpenter and family left Al
ma Monday of this week. Mr.. Car
penter went to Chicago where she
will visit with friends for ten days,
and Mr. Carpenter to Racine. Wis.
Mr. Carpenter has accepted the sup
erintendency of the StaRite Gasoline
Engine Co. which is being moved TO
200 men and turn out 40 finished en-
gines each working day.
Workmen are busily engaged in
the erection of a mammoth new mo-
lasses tank at the ST. Louis sugar
factory. When complete it will hold
/ 800 tons or 100000 gallons. 1t will
be constructed of concrete. nicely
rooted and will be seventy-two feet
in diameter Work in the other parts
Of the factory is also being rapidly
pushed. The new boilers have arrived
and are being placed. The first 1,5OO
Of the $1,000 tons of coal to be used
during the run have already arrived.
A. +. Affelt, of Au Sable, has pur-
chased the moving picture theatre at
St. Louis, which will be remodeled
and new machinery installed at an
early date, and a high class film SER
vice furnished by the Michigan Film
CO.. OF Detroit The new proprietor
has been engaged in this business
since 1904, and carried on very sue
cessful theatres at ,Au Sable and
Oscoda, until the recent fires, in which
he lost both business places. The
name of the theatre will be changed
to the "Rex.'=Leader