Alma record., 1913-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. James Howe returned
home Sunday Mrs. Howe has beer
visiting two weeks at Hillsdale.
Miss Cleo Hoyt of Richland has
been spending several days in Alma
the guest of Miss Gretta Bagley.
Lloyd Ellison and family are spend
ing their summer vacation at Trav-
erse City and surrounding resorts.
LUMBER FOR SALE-Pine siding
flooring and finishing lumber, also
fertilizer. F. l. Place, 216 Maple
Avenue. tt
Mrs. VIM. Jeckell, who has been
visiting at the home of Mrs. A. W.
Wright, returned to her home in
Exeter, Canada.
Mrs. Felix Deneweth, a sister OF
Mrs. Mulvey, and her daughter Am
ella, both of Mt. Clemens, were pres
ent at the funeral Monday.
Miss Irene White gave farewell
party for Miss Tillie Ebert before her
departure for her home in Tawas
City.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Korach and little
daughter of Cleveland were guests
at the home of Simon Messenger
part of last week.
Mr.. M. A. Medler has rented the
store now being vacated by d. w
Robinson's cloak and carpet depart
ment and will move his stock of gro
ceres TO the new stand the first ot
next month.
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Grand Rapids News f. A. Smith
agent, 1795t4
After three years spent at Lone
Beach, California, Mr.. and Mrs. L
5. Ferris Of Sumner returned tc
Gratiot county last Saturday. Mr.
and Mrs. Ferris spent Sunday the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Race of thi:
city
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pulfrey went
north on the excursion last Thurs
day and expect to visit at Omena and
Frankfort. Mr.. Pulfrey at one time
was proprietor of the Leelanau House
at Omena and the Park House al
Frankfort.
J. P. Losey's twelfth annual clear.
ing sale this year, August 1st to Aug.
ust Goth, 25 per cent off on all good:
except watches. Now is the time tc
buy some of those things you have
so long wanted. y
Work on Prospect street between
Superior street west and Wright parl
will be completed within the coming
week A new walk is being laid or
the west side of the road and the
street lowered and made into the
best possible condition.
The lot on State street owned BY
the Masons of Alma is being cleared
up and the appearance greatly en-
hanced by workmen who are busily
at work erecting a fence across the
west line of the property, trimming
up shade trees and removing the de-
bris which had accumulated durine
the past few months.
John Robart, an employe of the
Thornton Coal company, was seizec
with stroke of paralysis early las
Thursday morning at his residence
on Woodwork avenue and died ;
few minutes later Mr.. Robart wa!
preparing to leave for the coal yards
He was fifty years old, and is sur
vived by widow and two children
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moran of Pine
avenue returned Saturday from F.;
vacation visit with relatives at Oril
liza, Ont, and at Port Huron. They
brought home pail of fine lak'
pickerel caught Friday evening nea
Port Huron. Mr.. Moran is a painte
and fnisher of automobile bodies ant
will resume work with the Alma com
pany.
The afternoon motor northbount
on the Ann Arbor Sunday encount
cred very heavy shower between
Bannister and North Star. The ca
had to be run at reduced speed an,
the rain beat in so about the venti
lators and windows that the passen
gers had real time keeping DIR,
and the floor of the car was hoode,
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