Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-27

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Will Hafer of Shepherd was in
town one day last week.
Lagrippe and hard colds are pre-
valent at the present time.
Earl Parker is now in the employ
of the Caple Hardware Co.
J. A. Mann spent Thursday and
Friday in Ashley and vicinity.
Hon. c. w. Giddings, Mayor of ST.
Louis, was an Alma visitor Monday
B. II. Campbell visited the Odd
Fellows lodge at Bannister Saturday
night.
Mrs. B. II. Campbell is visiting her
son +. B. Campbell in Saginaw this
week.
Miss Rose Lamson of Clare spent
last week in Alma the guest of Miss
Sarah Berman.
DIR. Pringle and Walt Caple went
to Grand Rapids Friday to attend the
Masonic Shrine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilbur re-
turned to their home in Owosso
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. McPhee attend
ed the Eastern Star party at st.
Louis last Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Montague
were in Grand Rapids last week at
tending the Masonic Consistory.
Mrs. Mary Trask of the Masonic
home has been spending week in
Ann Arbor having her eyes treated.
Albert Knapp is looking over pros
poets for the location of an automo-
bile garage in ST. Louis Saturday.
Mrs. George Love, of Flushing,
Michigan has been visiting her sister
Mrs. J. M. Bartlett for the past week.
Mr.. Guy Smith, of the Grand
River Masonic lodge, No. "a OF
Grand Rapids arrived at the home
last Thursday.
Miss Hazel Henry of Saginaw and
neice of Mrs. p. T. Banghart attend
ed the party given by the fremen
Thursday night.
A freight engine on the Ann Arbor
hauled through a train of 81 cars
Tuesday, mostly loaded with lumber
and cedar posts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hudson and
family spent Sunday at the home OF
Mr.. Hudson's father, Mr.. Andrew
Hudson of Riverdale,
Geo. B. Hicok, Jr., and family of
Bennington, with c. B. Hicok, Sr.,
and family, ate dinner Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Z. Saad.
A load of Baptist young people en-
joyed sleighride to Bert Failing's
at Forest Hill last Monday night and
were splendidly entertained.
Mrs. Mary Meachem of Park ave-
nue. closed her home Thursday and
went to her grand-daughters, Mrs.
Ray Burrel of Arcadia township.
The young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Hilbourne of Park avenue
has been named Helen Mildred and
will soon be able to welcome the
visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Z. Pettyjohn were
in Saginaw Monday evening where
they attended a banquet given by the
Prudential Life Insurance Co. in
honor of their Saginaw District rep
resentatives.
Rev. V. K. Beshgetoor who is re-
presenting the Great Lake Presbyter-
ian as circulation manager has just
secured 400 subscribers to the paper
in Saginaw and commenced work in
Bay City. He visited his home here
Saturday and preached in Mt. Plea
SAINT Sunday.
The Record office is obligated to
c. II. Webster of Tacoma, Wash,
for copy of the Tacoma Daily Led
ger of February 10. The issue is de-
voted to the Panama canal and con-
tains 100 pages of interesting facts
and figures pertaining to the great
city OF the far west
The case of the People VS.. Derus-
hia on a charge of larceny was tried
last Thursday before Judge Chadwick
This case has been pending for three
months, but frequently postponed
The defendant was represented by
Attorney James Kress and the jury
rendered a verdict of not guilty.
The story of Maurice Barney in
last weeks Record has stirred the
memories OF several of our citizens
to relate similar stories of earlier
years in which not only Russia but
the governments of Austria and Tur-
key have made strenuous efforts to
detain men available for their army.
All these things go to prove how
priceless is liberty in America and
how little we know of the actual
hardship visited upon many who are
not allowed to come here.
The Woman's Club observed it's
annual "Gentlemen's Day" at the
pleasant home of Mrs. II. c. Rich
ardson last week Monday evening.
Charades formed the chief feature