Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-08-21

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Mrs. Blaisdell.
Ralph Russell and Gertie V. Tay-
lor of ST. Louis were united in mar
riage Tuesday afternoon at FIVE
o'clock, by Justice ]. A. Mann
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Montague, accom-
panied by their son-in-law, Mr.. Hoo
yer of Kansas City motored to Ira
verse City Monday of this week.
John Sullivan spent Saturday and
Sunday at his farm near Jackson.
Mr.. Sullivan reports that section of
the state badly in need of rain.
Miss Pearl Montgomery of To-
ronto, Ontario, went to Flint Tues
day to visit relatives after visit with
the Thibaudeau family of Ithaca.
Miss Leontine Messenger, who has
been attending the Chicago Art Insti-
tute is spending four weeks vaca-
ton with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Simon Messenger.
The ladies of the Modern Macca-
bees will hold basket picnic at the
park in Alma, Thursday, August g..
A cordial invitation is extended to all
the members to be present.
Miss Catherine Hawland who has
been visiting Miss Olive Smith, left
the last of the week for Lapeer,
where she will visit friends before re-
turning to her home in Sunfield.
Attorney and Mrs. M. L. Durham
of Grand Rapids, were guests at the
home of Mrs. II. M. Durham part of
last week and attended the funeral of
Mrs. R. D. Lemon in Shepherd.
F. NJ Lowry of Midland, supt. of
the Dow Chemical works, came over
to Alma with his family Saturday
in his touring car to spend Sunday
with his sister, Mrs ]. H. Fleming
Miss Beulah Parr attended the wed
dings of Miss Ruby Margaret Ker-
non to Clifford earle Garloch, in
Lansing, and the wedding of Miss
Marjorie Nilsson in ST. Johns, last
week
Miss Nina Montigel entertained
with thimble party Wednesday af-
ternoon in honor of the Misses Ber-
nice Sweet and Lottie Kari A lunch
con was served by the hostess late
in the afternoon.
Mrs. Woodward, who was so Sc
verely injured when alighting from a
train at Traverse City recently, is
recovering nicely Mrs. Woodward is
now able to sit up and hopes soon to
be able to be around again.
Superintendent of the Owosso SUI
gar factory, c. D. Bell, was an Alma
visitor last Thursday. Mr.. Bell re-
ports the 1913 sugar outlook good
The factories at Owosso and Lam
sing have 10000 acres of beets under
contract.
Messrs. Pearl Decker, Ray Baker,
Merlyn Emerson, Will Ewing and
John Durham, spent last week at In
dian River, on a fishing trip. A tub
full of rainbow trout arrived in Alma
Saturday as a result of the boys skill
as fishermen.
SANDY" Duncanson is very i'll at
his boarding house, being threatened
with run of typhoid fever. For
several days he has not felt we'll and
in the game with Merrill played when
he really should have been out of it.
Expressions of regret were made on
all sides at the game Tuesday, and
the best wishes of host of warm
friends are for his speedy and COM
plete recovery. DR.. Foust is in at
tendance.-Gratiot County Journal.
John Henry Mears broke the world
record for trip around the world
when he reached the office of the
New York Sun, August 9Th, at 1910
o'clock, p. M, having circled the
globe in 35 days, 81 hours, 35 minutes
and four-ffths of second, his time
being only that fraction of second
more than the schedule he mapped
out before starting He beat the
best previous time, made by Andre
Jaeger-Schmidt by days, % hours,
minutes and 81 seconds.
Alfred Bruce, Willie Sherman and
Charles Wierman, of Breckenridge,
were painfully injured last Thursday
afternoon. The boys were riding on
John Hamilton's dray, the Wierman
boy driving the team, and when in
the alley near Aft. Crawford's barn
he attempted to make too short a
turn, the dray tipped over, throwing
the boys off between the team and
the wagon. The team started to run
and Charley Wierman, whose foot
was caught in a brace, was dragged
until the team was stopped on Sagi-
nav street near the garage. Alfred
Bruce and Willie Sherman were both
badly cut about the head and face
and otherwise bruised, and both were
attended by DR.. Drake. Charley
Wierman was painfully bruised about
the legs. He was also cared for by
DR.. Drake. 1t is a wonder that the
boys had no bones broken, and in
deed, that they were not killed.