Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-18
LOCAL NEWS
Violin repairing at Porter's a

home with the e11ectS OF sever coiu
and La Grippe.
J. +. Page is installing fine Gar
land Furnace in the home of K. d..
Donovan at the old Post farm.
China Sale There will be sale of
Hand Painted China at the store of
Mrs. Gaffney, Thursday, Dec. 2nd.
There will be a sale of fine Hand
Painted China at the store of Mrs
Gaffney, Thursday, Dec. End. adv
Miss Anna Johnson Of Reed City is
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Brearley, proprietors of the Wright
House.
j. Barney has the contract for ex-
cavating the cellar for the new Rock
well Block and has a force of men to
work this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Frost of Car
son City are spending a few days Wis
iting the latter's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. ]. f. Booth.
! Decatur Coleman and wife enter
tanned party of friends at cards on
Tuesday evening at their home on
Woodwork Avenue.
The Presbyterian Fortnightly So
ciety will meet Tuesday afternoon.
November 23rd, at the home of Mrs.
p. NJ. Smith.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Church of Christ will have baked
goods sale Saturday, November goth,
at L. f. Rather's Grocery. adv.
The Rebecca Club will hold Home
Baked Goods Sale and Bazaar on Sat
urday. November goth, at the store of
NJ. A. Medler. All are invited. adv.
O. w. Hayes purchasing agent for
the Republic Truck Co. was in Bowl
ing Green and Lafayette, Indiana the
first of the week on business for the
Company.
K. B. Wagner, Secretary of the
Gratiot County Gas Co., who has been
on business at Johnson City, Tonnes
see, for some weeks, returned to Alma
last Saturday.
Miss NJ. J. Kellogg, who has been in
the Saginaw General Hospital for the
past month. came to Alma on Tuesday
to spend some time with her sister
Mrs. Jackson, before returning to
Flint.
VIM. b. Smith of st. Louis stopped
in Alma Tuesday to visit VIM. Smith
employed at l.. N. Bakers Grocery,
lenroute for st. Louis, having returned
from a visit with Fred Whitehead Of
Durand.
n. N. Lehner of Kalkaska visited
his sister Mrs. Geo. Bahlke last Satur
day. Mr.. Lehner was resident of
Alma thirty years ago, at which time
he was an employee of Wright, Sch
neider and Stuttz in the hardware de
partment.
Harry Rockwell who is building the
new Movie house decided not to move
the old building as stated last week.
but has had workmen on the job this
week and has torn the building down
instead. He expects to erect small
fiat on River street using all the old
lumber possible from this building.
The Ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will hold their annual Bazaar
Wednesday, Dec. g., at the home of
Mrs. w. A. Bahlke. A choice line of
fancy work and novelties will be dis
played. In connection a Baked Goods
Sale will be held. Adv-14-3-c
John w. Wright on Elwell street has
charge of the unloading of coal at the
Ann Arbor coal docks. By the way
this is not our city marshall John w
Wright as has been reported. Johr
says it is a case of too much Wright
Thanksgiving Day being an lega
holiday it will be observed by the Post
OFFICE as follows: No city or rura'
deliveries will be made but the win
dows will be open for the deliveryof
mail from 10 to II a. m. Patrons are
requested to call.
Cleo Wetherby a young man twenty
years old and employed for the day
at John Schick's feed barn, was sever.
ly injured Wednesday aftrnoon. He
was engaged in cleaning stables anc
was kicked by a horse knocking hin
to the floor, the horse kicked the sec
ond time striking him on the head
tearing his right ear nearly off. DR.
Lamb was called and the injured mar
was removed to Brainiard's Hospital
where the wound was dressed. Hat
the horse been shod the kick would
no doubt been fatal.
At 5 a. m. Saturday, November
18th, people were surprised to see q
Henry" rambling north at no slow
( pace, taking a second look their sur.
J prise changed TO a matter-of fact idea
on seeing Hudson and Barton Of
Wright's Furniture Store with load
ed trailer, making the early trip to b
Failing's north of Forest Hill, where
they found a hot breakfast awaiting
5 them. Must be some rush of business
and appreciative patrons, when mer