Alma record., 1916-01-27
LOCAL NEWS

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The Penelope club met with Miss
Laura Soule last Monday evening.
Earl Medlar of the Consolidated
Light & Power Co., is sick with the
grip.
Dr.. f. G. Sluyter, Osteopathic ply
sician Vermeulen block. Union phone
47.-Adv.
100 yards of Yelling at cents per
yard on Saturday at Gaffneys Style
Shop-Adv.
r. b. Wagner returned Tuesday
from a four days business trip in Sag
inaw.
Deputy Postmaster Hardy of Bis
Rapids visited Frank Parker last
Tuesday.
Saturday is Bargain Day in all de
partments at Gaffney's Style Shop
Adv.
The Royal Neighbors will hold a
bake good sale on Saturday at Smith
& Failings shoe store.
Look over the sc bargain counter
at Gaffney's Style Shop for Satur-
day.-Adv.
Mrs. Jotham Allen and Mrs. 4. G.
Sluyter visited friends at Brecken-
ridge Wednesday.
Mrs. Josef Bistline is visiting
friends in Grand Rapids. She will be
absent about four weeks.
Miss Edith Mosher and friend, Miss
Virgil visited the home of her sister
in Mt. Pleasant Sunday.
Miss Mamie Hayes accompanied
Mrs. F. A. Ruggles to Chicago this
week, visiting the auto show.
Mrs Nellie fairfield of Vancouver,
B. c., is spending the week in Alma, a
guest of her sister, Elizabeth Lovette.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. G. Appleby and
dughter, Miss Ruth of Saginaw were
guests of Harry Gerber and family
Tuesday.
The w. X. c. Thimble club will
meet with Mrs. Nj. J. Fraker, Tuesday
Feb. 2 for an all day meeting, with a
pot luck dinner.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
PRESBYTERIAN church will meet with
Mrs. J. f. Mitchell on State street
Tuesday, Feb. l.
Frank T. Smith the Maxwell man
attended the auto show at Detroit last
week and driving back two new Max
well touring cars.
The interior of the post office has
been treated TO a fresh coat of paint
making vast improvement in the
general appearance.
, The fire department initiated the
new fire truck last Tuesday, being
called out to quench chimney fire
,, in the Suydam block.
Cushing & Benedict are installing q
ladder track on the east wall of thell
store, and are building up the shelly
ing to accommodate more stock.
Alma again leads in cities of he
size with the installation of a new fir'
/ truck-"made in Alma"-that's pro
gressive spirit.-Middleton Record.
4 Jay Swarthout, former Alma resi-
:. dent now engaged in the AUTOMOBILE
!, and garage business at Saginaw
spent Wednesday in Alma on business
III. c. Moore was in st. Louis Tues
> day visiting his foster father, Judg
l. c. j. Besbee, of Post Hope who j
taking treatment at the Park Hous,
=" William Klatt has purchased tn
vacant lot on Superior street, east G
the brick house formerly owned b
w. A. Bahlke and will build me-
residence in the spring.
i. Duane H. Moshier, of Paw Paw ha
- been appointed ssistnt attorney ger
+ eral to fill the vacancy of jaime
p" Greene, of the firm of Bahlke
Greene of this place who lately r,
signed.
4 Irving eager of Sumner, has pui
chased the Emmett Shaw proprty Q
East Superior street consisting c
L house, and 10 lots nd will build SCI
4 eral houses for sale or rent, commen
ing work at once.
Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Leonard left tn
k, afternoon for Florida, where they wi
< remain during the winter month
h They expect to visit different place
in the southern states, but most {
the time will be spent at Wint'
Id Haven, Fla.
ID l.. Lester Calkins, 1S years old, I
Rosebush, Isabella county, was kills
at noon Tuesday while helping to a
n. just an electric transformer belong
ing to the Consolidated Light
Power company. Calkins stepped {
a barrel to look at the top Of Il
nd transformer, the barrel rolled
slipped and he fell upon the te
en- minal. Two thousand three hundr'