Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-02-24
LOCAL NEWS

Tuesday on business.
DR.. dip of Saginaw was in Alma
Tuesday visiting old friends.
F. w. Ruggles left Monday night
on business trip to Chicago.
James Greene was in Breckenridge
Monday on professional business.
E. j. Lyon of Stanton is visiting his
son, Irving Lyon on Gratiot avenue.
DIR. Z. G. Sluyter, Osteopathic ply
stefan Vermeulen block. Union phone
/ 47.-Adv.
/ Mrs. X. H. Brown and little daugh-
ter are visiting friends at Hastings
this week.
Carl Washburn was in Detroit, last
Friday on business connected with the
new bank.
1 Mrs. Charles Vandeventer of Ithaca
visited his father, ID. l.. Sharrar last
Tuesday.
/. p. Gilman of Shepherd, former
resident of Alma was caller on Alma
friends Tuesday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Drummer spent
Tuesday at Grand Rapids, combining
business and pleasure.
Clarence Wheeler is driving a new
Chevrolet car, purchased Of William
Barton the local agent.
Mrs. NJ. X Kellogg of Hastings is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. b. Scattergood this week.
f. L. Smith is representing the Re
public Motor Truck Co., at the auto
show at Grand Rapids this week.
C. l.. Chadwick, and daughter, Miss
Margie of Toledo, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs f. n. Chadwick.
r. F. Erwin who was injured at
the Republic Truck Co, some weeks
ago, is in very critical condition.
Miss Edna Macomber bookkeeper
in the office of the Gratiot County
Gas Company, spent Sunday in Sag
inaw.
Alf. Crawford and Charles Watson
two of Breckenridges hustling bust
ness men transacted business in Alma
Saturday.
Drs. F. r. Gill and Maynard
Pringle attended the District Dental
meeting at Detroit last Saturday, re-
turning Monday.
Several Alma women are planning
on going to Saginaw next week TO
witness the Birth of a Nation at
the Academy OF MUSK
Several members of the Board of
Supervisors and County Clerk Case
were in Alma Tuesday on their way
to Saginaw, looking plans, etc, for
the new county poor house.
J. L. Ellison agent for the Dodds
automobile at this place sold car the
first of the week TO County Clerk
Case delivering it on Tuesday.
NJ. A. Holmes sales manager for
the Republic Motor Truck Co, left
Tuesday mornig for California on a
business trip for the company.
The regular meeting of the Civic
League viii be held at the home Of
Mrs. Francis King, on Friday after
noon at 3 oclock, March 3rd
We are in receipt of copy of the
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St Cloud, Fla, from +. X. Griffith,
who is spending the winter there.
DR.. r. s. Bentley Of Stanton, was
called to Alma Sunday to treat Irving
Lyon who was suffering from severe
attact of appendicitis He is much inn
proved at this writing.
Several St Louis people attended
confirmation services at St Johns
Episcopal church last Sunday after
noon The attraction was the mast
erly sermon Of Bishop Chas. Williams
lothian Allen has purchased the
seven vacant lots on West Downey
street, back Of the Presbyterian
church. Consideration S3,5OO.00 1t is
rumored that he will build houses in
The spring.
L. A. Sharp will speak on Temp
erance i'm the Sunday school at the W.
c.. T. u. meeting, March /, az the
nome of Mrs. A II. Olmstead, 524
State street Visitors are very cord
tally welcomed to these meetings
s. L. Bennett has accepted posi-
ton with the New York Mutual Life
Insurance Co., and commenced work
last Monday Shawasee county is
his territory at present and will make
his headquarters at Owosso. His
family will remain here for the time
being. Stoves friends wish him sue
cess in his new venture.
j. II. Bateman one of Arcada's hust-
ling farmers has the reputation Of al
ways being on the alert, ne believes in
being first in every thing and is al
ways at the head OF the procession.
Now he informs che Record that the
first or the week he mad a White Leg
horn pullet come off with five chick
ems, and he ciaimes he can prove it.