Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-20
LOCAL NEWS

IL. L.. ondffdr was In itndcd OH Dubi-
ness Thursday.
Mrs. A. l.. Hewlett has been re.
moved to her home.
Mrs. Olin was taken to her home in
ST. Louis Sunday.
William Edgar of st. Louis was in
Alma on business Thursday.
w. A. Bahlke was in Lansing Thurs
day on professional business.
DR.. and Mrs. Brainerd have re-
covered from their recent illness.
Mrs. Fred Grover and baby have
been removed to Mr.. Growers parents
Women and girls, steady
work. Apply Libby, Mcneil q
Libby. 23-1-c
. Another death at the city hall, this
time it was the black horse, of the
city work team.
Sheldon Caldwell was called from
Grand Rapids on account of the death
of William Stewart.
l.. T. Lentz son of Matthew Lentz
was removed to his home on the I. A.
Johnson farm Monday.
lothian Allen attended the Farmers
Institute at Ashley last Thursday
taking part in the program.
Frank Mead and wife of Shepherd
spent the first of the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George S.
Young.
Miss Pauline Horton, who is attend
ing high school here is confined to
her home at Riverdale, with the
humps.
Mrs. Francis Burns of st. Louis,
at the head of the Ladies of the Mac
cabees of the state, is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
Little Mary Romaniak the six year
old girl who was brought to the hos
pital on Jan. IA, badly burned, is ex-
pected to recover.
George Moore has exchanged his
/ Cadillac touring car for Page run
about, having made the exchange
through DR.. dip of Saginaw.
Frank o. Parker has sold his house
on Michigan avenue to Samuel r.
/ Shirley, consideration $4,000. Mr..
Parker will build in the spring.
George W. Moore, treasurer of the
Republic Truck Co, who has been
confined to the house for ten days
with the humps is out again doing
business.
James Porterfield received word
from his sister Mrs. 4. Wood of North
Battlefort, Saskatchewan, Cananda,
saying that last week the thermometer
dropped to 60 degrees below zero.
Jasper Nevins of Box Elder, Mon
tana, who is visiting friends here has
received word from Montana that on
Jan. IA the thermometer dropped to 40
below zero, with foot of snow on
the ground.
While cranking a motor at the Re-
public Truck Company, Wednesday
morning Hubert Brainerd was injured
in the forehead. The wound was "a
painful one, but Mr.. Brainerd is able
to continue his work.
j. w. Foster has sold his home on
Woodwork avenue and the front
half of the lot to Chef Benedict, con-
sideration 5000. Mr.. Foster expects
to build on the west half next to the
alley in the spring.
Mr.. +. II. Weese, manager of the
Vaudette theatre is having the front
lobby of the building repaired. An
arch is being constructed at the street
entrance and the interior will be fin
finished in stucco. A new system Of
illumination will be installed making
very attractive front.
L. Z. Wilson formerly manager of
the Alma Manufacturing Co., of this
place in a write up in the Detroit
Journal claims the title of Vice-presi-
dent and director of sales and adver
Using for the Musco Motor Co., at
Jackson. 1t is to be hoped he will
meet with better success and make a
better showing there, than he did in
Alma.
Preliminary returns from practic-
ally all operating beet sugar factories
in the United States indicate a pro-
duction of S62, 800 short tons of sugar
during current campaign. Area har-
vested was $4,000 acres, and the
beets, 6,462 900 short tons. This is
the largest acreage and tonnage ever
harvested, and sugar production ex-
ceeds the highest preceding crop, that
of 1913, by more than 1900 tons.
William Stewart a former resident
of Alma, age GO years, died at his
home, one and one-half miles west of
Forest Hill, last Saturday after few
days illness of pneumonia. Mr.. Stew
ard leaves widow and two sons,
James and Bert, both of Kalamazoo to
mourn their loss. Mr.. Steward was
very popular gentleman, loving
husband and father. Interment in st.
Louis cememtery. Services conducted
by Rev. J. W. Priest.
Officials of the Ann Arbor Railroad
Co.. were in Alma last Thursday look
ing over their property and visiting
some Of Alma's industries. The party
consisted of A. w. Towsley, General
Manager; A. Syverson, Superinten-
dent; II. S. Bradley, Traffic Manager;
w. +. Kerwin, Commercial Agent and
G. A. Wells, Passenger Agent. They
were all full of praise for Alma and
her future pospects. They paid the
Record visit.
Clarence Wheeler has purchased the
interest of George w. Moore in the
Sharrar & Moore Insurance business
and the business will be carried under