Alma record., 1917-09-06
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

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Sell your second hand goods to
Weir 4 Daggy. O7-lt-c.
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers. 02-tf
Douglas Fairbanks in "The Matri-
maniac" Idlehour soon.-Adv.
J. A. BARLEY left yesterday to at
tend the state fair at Detroit
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Cape Of Clare
were Alma visitors yesterday
Miss Hazel Snyder, formerly Of this
city, is now clerlJng in the postofiice
al Weidman.
Mrs. G. II. Smith left Saturday for
/ Plymouth, where she will make an eX-
tended visit with her daughter.
What would you DO If you only had
lis days to live-see "The Fatal Ring"
/ ldlehour soon.-Adv.
Miss Thelma Snyder, former resi-
dent here. is now the bookkeepcr at
the Weidman Office Of Libby, Mcneil
& Libby.
Prosecuting Attorney o. l.. Smith
of Ithaca was in the city on business
connected with his duties Of Office
yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Caple of Glare,
former Alma residents, are the proud
parents of girl, born Monday, Sep
tember 3rd
Mr.. and Mrs f. +. Moore who have
been spending a week at Frankfort,
resortng, returned to their home in
Alma Sunday.
Garland Nevitt Of Mt. Pleasant,
coach of the government Indian school
at that place, was in Alma on bust
ness yesterday
Twenty-Five members of the Alma
Art club visited at Bass Lake last
Saturday, being guests at the Murphy
cottage during the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Sanderhoff and
family left Monday for Cleveland
and Peninsular, Ohio, where they will
visit for several days with relatives.
DR.. James Barkley of Detriot,
chairman of the board of trustees of
Alma college. was in the city on busi-
ness connected with the college this
week.
c. V. Calkins has returned from a
ten days business trip to Detroit
Cleveland and Grand Rapids in the
interests of the Alma Development
Company, limited.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Delavan and
family, who have been spending the
past ten days visiting at Bear Lake
and Frankfort, have returned to theii
home in this city
Mr.. and Mrs. b. S. Montague OF
Cadillac, returned to their home the
latter part of last week, after short
visit here with Mr.. and Mrs. H. Mon
tague at the Masonic home.
j. A. BARLEY reports a fine crop OF
wheat on his farm in Lafayette town
ship He reports a yield of $50 bush.
els of wheat from 1912 acres, al
average of over 45 bushels to tn,
acre.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis King left
Tuesday for an automobile TRIP
through the east. While they are
gone they will visit their daughter
at Glens Falls, n. Y, and with Their
son, Henry, AT New Bedi ora.
The council Tuesday evening ap
pointed Thomas j. Clark and DAME
Sharrar as special assessors for tn
work of assessing FOR the sewer ex
tensions to be made under the bon,
issue passed by the voters of the cit!
last Friday.
Mrs Martha Joiner died at tn,
home Of her son, Martin Joiner, oil
Wright avenue Saturday at the ag,
of 81 years. The flWeral was hel,
from the Episcopal church Monda,
afternoon and the body was taken t.
| Chase for burial.
| The elderly ladies of the NJ. f. Sun
| day school entertained at a party a
the home of Mrs II. b. Stuckey Fri
day evening in honor of Mrs. Thoma
II Brownlow Light refreshments wer
served, and handsome gift presente
to the guest Of honor.
Mr.. and Mrs James A. Wheaton
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wheaton and Ralp
II Wheaton have returned to their home
] here after attending the thirty-sixt
annual reunion of the Wheaton fam
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