Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-03
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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DIR. K. b. Smith was in Detroit on
business the first of the week
James Ostrander of Houghton Lake
visited with Alma relatives over the
week end
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Morton are
visiting friends in Riverdale for a
few days.
DR.. +. G. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Anna, both phones. 57-tf
The Alma Benevolent society will
meet with Mrs. Charles Plowman, 2l9
Lincoln avenue, October 10
Mrs. Mary Hulse left for Traverse
City yesterday, where she will visit
with relatives for a short time.
Saginaw East Side VS.. Alma high
Davis Field Friday afternoon at 3.15
sharp. A good game is expected.
Get "a razor-edge crease in your
trousers by having them pressed by
the st. Alma Tailors, POS H. Superior
58-tf-c
Mrs. Ray Madden returned to her
home in Alma Saturday, after a
weeks visit with relatives in Grand
Rapids.
Word has been received from
France that Fred Crum of Ewell. has
been seriously wounded in France and
will return home in about three
months
VIII Beverley, former resident of
this city, who has been living on his
farm near Breckenridge for the past
two years, has sold the farm and will
move back to Alma about November
first.
Private Floyd Allen, who enlisted
from this city and was in training
at Camp Custer, died Tuesday night
from influenza. The body was sent
TO Illinois, wher his mother is now
living.
The police report for the month of
September shows eight arrests. four
being under city ordinances and four
under the state law Mention is made
of one violation Of the curfew ordi-
nance
James w Robinson, county Liberty
Loan chairman, has sent in for honor
flags for st. Louis, Ithaca and Alma.
with the certainty that these three
towns Will 90 over the top in the
drive of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
/. Bergman, ticket agent at the
depot has resigned and gone to Sag
NAV where he will become assistant
chef To the superintendent of the r. /
NJ. Ills place at the depot has been
taken by \. D. Taylor of the Re-
public.
The seat sale for the Lyman Howe
Travel Festival to be held in tho
Methodist church Saturday afternoon
and evening, had reached the two
hundred mark Tuesday for the even
ng performance. This is a very good
advance sale.
Word received here is to the effect
that Second Lieutenant Alfred Pan
worth, has received promotion and is
now first lieutenant He is station
ID at Camp Lee. He graduated from
Alma college three years ago.
Burners drug store has display
window this week which is very much
'ut OF the ordinary. A display of war
materials can be seen In the window.
which consists of German and French
lemets, vases made from French IS
shells, silyerware from the submar-
ne, Bremen, etc. 1t has been at
ractlng great deal of attention
his week.
The =. W Robinson store has
ig thermometer our on the sidewalk
or the loan campaign. which oper-
res daily with the subscriptions to
ne Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. I
2 Alma While the idea IS not \ {
ew one. this is the first time that II Q
as been attempted in Alma and at }
acts the attention of everyone de-
rous OF knowing what Alma Is do K
z on the loan. K
Lieutenant Donald Smith Of scott h
ield. Illinois. is home visiting win
; parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Smith
y a few days. Smith received his :
'mmisslon about week ago. Dur
e the last two weeks he has been Z
ing over various cities near Scott - =
Il, dropping Liberty Loan appeals. :
q article from the st. Louis Globe q
amocrat, relative TO one of his DC =,
ghtS with mail appears elsewhere :
this issue.
II has been learned that J. w
akely Of this city had marrow"
ape from drowning one day the
ne part of the week. In company
I'll four other prominent citizens
Alma, he went up the river some
teen miles by canoe. Reaching a
int above SCOTS bridge. il Is re-
rted that Blake" ran onto a snaq.
d IN attempting to get the canoe
'se. caught his paddle under n log
q tipped the canoe over. taking
lnge into the cold waters of the
vi He finally succeeded in getting
:, after which his companions
lt big fire, and rolled him into a
inket to keep him warm. They
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