Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-09-19
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

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Butter Gun WRAPPERS. 02-tf-c
Miss Mary Dickerson spent Sun
day in Edmore, a guest Of her mother.
A. w Brock left the first Of the /
week for several days business trip
to Chicago.
James Lusc, aged 80, Austrian
beet worker, died at Brainerd hospi-
tai Tuesday.
j. r. Watkins and daughter, Miss
Helen, are spending few days IN
Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Seaver Of De-
troit visited with Alma friends over
the week end
Mr.. and Mrs. w J. Canwell of De
troit are visiting the latter's mother,
Mrs. Fleweling.
Registered men should have
photo taken before going to war
Baker makes them. 6O-2-c
Lafayette Stevens Of Grand Rapids,
former Alma business man, was here
on business Tuesday
Or. l.. c. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma, both phones. 5f-tt
Don't forget the lecture on Christ
ian Science, Sept. 2G at 500 p. m. at
the |. o. O. f. halliday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Little of Rantoul,
III. visited with Alma friends and
relatives over the week end.
Walter Nliet of Chicago was IN the
city Wednesday on business with the
Republic Motor Truck company
Get razor-edge crease in your
trousers by having them pressed by
the st. Alma Tailors, 205 +. Superior
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We will win the war. To fight
right we must conserve by helping
Hoover save wheat. Eat Victory
Bread. oO-2c
O. L. Pembroke left the first Of
the week for. Colbart, Canada, on a
business trip for the r & p Tractor
company
Serg. Dean Cowdrey. who has been
visiting here with relatives while en-
joying a ten days furlough, has re-
turned to Camp Custer
O. o. Stickleman of the Military
department left the first of the week
for two weeks business trip
through Iowa and Nebraska.
Frederick Telgard and Carl R.
Greening will be sent to NJ. A. c. to
the school of instruction on Septem-
Der - by the Gratiot draft board.
Mr. and Mrs. Downey Vought and
son of Akron, Ohio, are the guests at
the home of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs Dewitt Vought, for short
time.
Leroy Porter and Dayton Alton,
coored, will be sent to Camp Custer,
September 27 by the Gratiot draft
board as its quota on the recent call
for colored men.
Mrs. Lulu Nagel and children, who
have been visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. W.
Brock, left the first of this week for
her home in San Antonio, Texas.
c. r. Carr, southern division sales
manager of the Republic, is taking a
business trip through Virginia,
Georgia and the Carolinas, calling on
the Republic dealers in those states.
The Wesley Circle of the NJ +.
church will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs Moore,
4l5 Park avenue, Tuesday afternoon,
September "a. Special business. Mrs.
Burton. leader
Private j. Harry Owen of the med-
cal department. Camp Gordon, Ga,
has been visiting with relatives and
friends in Alma, while enjoying a ten
day furlough. He returned to Camp
Gordon Monday.
Mrs. c. r. Carr and daughter are
spending few days with the Hon.
John X. Carr of Cassopolis, after
which they will go to Chicago for a
short visit with v G. Phillips and
family. Mr.. Phillips is the manager
of the Chicago Republic Truck Co.
The Ladies' Guild of St. Johns
church held a reception for Mrs. Gill
and daughter, Cleo. at the home of
Mrs. +. T. Lamb Tuesday afternoon
: A number Of friends Of Mrs. Gill.
we're invited. Refreshments were
: served
The meeting Of the Gratiot County
club, which had been called for
Wednesday night was postponed until
Friday evening because Of the Red
: Cross lecture at the Republic. The
meeting will be held at the city hall
and all members are urged to be pres
ent As the meeting is a highly inn
portant one
The Alma Record has received an
interesting letter from Dean Thomas
c. Blaisdell Of Pennsylvania State
college, former president Of Alma
college. in which he orders $500
worth Of Alma Record and tells OF
making sixty Chautauqua addresses
on the frightfulness Of the Hun, as
part Of his portion in winning the
war