Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-13
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS


Butter Cup wrappers. 02-tf
Children's hair-cutting done at the
+. Lewis Beauty Parlor.-adv.
Jack Stewart of Saginaw was in the
city on business the first of the week.
NJ Messenger is giving away 100
Thrift Stamps to boys eight to fifteen
years of age Any boy can get a
Thrift card with a % cent stamp at
tached by attaching three more on the
same card.
Mrs. Floyd Glass has purchased the
II. c. Moore property on State street
and will take possession in very
short time. Mrs Moore will leave as
soon as school is out to join Mr.
Moore at Flint.
Glen Rockwell of Cadillac visited at
the home of his parents the fore part
of the week and then left for three
weeks business trip to Washington
and Baltimore in the interests of the
Acme truck company with which he is
employed.
The case of the People VS.. Ollie
Worden, has been adjourned until
June Is, because of a misunderstand-
ing in the date for which it was set
Some of the principals in the case had
an idea that it was set for this Sat
urday, instead of Tuesday adm failed
to show up.
Naval Recruiting Officer Sharpe,
who was i'm the city yesterday, has
received word that men who were
just registered and not in the cur
rent quota, may enlist in the navy if
they obtain permission from the To-
cal draft board.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ogden were
Bay City visitors Sunday. Mr.. Og-
den and family had very narrow es-
cape from being run down by train
while on the trip, it is understood, so
close that one fender of their auto
was bent and broken.
Try electrolysis for suprfuous hair
and the removal Of warts and moles
at the f. Lewis Beauty Parior.adv.
j. j. Seibel has discontinued his
/ tailoring business in the Pollasky
block and is now connected with Mes
singers clothing store. He solicits
your special orders for mems suits,
and is prepared to do remodelling, re-
pairing and pressing.-adv.
Miss Ruth Durham of this city was
one of the graduates of Northwestern
University at Evanston, Illinois, at
the annual commencement held there
yesterday. She was graduated with
the degree of A. b. She is expected
home before the week is over.
The Lindquist clothing store has a
very out-of-the-ordinary straw hat adj
vertisement in its windows this week
1t consists of miniature threshing
machine, into which straw is being
fed, to come forth at the other end OF
the machine in well-made straw hats
1t has been attracting considerable
attention.
Because of slight irregularity the
city council Tuesday night decided tc
again advertise for bids for the laying
of sidewalks in Alma during the com
ing year. The lowest bid given Tues.
day night omitted one item, which
was supplied after the bids had beer
opened, and was hardly right the
council felt.
A very neat little booklet has beer
turned out by the Record presses fol
tn city of Alma, which was compiled
by Carl +. Gallagher, city clerk. II
contains information pertaining to the
city, including a list VI the city anC
ward officials, the appointive officials
and council committees, list of the
important factories OF the city, the
advantages of Alma, the amount OF
watermains, sewers, etc.
A letter received this morning
from Ivan Brown of this city con.
veys the information that he was al
the training camp for engineers OF
the Canadian army at st. Johns, Que
bee, at the time the letter was written
on June 9. He made mention that or
that date the engineers had received
their overseas outfits and that they
expected to sail on a transport foi
England the following day. The let
ter tells Of his trying TO enlist in the
American army three times and be-
ing rejected because Of his eyes. De.
string to see service he stepped over
the line and succeeded in joining.
Yesterday the food administration
of the United States asked the people
of the country to buy not more thar
one and one-quarter pounds of clear
beef week between now and Septem.
Der 10, or not more than one and one.
half pounds, including bone, for eacl
member of the household. The meat
shortage and the demands for meat
by our allies in England, France and
Italy is given as the reason, and it is
expected that the Americans will
again periodically respond to this
appeal. Hotels and restaurants are
asked not to serve more than two
meals weekly of boiled beef, beef.
steak not more than one meal weekly
and roast beef not more than one meai
weekly.