Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-08-28
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Buy the best. Buy DeLuxe.-77-t

Buy the best. Buy DeLuxe.-77-tf
Frank Rudick was IN Ithaca on
business yesterday.
BE sure TO watch for Red Lam
term" Idlehour.-adv.
You will find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers. O2-tf-c
Felix ID. l.. Boardman was Crys-
tai lake visitor Sunday.
DR.. f. n. McClinton of Saginaw
was an Alma visitor Sunday.
James q. Kress, city attorney was
in ST. Louis on business Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Caple of Mt.
Pleasant were Alma visitors Friday.
Miss Vida Coles is visiting in Chi
cago and Battle Greek for two weeks.
Thomas Battles of Mt. Pleasant
was in the city on business Monday.
Nazimova in "The Red Lantern"
will be shown three days, Idlehour
soon.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Benentt and
daughter, Miss Ruth, were Saginaw
visitors Monday.
DR.. +. G. Sluyter, osteopathic ply
stefan, State Savings Bank Building,
Alma, both phones. 57-tf
Myron Hyde of Pavilion, n. Y. is
visiting with relatives in and around
Alma for short time.
Nj. j. Toilette of Bad Axe, former
resident of this city, is visiting with
Alma friends this week.
Professor and Mrs. f r. West
left Monday for a ten days outing
at Beulah and Frankfort.
William +. Reynolds, city manager,
was in St. Louis Tuesday and
Wednesday on business for the city.
Mrs. j. J. Osborn left Saturday for
Lansing and Allegan where she will
visit with relatives for the next few
weeks.
Miss Helen Willard, who is attend
ing business college in Lansing,
spent Sunday at the home of her
parents.
Burt Thompson, former resident of
this city, who moved to California
few years ago, has again moved back
to Alma.
C. C. Grubb and rip" Hagerman
spent the first few days of the week
on a fishing trip in the northern part
of the state.
The Civic Improvement League
will meet on Friday afternoon, Sep
TENDER ;, with Mrs. w. A. Bahlke,
COS State street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Overmeyer
of Hicksville, Ohio, are guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs +. l.. Over
meyer this week.
Mrs. Howard Willard, who has
been spending the last three weeks
in Detroit and Lansing, has returned
to her home in this city.
Miss Swigart will resume piano
teaching after Sept. LIST. Old or new
pupils please phone Union 437 or
call at us State street.-adv
Mrs. Clarence Banghart and child
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. are visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs p.
T. Banghart for few weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. }. kellogg of Read
ing spent the week end in Alma.
guests at the home Of the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. a. b. Scatter
good
Lieutenant Mark Spinney has re-
ceived his discharge from Camp
Grant, Rockford. Illinois, and re
turned to his home in this city, the
first of the week.
w. A. Ratzlaff, for the past .wo
years salesman for the Pathe store
of this city, has resigned his position
and accepted position with Gill
more Brothers music house.
Miss Rena scarborough of Detroit,
former instructor in the Alma pub
lie schools, spent the first of the
week in this city, guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs c. f. Brown.
The next regular meeting of Royal
Temple No. l6, Pythian Sisters, will
be held Tuesday evening, September
y, in the Pythian hall. All members
requested to be present at 1870.
Elmer Markham has returned from
overseas, secured his discharge and
Tuesday returned to his home in this
city. He expects to resume his po-
sition at the Republic plant within
short time.
The city commission has instructed
w. +. Reynolds. city manager, to
gravel Burtch street, so that the
Northern Wheel company will be
able to have a good outlet. The
plant of this company will be on this
street. which extends from Republic
avenue TO Grove avenue.
The Alma fire department was
called to the G. V. Wright furniture
store late Monday afternoon, where
blaze had started in a pile of boxes
at the rear Of the store. The fire
was quickly eXtinguished, with prac-
tically no loss. The fire had started
from some burning waste paper
which had been carried, by the wind,
from container nearby in which it
has been customary for several stores
to burn this refuse.
A CONFIRMED STATEMENT