Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-07-20
GREETINGS.

$40 90 at Wcbb's Drug Store.
Go to Webb's and get $1,000 for FIVE
cents
Eclipse of the moon next Sunday
night.
The $1,000 nickle cigar at Webb's
beats them all.
The Harrison and Cleveland scarf
pins are the latest at +. p. Shaffer's. y
a complete line of school books and
fine stationery at the Post Office Book
Store.
&. p. Blanchard conducted Proh-
bition meeting at Shepherd last Mon
day night.
Take your Umbrellas to +. =. Shat
fer and have the tops Gold Plated and
Engraved.
Frank Leonard having bought pair
of mustangs has little circus of his
own every day in the week.
The Durand Express, Vov. /, No. |,
is on our table. 1t is siX-column folio
and a very neat typographical sheet.
The Republican County convention
will be held at Ithaca August 2nd.
Arcadia is entitled to seven delegates.
W. a. Bahlke is delegate to the
Democratic state Convention which
meets at Detroit on Thursday, July -.
w. ~ Carpenter, Of the ID. l.. & y.
II. R, in companp of several other De-
troit gentlemen, spent Sunday at the
Wright House.
The L. \. Il y NJ. r.. II. will run an
excursion train from Farwell and points
south. to Whitmore Lake on Sunday,
July 29th at reduced rates.
Eumore Journal says the Alma base
ball club is composed of gentlemen
"but they can play ball. Bro. White,
trot out club all under Il wears old
and we will show you.
The T. \. x y. NJ. r. r. will sell eX-
cursion tickets to the camp meeting at
Bay View. Mich. from July 10Th to the
25th inclusive. good to return until
August l7th for one fare for the round
trip.
The Maple Leaf b. b. club went to
St. Louis Monday afternoon to play a
matched game with the club of that
place. The game resulted in the
score of Is to 10 in favor of the Maple
Leaf.
Subscribers will confer favor by
showing the RECORD to their neighbors
and requesting them to subscribe for it..
All the local news of Importance will
be found in its columns every week.
Until Jan lst for 45 cts.
Tie Rev. T. w. Marsh, of Grand
Rapids, was in town Wednesday
We are glad to learn that Mr.. Mars h
is soon to become a resident Of Alma
he being Sec. of Home Missions OF
the Presbyterian church for the Synod
of Michigan.
The first nine b. b. club of Alma
went to Shepherd on Wednesday morn
ing and played at ball there and ther
proceeded to Mt. Pleasant and played
there in the afternoon with that clu h
None of the boys own up that they
were out of town.
The fifth anniversary of Empire
Lodge, No. 80, |. O. o. F., was held al
Edmore, Thursday. July 10Th. The
Rebecca degree staff Of the Alma lodge
exemplifed the Rebecca degree.
basket picnic dinner, installation o.
officers and an Grafton by Grand Mas
ter Geo. NJ. Dewey, Of Owosso, were
the special features of interest.
We usually sympathize with on
friends in trouble, but in the case of B
w. Ellison we hesitate. True he ha
had his floor so worn out that he i
obliged to lay new one, yet we do no
pity him. lie, alone, is to blame for it
He has been running very attractive
advertisement in the RECORD and thi
is the result. If merchants do not wan
their floors tramped out by customers
they must keep their advertisement
out of the RECORD.
The Gratiot County Sabbath Scho,
Assertion is making an effort TO sc
cure the best terms possible with tn
Railroads, TO the Annual Picnic Con
venton at st. Louis Aug. 18th. II
expected that the Sabbath School
throughout the county, as is their Won
will be out in full force, to enjoy I'll
day with song and speech, frolic an
fun. They should begin preparation
at once for this. the Children's Gal
Day.