Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-04-19
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their liquor bonds at $4,000.
The M, E, Sunday School will give
an Easter Concert Sabbath evening.
Remember Rey. A. F. Bruske's
lecture at College Hall Friday evening,
Apr. 26th.
The best and cheapest line of chill
dren's school shoes in the market at
L, l.. Stark's.
Mrs. Geo. Abbott is making arrange
ments preparatory to going to her
husband in the Upper Peninsula.
c. A. Kipp, the new milk man,
treated the Record force with a
pitcher of choice milk the first of the
week.
The lecture April Goth by Rey. A.
f. Bruske will be rare treat for our
people.
| MARRIED.-At st. Louis, April 1lth,
by Rev. a. f. Hart, Eugene Bogart of
Elm Hall, and Miss Clara Bailey of
Arcadia.
The next prayer meeting of the First
Baptist church of Alma will be held
at Mrs. Hoods Oh Wednesday evening
next, at $50 o'clock.
President Hunting was elected one
of the delegates of the Saginaw Pres
bytery to the General Assembly soon
to meet III the New York.
There will be service at st. John S
church on Good Friday, at half past
seven in the evening. Easter services
communion at seven in the morning
and the usual evening service.
j. NJ Newman, formerly of Alma,
informs us that he has secured a
position as night foreman on the
Muskegon Morning News, at good
salary, His friends here wish him
success.
l.. j. Shaffer and Miss Kate Pratt of
Elm Hall, were married at the home
of the bride April 1lth, by Rev. j. W.
Peach. a party of about fifty friends
witnessed the ceremonies, after which
tea was served. All enjoyed the occa-
sion.
The greatest story out, and one which
has received the greatest attention
throughout the English speaking world,
which has been commented on and crit
icised by the most renowned Literary
lights" of the age, is Robert Elsmere'
by Mrs Humphrey Ward. This book
containing nearly 700 pages and a crit
iclsm on Robert Elsmere" and 1.-The
Battle of Life" by the Rt. Hon. w. f.
Gladstone NJ, r., together with one
cake of Balsam of Fir Soap, the great
est skin purifier and pancea for skin
Diseases, also highly recommended for
the teeth, given away free to pur-
chasers at the Bee Hive Stores. Look
at the articles and conditions in the
Bee Hive window.
, We have been asked by several of
our citizens, ''why the village printing
, for the coming year was not awarded
{ us?" And under such circumstances
: we reply: First, because we require
reasonable recompense for labor. Sec
ond, we propose that the village of
Alma shall pay for work as well as any
individual. Our bid for publishing the
proceedings, (which occur every week
in the year. was S32 and one-third dis
: count from legal rates for all legal
matter. a. j. Stranger, sole proprie-
tor of the Alma News. to whom the
work was awarded, was as follows:
Proceedings free as some other advs.
in his sheet and two-thrds discount of
legal rates for all other matter. This
is the whole reason. We have no fault
!, To find with the council whatever, if
a man sees fit to work year for less
than enough to pay for weeks drink.
If the difference in circulation had
: been properly considered, the paultry
sum would not have been taken into
consideration, the proceedings are us
> ualy published for the perusal of the
tax payers OF the town and put where
the largest number may be benefited.
not placed for scarcely hundred.
1t would have been still cheaper to
l have put it on public bulletin boards.
! We propose to do work as cheap as good
Z work can be done, but we do not pro-
pose to do work for the village of Alma
= for less than our business men. What
man, that is man, wants to work for
nothing OF see his neighbors do sot
p We are not here merely to save fu-
{ neral expenses, we are here to stay and
1 give Alma one of the best printing of
| fees in Northern Michigan, which we
now have, and boom and help the town,
5 and do not compete with amatures and
Y institution that are willing to work for
1 mere nothing in order to exist and keep
B a full bottle. This will not pay help or
!. buy goods. The RECORD pay roll,