Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-05-17

at cost.
Call and get sample copy of the
RECORD.
Single harness, hand made, $3.50 at
Morden's.
House to rent. Inquire of ii. l..
Lockwood.
All kinds of Tinware at wholesale
prices, at Kelso's.
Keso sells the Belding Perfection
Refrigerator at cost.
Ginghams at 6tcts. for one week at
Mccullough & Buttons.
If you want the best Gasoline Stove
in the market go to Kelso's.
New invoice of plain and fahcy win
dow shades just received at Webb's.
Finest and largest assortment of
Gents shoes at popular prices will be
found at f. l.. Stark's.
Miss Ross is i'll at her residence.
Miss Mabel Smith has charge of her
CldSScS uuIluS nel llIHcSs'
My specialties in cigars are the 81.
L." for 10 cents, and "LOngfelder's
Boquet," for cents. J, LoNGFELDER.
If you wish a fine favored cigar ask
for j. l.. or Longfelder's Boquet.
j. LoNGFELDER.
Miss Flora Bambrough had the mis-
fortune to fall down stairs last We'd
nesday, injuring herself quite serious
| ly.
Murderer Latimer will spend the
first 80 days of his Imprisonment in
solitary confinement, his only company
a bible
The house and all the household
effects of r.. w. Cory, living north
west of this place, was totally destroyed
by fire on Friday last. He is in poor
circumstances, which makes it a hard
blow. a subscription paper was
passed about town, and $50 raised for
his assistance.
The Alma Record is now eleven years
old and very healthy paper. Not
content with its many recent improve
ments, it contemplates the putting in
of a new press and other new appara-
tus. May its next eleven years be even
more prosperous than the past.-Mt.
Pleasant Enterprise.
"Shall we have Fourth Of July cell
ebration?" Is a question that is al
ready beginning to interest our citizens.
Let our citizens wake up and subscribe
literally when the paper is Circulated
let the American eagle scream on In
, dependence Day as never before; let
us have an old time celebration, with
big fire works, a big crowd and, big
time.
We have received from Fred Slocum.
of Caro-, Mich, Vol. l, of'the Michigan
Printers Specimen Exchange. While
it is much smaller than we had hoped
to see it, the compiler deserves great
praise for his painstaking labor. We
hope that much larger number will
contribute to Vol. II, and thus lend "a
helping hand for the advancement Of
1.-The art preservative of arts"
Memorial Day will be appropriately
observed in Alma, which fact we are
pleased to note DR.. Kendall Brooks
: will deliver the address, and Wright's
Opera House Band is expected to be
in attendance. A cordial invitation is
: extended to all civic societies and
especially to all eX-soldiers, whether
members of the Post or not. 1t is
the duty of every citizen to do all in
his power to assist in this, the only
: tribute of respect we can pay to our
fallen braves. 1t is the duty of all TO
teach the young to respect the boys
: in blue, living or dead, as they are.
A programme will be prepared for
, next weeks issue, when we shall be
) able to give more definite notice in
= regard to the exercises of the day.
About, two years ago, l.. w. Miller
having distinguished himself as pho
tographic artist at Bay City, came to
Alma and fitted up rooms over b. w.
Ellison's grocery store, where, by his
courteous and affable demeanor and
his superior skill as an artist, he has so
: won upon the popular esteem, that al
most the entire community, without
regard to race, sex or present condition,
5 have been taken in such way as to
incite pardonable pride in their own
personal appearance, and to crafty
D their chosen friends, recipients of these
5 shadows, that remain to tell of love
: and friendship, long after the living
| form shall have mouldered back to
e mother earth. Mr. Miller has formed
I partnership with Mr.. Smith, of St
: Louis, and will go there for time, to
o afford the good people of that enterpris-
e ing town an opportunity to procure
:. | nictures of really ,artistic merit at