Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-30
ALMA.
A BUSINESS REVIEW.
ADAMS BROTHERS.
Groceries, Provisions and Crockery.
The Bakery Business.

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classes such as are to be found in
Alma, there are establishments which
take prominent positions in cater
inc to the wants of the people,
especially to their fastidious tastes.
The Importance of hrst-class bakery
and grocery store is always appreci-
ated. Where is there house keeper
who does not appreciate a good
bakery especially during the heated
term when it is the hardest part of
her household duties to stand over a
hot stove to cook? Alma is favored
by having first-class establishment
of this kind. We refer to that of +.
ID. IL ID. w. Adams, located on SUI
perior street. Both these gentlemen
are well known business men of
sterling qualities, f. ID. has been a
resident of Alma for IL years and ID.
w. for eight. Their building is a
fine wooden block 4Sx60 two stories
high with basement, containing two
good stores in one of which will be
found large and well selected stock
of groceries, while the other is at
present used for the storing of grain
and other farm products. The
upper story furnishes the Odd Eel
lows a nice lodge room on the one
side, while ID. w. is snugly domlciled
in the other enjoying the sweets of
domestic life.
The basement is seven feet in the
clear and furnishes a cool and neat
butter room with cement floor and
side walls capable of keeping their
butter neat and sweet throughout
the year. In addition there is a
bakery 22x2S over which J. b. Hall
presides.
THE BAKERY GOODS.
The satisfaction this class of goods
gives is due to the skill and efficiency
of Mr.. Hall who is deemed to be.one of
the best bakers to be found in this. or
any other state. Every DAY fresh
bread, cakes, rolls, cookies, dough
nuts and pies are on sale and the
show case presents a tempting APP
pearance. The bread is always
light, sweet and wholesome and is
consequently much sought after.
Rich, iced fruit, and other kinds of
loaf cakes, are constantly on sale, to-
gether with other kinds of pastry
and sweet goods. In their
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
may be found large and well select
ed stock of tirst-class goods such as
all the leading grades of sugar, syrup
and molasscs, rice, sage, tapioca,
cracked wheat, oat meal, canned
goods ia great variety consisting of
all kinds of fruit, jellies, pickles and
table relishes which come from the
most noted packing houses. Pre-
served and dried fruits in abundance.
A special effort is made to handle a
varied line of teas and coffees.
PICKLED MEATS AND FISH,
hams, shoulders, bacon, dried beef,
butter, lard, poultry and vegetables
are kept constantly on hand while in
FAMILY FLOUR
they carry the best brands in great
variety so that their customers will
have the opportunity to procure the
best.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
all the standard brands of plug, fine
cut chewing, and smoking tobaccos
are carried while in the show case
can be found some choice cigars of
different brands.
FARM PRODUCE
of all kinds bought and sold and a
speciality is made of good butter,
their facilities are such for handling
it so that one is always sure of get
ting good butter at this establish.
ment.
FLOUR AND FEED STORE.
in addition to their other busines.
they carry full line of flour as al
ready noted together with buckwheat
meal and mill feed, and in the fall
will handle grain, dressed pork and
poultry, besides potatoes of which
they usually store about one thous
and bushels.
+. u. ADAMS
is also interested i'm the real estate