Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-08-14
HOME AND VICINITY.


All summer dress goods at cost at
Alma Mercantile Co.
III. l.. nolcomb and A. b. Darragh
were in town Monday.
Buy cans at the Star Store and save
from 20 to % per cent.
Mrs. John Norton left Monday for
Duluth, their new home.
! b. c. Button and wife, are visiting
parents at Alba this week.
Remember that Webb's is the popular
place to buy school supplies.
1 Fl. j. Vermeulen was in Grand
( Rapids Thursday Oh business.
Quite number OF Alma young people
are spending the week at Crystal.
Morris Messenger, of Chicago, is
visiting relatives i'll town this week
Reliance Corset waists, best value III
town for 81 at Alma Mercantile Coz
! James Crane, Of Dresden, Ohio, is
visiting his oaugntes MIS- WM. Han
nah.
Glen Salisbury has purchased & STOCK
Of drugs at McDain and has taken pos
session,
If you want wait paper Iii all grades
and styles and at the lowest price 60 to
b. S. weSSh's.
Last Saturday was hottest day OF the
season, the thermometer standing Al
1919 in the shade.
Mrs. J. G.. Nesbit spent Sunday with
her husband at Bath. They expect to
locate there in few days.
Rev. J. w. Sutton, a former pastor
will preach in the NJ. Il. Church next
Sunday morning and evening.
Prof. j. w. Ewing leaves next Mon
day for Harstings where he takes charge
of the state teachers institute.
7. j. Tam, of Elwell, aged 50 years,
was in town Wednesday and showed
the boys how to ride bicycle.
In another column will be found a
letter from Jas. Logic, which VIII
very interesting to cur readers.
We are in possession of very interest
ing letter from Mathew G.. Pratt, now
at Red Mountain Col, for next week.
Remember that / am selling clothing
cheaper than ever before in order &c
make room for new goods. L.KEHN.
The table factory and roller mill were
shut down Wednesday afternoon on
account of repairs at the Water works.
J. III. Taylor a former Alma boy, now
of Saginaw stopped over for supper
Tuesday night while on his way tc
Grand Rapids.
Work commenced on the Alma Driy-
ing Park in dead earnest last Monday
with prospects Of the finest half mile
track in Michigan
J. L, Peters will attend the under.
takers convention at Traverse City
next week. They are to be entertained
by the citizens of tlat city.
NJ. Pollasky and wife and Miss Rosa
Messenger are in Duluth this week
They took the boat at Detroit last Fri
day making the entire trip by water.
The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. y. G.
Davidson was buried Sunday afternoon
Funeral services at the residence at &
O'Clock conducted by Rev, Geo Vernon
The street vendor was on our street:
again Tuesday night and succeeded il
carrying off plenty of shekels fol
cheap goods at larger price than oul
home merchants are selling.
At the meeting Of the Gun Club last
Friday afternoon the best work wa:
done by g. Il. Porter who made rui
of II pigeons out of Is. The first II
birds were broken without skip.
DR.. Nelson is stopping at the Santa
rum few days, while his household
goods are packed and sent to kalama
700. The DR.. reports that the outlool
for students at Kalamazoo next yea
is very good,
Some portions Of Seville had sever
scOrching last week The fire starte,
up Friday and Saturday, and Sunda,
were raging the hardest. Two section
were burned over and some farm
stripped of their fences.
A lady came in to the RECORD ofiic
Monday asking for a paper, on bein
charged the usual paltry sum she nc
fused il stating that she could borrow
her neighbours, read it and send it ava
to friends and not cost her anything.
, A barn at st. Louis. near the fai
H., grounds burned Saturday evening Gre
, mating three horses One was valu
able PAGER belonging TO John Feld
A small fro with tho romans of som