Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-27

Headquarters for window shades at
| Webb's.
One day, walnut Alarm Clocks for
50 80 at Latimer's.
Harry Booth of st. Louis was in town
Tuesday visiting friends.
Finest line Of Wool pants from 81. OO
to $3.50 i'm town at Alma Mercantile
Co.'S.
S. Messenger has purchased the Chas.
Grover farm in the south east part OF
town.
Carpet Lining paper at two cents per
yard or Sl.OO per roll at Alma Mercan-
tile Co.'S.
Ithaca has organized Business
Mems Association and is getting ready
to start first class boom.
Try Clum Il Balchs 30 cts. tobacco.
Mems Cottonade Pants Scots. 81 90,
81 .25 at Alma Mercantile Co.'S.
Don't forget the Third Annual AS
sembly of the Knights of Pythias next
Monday evening The Knights intend
that it shall excel all previous balls.
Best yard wide sheeting i'll town at
six cents. per yard or five and three
folrths cents by piece
ALMA MERCANTILE Co.
The usual Children's Easter service
will be held in the NJ. Z. church on
Sunday morning next. a collection
will be taken up in behalf Of Foreign
Missions.
Miss Ida Dunlap will give a concert
at the following places this coming
week: Shepherd, Monday evening;
Davis school house, Tuesday evening;
Ithaca, Thursday evening and at the
Grange Hall Saturday evening.
Miss Allie Avery leaves for Detroit
this evening, where she will spend a
week in the trimming department of the
Wholesale house of Mitchell u 60. She
will return with choice line of pattern
hats and novelties. Wait and examine
before purchasing elsewhere.
The last entertainment of the Union
Lecture Course will take place April
10. The managers of the Course have
succeeded in securing the Cornwall
Grand Concert Company. The COM
pany has received very catering notice
from all cities in which they have APP
peared.
At the last meeting of the &. A. II.
Post of this village a committee of three
consisting of commander John Greig,
f. Y. Chadwick and James Trott was
appointed to visit the Ithaca post and
other posts in the county and see about
forming a county battalion to go TO the
national encampment at Detroit.
The prices paid for farmers produce
day as taken from quotations fur
nished by the leading Alma dealers
show fattering increase. Red wheat
brings SO, white IS: oats, 30; sheled
corn, 81; potatoes, 10; clover seed 1878,
S4.25; roll butter, 30; eggs Is; dressed
pork .04t to .05 and beef 90 to .06.
MARRIED:-At the residence of the
brides brother, A. +. Putnam of Milan,
Miss Alice t. Putnam to +. w. Hill.
manager of the Cash Dry Goods store
of this place. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill re.
turned to Alma Monday, and will prob
ably make this their future home. Al
though but a short time numbered
among our business men Mr.. Hill has
made many warm friends who will
gladly welcome him and his wife
to Alma. With them the RECORD
extends its congratulations
1t seems but few weeks that Vol.
XII, No. / was placed at the front OF
the RECORD. Time flies swiftly how
ever and next Friday brings in new
year for us. We have tried hard to
make the RECORD live county paper.
How successful we have been our
readers must Judge. That our efforts
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have been appreciated we believe from
fact that our subscription list has bad
flattering increase aud we can only
promise our friends that we shall try to
the best of our ability TO add more to
the good features of the paper.
The Grand Rapids Democrat has the
following to say about the republican
candidate for supreme justice: The
action of the republican state conven-
ton, in nominating Judge Robert Nj
Montgomery, of Grand Rapids, fol
Justice of the supreme court, is a
marked compliment to our city and tc
one of its most popular men and able
jurists. Judge Montgomery has been
elected twice judge of this circuit and
served for several years until he vol
unfairly resigned the position to re-
sumo the practice of law. He estab-