Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-12-09
l.. II. Hayt was in Saginaw last We'd

nesday.
Buy the Butterick patterns. sold by
L. ii. Hayt.
School books and fine stationery at
B :. Webb's.
Special sale Of chi'dren's End misses
shoes at the Alma Mercantile Co.
Don't buy yonr Christmas presents
until you examine goods AT Porter's.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Brown spent Sun
day with friends in the vicinity of
Howell.
H. X. Pattengill lectured at Shepherd
last Tuesday night on The Yellow
stone Park.
&. III. Chase, editor of the Giatiot
Journal, made the RECORD unpleasant
call Tuesday
Do not neglect to see the grand
window display of holiday goods at F.
Il. Pollasky's on the 10th.
Loren Race, former resident of
Sumner, has taken charge of the Ex-
change hotel at Wheeler.
President Bruske will occupy the
pulpit of the Presbyterian church next
Sabbath, morning and evening.
Miss Laura McCorkle, the young
whistler and reader, seems destined
to have brilliant public career"
Winter weight wooden underwear
for men, women and children at prices
lower than ever at Alma Mercantile
Co.
John L. Hall, of Eaton Rapids, spent
a day or two in town this week visit
ing his brother A. j. Hall. He WAS on
his way to his sheep ranch at Lake
George.
Mrs n. j. Mccullough returned
Monday night from Milford where she
was called last week with her husband
by the death of Mr.. McCullough's
brother-inlaw.
Bro. Corbit, of the st. Johns indie
pendent seems to be the leading candi-
date for the postoffice at that place and
is most heartily Endorsed by the Clinton
county press regardless of party.
DR.. Warmers corset is, without doubt,
the most perfect fitting corset in the
market. l have fine line of these
goods from SOC upward to five dollars
per pair. No trouble to show goods.
Mrs. BART. MILLER.
Remember the first entertainment of
the Union Lecture Course next Thurs
day evening, December Is. The course
should be well patronized. 1t affords
an excellent series of entertainments
at small cost.
Gale B. Davidson has added an ele-
CANT line of holiday goods to his present
stock and enlarges his store to aeon
modate it. One speciality which he
puts in is Indian work in bark, splint
and sweet grass. For presents moth
ing could be nicer than one of these
pieces.
Young men and women who are pre-.
pairing to teach can fDd no better place
in which to fit themselves for the work
than in Alma. The Union School offers
excellent advantages to those who are
working for third grade certificates or
even higher grades while Alma Col
lege is possessed of advantages too
we'll known and understood to need
here. The young people
of Gratiot have educational facilities
of the best kind. Now improve them.
The interest in pugilism remains un-
abated in the west part of the county.
have been made for an
other match. this time between George
j. Carroll, of Sears and L. Kirwin of
Riverdale. 1t is understood that this
is TO be a match for points Queens
bury rules to govern with $50 Oh side
to give spirit to the contestants. Only
the preliminaries have thus far been
arranged but the meeting will come
off at Riverdale December "a. some
time in the evening
Again the RECORD would remind the
people of Alma and vicinity of the
necessity of taking some action soon If
is to be done toward gravel
ing the roads in the spring. The
work, if done next year, ought to be
done at the time of the spring road
work. There is growing sentiment
in favor of change in present road
laws but a change is too far in the
future; what Alma wants is something
now. A good gravel road for five miles
west of this place would be money in
the pockets Of both our business men
and the farmers along the line of the
road and it would pay the town well to
make the effort to get such road in
each direction. 1t is claimed that
gravel can be obtained In the near
vicinity and that portion of the ex-