Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1892-01-08
HOME AND VICINITY.

Saginaw
Rev. Nj. IL. Petit, of Ithaca, was in
town Thursday.
l.. III. Hayt and family spent New
Years at Owosso.
A few plush and fur robes at reduced
prices at Morden's
John MclKillop of Lansing, is spend
ing few days in town.
1892 is leap year. Girls, what are
you going to do about 1t?
Smoke the Bell Nelson, the leading
five cent cigar at Benefits.
G.. b. Porter and family visited
friends in st. Johns New Years.
James Lester left Thursday morning
for four weeks vacation i'll Detroit.
Shepherd is still agitating its kite
shaped track with faint prospects OF
success.
Duncan Clark's Female Minstrels
at Holcomb's Opera House, st. Louis
January 10, 1892.
Richard Anderson, of Mt. Pleasant,
and Bert Stevens, OF ROsebush, spent
Sunday in town with friends.
A breakdown in the Sanitarium
electric light plant last Thursday, made
gas at premium until Wednesday.
Last Monday evening was the cold
est night of the season thus far, the
thermometer registering % below zero
at the signal service station.
We haye a large stock of goods to
unload and we will sell at prices that
will astonish you. Call and see us.
MCCULLOUGH Il BUTTON.
John f. Innis returned the first of
the week from trip to Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, where he has
been visiting friends and sightseeing.
johnson Il Meyers, representing the
Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Co., OF
Lynn, Mass, will be in Alma next
week for the purpose of taking orders.
In order to make room for my large
spring stock of cloths | am Offering my
winter suitings at "A greatly reduced
figure. Now is your chance to buy
cheap. Il. KEIIN.
Town treasurer Mccullough reports
seyen-twelfths Of the town taxes paid
in before the first of January, larger
amount than usual. 1t is not bad III
dication.
The ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. L.
church will hold their regular meeting
in their new hall on Wednesday after
noon, Jan. 10, '92. All are cordially in
vited. Supper l0c, hot coffee.
The large stock of dry goods, cloaks,
jackets, clothing, boots, shoes, gloves,
mittens, hosiery, rubbers, felts, blank
cts, etc. are being very rapidly denim
ished at f. Z. Pollasky's closing out
sale.
The following have just been elected
officers of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeayor for the next
term: Pres. \. f. Waldo; V. Pres
Miss Glass; Sec'y. Miss Jones; Treas
Seth Tubbs.
\ departure in comedy in the APP
pearance of Clark's Female Minstrels
at Holcomb's Opera House, st. Louis
a week from next Tuesday evening.
New scenery, new specialties, every
thing refined.
According to the Michigan crop re-
port Just published the condition of
winter wheat is slightly improving, but
is not yet up to the standard of last
year. The average for the state is put
at % per cent.
1t is quite evident that the majority
of people know good thing when
they see it and many are taking adj
vantage of the low prices OH goods at
+. f.. Pollasky's closing out sale and
buy for present and future use.
BY change in time tables on the
ID. l.. Il n. r. r., freight from Detroit
reaches Alma at $50 a. IN. while Sag
NAV freight is but little later. This
change is a big benefit to Alma mer
chants as it gives as good time as could
be obtained by express.
We should judge from the rush of
people constantly going and coming to
and from +. f. Pollasky's stores that
the close buyers and bargain seekers
are having their day, and are buying
dry goods, boots, shoes, cloaks and
clothing at such low prices that their
faces beam with happy smiles.
st. johns church, of Alma, at one
time mission of st. Johns church,
now has boy choir of 20
voices. They sang for the first time
Christmas day. They are under the
direction of Mrs. l.. L. Stevenson,
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