Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-01
home AND VICINITY


up at kehn's.
Cap. Briggs, of Mt. Pleasant, was in
Alma Tuesday.
Buy your baled hay and feed at the
Alma Feed Store.
W. Il Watson was III Cleveland
Tuesday on business.
Alma Mercantile Go. have something
90 say 20 you this week.
\ large line Of rubber foot wear at
very low prices at Delavan's
\ load Of young people will attend
the club party at Ithaca tonight.
Ed. Weston spent Sunday at Elsie,
returning home Monday morning.
IL you want to buy wood, leave or
ders al express Office for Fred kernon.
Here. I off on all clothing at Mccall
lough's. The stock is choice and must
80.
IL. j. Vermeulen purchased "a car
load of sugar last week while in De-
lruit
b. NanDen BeTgh returned home from
Detroit Tuesday night after a stay OF
two weeks.
The highest market price Will he
paid for 800 bushels OF corn delivered
NJ the Alma Feed store
T.. Comstock is in springport this
week. lie will return in few days and
start the table factory in full blast.
Armstrong, of the Ashley News, has
opened up his bucket on brother
Beemas, OF the Carson City Gazette
Mrs. W. ). Turck returned hons
Tuesday noon iIom Flint, where Shit
instituted an .. L. ). Chapter of forty
members Monday night.
Geo. Thornton is running Il butcher
shop at Marion. His stock is purchased
and killed here and shipped there. liz
reports an excellent trade.
The Woman's Club will meet will
Mrs. j. :. Caple, Monday, February
4Jh Subject, Thomas Gray's, Thu
Progress of poesy and the Bard.
Nrs Mary Plum, OF Alma College
read a paper before the Teachers Asso
citation at EdmOre last Saturday, sub
iect. The Threefold development.
Nine from Alma attended the dedica
| ton Of the new !. Q. .. f. hall a
Shepherd last Monday night. a larg
crowd and a good time is reported b
/ all.
Bennett y Sterling. who have bee
carrying on a successful bakery an
confectionery business for som
months, have dissolved partnership
Mr.. Bennett will continue tie bus
ness.
Or Bruske delivered very able az
I dress n the Presbyterian church la'
I sunday morning on Christian Educi
ION after wGich Q collection OF so
Was taken Up for Alma College, tho
oughly demonstrating the intere
Alma people take in Alma College.
Friday evening, February lst, tie
ST.. l.. B0cher, of Grand Rapids, vi
lecture in the Presbyterian churc
The subject will be People lIa'
seen. Wise and Otherwise very Ia
.ng lecture. Admission 21c childrt
los. Proceeds will be for the bene
OF NJ. Richard SidebOtham to he
nlm n his college course.
The SAD news was received Wedne
day Us i. } Hall announcing &
death of Mrs. ". L. Hough, former
of this place, now OF North BaltimoT
Funeral will take place Saturday
Grattan. Kent Co. Mrs. Hough was
d lovely woman and a kind and ioyil
! mother ana wife. Those who knC
her best were her warmest frienC
The RECORD joins with many Of N
Hough's friends in COndOiance.
The concert AT the Opera Hou
Wednesday night 10y the H0li
Ladies Quartette was one of the fine
entertainments ever given in Ain
Each part and selection was 80 W
- rendered that it is impossible to ma
any distinction Their voices blend
one and are az sweet as can be. Q
7 musical people who attended all ha
uolhing hut words OF praise. The q
l. d.ence was small hat very attentive {
plaudnR each selection
Little Jake seligman, OF Sagina
Who is stopping at the Sanitarium,
ports That he is improving rapidly.
a conversation with our reporter
~ stated that the Alma Sanitarium is
~ grand institution, nothing like il. II
~ improving in service and business a
- IS building up "a great reputatl'
~ This TO come from one Of Michiga
- most wealthy men, one who has Sc
~ and visited the best institutions of I
kind in the land is certainly very II