Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-10-25
Choice cigars at Mahan's.
Fine toilet articles at Mahan's.

Boston cream candy FRESH every day |
at Fink's.
Prof. Fink can make your best girl
hug another fellow
Mrs. Ida l.. Wheeler visited friends
in Wheeler this week.
J.. NJ. Montigel * Co. are very busy !
these days iliing orders for sleighs.
Mrs. A. Il. Spiuney of Reed City is
visiting her son j. ID. Spinney, and
family.
For a clean shave and fashionable
hair cut, 90 to Earl Clark's, opposite
Caple 81 Hall.
Mrs. Jay Alverson has returned from
an extended visit in Toronto and other
Canadian cities.
On and after October &c, w. S. Turck
IL Co.. banking Office will be opeu Sat
urday afternoon.
A valuable horse belonging to A. ID.
Wright, vest Of town, died last Sunday
OF pleuro pneumonia
Six hundred and fifty eight children
! were born in GratiOt county last year,
Of which 3e3 were males and 800
females.
Prof. j. V. Fink, the mesmerist who
will give entertainments in the opera
house every evening next week, 10 the
guest of his brother, George Fink.
The elegant Pollasky residence is
| offered for sale. Reason assigned is
that it is too large for present owner.
Inquire OF Nj. Pollasky at residence.
| A pair OF good winter gloves or nit
| tens, in mems or boys sizes, at Alma
Mercantile Co. s store, for 20 cents.
The first quarterly conference of the
! N. f. church for this year will be held
to morrow afternoon. Presiding Elder
Hickey will be present and conduct the
| meeting.
The Woman's Missionary Society Of
the PRESBYTERIAN church will meet at
The home Of Mrs. e. A Bagley tomor-
row afternoon at O'Clock. Subject,
Persia 1t is hoped that all the mem
ters will be present.
| Lorenzo Nickerson, an emplOye Of the
Clarence Lumber Co., at Clarence, was
struck 10y falling tree the other day,
aud seriously injured He was brought
0 Alma on the L. X 4. y. train. and
taken TO his home near Nestaburg.
At the annual meeting of the Presby-
terian society Thursday evening Of last
week to elect three trustees in place OF
T.. A. BaCley, L. L. Caldwell and {. ~.
Davis. L. a. Bagley and +. II. Caldwell
were re elected, and IL. G. Ely chosen
to succeed g. A. Davis, each for the
term Of three years.
A county teachers examination for
second and third grade certificates was
held in the Union school building In
This village last Friday. There were
81 applicants for certificates. The
lcOunty commissioners will meet III
Ithaca tomorrow to determine who are
the successful ones.
The annual confederation Of Won
ans clubs of this state will be held III
: Grand Rapids November 4. The
9 Woman's club Of Alma will be repre-.
sented 10y Mrs. Kendall Brooks and
Miss CaIharine Delavan. Mis-. W. f,
{ Jones and Mrs j.. 4. sharp have beer
chosen as alternates.
If Mayor Plngree of Detroit had any
expectation of being reelected he would
{ never have published that delicious bi
of absurdity, Facts and Opinions
| There are ia the book a few opinions
j. and fewer facts, and these are expressed
( in q manner peculiar TO Michigan's no
b torlous potato farmer
Decator Coleman was resting com
g fortably last Friday evening, whel
e about thirty of his friends came in un
e expectedly to celebrate his blrthda.
with him. The ladies had prepared al
g appetiZing repast, 10 which all did JUS
!. tice. The evening, until midnight, wa
q spent IN playing games. and social con
- veTsation.
Chat" is the name of handsomel
: illustrated society paper published b.
, James G.. McCabe of Bay City. 1t
~ filled with interesting society news
newsy letters from the university am
y colleges, aud, all in all, IS one of tn
Y best society papers published. The pa
IL per can be obtained each week at Il. II
d iayt's book store.
The Ladies Aid society and the FL
e, worth League will serve dinner III III
~ Nermeulen block On the day when IL
Or corner stone Of the new church IS lal'
re In the evening unique entertainment
Is under the name Of RAINBOW tCtc WI
be given. The ladies are working mar
NJ to make this tcte one of SURPRISING brl
st liancy, and say that rich treat is
g. store for all who attend.
e, The laying of the corner stone OF II
oy new Nj. Il. church will occur Saturda.
Nov. >, instead of October 70,
W. announced last week. Gov. Rich al
he Hon. Washington Gardener, secretal
TO of state, Col. Bliss of saginaw and lie
We G. ). Hickey of Lansing will be prese
We and take part in the exercises, pr
gram of which will be given next wee
The music of this occasion Will be III
ne nished by the choir of the college al
lie the M. +. church choir.
oy Alma has now what has long be-
DIS needed-a first class music store. III
rs. want has been met by g. w McCart
mr. who has established himself In I
60 Woodward building, where he has
no large stock of pianos and organs, and
i, - complete line of stringed instrument
80 also well selected line of the late
III | unueioaI notifications in sheet mus