Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-01
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For choice, pure milk, Price takes the
lead.
Five Numbered bushels of oats wanted
on subscription at this office.
DR.. L. a. Bagley went to Shepherd
Tuesday on professional business.
viii Wright went to Chicago We'd
nesday evening to spend a few days.
Miss Carrie Smiths stock of walking
hats and bonnets is the finest ever shown
in Alma.
Subscribers paying up to date and 81 90
in advance can have the RECORD TO Jan.
LIST, 1899.
When in search of the new and beauti-
full in millinery, don't fail to call on
Mrs. Lathrop.
Mrs. w. S Turck attended the district
convention of the w. r. G. at Elsie the
last of the week.
Mrs. G.. w. Bates returned TO her
home i'll Bay City Saturday after a few
days visit with her parents,
j. j. McVean, chief engineer on the
d. @. r. d w. Ry., was in town on
business the first of the week.
Don't forget the $500 Chicago excur-
sion via ID. q. r. & w. r. r. October
18th. Tickets good five days.
L. A. Sharp informs the representative
of the RECORD that the electric lights
will be ready for use by November first.
a $3.50 shoe of the best make at SLOT
is the way the sale goes at Woodward
81 Co. 5, commencing Saturday, Get. ,. .
Everything in head-gear to be found
at Mrs. Lathrop's from a 20 cent cycle
cap to a $500 pattern hat.
Miss Catharine Slater, Alma '92, called
on friends here last Saturday. Miss
Slater is teaching in the Mt. Pleasan,
public schools.
The resolutions by the CT. a. r. post
on the death Of Mr.. Demery was fur
nished to late for this issue, but will be
given next week.
New subscribers can get the RECORD
until Jan. LIST, 1899 for 81 90, or three
months TO Jan. LIST, 1898, for ten cents,
Tell your neighbors.
Miss Sarah Ward has accepted a po-
sition as Pipe organist and director OF
music at the Penn, Training School To-
Gated near Philadelphia.
H. j. Mcnamara purchased a five
months old calf weighing $50 pounds and
a two year old steer weighing l,4lC
pounds of Geo. Sandbrook at Dushville
last week.
A family reunion of the Hildretl
family to the number of thirty-five was
held in Lincoln township last Thursday
a big dinner and a grand old visit were
the leading features of the occasion.
The Improvements on w. A. Bahlke's
house are nearly completed. A furnace
has been placed in the basement by the
j. +. Schwartz Co. The place will be a
very beautiful and comfortable resi-.
dence.
Rev. NJ. d. Carroll, d. D., and family
moved here this week from Cincinnati.
Mr.. Carroll begins his work as pastor of
the NJ. +. church next Sunday Mr..
Carroll has two sons and one daughter.
The sons will continue their education
at the college.
Mark S. Brewer and wife, who have
been spending the larger part of the
summer at the Sanitarium, returned to
their home in Pontiac last Saturday.
Mr.. Brewer has been greatly benefited
by the treatment given him at The
Alma and is now quite we'll and strong.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Hull and their ten
year old daughter, who have been the
guests Of L. b. Quick during the summer,
returned last Friday TO their home in
Cambridge City, Ind. They came to
Alma for the little girls health and are
much pleased with the improvement
that the pure air and mineral water here
have caused.