Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-05
Best cigars i'm town at Mahan's,

DIR. Lancashire was in Detroit ON bus
mess Wednesday.
Buy your drugs at the old reliable
stand, b. $. Webb's.
Mrs. Lathrop aud son visited River
dale friends Thursday.
subscriptions for the Century maya
zine taken at this office.
Bert Woodward was in Holly on bust
ness the last of the week.
| Sheriff Mccullough of Ithaca called
on Alma friends Wednesday night.
Nice whitefish, Petoskey trout and
ocean oysters fresh at j. b. Parker's.
FOUND A sterling silver link cuff
button. Call at Gray's jewellery store.
Sam Newberger of Grenada, Missis-
sippi, is spending a few days i'll town
visiting friends.
A. W. Wright and j. III. Lancashire
left Monday for New York to look after
| business interests.
Mrs. Chas f. Rich and little daughter
of Detroit were the guests of Mrs j. II.
Lancashire over Sunday.
Miss Nellie Cheesman of st. Louis
was III Alma Tuesday evening to attend
the meeting Of the Euterpe Club.
Mrs. f. j. Adams and daughter of
Grand Rapids are spending few weeks
the guests of Mrs. ). IL. Loveland.
The Ladies' Guild of the St. Johns
church will meet next Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Tinker All be present.
Mrs. Geo. Place of Buffalo and Mrs.
o. NJ. Everden of ST. Louis We're the
guests of Miss Carrie Smith of this place
Tuesday.
Fast Mail at opera house, st. Louis,
Monday evening February s. Seats 20,
30 and 30 cents. Everybody go and see
Il good play.
Supt. Charles Appleton and Floyd
Bair of Grand Ledge We're guests OF
undersheriff \. j. Hall and family the
last of the week.
Chadwick and Leonard are very busy
filling their ice houses this week
Chadwick is also filling the Wright
House and Sanitarium ice houses.
The b Y. p. u. held very pleasant
social at the home of Mrs. S. a. Nliet
on Wednesday evening. y large crowd
We're i'll attendance and enjoyed them
selves hugely.
Rev. w. G.. Davidson Of Delevan,
Wisconsin, filled the pulpit at the Pres
byterian church very acceptably last
Sunday morning. All were more than
delighted with the discourse.
At one time Saturday as many as
twenty five teams drawing loads of
wood were noted coming into town from
over the college hill We doubt if there
is another town in Michigan that can
make as good a showing.
a marked change has been made in
the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western
trains between here and Ithaca SO that
trains leave here for the county seat
now at 10 30 a. III. 4:l0 p III. and ! 40
p IN. AL stub trains Will also run TO
st. Louis.
one of the most novel; display win
dows we have seen lately is at Webb 5
drug store and well portrays the artistic
turn of mind of the clerk. The main
feature is "A monstrous frog perched
upon the seat of miniature Crescent
bicycle. When you are i'll town be sure
and see it.
\ sheet published in Gratiot county
not more than 1000 miles from this viii
lage came out last week with red hot
roast on our weather bureau man, y. Nj.
Smith, wanting to know if anyone could
inform them where they could find out
the temperature of the weather OH "a
cold morning. Now if anyone has lived
III Alma for year and does not know
where he lives he had best take a few
days off and learn Mr. Smith is always
glad TO give information but he is not in
the habit of hanging out on the street
corner all day Sunday to give weather
reports.
Manager Lowry of st. Louis has
booked for Monday evening, Feb. s, the
great railroad melodrama, Lincoln j.
Carriers Fast Mail" which will be
given a grand scenic production, that i'll
many respects promises to be one of the
most remarkable ever in that city. The
play is constructed on strictly modern
principles. The interest starts at ter
rife pace, ana is not allowed to flag for
an instant. The incidents are made
doubly thrilling by the mechanical and
, scenic effects that are employed. There
is the rattle and clatter of patrol wag.