Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-11-25
See Pettyiohn's new ad.

See Pettyjohn's new adj
Fresh frankforts at Parker q Hun
A full line of skirt extenders at Della
vans
Ladies special value underwear at
Pettyjohns.
Alton Clum of Mt Pleasant was
in Alma Saturday.
Fresh bulk oysters constantly on hand
at Parker IL Huff's.
Ben Lane of Ithaca spent Sunday in
Alma with his parents.
Pettyjohn's store is showing "A great
combination boot this week
Mrs. A. Mosher and daughter left for
San Francisco, Cal, on Wednesday.
WANTED-An apprentice girl at Seaver
& Mayfield's. over Hayt's grocery.
Jack Day of Jackson, formerly Of
Alma, was in town the first of the week.
l.. H. Hayt left on Saturday last for
Minneapolis and st. Paul on a weeks
business trip.
Mrs. Bart Miller is spending her
Thanksgiving vacation in Grand Rapids
with relatives.
DR.. r. +. Hunt left for Jackson on
Thursday morning to spend Thanks
giving with his family.
The largest line of useful Christmas
gifts in the county is being opened and
put on sale at f. Z Polasky's.
If your eyes trouble you have them
tested at j. p Losey's, with the John
ston's Improved Dioptric Eye Metre
Miss Nellie Tubbs has fine exhibi-
ton of paintings in the window of
Bivins q Rhodes drug store this week.
Miss Jessie Weed, who has been
teaching near Stanton, has been hone
this week, during Thanksgiving vaca-
ton
Bert Cahoon returned from San An
tonia, Tex, on Tuesday. Bert has been !
working there on ranch since last
August
Mrs Fred Nicholson and children let
on Monday for Holland, Mich, where
Mr.. Nicholson has the management of
a large fl uring mill
Frank Heron believes that advertis-
ing is the key TO success so he has place
an adj in the RECORD this week. You
will find II on first page
a CHARGE is chance. Give Us a chance
to sell you pound of Thompson & Tav
lor's Diamond Brand coffee and yo1 Will
use no other. WINS GROCERY.
A. b. Scattergood is well pleased
with the business outlook in Alma ard
has placed an adj in this weeks RECORD
asking for a share of the public patron
age.
We acknowledge receipt Of the Youths
Companion calendar for 1899 1t Is ly
far the handSomest in design which we
have ever seen issued by the publishers
of this popular paper
You can get genuine bargains on
dress goods, jackets, capes, collarettos,
muffs, etc, including a handsome piece
of quadruple plate silverware durii g
the next thirty days at f. E. Pol
lasky's.
Tickets for the Epworth League lecture
course can be secured at Q T. Pettyjohn
& Co. dry goods store. On Wednes-
day next the first lecture on the course
will occur. "In Dixie" is the subject -
the lecture, with F S. Goodrich as the
lecturer
The goose bone is unusually Swhite
this year, which weather prophets say
indicates the approach of hard winter.
There are other signs, such as a small
wood pile. an extra lining 20 the musk
rat houses, scarcity of book agents,
etc, which has never failed 70 bril-
plenty of snow and long period Of zero
weather.
Until Jan. LIST, 1899, we shall issue
about 300 extra copies of the RECorD
each week, and these copies will be CIR
culated throughout the county in the
homes of those who do not take the
paper now. i'll hopes that they will take
advantage of our subscription offer. al d
become permanent subscribers. oar
advertisers should bear this in mind
when they place their holiday advertis.
ing.
The latter part of last week the coal
famine in Alma was even worse than
the wood famine, but on Monday Smith
81 Glass received a car load Of coal. Mr.,
Smith was so overcome with joy that
he hoisted the American flag on the
weather bureau flag staff Among tie
numerou comments as TO why the stars
and strips had been run up were that
the peace commissioners had reached a
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