Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-10
NEW DRUG FIRM.
The Corner Drug Store" Owned BY
B. S. Webb. the Pioneer Druggist
of Alma. has Changed Hands.

3. 5. Webb, the pioneer druggist OF
Alma, has sold his drug store TO George
Sharrar and Arthur Mulholland, two
very enterprising young men. The deal
took place some time this week, although
our people have generally known for the
past two or three weeks that some such
thing was on the tapis Webb's drug
store has been byword in the homes OF
our people for so long that IL seems
almost impossible that sCch a change
should take place. Mr. Webb has prob
ably conducted a drug store In Alma
longer than any other person has been
in the same business in the county and
he has continually kept his name before
the people by extensive advertising ana
| that is " hat has made Webb's drug
store 80 familiar TO our people In part,
but not altogether, for he has always en-
deavored TO accommodate everybody 10
their entire satisfaction and his goods
have also been of the best quality. And
again-he has always been fortunate in
securing clerks who would serve him
the same as though his interests were
their own. Probably the one who has
become the most identified with the
storois the senior member of the new
firm, George Sharrar, son of our county
treasurer, d. r. Sharrar. There is little
that need TO be said 10y way Of introduc-
ing the senior member OF the new firm
10 the public, rs he has served too long
and faithfully for Mr.. Webb to need any
| introduction. He has been behind the
prescription case in this store for the
past eight years with the exceptions OF
a few months when he was attending
college in the Ohio Normal University.
He has grown to manhood among as
and married one of the promising young
ladies of the town only couple OF years
ago. He is graduate of our public
| schools as most of US are aware of.
Arthur Mulholland, the junior mem.
Der of the firm, is quite well known TO
many of us, but is better known in
Ithaca where he has always resided and
worked He is the son of john Null
holland, wealthy farmer who lives
south OF Ithaca "A couple Of miles. Mr.
Mulholland has been behind the pre-
scription case at Crawford Bros. drug
store in Ithaca for the past five years
and in the meantime has won the conf
dence of all who came in contact with
| him. He attended the Ohio Normal
University at the same time AZ Mr.
Sharrar, and they roOmed and chumed
! together while there, but, recognizing
the natural affinity between them they
have ever since kept up the friendship
thus formed at that time and it has re
suited in their forming ii business rela
tionship as has developed at present.
II must not be thought that Mr. Webb
will retire from active business IN Alma
for such is not the case, although we are
not at liberty to state M present just the
nature of the business he viii engage in
for the future.
Below we give some clippings from
two of Ithaca's papers of recent date III
regard 70 the position Mr. Mulholland
has held with the people Of that place ;
Arthur Mulholland. for several year,
with Crawford Bros, Of Ithaca, as head
clerk, has resigned his position. He ex-
poets 10 20 into business for himself III
the near future, but hts not fully de-
cided on a location Mr.. Mulholland l.
one of the best posted druggists and
| thorough young business men in our
village. He is graduate OF our high
school and of the pharm ICY department
of Ada L University. Ia his examination
before the state board he obtained an
average of over 90 per cent. III class of
so from which only 20 passed and the
passing grade was but so PER cent. He
has been for several years our township
clerk. The locality where he goes into
business will be fortunate in securing a
competent druggist aud enterprising
popular citizen -Ciratiot County Herald.
The fact that Arthur Mulholland has
esigned the Office of township clerk,
which he has 80 satisfactorily filed the
past two years, is sufficient evidence
that Ithaca is about to lose one of her
promising young business men. We
have not learned the name of the place
that must be holding out inducements
to Mr. Mulholland, or what those in
ducements are, but surrnise that he is
going into drug store of his own in
some desirable place, which business he
will be most thoroughly equipped for.
having graduated in the pharmaceutical
department Of the Ohio Normal Univer-
sity in '9l, after finishing at our high
school, and supplementing his know
ledge of drugs while filling the position
as popular drug clerk with Crawford
Bros. in subsequent years. Mr.. Null
holland is also acting secretary in the
Ithaca Blue Lodge, and will be missed
in fraternal and social circles. He is