Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-10-06
Boys water proof shoes atPettyjohn's.

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Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Wright were in
Detroit Monday.
Miss Hattie Petit spent Sunday with
relatives III Merrill.
! Mrs. +. Desmond left on Thursday for
Detroit Oh short visit.
Remember Pettyjohn's store carries
| your needed merchandise.
Dewitt Vought left on Wednesday on
thirty days trip III Ohio.
Mrs. n. j. Mccullough of Ithaca was
i'll Alma the first OF the week.
The dates OF Mrs. Lathrops millinery
opening are today and tomorrow.
Ii. A. Miller, editor of the Mt. Pleas
ant Democrat, was in Alma Monday.
VIM. Spicer is employed at +. Il.
Grithth's meat market as meat cutter.
Mrs. Nj. Scallon of Wyman was the
guest OF Mrs. Bart Miller over Sunday.
Marcus Pollasky spent few days
with his parents i'll Alma the first of the
week,
Mrs. b. G. Button left ON Wednesday
for short visit with friends in Lansing
and Howell.
j. y. Stone left on Thursday for Ham
| ilton, n. Y, where he will remain dur
| ing the winter.
If you want good secondhand heat
ing stove, either wood or coal burner,
Call on A. W. Brock.
u. Ii. Carothers of Stanton was the
guest OF his brother, Il. A. CarOthers,
the first OF the week.
Anyone wishing their eyes fitted go to
the business mems fair next week. A
tull line of optical goods.
Mrs Ezra Robinson left on Wednes
day for visit with friends In the
southern part of the state.
y. L. Stone, who has been in Earlville,
New York, during the past year, re-
turned home the first of the week.
Mr. Frank Hartel and Mrs. Harmon
Hartel Of Berlin, Ont, are visiting rela-
tives and friends i'll Alma for few
days.
Allan Adams of st. Johns was in
Alma over Sunday and the first of the
week the guest VI his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. h. q. Latimer.
The types made us say last week that
Miss Lena Eagon had gone TO Ypsilanti
TO attend the State Normal. The item
should have read Miss Stella Eagon.
Quite large flock of quail has been
flying around town during the past
week Some of them became tangled up
in the telephone wires and were killed.
The Wright House Laundry has
added new laundry wagon TO its equip
ment. The wagon Is for the purpose of
collecting and delivering laundry pack
ages.
Pension agent w. w. Kinch has Sc
cured widows pension of IS per month
for Mrs. Henry Roberts Of Elwell and
the accrued pension of her deceased hus-
band.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. j. Eilenberg of Ian
sing were guests at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. q. Bright the first of the
week. Mrs. Eilenberg is sister of MIR.
Bright.
We received notice the first of the
week from Rev. j. w. McAllister TO
change the address on his paper TO Lo-
well, he having received that appoint
ment this year.
Sharrar d Mulholland are in receipt
of stalk OF cotton just as 1t was pulled
from the field in mississippi. IL was
Hill who was recently at the sanitarium.
Village Treasurer Glass was in Ithaca
Tuesday to make returns to the county
treasurer. Out of 30, 1877 taxes assessed
in the village of Alma this year, only
$S2 were returned as uncollected. Not
very bad showing,
DIR. and Mrs. j. H. Lancashire left on
Monday with their daughter, Harriet
tor Boston, Mass, where she will attend
school during the next year. DIR. Lam
cashire only accompanied them as far as
Detroit, returning home on Tuesday.
Our Ithaca friends are out feeling of
the people as to the ddvisabilty of bring
ing before the board of supervisors the
proposition for new county buildings
They undoubtedly realize that if they
succeed they must do it now. We do
not believe the people of the county are
ready yet for such improvements.
The one year old son of Mr.. and Mrs o.
w. Rogers had the misfortune to fall
down the stairs in the barn at their
place on Wednesday Of this week. The
little fellow struck on his head and at
first it was thought he was seriously In.
iured, but his condition has improved at
Gus Is feared.
Willis L. Brown Of Shepherd, editor
of the Isabella County Republican, was
in Alma Monday and made a very pleas
ant call at this Office. Shepherd is one
of the most progressive little country
towns in this part of the state and Mr..
Brown is keeping we'll in the front by
giving the people newspaper in keep
ing with the place.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Scott Williams of
San Luis Potasi, Mexico, missionaries
supported by the O. E. societies of Mich
igan, who have done a very important
and successful work in Mexico, will, be.
fore they return to their former field Of
labor, address the young people of the
college on Sunday at three o'clock in
the college chapel All the young PEG.
pie of the town are invited. The past ex-
perience of the these people insures a
| rare treat.
About thirty-five of the friends and
shcoolmates of Laura CORY gave her