Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-03-03
E. A. Helser is quite i'll at this writ.

K. A. Helser is quite i'll at this writ.
ing.
T. f. Timby was home from Lansing
over Sunday.
Sim. Miller of Saginaw was in Alma
the first of the week.
w. ID. Strong of Riverdale was in
Alma Wednesday on business.
Mrs. q. +. Wilson returned from
Breckenridge last Tuesday night.
Mrs. N. j. Mccullough of Ithaca
visited friends in Alma few days this
week.
j. ID. Spinney was in Lansing and
Charlotte the first of the week on pro
fessional business.
Women's, mems and children's wool.
en- hose, reduced prices on March 3, 4
and & at G. f. Pettyjohn * Co 5 store
Marcus Pollasky, who has been spend
ing the past few weeks in Alma with his
parents, returned TO Detroit on Monday.
The prospects are good for fine crop
of juicy black mud this spring the
ground being frozen to such a great
depth.
Special two days sale-carpets and
mattings-largest assortment in the
county to select from at f. E. Pol
lasky's.
A. w. Demoray, editor of the Edmore
Journal, was in Alma Tuesday, and
made very pleasant call on the
RECORD.
We are informed that j. l. Slate,
formerly of this place, lies very i'll at
his home in Grand Rapids as the result
of stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. s. +. Bryon and daughter,
Leta, have moved back TO their home in
Stanton. They left on Thursday. Her
son William, expects to leave for Dakota
in about two weeks.
W. S Turck went to Grand Rapids
on Monday on business connected with
the Soldiers Home and from there went
TO Jackson 10 attend the Republican
state convention on March LIST.
Among the list of pensions this week
we notice widows pension of - per
month has been allowed Rebecca Som.
merville of Beebe and t. A. Helser of
this place has an increase from so 10
Sl7
The heavy rain last Saturday night
caused the sewers running under the
cellars of the brick blocks in town %
overflow and consequently the cellars
were all flooded to depth from twelve
to eighteen inches.
Will Houser informs us that he cut
five and one.fourth cords of wood
in thirty-five minutes with buzz
saw with hour horses attached TO the
power, and made two stops during the
thirty.tive minutes. The saving was
done on the Brooks farm south of town.
The editor of the Grand Ledge indie.
pendent in last weeks issue walls about
the needs Of that office for good hard
wood and spring poet. We need the
wood bad enough but the poet will re-
main in the back ground if he has any
regard for our feelings.
We are in receipt of a very handsome
hx- no
Barques resort association which sets
forth the many advantages of this pop
ular summer resort. Our former towns
man, Gale b. Davidson, is manager and
it is TO him we are indebted for the
courtesy
The Farm Journal is cream, not skim
milk, and Just the paper for the man
who keeps cows. We give it five years
TO every subscriber TO the RECORD, who
will pay all back dues and year ahead
also to all new advance paying subscrib-
ers. This is short TIME offer as we
only have small number of Farm
Journal subscriptions on these terms
We have at this Office about fifty
copies Of Farmers Bulletin No. 90 issued
by the u. s. Department of Agriculture
in which are compiled valuable statistics
in regard to the culture seed develop
ment, ETC., of the sugar beet that will
be given to parties wishing the same
These bulletins were sent rs through
the courtesy of Congressman w. s.
Mesick.
You can tell the successful farmer by
looking at his wife's fruit cans in the
closet, says a keen-sighted paragrapher
You can always tell the drygoods box
statesman by the patches on his pants,
the poisonous serpent by the bluntness
of his tail, the slouchy women by her
shoe buttons and by her hair; but, the
easiest of all, you can pick out the en-
merchants of town by look
ing at home newspaper.