Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-12-29
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"Trip 10 Charlotte.
i o. c. Thompson was in Grand Rapids
Thursday on business.
S. w. Tinker and family spent Christ
mas in Saginaw with relatives.
Don't forget to call at Pettyjohn's
store. Always bargains there.
Miss Lillian Ayers of Kalamazoo is a
guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Holmes
T. f. Timby came home from Lans-
ing Saturday to spend Christmas with
his family.
Jesse Ellison of Cadillac spent Christ
mas in Alma at the home of his uncle,
O. r. Moulton.
Prof. Fred Fullerton left on Monday
for Chicago and western Illinois on
short business trip.
Miss Florence Plum of Cleveland, o.,
is spending the holidays in Alma with
her mother and sister.
J. +. Carpenter of Chicago was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. W. A. Bahlke,
over Sunday and Christmas.
The Office fixtures of the Alma Sugar
Co. were moved into the new office
building on Tuesday of this week.
Don't forget wonderful Ruma Katah
is on sale at Bivins e. Rhodes. 1t cures
rheumatism and catarrahal diseases.
| Edward Vought, son of Thos Vought
of this place, was married on Sunday
to Miss Minnie Wheeler of st. Louis.
Don't fail TO attend f. +. Pollasky's
January clearing sale. All winter
goods will go at manufacturer costs
j. w. Holmes has fine line of har-
ness, both light and heavy, as will be
found anywhere. Harness fixings of all
kinds.
j. p Losey, Sr., and wife of Yale,
Mich, were the guests of their son, j.
p. Losey, Jr., and wife over Sunday and
Christmas.
Masters Walter and Roy Hayt left on
Wednesday for Henderson where they
will visit their grandparents until after
New Years.
The Ann Arbor company has made |
arrangements to use wireless telegraphy |
at Frankfort to assist in the carrying on
of its ferry business this week.
We have 100 more five-year subscrip- |
tions to the Farm Journal which we
present to each new subscriber or those
paying up and one year in advance
Mr. and Mrs W. J. Trott of Big Rap.
ids arrived in Alma Saturday night and
remained over Sunday and Christmas
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. |
Trott.
Our merchants report that the holiday
trade this year exceeded thai Of any
other in the history of the village. Cash |
purchasers were far more in evidence |
than heretofore, also
An eight and one-quarter pound boy |
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sharrar
OH Tuesday. Both baby and mother are
getting along nicely. Papa" Sharrar
never felt better in his life.
The Olivet Optic came out last week
with handsomely illustrated Christ
mas cover. The ads. were all printed in
colors and very artistically designed.
Bro. Green is to be complimented for
his enterprise.
Four of the college students are work
ing at the sugar factory during vacation.
Their names are A r. Eastman, Chas.
Long, Pearl Fuller and w. G.. Miller.
Eastman, Fuller and Miller are working
on the centrifugal machines.
The congregations at the Christmas
services at st. Johns church were not
as large as usual, which may be pretty
we'll accounted for by sickness and abb
sence from town. In every way the
services were edifying, and the music
was exceptionally fine.
Geo. Delavan was the happy CD re-
cipient this week of letter from the
notorious Joe Kimbal, the erstwhile
chimney sweep Of Alma. In the letter
Joe states that he is enjoying the pros.
perity of the times and has earned 800
during the past year. He is living in
Lansing and it is reported that he is
married.
r. j. Rogers, the egg man from Alma
-.
this county, had face yesterday morn
ing which would have done credit TO
the appearance of prize pugilist after a
hard fought battle. 1t happened as he
was going out of the city Tuesday even
ing when one of the front wheels ran
off his wagon and threw him to the
frozen ground squarely on his face, dis
figuring him in such manner that will
take lot of court plaster to overcome.