Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-12-29

for Belding.
j. Q. Weed was in Stanton on bust.
ness last Saturday.
G.. s. Ward and family spent Christ
mas in Big Rapids with relatives.
VIM. Pierce of Midland is spending
the week in Alma with his parents.
Miss Anna Ashley of Durand is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. II. G.. Price.
Roy Barnes of Mt. Pleasant spent
Christmas in Alma with his parents.
Chas. Morden has moved his harness
shop to the new location in the postoffice
block.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Alverson are
spending this week with their sons in
Grand Rapids.
Miss Blanche Post of Bay City was
the guest of Miss Eva Hudson over Sun
day and Christmas.
Miss Kate Carpenter left on Thurs
day for visit with friends in Kalama-
zoo and Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. +. Worthington and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. butcher Of Emerson
spent Christmas in town.
Chas. Burnett of Chicago, a former
Alma boy, is spending the holidays here
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burkhead of Pot
terville are spending the week with his
brother NJ +. Burkhead.
John w. S. Pierson of Stanton spent
Sunday in Alma with Mrs Pierson, who
is guest at the Sanitarium.
Two good cook stoves for sale cheap,
or will exchange for wood, at Brooks.
Must be disposed of before Monday.
Misses Merriam and Myrta Dusenbury
left on Thursday for Vanderbilt here
they will remain during the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Hyde returned
from their wedding trip on Monday in
time to spend Christmas with their par
ents.
Did you enjoy your Christmas dinner
at the Milliken House? Partake of your
New Years dinner at the same place
% cents.
Mrs. d. Mclaughlin, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in Jackson
county during the past two weeks, re-
turned home Tuesday.
Rev. @. Chatworthy of Battle Creek, |
who recently accepted the call TO the |
Baptist church at this place, has rented |
the Bushnell house on Superior-st.
Rev. @. w. Burt of New Haven was
in Alma Tuesday assisting his daughter,
Mrs M. b. King, in getting her house
hold goods shipped to Port Huron.
c. r. Brown, secretary of the Union
Telephone Co., was in Lansing Thurs
day attending meeting of the indie
pendent Telephone Companies of Michi-
gan.
Profs. J. W. Ewing, j. 7. Ewing, @.
A. Davis, and Mrs. Mary ID. Plum at.
tended the meeting of the Michigan
State Teachers Association i'll Lansing
this week.
Those attending f. E. Pollasky's Jan
uary clearing sale will buy dress goods,
capes, jackets, suits, furs, underwear,
hosiery, blankets, quilts, shoes, heavy
rubbers, ETC., at surprisingly low prices
H. j. Vermeulen has had a surpris-
ingly large sale on Yale" coffees dur.
ing the past month 1t is a common
thing to see his customers buying these
cotfees in five and ten pound lots. They
are without doubt the finest line of
bulk coffees ever sold in Alma.
A. w. Brock is home spending the
holidays with his family. He has been
in Indiana, Ohio and Ken.
lucky for few weeks in the inter.
ests of the Acme" heating drum. He
reports business good, but that the
weather has been little too mild for
the drum trade.
On the LIST and End of January will be
held the annual meeting of the State
Bee Keepers Association at Thompson
Vile. Reduced rates on railroads have
been arranged for, and the hotels will
make a special rate Of seventy five
cents. Several noted bee-keepers are
TO be present, and general exchange
Of valuable information impaired. A
large meeting is expected.
A few ladies met at the home of Mrs.
Fred Montigel, December 10. and per-
fected the organization of Bay View
Circle. The first meeting will
be held Monday night, January /, 1900,
at the home of Mrs. Soper, at Z 100
o'clock, standard time. The first Lesson
will be the first six chapters of Russian
History and Magazine articles, Russian
capital and Russia as it is; people of
Russia and geography of Russia All