Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-24

on business.
Mr.. and Mrs.. 8. w. Tinker were in
Saginaw Monday.
j. M. Montigel was in Cedar Lake
Monday On business.
For SALE.-Two 3, violins, 81. 20 and
$500 good instruments.
l040-2w LESTER w. SHARP.
March Designer aud fashion plates
now at q. +. Pettyjohn 81 Co.'S.
q, J. Miller returned from Bowling
Green, Ohio, last Monday night.
l.. II. Hayt has new ad. this week in
addition to the one in the supplement-.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Reed left Tuesday
morning for Detroit to remain a few
days.
Mrs j. II. Lancashire was in Detroit
over Sunday and returned home Tuesday
night.
Rev. W. F.lSheridan on THE Strug.
gle for Life" in the Nj. E. church to-
night.
You can buy ladies stylish, well made
skirts at less than cost of material at +.
E. Pollaskys.
Q. +. Pettyjohn has purchased the
house and lot on Woodw orth.ave. owned
by Q. j. Perkins.
j. L. Miller a. Son have new ad. this
week that is of interest TO all our
readers. Look it over.
The republican caucus for the nomi.
nation of village officers will be held in
the old Pollasky block next Thursday
evening.
+. +. Pollasky has a new ad. this
week in which he makes announcement
of some rare bargains to be secured at
his store,
W. c. Vliet received word on Monday
of this week that his parents would ar
rive home from Thomasville, Ga, Sat
urday night.
The Hon. VIM. Ball of Hamburg was
i'll Alma Monday night on his way to
Lakeview where he was 10 assist in a
farmers institute.
| Remember the lecture in the NJ +.
church tonight by the Rev. w. f. Sher-
idan on 1.-The Struggle for Life" This
is one OF the lectures on the Epworth
League lecture course.
| The Farm Journal is cheap but not too
cheap to be good, it is full of ginger and
gumption, and has as many other good
things in il that you can use as any
paper at any price. 1t will be sent five
years TO subscribers of the RECORD who
pay arrearages and one year in advance.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Price, Miss Bertha
Webster, J. B. Scott and Hugh Smith of
Ithaca were in Alma on Wednesday for
the ostensible purpose Of having their
pictures taken by our artist, 4. r.
Green. This certainly speaks well for
the quality of the work executed by our
popular photographer.
| 1t was expected that the Alma Sugar
Co. would be ready to make contracts
for acreage on Saturday of this week
and lothian Allen, the agriculturist,
sent large number of notices TO that
effect, but owing to the fact that the
contracts from the state will not be
here it will be impossible TO do 80.
| J. G.. Lamson of Buffalo, who is the
guest Of A. W. Wright, and who is here
with a view to interesting our people in
the manufacture of what is known as
Nv ebber's Common Sense Cream Sep
arator," machine that has proven a
boon TO all farmers wives that have used
| IL, left the first Of the week for Cedar
Lake where he expects to interest him
self in the new Seventh Day Adventists
Industrial College which is being insti.
tuted there.
| L. A. Baker, farmer whose residence
il near Toledo, Ohio, was in Alma the
first of the week and purchased Of II. A.
Delavan the sixty acre farm in Seville
owned by him. II is Mr.. Bakers in
tention TO move here at once 80 as 70
be ready to grow sugar beets this year.
We were told by gentleman who knew
that Mr.. Baker was obliged to pay 5000
more for this farm than it could have
been purchased for before there was any
prospects of sugar factory in Alma.
l.. II. Hayt has had force of men
employed this week repapering, painting
putting in new shelving and otherwise
improving the interior of his stores in
the postoffice block. When these i'm.
provements are completed MIR. Hayt in
tends to make several changes in the
arrangements Of the stores. The gro.
Gerry will be moved into the corner room
and the dry goods department will be
moved into the room vacated by the
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