Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-01-26

Great bargains now at Pettyjohn's
store.
II. f. Moblo of Riverdale was in AL
ma Monday.
j. f. Kilby of Cleveland was in Alma
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Vought drove to
Mt. Pleasant this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Nelson Fullerton have
returned from Vanderbilt.
Mrs. M. f. Bright of Lansing is the
guest Of her son, j. @. Bright.
Guy Eagle of Eureka is the guest of
friends in Alma for few days.
Rev. II. b. jefferson left on Wednes-
day for Detroit on short business trip.
State Geologist Alfred O. Lane was in
Alma Monday the guest of Prof. @. A.
Davis.
Louise and James Gargett are spend
ing the week with relatives in Mt.
Pleasant.
A. j. Hall was in Detroit this week in
attendance on the grand lodge meeting
of the f. 81 A. NJ.
A nine pound boy arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. |. Butterfield on
Thursday of last week.
George Miller, who has been visiting
| hiS SON nar;,o MiIlar hoe .,ona 70 X Al
kaska W here he has employment.
Don't forget wonderful Ruma Katah
is on sale at Bivins IL Rhodes. 1t cures
rheumatism and catarrahal diseases
DR.. Z. T. Lamb was called to Dresden,
Gan. on Tuesday to attend the funeral
Of his sister. He expects to return to.
day.
Mrs. VIM Howe of Omer has been in
Alma this week She came TO attend
the funeral Of her mother, Mrs. j. +.
Harlock, who died at Pompei last Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Martin Of Ben
ton Harbor, who have been guests at
the hone of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Snyder for the past two weeks, returned
home on Thursday.
The l.. y. T. NJ. ladies will serve sup
per in the Prest yterian S. S. rooms in
the opera house block tomorrow night.
The prices for supper will be % cents
for adults and 10 cents for children.
Lafayette Stevens, the furniture
dealer, has added large new stock of
wall paper TO his furniture stock and
proposes to solicit share of the bust
ness in that line along with the furni-
ture trade.
A dance will be given in the opera
house OIL Friday night of next week, to
which everyone is invited. The cele-
brated Wade orchestra of Sheridan will
furnish music and good order is guaran
teed by the management.
The proceeds of the L. O. T. VI sup.
terrain s. S. rooms in the opera house
block Saturday night are to be used
for a special benevolent purpose. The
supper should be we'll patronized.
Pettyjohn's sale is now on the boom.
Began Wednesday Jan. land will close
Saturday, Feb 3 This is no doubt
wonderful chance for the people of AL
ma and Gratiot county to secure rare
bargains. This sale will not be repeat
ed.
II. J. Vermeulen has had a surpris-
ingly large sale on yale" cotfees dur.
ing the past month. 1t is common
thing to see his customers buying these
coffees in five and ten pound lots. They
are without doubt the finest line of
bulk coffees ever sold in Alma.
We were shown a copy OF paper
this week containing a lengthy article
relative to the presentation of bible 10
Rev Mary Eddy Baker of Boston. Mrs.
Baker is one Of the noted Christian
Scientists Of the day, and the bible was
the gift of German students.
Farm Journal is the oldest farm
monthly published. But it is not old
and moss grown; il is bristling and
trimming over with good things. You
should know il. Here's chance. Pay
up your subscription to the RECORD one
year ahead and we will send it nearly
five years, the remainder of 1900 and all
of 1901. 1902, 1903 and 1904; both papers
at the price Of one.
Another change of time on the Sagi-
nav division of the Pere Marquette rail-
road went into effect the first of the
week. The morning train west arrives
at Alma at s:2s instead Of 1872 and the
one east at 10 2slinstead of 10 20. At
night the train west arrives at 6 20 in
stead Of 80 and the one east at S:4S in
stead Of :39. The one east arrives
three minutes after the Ann Arbor train
is due, just enough difference so that
passengers from the west for points
north have to remain in Alma until