Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-02
Attend the curious curio sa le.


Monday.
w. S. Bogart made trip to Holly |
Saturday.
One.half off sale, Nov. LIST and end
Pettyjohn' store.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl CLARK on
Friday last, a girl.
Everything always neat and clean at
the Wright House barber shop.
Look at the elegant line of trimmed
hats at Mrs. L. A. Bivins' this week.
Dr. Bruske occupied the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church of Vassar,
Sunday.
When you want first-class hair cut
or shave go to the shop in the opera
house block.
BE sure you attend Pettyjohn's one
half Off sale, Friday and Saturday, Nov.
lst and 2nd.
Mr. and Mrs. John ID. Spinney went
to Reed City Thursday to visit Mr..
Spinney's parents.
l.. j Schaeffer has rented his farm
near Elm Hall and expects to move to
Alma in few days.
Bishop Davies of Detroit will conduct
services at St Johns Episcopal church
next Sunday evening.
Miss Margaret Carothers left last Fri
day for Detroit where she expects to re.
main until the holidays.
You will find a fine line of trimmed
hats ranging il prices from 81 90 to SIP
and @l5 at Mrs T. \. Bivins.'
Misses Nina and Olive Thayer Of Car.
son City visited w W. Ferris Of the
Hotel Arcadia the first of the week.
Fine line Of practical trimmed hats,
unique aud stylish patterns. also all
the novelties in street hats at lowest
prices at NJ and j. Landlords.
II. L. Burton, of Auegan, represent.
ing thoLln,ing Tontine SecurityCo.,wa
in town Monday and Tuesday paying mp
old contracts and incidentally making
new ones.
Geo. ". Mcbride. the republican
speaker from Grand Haven was ia Alma
Tuesday. he bias been conducting re-
publ can meetings throughout the coun-
ny the past week,
Au athletic exhibition is billed for the
4 opera house next Tuesday evening, the
night of tine election, and arrangements
have been made 10 have the election
retarlSread from the stage.
Il. \. Delavan brought to this Office
Monday remarkable pear which was
. grown on his place. The pear was per-
feet in form and had a circumference of
over twelve inches. It's weightwas four
teen and one half ounces.
Bicycle Berry Book is an excellent
: little manual worthy of place in every
!, farmers library The book is condensed
and practical, as valuable for the villag-
er with his l0xl2 berry patch as it is for
the commercial berry grower with his
twenty.acre field. The price is SO cents,
by mail; address the publishers, Wilmer
Atkinson Co, Philadelphia.
The Thanksgiving number of the
i Metropolitan Magazine is beauty
"Americanizing John Chinaman, by
Prot. Isaac Taylor Headland, instructor
~ in tho Pekin University, perhaps Il
worthy of most note from the fact thai
Il at present all eyes are conferred upon
Chinese affairs. The Metropolitan il
e sold by Sharrar q Mulholland, drug
r gists.
Mrs. W. y. Bahlke received telegram
Wednesday stating that her brother
II T. ] Carpenter, had been seriously in
jured by a train in Chicago. In com
e pany with her father, l.. NJ. Carpenter
y Mrs. Bahlke left for that place Wednes
l. dag morning, but shortly after leaving
another telegram was received here
It stating that he died from the result o.
o his injuries. Mr.. Bahlke also left FOL
o Chicago on the evening train. Mr. Car
pe2ter was the treasurer and manager
is the MejeDcks Grain Co. Of Chicago.
70 The great three-day cloak and fu
q sale at Pollasky'sis not one of those 81
d called tramp sales" made up of ole
style goods that meGchants of othe
- towns cannot sell at home and ship from
j.. town to town in vain effort to realiz'
- on, in many instances, double thelr act
% ual value. The people who own tAes'
goods and conduct these tramp sales
are not citizens Of our town. They pai
no taxes in orr town or county. They
!. are not in any way interested in or
citizens only so far as their persona
Cainis concerned
Last Friday night at the factory a
" about u o'clock Mr.. A. J Gilmore
y foreman Of the filter on the fifth floor
VI gave some orders 10 one Of his workmei
named Macdonald concerning the Oppr