Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-05-25
Carbide for sale at Pettyjohn's s.

ii. u. Button left on Monday fol-
Ionia.
Jas How'd Of Ithaca was in Alma
Wednesday.
Two good gasoline stoves for sale at a
bargain at Brooks.
Mrs. j. b. Tucker is visiting in River
dale for few days.
Mrs e. DeYoung is visiting friends
in Bay City this week.
Cheapest place to buy wall paper is at
Hayt's Department Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Hayt were in
Maple Rapids the first of the week.
II. A. Pulfrey of st. Johns was in
Alma over Sunday visiting friends.
Two days-5Oc on the dollar shoe
sale at Pettyjohns, May 25th and Goth. .
Auction sale each Saturday afternoon
and evening at Hubbell's Novelty Store.
Now is your chance to get good hat
cheap Misses M. q j. Lamborn have
them.
You will find one of the cheapest and
best line of trimmed hats in Alma at
Miss O. E. Smiths.
All trimmed hats at one-fourth off
regular price, Saturday and Monday at
Mrs. j. f. Lathrop's.
Mrs. II. j. Vermeulen visited friends
in Mt. Pleasant the latter part of last
week and over Sunday.
Through the efforts of w. w Kinch,
Mrs j. j. Trott has secured widow 5
pension OF 5 per month.
We notice in the Detroit Free Press
that Isaac Haviland of Alma gets an in
crease of pension to so per month.
A card from Harry E. Porter locates
him at Pleasant Run. o., where he is
supplying pulpit during the summer
vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Adams of st.
Johns spent Sunday in Alma with Mrs.
Adams parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. @.
Latimer.
On another page will be found an ad.
for the Alma Wooden Mills. The mills
are now ready for business and awaiting
your orders.
Reduced prices at Mrs. Lathrops on
all sailors for Saturday, 81 90 sailors
for - cents, 90 cent ones for 30 cents
and good one for II cents.
Mr.. and Mrs O. NJ Scott left Monday
for Lansing in response to telegram
the serious illness of Mrs.
Scott's sister, Mrs. n. NJ. Perry.
If in need of a new hat be sure to look
over the line at Miss Smiths before
buying. Hats at all prices from 81 90 to
$l60 and no trouble to show goods. .
Quo Vadis is the greatest play-has
more spectacular effects-a greater heart
interest and is the finest sermon ever
written in rs-Philadelphia Press.
Opera house, Alma, Thursday, June 2S.
Fifteen young lads from Grand Rap
ids dropped off the train at this place
last Monday morning looking for work
in the beet fields hereabouts They were
placed at work the same day.
Persons holding premium coupons for
etc, received at our store,
will kindly present same for redemption,
as we shall discontinue the system and
redeem no coupons after July ], next.
f. +. PoLLAsKY.
The RECORD was in error last week in
giving the date of Mccormick day in
Alma as June 26, as it should have read
May 26, which is tomorrow. We regret
very much that the error occurred as il
has made a confusion in dates.
The village council at the meeting
last Tuesday night voted to allow re-
bate of five cents per square foot on all
six-foot cement walks built hereafter
instead of three cents as heretofore.
This certainly should be an inducement
in the way of cement walk building.
Capt. Alberti's lecture in the opera
house Thursday evening of last week
was attended by large crowd of inter !
ested listeners. The lecture was very
in more ways than one, and |
Alma Lodge +. 81 A. NJ was very fortu- |
nate to secure so talented lecturer in
Alma
Stevens q Gargett completed negotia-
tions for the Berry lots on Superiorst.
the latter part of last week, and will
commence to build upon the same as
soon as possible They propose to build
a two story solid brick building that will
favorably with the other build
ngs on the street.
Geo. Latimer has sold his jewelry bust
ness in Shepherd and purchased some
and Of his father west Of town with the
intention of building on the same and
engaging in the fancy poultry business.
Mr. Iatimer has been engaged in buvinp