Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-01-19

Mrs. w. S. Wright was in Alma Mon
day.
Sheriff Train of Stanton was in Alma
Tuesday.
Mrs O. E. Pettyjohn was in st. Louis
Wednesday.
Deputy Sheriff A. j. Hall was in Bay
City Tuesday.
VIM Sloan was in Shepherd Wednes-
day on business.
Jas. p. Gibbs of Ithaca was in Alma
Wednesday night.
j. w. Robinson of Vestaburg was in
Alma Wednesday night.
O. j. Miller was in Bay City over
Sunday and the first of the week.
f. r. Griffith d Co. have the finest
line of meats TO be found in the county.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ Scallon of Wyman
spent Sunday in Alma the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Bart Miller
M. Pollasky attended the grand lodge
lutttluR VI tllt ~ "a III DC'ioib til'
week as a delegate from Alma lodge.
Don't forget wonderful Ruma Katah
is on sale at Bivins e. Rhodes. 1t cures
rheumatism and catarrahal disea' %.
Frank Millken left on Thursday for
Flint where he will remain for "A week
or ten days the guest of his brother.
At recent meeting of the fire depart.
ment it was decided TO give a minstrel
show some time III the near future.
Mrs F. H. Stiles of Jersey City, n. j.,
and Miss Jennie futile of Brooklyn, n.
Y, are guests of their sister, Mrs. @. l..
Delavan.
The small fall of snow that came the
first of the week has afforded IA few
sleighrides for the young people, and few
older ones.
II. A. Jones left on Tuesday Tor Rich
mond and Petersburgh, Va, where he
will visit relatives and friends for a
short time.
81. II MCOdI ltlt Oi w NhuFNhug w
Traverse City where he is assisting +
H. Weston on job Of plumbing for the
Pere Marquette railroad.
Miss Julia Dillon Of Paw Paw, who
has been the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
Frank Rollin. for the past few weeks,
returned home on Monday.
The Baptist ladies will give supper
in the old Argus room in the opera
house block on Tuesday from 800 to
90 p. m. Bill 10 cents. Home
candies will be on sale.
Miss Eva Irish, who has been clerking
in Paw Paw during the past year, ar
rived home on Saturday night of last
week and will remain for a short time
the guest of her parents.
The lecture on TRUSTS" which was to
| be given at the opera house tonight, is
postponed. Just as we were going TO
press telegram was received from Prof.
Small saying he would be unable 10
meet the appointment.
The Designer for February is another
excellent issue of this popular magazine.
| Indeed, each issue is of such excellence
that it is hard to discern "A difference.
The patterns and fashion plates for Feb
ruary are especially fine.
II. j. Vermeulen has had a surpris-
ingly large sale OH Yale" coffees dur
ing the past month. 1t is a common
thing to see his customers buying these
coffees in five and ten pound lots. They
are without a doubt the finest line of
bulk coffees ever sold in Alma.
The Bay View Reading Circle will
meet with Mrs. d. Adams, Monday
night at 30 local time. Lesson, from
Is to 26 chapters Russian History. Mag
azine articles: The Russian army, rural
life in Russia, early Russian literature,
pictures from Russian history.
Chas. Z. Pettyjohn 81 Co. have inaug-
urated one of the largest dry goods sales
Of the season on their stock at less than
manufacturers prices. These goods
and prices cannot be duplicated nor re-
peated. A rare chance is offered the
people of the county in this sale. See
large advertisement on last page
The Century dictionary's definition
of century: A period of 100 years,
reckoning from any starting point; as a
century of national independence; a
century of oppression. Specifically, one
of number of hundred year periods,
reckoning either forward or backward
from some recognized era. Thus, the
first century of the Christian era began
with the year A. ID. /, and extended TO
the end of the year 1907 the third GEN.
fury began with POI and ended with
300; and the 18th century began with
1901 and ended with 1900, the year COM
pleting the hundred year period in each
case giving name of the century.
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