Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-01-12

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ma Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Kernen were in
Ithaca Sunday.
Mrs. j. w. Dean returned from De.
troit Wednesday.
Mrs. ii. j. Vermeulen was in Sagi-
nav Tuesday onibusiness.
Miss Blanche Woodward spent Sun
day with friends in Ithaca.
j. N. Ford and s. w. Tinker were in
Carson City Monday on business.
Mesdames J. w. and J. L. Ewing Wis
tied friends in st. Louis Wednesday.
Mrs. II. B. Scattergood Of Saginaw is
the guest Of her son, A. b. Scattergood.
| Mems $50 winter underwear for 10
cents, at Petty johns, Friday and Satur-
day.
Marcus Pollasky of Detroit spent Sun
day and the first of the week in Alma
with his parents.
Z. DeYoung, of the firm of Dean 81
DeYoung. was in Grand Rapids the
first of the week on business
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Campbell have
rented rooms in the postofiice block and
are moving into them this week.
Miss Laura Button. who has been Wis.,
iting her parents during her vacation,
returned to her studies in Chicago Tues
day.
| A. +. Eagon has the contract for put
ting down drive well for the Santa
rum Company's cottages north Of the
Sanitarium.
Two eclipses are billed for the year
1900 One total eclipse Of the sun on
May 2S and partial eclipse of the
moon on June IL.
Mrs. j. Odell. who has been the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mordon for the
past two weeks, returned to her home
in Grand Rapids Monday.
Writ Harrington and Miss Sadie Noble
were married in St Louis on Wednesday.
The happy couple passed through Alma
that evening for Pasadena, Gal, their
future home.
NJ. Pollasky has purchased the site
and building of the old M. +. church on
Superior St Just what Mr.. Pollasky
intends doing with the property we
failed to learn.
The members of the Ladies Aid So
ciety Of the M. E Church invite every
one to attend an old fashioned aid So
ciety supper at the home Of j. l.. Miller
on Wednesday, Jan. II.
The sugar factory started up again
last Monday morning after a weeks
shut down on account Of inability to
secure fuel. 1t is expected the seasons
run will be finished by the Goth.
A meeting of the directors of the
Union Telephone Co. was held in Alma,
Jan 10, and an annual dividend of eight
per cent. was declared on all stock of
record up to Jan. /. Payment will be
made about February /.
VIM. Kennedy and Miss Hattie Hast
ings were married at the home of the
brides parents in st. Louis on Wednes-
day. Mr. Kennedy Is clerk in the In
dian school at Mt. Pleasant, while the
bride is one of St Louis most estimable
young ladies.
Mrs. n. p Smith has resigned her
position in the dry goods department at
l.. H. Hayt's and is visiting her parents
in Ithaca this week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith have rented rooms in the post
Office block and expect to commence
housekeeping soon.
| II. J. Vermeulen has had surpris-
ingly large sale on yale" coffees 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.
| Mrs. Wixon has been obliged to vacate
the store occupied by her millinery stock
as Mr.. Webb intends remodeling the
store building quite extensively. Ow-
ing to the fact that there is not vacant
store building in town Mrs. Wilson has
been obliged to pack up her goods for a
short time.
Col. f. W. Parker, president Of the
Blaine School in Chicago, who has been
guest at the Sanitarium for the past
few weeks, gave a very interesting lee
ture on Hawaii in the dining room at
that institution on Thursday night Of
this week much to the pleasure of the
guests and the Urge number Of town
people who we're invited to be present
Col. Parker has travelled quite extern
sively and is we'll acquainted with
Hawaii and the people who inhabit that
island. The lecture was illustrated