Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-04-12

Thursday.
Plumbing and water works supplies
at Brock :.
When YOU want meats of any kind
call ON Banghart.
ii Richards spent Sunday with his
relatives in Saginaw.
Miss Sarah Mcnamara visited friends
in Mt Pleasant Sunday.
Special line of ladies trimmed hats
for 81 30 at Mrs. Lathrop 8.
Gale b. Davidson of Detroit spent
Sunday in Alma with his mother.
Sharrar & Mulholland are advertising
special sale on wall paper for 30
days
Rev. G e Blanchard of Big Rapids
visited his parents in Alma the first of
the week.
Take your gasoline stoves to A. w
Brock for repairs before the summer
season begins.
Leon McMannis left on Monday for
Detroit where he expects to remain a
couple of weeks.
Attend the great sale Of siAsj wool
and wash goods during the nd 1t ten
days at f. f Polaskys. Y
A.B Scattergood has sold his resi-.
dence property in Ithaca ana intends
purchasing a residence in Alma.
NJ. & J Lamborn have all the new
aud correct styles in pattern hats and
street hats Don't fail TO see them
Mrs w A Seavers has rented the
rooms in the Church block over the post.
Office and will move her dressmaking
parors there the first of the week.
ID l. Johnson is expected home from
Ann Arbor today for short vacation
Mr.. Johnson is a member OF the law
class of '0l Of the University and will
graduate in June,
Daniel Barber was called TO Bedding
the latter part of last week by the illness
of his mother. He returned Monday as
Mrs. Barber has recovered sufficiently
70 be out of danger.
We are in receipt of a copy of the
Springfield illinois Journal which con
tains an article severely cntcLsing Rev
w f. Irwin, pastor OF the Second
Presbyterian church Of that city, foI
preaching politics in the pulpit. Rev
Mr.. Irwin is former student of Alma
college and we'll known in Alma.
The carpenters and decorators have
been kept busy during the past tive
weeks getting the corner store in the
Pollasky block ready for Bivins x
Rhodes 20 move into by the fifteenth
of the month. The boys will have the
neatest drug store in this part of the
state when they get into their new
quarters.
The repair work on j w Deans fur
uiture store has been completed and the
interior is certainly decided improve
Office room and the archway connecting
the two furniture rooms makes them
practically the same as one room Mr.
Dean will conduct spring opening
on Saturday afternoon and evening OF
this week 10 which he cordially invites
the public. Light refreshments will be
served under the direction of Mrs Dean
Mrs II b. jefferson, accompanied by
her two children Harry and Louise, left
last Tuesday for their new home in
Fremont, Neb., where Rev Jefferson
has located Before they left they were
presented With a fine clock by theil
numerous friends. Many of theil
friends and Master Harry's and Miss
Lousie's schoolmates manifested tn,
high esteem in which they were held by
accompanying them to the train and bid
ding them good bye.
We visited J. w. Holmes 81 Son.
carriage repository and implement stor,
this week and were amazed at the large
stock that mas been put in by these
gentlemen for this season. The entire
front part of the large building is filled
with high grade carriages packed in as
close as they will stand while we were
Informed that another carload was
expected in this week It is very evident
that Messrs j w Holmes x Son ex-
pect to sell buggies by the wholesale
this season.
Always ready TO keep pace with the
growth of the town ana the needs OF
the people 5 l.. Bennett has installed
new furnishings for the soda depart
meut in his cafe The counter l. finished
in mahogany and is Of the latest pat
tern. The back board of the soda fount
is finished in natural oak aud is strictly
up-to-date. Mr. Bennett has rearrang ed
his place of business, placing his soda
counter ON the east side and his con-