Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-01-04

Ohc Ruou c'Oh STOVE loI Sdio NIlh" u at
Brooks If taken at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Micham reformed
from Detroit last Saturday.
Miss Minnie Egrert of Owosso visited
friends IN Alma over Sunday
Miss Blanche Woodward returned to
her music studies in Detroit today.
. B Ingersoll was called To Owosso
on Monday by tbe serious illness OF his
father.
Rev. Albert Einmcl of Owosso was
the guest Of Mr.. and NJ IS }. A Bttner,
New Yeas.
Quite number from this place at
tended masqoerade party III Shepherd
Tuesday night
Miss Cora Bennctt Of Grand Rapids
spent New y ar's in Alma with Mr. ard
Mrs O q. Rhodes.
DR. T w O'Hara of Pari7 Nccosta
county visited Mr. ard Mrs Marcus
Ring over New Years
Mr. and MIS- l. II Ifavt aud child
ron went to Henderson Monday to .pend
New Year with relatives
A. ". Brock expects 10 leave the first
Of the week for points IN Minnesota in
the interests of the Acme" heating
drum.
g + Brown was in Larsinc Tuesday
to attend the opening OF the legislature
and the inaugural OF the incoming
state administration.
Mrs. + a Bivins Is the recipient Of a
box OF fruit rare 70 northern people,
known as kumquats The box was sent
here direc- from Florida
\ Z Muihoiand, Jay Jacobs, O. L.
Walker and Ike Fink attended New
Years ball in Ithaca Monday evening.
They al report an excellent time
Mrs. Geo Mills and w J Smith of
Port Dover Ont Who were mere to at
tend the funeral OF Andrew Smith last
week, returned home Wednesday
4 very pleasant reception was tend
cred Mrs John Hall of Saginaw at the
home Of her brother in law, A j. Hall,
on Saturday evening of last week
The kindergarten Of the public schools
will not open until Monday next when
it is expected that as many of the
youngsters will be IN attendance as pos.
sible.
J. IN. ! w. Holmes went 10 Lansing,
T.esday to assume his duties as one of
the law makers of the state. Mrs.
Holmes accompanied him and will re-
main for few days.
AT the time Of our going to press yes
erday we learned that Emory Sad.
Ter, who had been seriously i'll for the
past few weeks, had peacefully passed
away at his residence in Alma.
c. a Odds, who has been employed
in Earl Clark barber shop, has resigned
his position and left the first Of the
week for st. Louis where he intended
purchasing a shop and going into bust.
ness for himself.
II. J. Vermeule1 has added silent
statesmen show cases in the grocery and
dry goods departments Of his store there.
by completing the equipment in all
three departments with these handsome
cases.
Amos Pratt has moved his barber shop
from the Wright House 10 the building
south of Ellison's store formerly occu-
pied by Gray's iewelry store. The
building has been repapered and
painted and Mr. Pratt now has as fine
barber shop as there is in Alma.
Miss Lillian Noxon. for several years
at the head of the embroidery depart
ment for the Richardson Silk Co of
Belding, will be ar Mrs + A Bivins'
millinery store from .Jau 4 to 10 with
full line of embroidery and patterns
for the purpose of giving lessons in this
work to those who desire them.
Just as we are going TO press we learn
that Professor Northon has just received
another Christmas present, a bouncing
baby boy, born this afternoon, Thursday,
Dec q. 1900 Mother and child are do
ing well. and congratulations are in or
der Genoa Junction Times, Genoa,
Wis The RECORD extends IFS con-
gratulations
Canvassers are now out taking orders
for a very handsome book, entitled
Story Of one Hundred Years The
book contains over 600 pages with 100
engravings, giving in detail every
thing of importance that has happened
during the past century. This is a book
that should be in the library of every
household in Alma. The agents are
securing large number or orders.
The services of the fire department
came very near being called into use
last Wednesday morning by the burn