Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-12-11
S. Stanard was in Edmore Tuesday


Everything at cost at Vermeulen's.
George w. Pulfrey was in Ithaca
Monday.
An apprentice boy wanted at once at
at this office.
S. +. Oviatt, of Lansing, was in Alma
the first OF the week.
Miss Jessie Tucker spent Sunday with
her sister IN Shepherd.
Mrs. O. =. Bancroft spent Sunday
with relatives in Shepherd.
Il. A Bivins was in o wosso, Durand
and Saginaw Monday on business.
DIR. j. III. Lancashire was in Chicago
the latter part of last week and over
Sunday.
Mrs Carrie A. Brown is spending the
week with relatives in Williamson and
Lansing.
Every farmer and business man in the
county should have one of those Record
atlas maps.
Mrs w. f. Wilson, of Mt. Pleasant,
is visiting friends and relatives III AL
ma this week.
Cream candies, chocolates and bon.
bons of the best quality for Christmas
at Webb's bakery.
Mrs A. b. Bowman, of Lakeview,
spent Monday in Alma at the home of
Mrs. IL q. Purvis.
Miss Myrtle Dusenbury left Monday
for Chicago where she has position In
the Palmer House.
You can't afford TO buy watch until
you see j =. Losey's line. Large as
sortment and low prices.
Mrs NJ. A. Davidson left last Satur-
day for Detroit where she expects to
spend the winter with her son.
Mr., l.. Beck, OF Carson City, ar
rived Monday 10 assist in nursing Mrs.
VIM. Campbell, who is quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Van Dyne. Of
Fargo, n. D., are visiting Mr.. Van
Dyne's mother, Mrs. Hattie Van Dyne,
for few days.
Rings, brooches, stick pins, silver
novelties, cut glass, etc, at j. Z. Lo-
sey's. They are the kind of presents
that last for years
Mrs Thomas Cutie, of Port Huron,
is visiting her cousins, Mrs. w. A.
Bahkle and Miss Kate Carpenter, at
the home of the CORNER this week.
Misses Nellie Kuhns and Maude Grit
fin left Monday for Elgin, H.. where
they have positions in the Hotel Eos
gate, the hotel recently purchased by j.
n. Ford.
l.. +. Smith, of st. Johns, state agent
for the Mccormick Harvesting Machin-
cry Co., expects to locate in Alma in the
near future and make this point his
headquarters.
The residence of Geo Ray, located
one-half mile south of Sumner Center,
was destroyed by fire last Sunday after
noon, only about one-fonrth Of the con-
tents being saved.
John Bartlett, of St Louis, was ar
rested the latter part Of last week for
assaulting the person Of his father-in-
law. His hearing will be before Newell
Smith in that city on December 81.
A. II. Hodgkinson left Monday for
Quebec where he expects TO visit rela.
tIves for a short time and then will go
10 the New England states where he
also has relatives, and spend few
weeks.
Owing to the decline in the price of
pork =. T Banghart will sell until fur
ther notice: Smoked ham at i2t cents
per pound bacon, l2iz cents; pork
STEAK, W Ctule ShuHhStt ~ CtHtss pOl n
in chunk, 9 cents per pound.
George Hodgkinson has bought the A.
II. Hodgkinson property on the corner
of Prospect and Centerst and expects
TO move into part of the house in a
few days. 1t is Mr.. Hodgkinson's in
tention 10 improve the property consid-
erably and he will build another resi-
dence on the west portion of the lot in
the spring.
l.. b. Kinch received telegram last
Friday stating that Mrs. kinch, who
has been visiting relatives at Lucknow
Can, was not expected to live only a
short time and TO come at once. he
left for that place that afternoon and on
Tuesday word was received that Mrs.
Kinch was still alive but the indications
were that she had only short tune to
live as she was in the last stage Of con-
sumption.