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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
5
The United Mine Workers Union has called a coal strike with 526,000 miners walking out across more than twenty states over wage terms. They seek $1.26 per hour actual, up from 93.7 cents, for shorter hours, while critics warn of higher costs to consumers and broader economic harm amid postwar reconstruction and industry downturn.
The article argues tariff delay demoralizes industry as imports surged in 1920 and 1921. It cites Fordney tariff passage, fluctuating import volumes, and export declines. It notes the need for tariff clarity to restore factory activity and American labor employment.
A 1900 law required heads of departments to report the number of employees below a standard of efficiency. Despite yearly reports, little is done to address inefficiency. A Navy official recounts a tragic 1917 incident and laments that without government support, elderly workers may suffer. he vows not to force more retirements.
Uncle Eben jokes about tax ideas as wind-built dunes along the Atlantic coast reach 6 to 40 feet in height. The text compares these dunes to taller sea of dunes found in Renuda and the Bahamas, noting heights of 100 to 200 feet in other regions.
A long reader sermon urges farmers to apply natural law, modernize farming, and prepare for weather with ample tools and drainage. It praises the Salvation Army's work in Michigan prisons and shelters, urging support as a public duty and quoting local figures and phrases.
A description notes loud speaking receivers feeding for trains at Twig station and scenes of people in a hotel. It claims many instruments in use and outlines the number of muscles involved in a human body, estimating six minutes for a full description though many compounds remain undiscovered.
Fragmented OCR style ledger entry with lists of names and titles. Mixed phrases show personnel, dates, and places in unclear sequence. Key entities include TRAMY ERPWIENCe and various personal names and departments, but content is garbled and hard to interpret.
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