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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1921
Page
5
A garbled note records an entry at a postettios in Ala Michigan for transmission through an unspecified channel. The legible fragment hints at a routine entry and dispatch process with no clear names or dates.
An editorial urges strict economy to avert national bankruptcy as the United States faces massive postwar debts. It warns against new spending, cites Treasury figures totaling about 15.7 billion dollars due by June 30 1928, and calls for Congress to budget only imperative needs. It stresses unity of administration and citizens in maintaining national credit.
A lively essay extols the dandelion as a cheerful, hardy blossom that brightens lawns and parks. It notes children enjoy it, it thrives without care, and it offers early edible greens and medicinal value for rich and poor alike, concluding the world would be poorer without it.
Dr Edwin M Borchard of Yale warned the United States to consent to no interference with the Monroe Doctrine. He urged keeping distant from European intrigues and preserving balance of power with Latin American questions. The piece notes Borchard's Library of Congress work and references Hiram Bingham’s shift in view toward Monroe principles. It also comments on American fondness for propriety prosperity prominence wealth and posterity.
In England doctors test would be airmen with a breath hold endurance measure. The Lancet says a stop watch and a nasal cup assess central respiratory nervous stability. Normal pilots hold 60 seconds, minimum 45. Responses like I had to give up signal potential high altitude oxygen hunger and stress intolerance.
In Cochrane Ont, F C Armstrong of the Canadian National railway asks how to tell directions when the sun does not rise in the east. He explains a watch method: point the hour hand at the sun and the south is midway between the hour hand and 12. If fishing muskellunge on Hains Lake or Lake of the Woods, carry your watch for navigation.
A new instrument in the New York Botanical Garden attaches to a maple to chart growth. The dendrograph uses a collar, a needle, and a weekly rotating paper drum to show expansion. L. T. MacDougal, formerly NYBG labs chief, leads botanical research at the Carnegie Institution.
The article notes a global surge of cinema influence as censorship relaxes in Mexico and movie stars gain popularity. It cites Devonshire House in London as a Whig rendezvous falling, mentions the Alhambra Empire music halls slated for prominence, and claims England and the Continent embrace the screen similarly to America, with the Vatican approving religious film cases.
A bill in the British Parliament would require local authorities to provide technical training employment and maintenance for every blind person over ten within their jurisdiction It aims to expand care and resettlement services for the blind amid debate and public discussion It features commentary on human likeness and a Boston Transcript quote as cultural aside with a note to watch for the date.
Betty Reynolds wrestles with romance as sister Sue engineers a match with Doctor Delabarre while Jack Hemingway lingers at the door. Sue hides her own feelings. Betty seeks Jack, then Delabarre declares love and a wedding seems possible amid family bonds and spirited misunderstandings. Desert Gold note hints Strand promotion.
The column reports neighborhood visits and gatherings around Alma with numerous families hosting relatives and friends. It notes who attended church and local events, visits by Nelson Simmons, and several households affected by whooping cough, along with remarks on kidney health tips and endorsements for Doubs Kidney Pills and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
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