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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1917

Page

8

Tested Wartime Recipes For Michigan Conservation Service

White, executive committee member for Michigan conservation service, praises tested wartime recipes. The article notes practical methods using native Michigan ingredients, capers, and pantry staples to save foodstuffs amid wartime conditions. Prices and local market factors are considered to optimize dietary value and supply.

Michigan Dean Georgia White Michigentuan Conservation Service

Scalloped Potatoes Recipe From Historic Cookbook

A long, imperfect OCR fragment outlines scalloped potatoes with butter, cream, and white sauce. Instructions mention layering potatoes with butter, flour white sauce, milk, and seasonings, then baking until tender and browned. Variations hint at additions like ham, carrots, peas, and parsley, plus guidance on texture and serving.

Desert of Kara-Kum Tomb for Caravan Tramps

The Kara Kum desert, once a graveyard for vanished caravans from Semereand Bekhare to Mery and Caspian ports, earns the name the tomb of caravans. Winds scorch sands near wells, leaving bone fragments and occasional remains, with routes marked by scarce water and harsh heat in the desert’s interior.

Semereand Bekhare Mery Europe Caspian Kara-Kun Sahura Kara-Kum Siaut Hell Nm Hasan Skal

Slow Travel in Manchuria in a Primitive Chinese Interior

An account describes the difficult winter travel in Manchuria with railroads scarce and carts drawn by horses. The narrator endures icy rivers and paper-walled rooms, while summer travel offers slightly easier journeys. The piece highlights remote regions, unfamiliar peoples, and the slow pace of progress in a distant Chinese interior.

China Dewey Chun Mle Rands

Overseas Flying Not Easy Before Engineers and Shiyters

A report discusses the challenges of crossing the Atlantic by air. It notes the need for lighter craft, greater propulsion, and fuel storage, warning that current technology limits sustained transatlantic mail flights. The author weighs risks versus the prestige of pioneering air routes and estimates a proposed craft would face grave peril.

Mennethy Engineers Shiyters Desbleis Atlantic America Britain Atlantic Archives

Arctic relics and explorers linked in long lost cache findings

A fragmentary 19th century account describes Arctic relics and expeditions. It notes artifacts from Crocker Land and Kane letters, built items from Peary and Adairal Perry, and a later display at the American Museum of Natural History. The report mentions notable explorers and a long dormant cache near Cape Isphella and other northern sites.

Wrecualavin Wade Mt. Verkite Alma Hastie Dank Mines Michigan Welch Grenner Pfmor Douatd MarAitiag Loweshae Crocker Land Jhane Paakdrn American Museum of Natural Hisuiey Avalon Wy Maruraes New York Mudu Kent Kane Renkielaes Harbor Deotor Kane Bear Adairal Peary Vetr Cape Thomas

German Potato Methods and Related Dishes

Instructions describe boiling potatoes with skins, peeling and serving, plus variants for boiled potatoes and a German salad. Also mentions meat loaf and mashed potatoes as related items with substitutions, all in a casual cooking guide style.

Sing to Settle Quarrels in a Village Chorus

A fragmentary tale describes Evkinin villagers using song and ritual to settle disputes. A singer invites foes and supporters to hear grievances, while drums mark the gathering. The event ends with feasting and a communal reflection on justice and reconciliation.

Ape Grewel

Leelanders andmigrants in Hue province of Manitoba tale

The fragment describes Ieelanders and migrants in Hue province Manitoba, asserting the dominance of the Leelandlander in shaping the region's progress. It highlights ambition and industry, noting the Leelandlander as a driver of commercial, political, intellectual, and social life amid prejudice. Outside the city Teelenders are rare.

Hbert Hexlyeve Hue Manitoba Canada Wignipeg Intel

Calf Reaches For Milk As Jersey Pasture Scene Unfolds

Fragmentary notes recount a week-old Jersey calf at pasture edge seeking its dam while a passerby questions the animal's behavior. The scene shifts to a critique of reformers and a divergent biblical reference. A stray line mentions cypress and fragrant wood in an unrelated aside.

Stephen

Toombs Utters Gne Error in a Debating Speech

A garbled text recounts Toombs railing against a publicist and detailing a grant system for public payments. It mentions Magna Charta, ancient charters, and a London charter, with fragmented references to rent, tenant payments, and a discussion on public pay stations. The piece blends stray historical and literary allusions with unrelated telegram lines and conjecture.

Geass Robert Pevanbe Retinede Elieff Fare London

Confusing Routes From Cannes To Cagnes On Riviera

A damaged OCR note warns travelers confusing routes between Cannes, Cagnes, Antibes and Nice. It highlights misdirections via Pygnes tramway or roads from Grasse to Cannes, risking hours wasted and incorrect journeys with minimal price difference and potential refund issues. Authorities emphasize spelling or writing the destination clearly to avoid misrouted trips.

Riviera Cagnes Marpers Gress Nie Antibes Grete Cannes Pagnes Pidos Pygnes Mle Riverfenre Antithes Vagne Cannes Cagnes Plewd Ener

Unclear historical figure noted in Cartoons Magazine satire

Fragment shows Zia’s write up parodying a naval style official figure in Cartoons Magazine. Mentions duties of keeping streets clear and steering crowds, with vibrant but nonsensical imagery. Describes absence of a major figure and how a country band would seem incomplete without this distinguishing appendage.

Thie Stuull Honary Zia Cartoons Magazine Vandborgen Bony Ani

World's Greatest Weavers Reimagined by Peru's Ancient Tapestries

A garbled report extols ancient Peruvian weaving, claiming precolonial artisans produced superior textiles using headlooms and simple implements. The piece splices names, prayers, and odd anecdotes, concluding with random lines about misremembered promises and distant readers.

Mer Peru

Whale Strikingly Records Odd Sea Event at Sea

A skipper reported an unusual whale sighting about 250 miles east of the Hiberian coast amid stormy weather. The observer noted sharp offshore winds from the northeast driving a crested sea and linked the disturbance to the carcass floating northward, suggesting strange oceanic effects on currents.

York Front Vedtliie Vieghis

The Soldier's Burden in the March Load

A fragment explains a soldier's pack during march including field ration canteen and blanket. It notes the weight varies with the length of the march and mentions gear like haversack and clothing. The passage uses unclear phrasing but centers on burden and equipment.

Diner Mishears Menu Item During Odd Exchange

A diner argues with a waiter over a menu item described as green bluefish. The exchange devolves into confusion about the fish being “fresh—right from the center,” with the waiter offering a blunt correction in a Boston Transcript style.

Walter Hern Boston ‘Transcript

American Beer For France Aids From U S Barley Imports

French beer industry seeks American barley imports to continue operations before July 1 with plans to also ship beer from the United States. Negotiations with U S suppliers are under way as part of wartime supply arrangements.

France Feeneb America Ofelia United States

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