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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
8
A reflective note from All in the Family credits a fresh dawn as balm for night’s stains and urges kindness on life’s path. In Suburbs a minister demands a medical certificate for marriage, prompting Crawford’s quip that a doctor brother can ease the process.
In a fireside tale at Ennerdale, Old Thomas recalls Willie Vere, son of Helen Vere, lost at sea for years. A storm, survival, and a ship’s rescue lead Willie home on Christmas Day, reuniting him with his mother. The tale ends with enduring thanks to a pious mother as old Hazeldean echoes in memory.
Hens attacked by the common chicken mite show ceased egg laying, pale heads, and listless behavior. The article outlines cleanliness, sunlight, and spraying as remedies and provides two practical kerosene soap formulas, warning to keep sprays away from eggs and noting the mites’ harm to fowls, chicks, horses, and even people.
A Wisconsin agricultural bulletin describes an automatic kerosene delivery device for poultry, using a cut tin can with a lamp wick to slowly dispense kerosene. The method aims to check lice mites and throat troubles, though applying precise amounts is challenging and the odor is disagreeable.
The system places a wick above a small entrance door so it drips oil onto passing fowls. Birds brush the oily wick, spreading oil on feathers. The oil repels insects after feather dressing. Good ventilation via muslin-covered window noted for poultry houses.
Juliet frets over a Christmas gift for Frederick as he secretly buys himself a scarfpin and boxes of cigars. She contemplates better presents, then discovers in the newspaper an advertisement that changes her plan, revealing the clash between generosity and control in a married duo.
Frederick Allison received a plush dental set as a Christmas morning gift from his wife. He opened the case to find a set of teeth including molar and cuspid specimens with promises of future use. He joked about biting into breakfast as they prepared to start the day.
The piece argues large farms favor success in grain and livestock, noting eastern small farms limit education and future security while western land abundance breeds misfit outcomes. It warns New England margins cannot sustain costly machinery and that profit hinges on full-season use of tools, with many on 50 acres potentially thriving on 500.
An Oklahoma man invents an automatic Kaffir corn cutter mounted on a wagon. A sloping deck and a vertical shaft power a rapid cutter, with a drag chain gathering cobs into the device. The setup speeds up harvesting, filling the wagon bottom as corn is severed and projected into a heap.
A church Choir Sister Mil meets a sad Christmas when her brother Ricky reports she cannot attend. The Choir Master and boys arrange a surprise by delivering a candlelit Christmas tree to her home while she rests. They sing Hark the Herald Angels, she awakens to joy, and the night ends with a blessing and a warm Christmas message.
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