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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
12
The piece argues that inside information dominates business transactions and that many successful operators rely on the covert insights found in want ads. It portrays forethought and shrewdness as often masking reliance on such information.
Readable listing details numerous animals including horses cows goats and pigs with ages and weights plus foal status. Also items across farming gear from hay loaders to binders wagons plows and tools plus thousands of feet lumber and farming implements. Auction day features breeding terms and sale day timing for several stock classes and mechanical gear.
Editor Charles M. Gartner notes growing demand for proportional representation within the National Grange as several states push the change. Maine has about 60,000 members nearing the milestone, while Ohio and North Dakota explore expansion. South Dakota reports strong Grange growth and several new chapters.
The Grange has spurred rapid alfalfa cultivation across the country through many meetings and demonstrations. Grange experiments in crops have been undertaken and information has been widely disseminated, aiding progress in alfalfa farming.
A gossip-fueled tale follows sculptor Clyde Vernon and wealthy widow Mrs. Coleman as rumors of an engagement unfold. After a street fight incident involving Billy the Terrible, Vernon defends the widow, later healing her in a country setting where she expresses relief at his protective power and plans to have the attacker arrested.
A mining expert testifies in a Mexican case while a lawyer accuses him of perjury over Atlantic crossings. The witness explains his 20 crossings by noting his most recent arrival came via the Pacific Ocean, prompting the judge to seek clarification and end the line of questioning.
Farmer Corntessel asks if Josh has more poetry. The mother says he warns against low pay, noting it takes a reputation to make poetry profitable. A quip suggests poetry is butter, and all poems resemble each other after you cut into them.
A household guide lists hearty desserts and sauces suitable for all seasons. It details French Fruit Pudding with suet, molasses, sour milk, and dried fruits, steamed four hours. Sterling Sauce with butter brown sugar milk and vanilla. Fig Pudding with suet figs bread crumbs eggs and milk steamed three hours. and two egg sauces for serving. It also describes Maple Sauce for Ice Cream made by melting maple sugar with cream and butter, cooling in water, and served with ice cream or snow.
Diet guidance for rheumatism emphasizes fluid meals in acute cases with milk and soups, while avoiding alcohol and sugary drinks. It suggests saccharin as a sugar substitute, notes gout risk from uric acid, and outlines small meals, lacto predigestion options, oyster-based dishes, junket, whey, and peptonized milk preparations for easier digestion.
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