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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1915

Page

12

U S Employment Bureau Opened by Labor Department

The Labor Department completes preliminary work for a federal employment bureau. Blanks are sent to employers and post offices for unemployed applicants. Secretary Wilson says the department will cooperate with trades unions to aid wage earners and mediate trade disputes where workers are organized. Postmasters will collect and forward job applications to the department, covering skilled, unskilled, domestic, and farm labor. Transport funding and employer support for transportation are debated.

Washington Department of Labor Federal Employment Bureau American Federation of Labor Beattie Wash Wilson Trades Union Movement Tieadie Cave Department of Liber Foberfere Wee Ins Astel Lamigration Gantnett Lanteration Service Congress

California colleges offer course leading to preventive medicine degree

California students will study public health at UC to earn a degree in preventing disease. The new course aims to train experts whose purpose is to prevent illness so people never need a doctor.

California San Proneteco Unoiversity of California

Overalls For Baby Sayre From Texas Ranger Gift

Colonel Bill McDonald sends blue overalls for Baby Sayre with a note of pride. The maker named Mrs McDonald from Wellenhouse appears, and Jim from Texas accompanies. President sends thanks to Mike Donovan for a pair of boxing gloves to the child, noting the baby will use them when able.

Bill McDonald Washington Cofone Mc Donald Texas Ranger Prayels Bayro Bhi Bil Yona Bill

Horse Long a Prisoner in Barn for Eight Years

An Indiana farmer near Yorktown has kept a horse confined in a stall for eight years after it ran away at age three. The horse has had no exercise beyond stall time and is described as extremely nervous and easily frightened by noises. The local Humane Society is unsure how to proceed but may file a cruelty charge or urge the owner to sell the animal to avoid prosecution.

Monete Ind Humane Society Yorktown Tts

Hospital dressing station network in field aid unit

The text describes a field hospital system with an advanced dressing station and ambulance flow. It outlines the path from frontline regiments to regimental aid posts, advanced dressing stations, reflecting hospitals, and finally base hospitals, detailing stretcher bearers and surgeon roles in casualty care.

Howpital Beliod Eich Regiment Ly Ata

Pigs Born With Tusks Thrive Despite Owner Trimming

In Lumberton North Carolina J G Bundy reported eleven piglets born with tusks three quarters of an inch long. Bundy broke off the tusks with pliers and the pigs are thriving. Some say such occurrences result from crossing breeds, though that remains speculation.

Lumberton N. O J. G. Bundy Bandy

Youthful Spring Gown and Spring Shoe Trends Ahead

A vintage fashion note describes white voile frocks with black velvet trim ideal for spring luncheons and bridge games. It highlights wide brim hats, military styled shoe boots, and black white pairings, plus homemaking tips on new spring scales and a simple apple batter pudding recipe.

Volle Baater

What the Cook Book Says Highlights Household Tips

Quick tips on cooking and food safety cover frying eggs wrapping meat in greased paper to keep it moist pouring hot fat over fry items, cooling hot liquids through a cloth, and using mustard on storage receptacles. Advice emphasizes timing, temperature, and keeping the refrigerator door closed.

Bedels Jook

Value of Farm Records Promotes Efficient Farming

Orange Judd Farmer urges all farmers to keep detailed farm operation and financial records including labor costs crop yields and harvest data. A harvest record for grain shows yields and thrashing costs and helps run the farm more strictly on a business basis.

Radium as Fertilizer Shows Yield Boost Claims

Dr. H. H. Busby of the New York College of Pharmacy reports radium solutions increasing crop yield in Nutley New Jersey experiments. Diluting three milligrams of radium to a ton of water, he says twenty acres could be fertilized at near zero cost, with cucumbers, melons, squashes, and other vegetables showing markedly improved results.

I Js H. H. Busby New York College of Pharmacy Nutley N. J American Pharmaceutical Association Busby New York Botanical Gardens University of Prague

Movable Tool Box on Wheels Described in Farm Progress

A portable repair shop on wheels combines a tool box with a work bench for tile work a quarter mile from the house. It holds wire clippers wire and any needed parts, saving time and avoiding lost items. Construction requires cultivator wheels hinges and bolts.

FARM WIT END WISDOM. Farm Advice From the Field

A rural column shares farming wisdom on handling sows, pig raising, and feed strategies. It warns against risky pumping limits, notes costs of foreman fees, and emphasizes proper nutrition with alfalfa, bran, roots, and corn fed sows. The piece highlights potash logistics and the value of railway and river transport for supplies.

Rome Lim

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