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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
12
A Michigan ad promotes land for all uses including cultivation and homes. The J K Wise Real Estate Dealer in Pollasky Elk Alma presents an attractive selection and offers services whether you buy through them or not.
A brief want ad suggests finding a fellow with idle cash willing to invest. It notes the idea is worth trying and invites potential lenders to respond.
R P Kester, newly elected lecturer of Pennsylvania state grange, is a Cloarfeld County farmer. He and his brother run a fruit, truck and hay farm and he has 25 years in the grange, eight years in farmer Institute work, and two years as state deputy to Worthy Master Creasy.
Livingston Pomona reports a strong fifth degree team aiding the Grange in New York. Cayuga Pomona seeks a county farm bureau. Albany Pomona donates 25 to the National Duty union against cleo legislation. State Lecturer Alexander calls a lecturers conference and issues a new handbook with program ideas. Oswego Pomona aims to hold the 1914 state Grange meeting there and form a county farm bureau. Columbia Pomona secures visit by State Overseer S. J. Lowell to install officers and dedicate two halls in January. State Master W. H. Vary has traveled 20 000 miles, reporting growing membership near 105 000 in the state. A Dutchess county committee of 26 Grangers met with Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss an amendment to the natural law aiding farmers and dealers.
The digestibility and palatability of buckwheat cakes improve by mixing buckwheat flour with about ten percent corn meal. Pancakes are often not chewed well and can cause indigestion and appendicitis, especially when eaten with lean meat, which promotes fermentation and congestion. Children should receive food that requires thorough mastication.
Francisco I Madero, a learned wealthy planter, rose to challenge Porfirio Diaz in 1910 with a dreamer’s idealism. He fought to free peons, resisted tin dictator’s cruelty, and became provisional president as Diaz fled to Europe. Diaz’s nephew General Diaz P. Pellx Dina led the rival forces with bold fighting skill and a storied escape history.
The sale of cigarettes in Vidalia Georgia is restricted to fifteen minutes each day under local law.
Fragmented excerpt discusses nature and the value of milk for invalids and children. It explains milk modification with whey and rennin tablets, cautions against overdrinking, and emphasizes weighing babies weekly and consulting physicians for feeding guidance.
Beaver Creek notes list residents visiting relatives and friends, small-town happenings, and local chores. Reports include Mrs Campbell with pneumonia, Henry Linas and Litre Welch trip to St Louis with potatoes, Miss Celella Wells visiting Mrs Will Gould, Mrs Amos Crittenden and others visiting, Joe Mowe cutting ice, Q Schofield at Klatt sale near Alma, Mrs Thomas Vanbuskirk and Mrs Andrew Alexander with R Hollabaugh, and plans to move John Belille. Andrew Alexander helping father near Edmore. several locals at a Vestaburg dance. Mrs Thomas Lucas improving from rheumatism.
Advertised letters for the week ending February 1, 1919 in Alma Michigan. Names include Eu Dontey Mrs Re Hones and Chas F Brown P.M. LM. Sweet of Merrill was in Alma on business Monday morning. If not called for, letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office March a.
Mrs Bruce Crawford of Niagra Missouri says the medicine changed her pale sick boy into a picture of health. It tastes good and is harmless. Suitable for colds coughs throat and lung troubles. Available at C G Rhodes Drug Store.
A quarterly meeting is planned at the Free Methodist church this week. Alma visitors include Frank and Murry Miller and Clyde Raycraft nearby. School notes mention Maree Johnson Shepherd visiting, Miss Elsie Gallagher absent, and eighth graders studying Michigan history.
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