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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
7
Arcada Township Treasurer EB RK announces tax collection in Alma at State Savings Bank through Dec 30 on select Saturdays and in Ithaca at National Bank on select Tuesdays. Additional days available at home for Dec 11 19 26 Jan 2.
Tax collection will be at Forest Hill Town Hall December 12 19 26 and January 2 9 at E Chadwick Alma December 13 20 27 and January 3 Also at Commercial Bank St Louis December 16 28 30 and January 6 to receive taxes GEO FRUCHEY treasurer
A concise note on British financial practice. It states the Bank of England requires solid British names and an acceptor before discounting paper. It mentions the bank rarely holds over 150 million in bills discounted and securities. It then surveys tallest structures worldwide, noting the Wash obelisk at 565 feet and Karnak’s monolith at 106 feet, plus Glasgow’s 414-foot chimney as the highest.
A fragment of a seasonal guidance piece on gifting and simple homemade preserves. It advises thoughtful, inexpensive gifts, like jelly and pickled vegetables, and suggests practical ways to aid friends and neighbors through frugal, useful presents during the holidays. The text includes recipe glimpses for Tomato Jam, Relish, and Gingered Pears, amid reflections on holiday cheer and the value of mindful giving.
A 1900s style household article urges homemakers to avoid sameness in meals. It promotes using rice and hominy to cut costs, reduces vegetable counts to two or three, and offers simple recipes for Emergency Biscuit and Rice Pudding with basic steps and ingredients.
In a brief exchange a youngster asks permission for butter and cheese priced items while requesting change for a gas meter. The shopman agrees, noting the small sums and the child’s plan to send a shilling when the father returns.
A fragment from a household article shares recipes for preserving cucumbers and peppers. It describes making mushroom catsup with fresh mushrooms, salt, pepper, cloves, ginger, and spices, then canning in jars. It also mentions sweet red pepper canning and general guidance for preserving produce to enjoy in winter.
Fragments of domestic tips cover safe materials for cookware and storage. Advice includes using granite or uranium vessels, enamel spoons deprecated, wooden spoons preferred, adding rubber to ladder feet, draining cabbage and onions, saving jelly jars, seasoning spare ribs, scenting ferns with cold coffee, greasing corks, and warnings about rubber heels and elbow grease in cleaning.
A humorous exchange notes that the Donkey has not changed after years meeting IT. The Donkey remains unaware of his unchanged nature while IT remarks on the Donkey's habit of boasting about past foolishness. The Red Hen is cited as the source of this quip.
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