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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
8
Pulse rates per minute vary by species with horses around 42 to 60, cattle near 38, sheep lower, and dogs 80 to 100. Younger and nervous animals show faster pulses, increasing with exercise and recovery. Also an ad notes The Romance of Tarzan showing at the Liberty next Wednesday and Thursday.
In a morning session an attorney faced repeated overrules by the judge. The attorney arrived at 10 p.m as court had adjourned to 11 30. The dispute over the correct time ended with the attorney saying Very well, your honor. Let's have it that way. The note remarks on time as a point of contention.
Amena, six, wanderer in a ruined city, waits as she is taken to an orphanage supported by the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. Her mother is dead, and her Armenian people faced starvation or exile under the Turk's campaign. Her father was killed. Amena endures hunger and cold as she clings to a fragile wish for reunion.
President Woodrow Wilson issue a proclamation urging aid for Armenian, Syrian, Greek, and other Near East refugees. The American Committee for Relief in the Near East seeks 30 million dollars for winter relief and eventual rehabilitation, with drives January 12 to 19, 1919, supported by widespread public contributions.
A wartime appeal details Turkish and German plans to exterminate Christians across Asia Minor and the Near East. It cites deportations, famine, and mass suffering of four million elderly, women, and children, urging American aid via the Armenian and Syrian Relief committees. It highlights appeals for thirty million dollars and calls for swift humanitarian response.
A powerful piece depicts a nameless American orphan child crying for bread as starvation bites in home life. It contrasts a charity plea by the Committee for Belief in the Near East with the stark reality of a hungry boy alone, lacking family, home, or friends. Seventeen cents a day is cited as needed support to feed thousands of children in America.
Salvation Army workers Adjutant Hammond Lieutenant Lulu Sawyer and Ensign Viola Williams bake and dish thousands of doughnuts daily under shellfire for American troops. They improvise coffee and biscuits for marching soldiers, with one instance delivering 3,500 doughnuts to a regiment moving to the reserve line. The effort is part of the United War Work Campaign led by George W. Perkins, promoting morale alongside several national relief groups.
Estimates on crop yield gains from manure fed to crops vary by how manure is handled and preserved. Careful preservation can raise potential output with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content indicating substantial crop response.
Farmers consider silage for winter dairy needs. Proper balanced feed with alfalfa hay and grain supports milk production when pasture is scarce. Silage supplies succulence similar to summer greens and helps cows maintain production through cold months.
Leguminous plants are valuable for animal feed and soil fertility. Their hay is rich in protein and carbohydrates, more economical than nonlegumes, noted in a wartime context with mentions of various individuals and internal references.
The Church announces Holy Communion at 10:00 Morning Service with sermon The Lord's Supper to be observed. Sunday School at 11 15 Junior Union at 1 00 YP meets at 4 00 Topic The Hea ting in Our Society. Evening sermon by Pastor at 5 00 with 0 0 prayer meeting afterward. Also mentions First Church of Christ Scientist 1 0 C F Temple.
Sunday school and church programs at Pine Street Church of Christ led by J. Raum and others include a 9 0 Sunday service, 10 30 subjects on Love, Bible school rally at 6p m, and an illustrated sermon What Must a Christian Do to Be Saved. Thursday prayer meeting at the Presbyterian Church led by Rev W L Getton. Memorial service planned for World War II dead with a Thrift Day sermon on February 3 and a prayer study series ending February 6.
The Michigan Probate Court for Gratiot County issues notices in the matter of the estate of Emity Clever and related filings. Public sale and real property actions are discussed with details on dates, locations, and parties involved, including the county seat and court events.
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