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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
3
County Drain Commissioner E Redman of Gratiot County Michigan gives notice for bids on No 105 Branch A Drain in Seville Township to be let July 31 1914 at Frank French residence. Detailed centerline survey shown and specifications set for dredge or team work with security and deposit rules. assessments and district lands to be reviewed for one day.
First Church of Christ, Scientist holds Sunday services at 10:15 a.m. and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Reading room open Saturday 2 to 4 p.m. at Knights of Pythias hall. Free Methodist Church invites worship at 10:46 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Sunday school at 4:30 p.m. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m. located at W Center and Cedar, Pastor G. W. Kiffer.
Church of Christ announces regular services Sunday at 10:00 and Sunday school at 11:00. Evening service at 6 30 and midweek prayer Thursday 7 30. Morning service and Sunday School at 11 39 Junior League at 6 00 Epworth League at 6 40, evening service 7 00. Rev W E Dory, 724 State Street.
A clipped notice urging readers to read and study the advertising pages every week in The Record. It hints at potential gains or opportunities from paying attention to advertisements, encouraging ongoing engagement with the paper’s ad section.
Inventor Hudson Maxim forecasts a future with only three nations worldwide, the United States of Asia Europe the United States of Africa and the United States of America. He cites Japan's progress and the potential fate of the Chinese republic amid global tensions with Germany England and Japan. Former Senator Charles A Towne notes geopolitical strains including Panama affairs and possible division of China among powers.
Sunday morning and evening worship schedules for Baptist and Episcopal churches. St John’s lists a 10:00 a.m. service with Sunday School at 10, Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7, and a Bible school at 9. J. Frank Jackson leads Friday litany at 7:30. Parish notes thank D. W. Robinson for donations to the Episcopal treasury.
A detailed guide describes a 16 by 40 foot home poultry house with a front three-room section and a rear hallway. It specifies earth or plank flooring, solid partitions to 2.5 feet with wire-netted upper sections, a central dust storage in the hallway, and nesting platforms above slatted partitions for hens to access food and water.
The article details a poultry house layout with nest boxes perches and dropping boards split into 13 foot divisions to ease cleaning twice yearly. Weekly manure removal and daily drop board cleanup fund farm value, with ventilation, netting covered windows, straw or dry leaves bedding, grain feeding in leaves, dry mash and meat scraps in troughs, and lime sulfur whitewash to prevent pests.
Charcoal serves as an excellent corrective for overeating and aids bowel disorders in poultry. It absorbs gases and should be fed in small amounts, kept in a dry vessel with a tight cover to exclude air. Heating charcoal before use drives off absorbed impurities, renewing its effectiveness.
The advice urges keeping young chickens off wet grass to prevent dampness. A well fed and watered hen rests content in the coop, guiding her brood to stay with a dry mother. If the chicks wander and get damp, they have a dry mother to return to, reducing harm.
Notice is hereby given that W Redman County Drain Commissioner of Gratiot County Michigan will on the date in July at 9 o clock receive bids for the No 105 Branch B Drain a drainage project in Seville Township Gratiot County Michigan The hearing and letting will cover construction specifications right of way and special assessment of benefits for the drain district The notice names Supervisor Walter F E Swope Highway Commissioner Henry Miller and lists residents and landowners to appear to be heard regarding assessments and the project date in 1912.
Detroit trains will depart Alma at 7 48 a m on Sunday July 28 returning from Detroit at 6 30 p m. This excursion schedule lists departure and return times for the trip from Alma to Detroit and back on the specified day. The service notes the morning departure from Alma and evening return from Detroit.
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