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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
6
A vintage notice highlights Humphreys remedies with over fifty years of public use and satisfaction. The advertisement invites readers to obtain a medical book at no cost for personal guidance and health tips.
Editor William A. Radford offers home building guidance for readers, urging individuality without freakish designs. He outlines a cement stucco cottage plan 30 ft 6 in by 34 ft 6 in, with a wide front porch, durable floors, and thoughtful window placement, estimating a $3,500 cost and detailing a two-story layout with four bedrooms and two baths.
A German scientist reports an experiment on electrifying tobacco to preserve flavor by killing the mold or fungus that defines quality. He transferred Havana tobacco’s flora to Bavarian tobacco and claims judges could blur distinctions between Havana and Javartan blends, noting uncertainty about complete effect but promising insight into mold properties.
A Los Angeles Times editorial argues against the belief that all men must sow wild oats and cautions that sowing folly in youth does not doom later virtue. It contends a man may improve with age, though some become irreparably damaged by early choices.
Wright, Superintendent of Public Instruction, notes hundreds vote illegally each year due to confusion over qualifications. A woman has the same rights as a man if qualified. Key rules: must be parent or guardian of children on the census or pay school taxes, be a U.S. citizen, 21 years old, and three months district resident. Tax-paying electors on the assessment roll may vote and hold office, with joint ownership allowing both spouses to qualify. Quorum requires two electors. Board elections require written ballots.
On May 11 1775 Capt Jeremiah O'Brien commanded a small lumber sloop that chased and captured the British war schooner Margaretta wielding four light guns and fourteen swivels. His thirty five landsmen faced a larger crew as a commissioned war vessel, with a disabling squall and a lucky shot killing the wheelman and a British captain. A hand to hand boarding followed, the schooner fell, about twenty men were killed or wounded.
A special feature of the M. E. church men’s class last Sunday included five minute talks by town business leaders on truthfulness. Ezra Smith spoke on the shopkeeper’s view, noting travelers’ insight into methods and the link between honesty and success. Dr Gardner spoke from the physician’s angle, arguing truthfulness is essential even when it seems harsh, and critiquing excessive caution in practice.
Corrected market list updated weekly shows grain quotes for Wheat Oats and Barley, beans and rye prices, hay and straw values, live stock figures for pigs hogs beef cattle sheep lambs veal calves, dressed meats poultry hides tallow and produce items including butter and eggs with wide price ranges. Notable entries include Wheat No 1 white 1.06 and No 2 red 1.08 per bushel and beef cattle 400 to 84.00 per ewt.
Judge James Ellison of the Kansas City court of appeals ruled in O D Austin of Butler Record v Burge that the continual receipt of a newspaper from the post office grants the reader the benefit of labor and outlay, making them liable for the subscription price. The decision appears in 187 S. W. Reports 618 with concurring opinions.
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