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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1889
Page
5
Mr D Goggin living west of town records from four cows in a year. He received 178 dollars and one cent from butter at creamery prices plus cream and milk for family use. One cow yielded 45 pounds in 90 days, and weekly output included eight pounds. In June the four cows produced 160 pounds and one ounce, with four calves raised.
The writer argues for optimal butter fat extraction from cream to preserve flavor and shelf life, endorsing a system like John Boyd's. He notes dairy products should be cheaper, a cow can be kept on less land, and yields may double with improved methods, comparing past and present costs and efficiencies.
A Texas Siftings item tells of a vain tenor who, tired of nightly encores, buys a silk hat and shouts Encore to obtain a second hat. The hatter refuses a free second hat but grasps the joke as the singer explains that encores double what customers hear. The story ends with the tenor moving on.
Public notice-style item discusses a low-cost home remedy for catarrh and bronchitis. It instructs heating a pitcher, filling with steam, adding oil of tary, inhaling deeply, and repeating sessions daily. Advises drinking hot water after each treatment and notes physicians’ higher charges. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
A fragmented digest discusses religious practice and study across missions in India and Portugal, university trends in Michigan, and authorial quotes on attention, patience, and prudence. It cites converts from Islam, missionary work, and varied careers from Cornell ten-year data, ending with aphorisms on self-control and virtue.
A. B. Dardest warns against the modern kissing habit, arguing it spreads disease and weakens social bonds. The piece cites babies as vulnerable and notes girls kiss more broadly in public spaces. It condemns impulsive affection while urging restraint and respect for boundaries.
A summary of divorce grounds by state lists factors such as willful desertion, mental incapacity, cruelty, abandonment, and neglect. Notable mentions include habitual drunkenness, gross neglect of duty, imprisonment for felony, and religious incompatibility. The report notes widespread use across many states with several exceptions and highlights public outrage over a local undertaker displaying coffins with price tags on a town sidewalk.
Fragmentary OCR from a Michigan area page lists transit terms, places like St Ignace and Mackinac, and various names and initials. Content is garbled with multiple misspellings and unreadable segments, providing little coherent event or context to summarize into a full news item.
A garbled OCR item mentions Motidiat ty at ion with Wheel Jatke Helps at Mole DTunotion with S18 8.8 M. It references names like Alma and Dever as agents and places such as Mangunetian and St. Lau Renee. The readable fragments suggest a local notice or brief about an event or transaction, but details are unclear.
A garbled morning report from New York notes a storm over Staten Island. The piece mentions rain, wind, and a weather event resembling a balloon or aerial display with heavy, unclear imagery and fragmented names.
A traveler recalls a scene by a cottage gate where a young woman in her days is thought to be in peril. Soldiers, a gardener, and Mistress Mary Sullivan appear in a misted memory with a tale of longing and a tomb.
Fragmentary report discusses a Missouri resident's proposition for a government appropriation of 25000 to study a trap system along a river. Mentions experimental effort and potential profit, with names partially legible and many words garbled.
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