04 Mar 1898
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
1
Readable fragments list variety of farm produce and livestock. Mentions live hens ducks turkeys and corn beans wheats and other crops. Indicates vendors or auction context with names and locations in a hazy OCR read.
An article discusses water motor designs from Domestic Engineering, noting glass journal bearings and bevel gears. It critiques three motor types, highlights jet placement, bucket configurations, and proposes practical improvements for efficiency and simpler construction.
A historical note describes a homemade motor using a sixteen inch wheel with twenty seven galvanized iron buckets, a steel axle, babbitt journals, and end mounted bearings. It explains water delivery, air intake, and instrumentation for 650 rpm at forty five pound gauge. Also announces Byron Spann’s Big Five and Ten Cent Show at the opera house with a lineup including Mrs Lizzie Ellet and Lesie McAvoy among others.
Alma bounds to grow as Jas T Hall of Chicago and G S Ward acquire Col Elwell property of about forty acres between Wright and Priests, south of the old Ann Arbor track. They plan platting in spring and selling lots, aiming to boost Alma into a thriving county metropolis with potential car shops, Bottling Works, and other improvements. Hall and Ward are long time associates once backing Hall Pierce Ward Co. and Hall is known for cattle guard inventions.
The Alma Lodge No. 244 FP and AFM will hold its regular meeting tomorrow evening with important business to transact. All members are requested to attend.
Farmers announce readiness for custom sawing of all kinds and emphasize strict attention to feed. The notice states the feed mill will operate daily this season and invites readers to come on Wednesday for man and goods.
Rev J W McAllister of Kalama will speak on Crowned Heads at the M E church Wednesday March 1d. Admission 15 cents to any part of the church. Proceeds to aid Epworth League in completing church subservion.
The M E church officers surprised Mr. Burkhead after prayer meeting praising nine years of faithful janitorial service and unpaid special duties. They presented a neat tribute as a token of appreciation. The note lists advertised letters and local notices, plus ads for custom sawing and a wood turning lathe.
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