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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
5
The Alma Record from Alma Michigan provides church notices social events and entertainments schedules and advertising notices. It mentions obituaries and poetry and notes the newspaper is mailed as second class.
A brief, partial line echoes the patriotic standard: Long may it wave o'er the land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, reflecting a ceremonial or patriotic sentiment without full context.
Alma women organize Junior Red Cross assignments for April and host bake sales with war breads and meat substitutes. A Belgium relief box shipped, reading room bulletins promote openings with salaries up to 2400. Red Cross attire guidelines issued. progress notes show March shipments totaling 2560 dressings and bandages. Nutritious bread recipe shared by Nellie K. Jackson.
A Florida Times Union snippet quotes a druggist who received a harsh feminine note demanding "gieserine" and warning about wasting line. The note says I perform you can spell, highlighting a terse exchange over a requested item.
For sale listings describe several houses with eight rooms at 2700 dollars, a five room house with a large tot priced at 1460 dollars with 100 dollars down and 15 dollars on a drawing outfit, full equipment 750 dollars, and a six room house on Orchard priced at 2000 dollars.
The piece compares Germany's wartime debt of $51 billion to America's $6.1 billion, noting Germans owe about $456 per person while Americans owe about $57. It argues Liberty Bond flotations can rise to $50 million without harming Americans, claims the war can be endured for years, and urges buying bonds to prevent German ruin.
The article argues farmers must supply food to support the war and Allies. It emphasizes a tractor solution to labor shortages, urging farmers to invest as a patriotic duty equal to soldiers facing the front. It frames farming as a key cog in a victorious, lasting peace.
A historic note explains removing oil stains from concrete floors using a paste made from one pourel of exptle and three gallons of water with wheat flour to form a thick layer. Apply for two days, then wash with clean water and a brushing. A second application may be needed for stubborn stains.
A fragmented quotation attributed to Burton extols energy as the vital force separating strong and weak men. It claims energy drives determination to pursue any achievable act, rendering talent or circumstance secondary to fixed purpose.
A child preferring a grandmother’s doll over the one from her mother hides the rejected toy. The mother questions the choice while the girl, fearing to hurt feelings, explains softly that the other doll is sick.
The renowned elm known as Byron's tree in Hartew parish churchyard was destroyed by fire, allegedly set by vandals. The tree, famed for its association with Lord Byron’s pet and for the poet’s own verses penned beneath it, had attracted visitors since 1822 when the Italian figure was said to have sat beneath it.
A valley junk yard in California holds old metal coffins that locals claim are now valuable antiques. Amid the clutter lie bronzed coffins described as rare and worth far more than their junk price, dating back about 30 years.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions 1943 events with Welsh rioters and a group called Hebwecnites. It references a captain, guard, and perverted scripture text. Details are incomplete and uncertain due to garbled words and illegible phrases.
Fragmentary exchange hints at marital strain and unresolved troubles. December to May timelines appear in quotation, with a light, dated voice suggesting a domestic quarrel or social misalignment of a couple, including a remark about Labor Day and rest.
Willard C Folkert announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Treasurer in Gratiot County at the August primaries. He asks electors to review his record and support his candidacy after investigation.
A Michigan household subscribed for 200 War Savings Stamps and additional stamps for two children on a birthday, investing $1000. They calculated a roughly 4.458 percent annual return after taxes, arguing the stamps sing of thrift and national duty amid a broader push to fund Liberty and anti autocratic rule.
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