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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
2
Poultry specialists advise sprouting oats alfalfa and clover for green feed in free range yards. Prepare trays, soak oats, and sprout in stages to provide ongoing greens. Use cabbages carrots and mangels, store a supply in the poultry house, and feed to fowls as a valuable integral forage source.
The readable text describes using diein fectant to prevent mold spores and mentions oyster shell and other components. It references quantities like ten gallons of Nye Shell and about one pound, but the passage is garbled and uncertain. The exact purpose and context are unclear.
Aimed at small flock keepers, the article warns that housing two hens and pullets together in cold weather leads to crowding, stress, and reduced egg production. It advises separating birds for laying, providing proper winter quarters, and avoiding overcrowded pens to maintain egg yields.
The article urges ample fresh feed for confined hens to ensure vitamin intake and strong condition. It suggests mash, mangels, chopped steeped alfalfa, and similar foods to sustain fowl health through winter. It notes a long-lived sparrow and ends with a personal writing rule about Louis Stevens.
Chinese scholars memorize through back-and-forth recitation, with teachers prompting every lesson. The system blends discipline and deep retention as students repeat, reflect, and recite entire passages from memory, aided by proverb slips and teacher-provided cues.
A humorous Oregon town tale describes a deputy using a catfish tied to a string dropped into a sewer to pull a line down to the river. The trick loosens obstructions allowing a wire and rope to pass, pulling the clog free and restoring flow in clogged lower-town drains.
In a pretroresque note from Guildford, Surrey, Gypsies avoid road tax by keeping a permanent encampment treated as residence. A regulation allows caravan wheels to turn fully once a year, effectively pausing duty through a symbolic wheel-turn. When collectors arrive, caravans move a couple of yards, then resume tax exemption for another year.
How Paper Yarna waterproofing developed during the war explains that paper yarns, once prominent, found durable use in steels and packing. The best method described passes yarn through a warm bath of gum tannin and alum at 50 degrees C, then through a cold bath of basic aluminum formate. Fabrics of paper yarns have been used mainly for packing and onion bags.
A fragment discusses gold pens as the only material resisting ink corrosion and ties to the idea of falsehood. It references Howe's Monthly and a political observation that fathers reprimand sons for falsehood yet may favor a favored statesman, prompting others to vote similarly.
A long biographical sketch traces James Monroe from birth in 1758 to his 1825 retirement, highlighting his public service across governments, states, and diplomacy. It covers his roles under Washington and Jefferson, the Paris mission, and Eliza Kortright Monroe, with remarks on character, failures, and a famed wax works show. Also included is a brief note on average lifespans of wild animals.
Virginia confronts a life of wealth and pressure from Aunt Julia Gardner as she weighs Courtney Van Breck with millions against Billy with five dollars. A quiet trip to a Berkshire inn reveals forces of love, duty, and social ambition. Virginia ultimately chooses family and romance over money, returning home to a simpler future with Billy in the Gardner household.
A Providence area resident notes a sudden death with a rural Rhode Island idiom set. The comment reflects regional expressions such as full chisel hell bent for execution and outer kilter, illustrating local speech tied to a hamlet about a dozen miles from Providence.
The piece recalls how the bugle supplanted the drum as a morale booster for soldiers. It notes that brass bands and especially the bugle spurred courage, with drum music once driving old fighters to near invincible resolve and charging into danger.
Brief item from the Boston Travscript noting that too many cooks spoil the broth while no cook at all spoils the disposition. A compact saying column reflecting household wisdom and social humor.
The Alma Record offers valuable service through proper advertising, emphasizing that advertising is essential for business success and selecting the right medium as a vital principle for wealth and growth.
Alma Michigan April 30 1921 regular meeting discusses city budget estimates for the ensuing year submitted by City Manager Reynolds and approved for public hearing May 11 1921 at 8 p.m. in City Hall. The motion to adopt the resolution carries with Chick Creaser and Archer in favor and Glass absent.
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