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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1906
Page
7
The article urges thorough washing of cream separators after each use with a borax solution or washing powder, hot water rinse, and drying hot. It warns that reused or inadequately flushed bowls dramatically raise bacterial contamination, while proper cleaning reduces bacterial load and improves milk quality, noting an award winning Jersey cow example.
West Pine River residents report house painting by Lanshaw and visits from relatives including Miss Myrtie Isonhath in Detroit and Mrs. John Lanshaw Sr. in Forest Hill. Local names note Mrs. R Johnson and Geo Wicks erecting a monument. a misfortune for C F Johnson and a sick list for Mrs Hoyt. An ad touts Zan pile remedy for piles.
Ula Allen works for Mrs. Ellmer in Wheeler. Lance Kime recovering from illness. Nora Parrish visited Myrtle Slough. Hamilton Allen returns from visiting near Jackson. Jennie Partes visited Belle Eber in Wheeler. Evelyn Stone and family from near St. Louis visit Robb and Mrs. Allen. Ernest Parte and Irwin Morey visit friends in Shepherd. Preaching at the school house next Sunday by Rev. Harding of Breckenridge.
Fragmentary note from Riverton master Robbed G. W. Roots details a long liver ailment and jaundice, claiming a sure cure by a treatment at Geo E. Sharrar's Mote. The letter underscores his hardship and loss of comfort after the robbery.
The Chicago and North Western Railway seeks new industries along its lines as spring brings uncertain demand. Communities push to attract iron and woodwork shops cereal mills canning works coal storage plants and various mills and mercantile establishments. Details to the Industrial Department in Chicago will be promptly handled.
Shepherd residents report visits and routines from Friday to Monday including Jake Richmond returning from Canada, Ad die Chiles visiting with Herbert Childes, Charles Sullivan at his mother’s, Lana Wiley visiting with Mrs Gillman, Aliyn Bassait from Mt. Pleasant Sabbathing with Mrs Shephard, Steven Coleman from Alma with plants, and Mrs. Howard visiting Carland kin. The street commissioner builds cement cross walks and Jacob Struble is ill. A local ad promotes Hollister's Rock Mountain Tea for children. Readers urged to report missed deliveries promptly.
Fragmentary OCR text markets Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a purifying health product. Claims include cleansing the blood and enriching the body, with scattered references to seats and names that are unclear.
A garbled note extolls Frey’s Honey and Tar for grippe relief with confident claims of superior cure. Mentions teachers’ contracts and school directors in a muddled Record Office context, suggesting reorganization or search for moderate prices.
G A Baker of Carney Michigan recalls his daughter enduring a chronic cold that dragged on yearly. Three doctors failed to help before Warner's White Wine of Tar cured her. He notes many repeated cases end in consumption, implying the remedy's broad success.
The Wabash Railroad offers greatly reduced one way tickets from Chicago and other points to New York Boston Montreal and many eastern cities. For full details write WH. Tristram Assistant General Passenger Agent 7 Adams Street Chicago.
Gums and resins from bee trees praised as highly beneficial for backache kidney and bladder troubles in a new medicine. Principal ingredients sourced from our own native forest. Sold by Geo. E. Bhurrar.
Over a million acres set for settlement on the Sti Stone Indian Reservation with lands opened August 15 1908 via the Chicago and North Western route from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and points along the Mississippi Valley. Send stamps for pamphlets maps and fall particulars to W B Kniskern P T M OC N R y Co Chicago.
A dose of Pine-wles at red time will usually relieve backache thore morning. These globules are soft gelatine coated and when moistened placed in the mouth you can't keep from swallowing them. Pine-wles contain gums and resins from native pine forests with other well known bladder Song blood and backache remedies Sold by Geo. R. Sharrar.
An ad notes a gong attached to the new milk wagon to warn children away from streetcar routes. Wim H. Latimer starts a dairy farm and plans daily deliveries using Bell Phone 28 to contact customers. Also promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar for cold relief and chest congestion.
A condensed method for making cheese at home using milk aged 3 4 hours kept near 70 85 degrees. Add rennet at 85 degrees, curd forms after about 30 40 minutes, cut and heated to firm, drain whey, cook curd 15 20 minutes, then salt heavily and press into blocks. Requires thermometers and basic equipment.
A dairy expert recalls Colonel Curtis on timing churning and avoiding waste. The piece cites CBE Chapman on Ohio Palmer cheese trade of 1903, noting Italian and Swiss cheeses swelling exports. It warns against overripe cream and emphasizes proper barn hygiene and immediate feeding after milking as advised by a dairy authority.
An advertisement touts “Favorite Prescription” as a safe alcohol free tonic from native roots. It claims to strengthen feminine organs, aid weak or overworked women, and improve overall vitality for those with dizziness bearing down pains and fatigue.
Instructions describe building a fifty chick brooder from an old packing case with a heating lamp, galvanized iron lining, ventilation holes, a hinged door, a center floor hole with a perforated tin pan, and a table with a felt curtain to regulate heat and chick movement.
A description explains that chicks rest on a board resting on the brooder door. At ten days old one board is removed and a bridge is used so chicks can run from the hover to the room floor.
An OCR fragment lists Alma Patent Arcada Baker's Rye Flour Buckwheat Graham Flour Whole Flour Wheat Grits Corn Meal Cracked Wheat as items in a product or brand advertisement, indicating a grocery or miller inventory. The terse line hints at a period pricing or branding layout within a local newspaper page.
Descriptive prospectus touts fertile alluvial tracts in Eastern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana with cash rents at five dollars per acre and sale prices from seven fifty to fifteen per acre. Improved farms range ten to twenty five per acre with minimal clearing costs. Claims cotton yields and multiple crops, plus stock and fruit potential in adjacent Texas districts. Also promotes White River country and Missouri Pacific routes offering maps and literature.
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