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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
8
Ninety year old Absalom wanders the station as a westbound express halts. A passerby asks what a community is, and Absalom declares this is just a place with social cliques. The piece argues that Community Service could unite classes and erase prejudices for common good.
Local items note attendances at funerals and visits by residents, plus a push by Alma merchants for freight-rate increases to secure transportation facilities. Community events include church meetings, fishing trips, and college contests, with brief notices of residents ill, babies born, and job ads. The Republic Trucks prepare for a three game series in Danville against Burg er White, aiming to win at least two.
The column urges planting kale spinach and other greens for late and early harvests. It explains frost effects on kale how to cook greens and notes the value of vitamins from greens and milk for children and adults. It also mentions preparing seed potatoes for quick maturation and patriotic wartime food efforts. The notice signs off from C H Smith Smith's Bakery announcing a move and last day in current location.
The passage blends Job 38 16 to 18 and 1 Thessalonians 5 16 24, urging awe at creation and urging steadfast faith. It references God questioning Job, cosmological imagery, and exhortations to rejoice, pray, and hold fast to good, seeking sanctification until Christ’s return.
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