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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1889
Page
5
The dairy column argues profitable butter making hinges on efficient feeding. Experiments cited by Prof. Witcher show cows gave better returns from 60 pounds of silage and rye at 11 cents daily than from 26 cents with hay and corn stalks, saving over 27 dollars in six months. Emphasis on minimizing costs and systematizing cow management.
The text explains how milk and cream readiness for churning depends on time since milking and temperature. It notes 60 to 70 F speeds up readiness to 24 hours, air exposure accelerates, and souring affects casein and fat behavior. It compares butter aroma from slightly sour cream to butter from very sour cream and mentions whole milk vs cream yields.
A Michigan dairyman notes that fresh whole milk churns best at about 3 degrees if kept very cold, while most producers use temperatures from 60 to 66 degrees. The remarks discuss how aroma and long keeping qualities depend on milk temperature and cream handling.
The Kensington, a four story Harbor Springs hotel on the Grand Rapids and Indiana line, is run by Gale B. Davidson with clerk Jus D. Sutherland. It offers 18 rooms and sixteen suites, new furnishings, a large dining room, modern kitchen, fire escapes, spring water system, sample room, billiard room, wide verandas, and ample boating, promoting a delightful summer retreat. The piece also notes Chicago Journal’s drama Lost in London at the Academy of Music and a humorous Jenkinson Wipedunks Courtship scene with Felisty McGinnis.
A dated, rough message claims a cure for slur names and promises six bottles of a product to readers without providing an address. The letter appears informal, mentioning Misrmedt and Bapeliss cases, and is signed by TOA. MLCT M. M. from Peatlaly, New York, though the text is garbled and details are unclear.
An old advertisement touts Hine Fitch as a cure for skin ailments and piles. It claims relief from pains of burns and scars with a black wrapper bottle and 25 cent boxes, sold by merchants.
Bluabilder presents a new vegetable tonic marketed as a purifying remedy. It claims to act on scrofulous and cancerous humors and various ailments including catarrh, headaches, weakness, and liver and kidney diseases. Sold by all druggists for 81.00.
A garbled advertisement promises a large package of Lane’s Family Medicine for blood, liver, and kidney diseases. It claims to ease constipation and improve complexion, urging children to use it. The content mentions Dr Bilas Lane and a supposed wartime remedy, with terms like “100 ladies” and “100 men” and a “large-size package.”
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve in the world for Boros Clowes Salt Rheum and chapped hands and child skin eruptions with satisfaction promised. Box pricing appears, though the price line is garbled and partly unreadable.
The readable text suggests a bizarre exhortation about leaving home and a claimed grand remedy. It mentions ladies praising the product and a low price per slice, with disjointed phrases about headaches and orders. The fragmentary OCR lacks clear event, entities, or context.
A local HS trade revival is reported as Webbe Drug Store boosts sales by giving away trial bottles of Dr King’s Divonvers for Consumption. The ad claims the medicine cures coughs colds asthma and throat and lung disorders and offers a free trial bottle to test before purchase.
Epoch extols a tonic that restored health and praise for a great alterative. The ad claims druggists Webb's Drug Store sells Hentric Bitters at 50 cents and one dollar per bottle, promising relief for disorders of the kidneys liver or stomach.
A boastful pitch touts Kemp's Uhilsum as a universal cure for coughs asthma consumption and more. It claims a new European American specialty blend promises rapid relief with endorsements from physicians and offers a free health handbook in exchange for stamps.
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