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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
2
The article notes Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes and Orpingtons as top general utility birds for size and flesh, but cautions they lack breast development. It suggests crosses with English game, Dorking, or Indian game to improve breast and meat quality, aimed at hotels and restaurants profitability.
A fragment describes assembling a watering keg for fowls using a 3 gallon drum. It advises selecting a muttable alve and building a wooden cover across the middle to fit over the keg, ensuring proper operation and protection.
A historical note describes a DIY method to secure a keg top for a poultry waterer and to fix a coop using cut staves and hoops. It stresses keeping birds healthy with ample airflow, open sides protected by cloth or canvas, and careful setup to allow entry while preventing harm. The text reflects farming practices from long experience.
Fragmentary text from a Ohio notice mentions Bagyrar and a person named Shik tere alger. It references a plague of life and a cut foot, with unclear context and jagged OCR artifacts surrounding a local business, possibly R . & Sons.
Howard H. Grot. Awakening of the people to necessity for road improvement and state aid. The article argues America lags in highway handling despite wealth, cites New Jersey's initial $50,000 annual aid, growth of state-aid plans, and public acceptance as roads reduce burdens. It traces colonial views, shifts to public property concept, and the economic need for better roads to boost progress and social life.
A noted chemist extols waste reuse, citing ink from copper coffee pots and paper from old collars. He notes sewer sludge and coal ash remakes, imagining New York waste could yield vast wealth and even new gas. He cites possible future reclaiming processes and vast daily coal losses.
The Scientific American describes a device where pupils are suspended by a wide belt from an overhead rail with feet attached to rope and pulley systems. They learn breaststroke movements out of water, gaining instinctive form without fear of a ducking, before entering actual water.
A bunko steerer quotes the proverb A fool and his money are soon parted and the green goods man agrees noting the fool usually has little money to start.
The article notes that un milled rice preserves all nutrients similar to blood nutrition, offering a near perfect food for adults except for fat and albumen. It laments that commercial white rice lacks much of these elements and suggests a grocer in each city could supply the whole grain if demand existed.
Local theatre fans look forward to Robert E. O Connor in James Forbes new comedy The Traveling Sales man sent by A S Stern to Realty Opera House. Forbes penning The Chorus Lady author shows this is a worthy successor though previously staged in New York Chicago and Boston. The play bears only a name similarity to Commercial Traveler staged in Alma last season.
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