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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
2
The Alma Record notes Thursday afternoon publication by The Alma Record Company with J. Frown as business manager and a subscription price of $1.00 per year. It also states The Racony is entered at Alma post office for transmission as second class matter.
GOOD STOMACH text touts MIDNA Stomach Tablets with a guarantee to end indigestion and banish gas and heartburn. It claims relief from dizziness, nervousness and headaches, promoting restful nights. Box priced at 50 cents at Chas. Rhodes and druggists everywhere.
Real estate transfers show T. R. Morse and wife to M. E. Davis for lot 8 block 12 Ithaca 87. T Schaeffer and wife to M i Coonrai Maw partly. J Cross to G W Lone pt of se of st. various entries. Also an to Polls Catarrh Cure ad and testimonials by Hall’s Company.
On Sunday September 24 the Bay City train departs Alma at 10 21 a m returning from Bay City at 6 00 p m round trip fare to Saginaw Bay City six dollars.
Ruth Ashton receives a mysterious bouquet with no sender, sparking speculation about a secret admirer. The cards’ misdelivery reveals the flowers were a gift from a church Ladies' Aid Society, changing Ruth's romance prospects and leading to an engagement with George Butler despite initial suspicion.
Shrill exchange shows Farmer Corntessel complaining that sheriffing is tough due to constant false alarms sparked by summer girls mistaking caterpillars for murders. The dialogue highlights tension between authority and public perception.
A quotation attribution notes that the line God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb is not from scripture but comes from Laurence Sterne’s The Sentimental Journey. The line is clarified as a misattribution or literary origin rather than a biblical source.
Guidance on when to pick pears with stems intact and avoid bruising. Describes using picking baskets, sorting into grades, and speeding to packing houses for shipment or ripening. Recommends thinning trees in summers to improve size and returns, noting Clapp's Favorite Bartlett LeConte and Kieffer as examples.
A illustrated tool combines a rake and a triangular hoe head. Teeth are twenty-penny nails replaceable when bent. The hoe cuts channels for seeds or small plants. Separate teeth storage and assembly are described along with planting guidance for border beds to improve the home base line.
The text urges readers to study principles of plant arrangement focusing on harmony and beauty, then plan and plant for themselves. It emphasizes individual effort in applying these guidelines to decorate home grounds.
An old agrarian note recommends dropping apples for pigs by distributing a drop apple from an average orchard. It claims this practice will foster many shoots and keep the orchard ready for market, especially if the field is sown with rape, at low cost.
The text discusses soil for strawberries as deep loam with high moisture retention, methods like girdling and wound sealing, fruit variety choices for orchard profit, and horticultural practice to induce fruitfulness. It notes strawberries adapt to diverse soils, recommends vines on porches for cooling appeal, and highlights that keeping apples on the tree can improve flavor.
The so called widow of the guillotine has been moved from the Rue de la Folie Regnault to Saintes prison after 21 years in a coach house with a red door rented by the government. Guards and executer M Deibler tended to her needs even as locals protested the grim neighbor. The lease expired and the landlord declined renewal.
A stark tale of confrontation ends in a Mexican man killing an English challenger after a loaded gun claim in a border saloon. Meanwhile in Wenatchee Washington an aviation meet unsettles birds, as woodpeckers robins larks sparrows and other species flee orchard skies fearing big airplanes.
Subscription renewals and circulation extension by proven methods required. Salary and commission offered. Experience desirable but not essential. Full or part time work. Send address with references to J F Fairbanks Good Housekeeping Magazine 451 4th Avenue New York City.
Poultry raisers praise Harvell's Condition Powder for healthier chicks disease resistance and higher egg yield. It retails at 25 cents per package and is sold by Wheaton & Sons at Pioneer Drug Store.
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