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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05
Business on Jump
Says f.. NJ. Wood

There are plenty of evidences that
business is again on the upgrade, &C.
cording to Edgar NJ. Wood, architect,
who formerly resided in this city and
is again to become an Alma resident.
Wood, who is moving back to Alma
from Middleton, says that during the
month of December he received more
inquiries relative to plans for new
structures than during the preceding
eleven months of 1920. Naturally
this looks as though business was
taking big turn for the better when
such number of inquiries of pros
pective new buildings come to a single
architect during a month.
Mr.. Wood, who is we'll known to
Alma people, and who has drawn
plans for a number of structures in
this city, has rented offices in the
Pollasky block,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05
NEWEL SMITH
AGAIN SEEKS
SENATE T0CA
ST. LOUIS MAN MADE AN
NOUNCEMENT AT MEETING
HERE YESTERDAY.
Had Real Good
Senate Record

While in Alma yesterday attend
ing the dinner rendered to the super
visors of the county and their friends
by the Alma Chamber of Commerce
when efforts to solve the road prob
lem of the county were made, New
ell Smith of st. Louis sprang a big
surprise by his announcement during
his road talk that he is again a can
didate for the nomination land elec
tion on the Republican ticket as
state senator from this district.
Mr., Smith, who has been resi-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05

dent of st. Louis for years, an attor-
ncy of ability and experience, was
Gratiot county's last representative
in the upper house of the state leg
islature.
During his address he called atten-
tion to the automobile license law
the state now has, which brought to
the state over $6,O0O,000 this past
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05

year in license fees. 1t is interesting
to note that this automobile law was
brought into the legislature by Mr..
Smith, who was the author of the
bill
At the meeting he pledged himself
to good roads.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05

S. p. McConkey is holding sale
of registered Spotted Poland China
hogs on Saturday, Jan. Ia. See his
ad. on another page of this issue.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05
ANNOUNCEMENT

Having resigned from The Davis
Beauty Shop, Will conduct similar
business at my new location, 317
State street (The +. Lewis Beauty
Stand), beginning January 7th, 1922.
Hours 8 a. m. to $50 p. m. Even
ings by appointment.
Yours for service,
Winifred Nelson Allen.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05

Forest Smith of Saginaw, former
resident of this city, visited with
Alma friends Thursday afternoon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05

You will ] find the best bread in
Butter Cup wrappers OF tic
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-05

c. II. Goggin was in Ithaca on bus
mess Wednesday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
NEW HIGH SCHOOL SITE.

The high site, which contains and half acres arbitrarily selected
 is the of East Bridgeport which provides sufficient reasonably free from buildings which at the same time sections of East Bridgeport
 Bridgeport most people know is divided into two parts equal separated by Yellow Mill Pond ana Pembroke Lake.
 These two communities again divided into north and south portions by of the New York; New Haven Hartford R. F.. Co.,
 The section of Yellow Mill and south of the railroad tracks called the East Sde and the section of Pembroke Lake and north o the Railroad uack Is known the East End
 No transportation has been created with the purpose primarily facilitating communication between these of East Bridgeport The railroad track IS wall nfrequently with bridges Yellow Mill Pond which at it's southern end is scany provided with crossings
 Taking into consideration the lines of communication they which built primarily with the purpose of moving central of the city, the location o the high school site is almost ideal
 It gives convenience to all of those who live in East Bridgeport
 It is the line, from the line through Boston and from the Noble line
 frontage is convenient to the principal bridge crossing the New Haven tracks.
 advantage of centraness with respect to population density it will exist few hence.
 Board of Education had in mind the necessity of putting high school tract of land big enough activities of the school to the thousands of boys and girls who will attend the school during half century
 physical examinations, carried during the developed forty fifty per of Americans enough do military duy educa authorities have been expand the outofdoor part of school life.
 @ The new high school will fail to maintenance of these advanced health ideals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
PROMOTING GOOD WILL.

eS Among many of good will which inaugurated that of the Committee direction of Miss Anne Morgan begun after the has active since has accomplished deal to promote good feeling between France and America.
 phase of the work to have been adapted in formulated by the late Cecil Rhodes the empire builder.
 When Rhodes died he provided for an exchange America and England One set of students going America to Rhodes scholarships in the great English universities other persons coming from over study in American universities By this Rhodes hoped to promote understanding between the two peoples.
 Miss Morgan and committee have adopted Will Elections by which widely scattered communities the choice.
 These become the guests of the American mtee They a weeks trip France all expenses paid by committee In France they the guests of the French government s large party of American have just returned ever there Miss Marian See who was the delegate from Newark, N. J., Fidelity Co., of that city, interview in the Tmes" yesterday says:
 "Home again from eight-thousand mile dream trip! hardly realize it. It wonderful Brittany, Normandy devastated the battefieldlong rides white roads, glittering Parsust long moving sensations and interesting pictures wish it had been six months instead of the six weeks
 Nevertheless the visit of these ehseven Americans but substantial contribution the friend ship existed between France since the beginning of American Independence
 presence of every of these girls money had been raised which being used to rebuild devastated regions of France.
 New York people of raised large sum of money which the of the American visitors The trifng which each into the behalf of his favorite candidate entirely employed in work abroad.
 The Bridgeport Times" is sponsoring Good Will for Bridgeport.
 number of firms organizations have entered candi- printed day Here for Bridgeport girl take
 trip the guest of France all expenses paid by the GoInmittee It is an opportunity not to be missed
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16

sometimes alone Some months before he came back in a hurry iLnd took her out West with hin. into our country It almost looked to me as if he had gone into hiding with his daughter.
 I was thinking about this one day and feeling rather blue, because the farm was losing money, and I wasn% giving my little girl the life she ought to have, when up she comes, puts her arm around me, and shows me an envelope.
 "Brix," she says, There's something father gave me the day we got mar ried. He said it may make us rich some day He didn't want me to tell you about it till he got ready"
 looked up in surprise. Was going to learn something about More hard's mysterious life?
 "Just think continued my little girl, 'she died before ever getting a chance to speak to me about it again?''
 She tore open the envelope and drew out a small, square sheet of paper. A look Of blank disappoint- ment spread over her face.
 "Of, BrixI'' she exclaimed, and J thought she was going to cry at the dashing of her hopes.
 I picked up the paper and saw that pricked into it's surface were tiny punctures which seemed to have been made by the teeth of some metal instrument, and the little perforations were run into a figure.
 {To Be Continued Tomorrow,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
WHISPERING FOOTSTEPS
 BY CHARLES ALBERT HALLE
By CHARLES ALBERT HALLE.
 SYNOPSIS.

At the foot of the cliffs of the Canados a man lay on a sheltered ledge. Nearby was his pony. He had been so long without water, his tongue was swollen. After a while a companion arrives with water and they both drink. The first man then drops off to sleep. The other pretends to divide the water and grub and goes away. The sleeping man gets up and discovers his partners treason. But he merely laughs and pushes on to spring close at hand.
 Brfxton Ravens, young, naughty and headstrong, is riding through the woods and nearly runs down MT. Morehard, new tenant or his mothers. Angry words pass between them, and young Ravens determines to put Morehard out of his house. So, in the evening, he goes to the Morehard place on Bluebrook. On reaching; the gate, he sees girl in the garden and his curiosity is aroused by her peculiar mechanical step and 8 little case that hangs from her shoulder. The girl sees him and walks toward him.
 ssDO you want to see some body?" she asked.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
Newspaper Advertising Brings Many Patients
 to a Moscow Clinic

Moscow. Sept. 16.-Newspaper ad- vertising was successfully brought ine to use in opening an Amer1can .i Re!ieL bosnital for the poor of Moscow re- cent1v The idea was entirely new here. and there were some who con tended that the plan would not WI od,>artisanoents were inserted in the out as was hoped However dlsp!ay newspapers, telling of the purpose or the hospital, and the very flrst oay 127 persons ap1ied for treatment 1,ritl,ip few weeks the daily average was nearly 500.
 The work is all done by Russian volunteer specialists under the super. t,ision of Dr. William D. Nickelsen, of Portland, Ore Twenty-Five doctors, surgeons, and professors, including eye, ear, nose, throat and various other specialists and a dentlst. eacil n the ailing poor of the city. The nurses are paid for their work.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Are Fat People Good Natured?

Are Fat People Good Natured?
 Dear Doctor or Doctress:
 Although I am not fat, I have
 been reading some of your articles
 and | would have had no remarks to make had you not published an en-
 barrassing story that I myself had
 originated some 25 years ago. When
 your party says that the embarrassing
 moment 1t really happened ~ well, what's the use of saying hard words?
 For light and amusing reading think
 counting calories has got all the
 funny stuff ever produced, backed off
 the map.
 My cure is for the fat and sassy ones to quit looking after themselves so carefully and letting George do it." Steam up and work so hard each day that when g p. m. comes round they are mighty glad to hit the hay Fat men invariably shirk
 all work that cannot be done sitting down.
 "Fat women can soon lose flesh If they will quit shirking the responsi- bilities of marriage, raise and per sonal1y take care of large family, do family washing once or twice week, keep a ten-room house in per feet order. take care of their beloved husbands, and see that he has nIce chow to eat and do other little jobs while resting
 "In one of your articles you write that fat people are not good-natured Strange. if true. as I never met a fat person that was not sluperlatively | joyful. That is how they get others to work for them. One is simply | drawn to them by admiration of their Ihappy-go-Iucky disposition. Life is too | short to really bother about 4hinness | or fatness, but I do not doubt that | telling others about how to get thin | bays sound ciinking dollars, and that | it what buys bread and bacon. | This letter would not have been | written if my story had not been l cribbed as I really am too tired to write. Kindly keep in mind that I do
 not claim any education. I am just 1 a plain human. willing and able to | work and produce more than I eat, ] content to let the other fellow enjoy | himself as he sees fit, and when he goes wrong through wrong living, 1 count calories until he takes his final
 sleep. With best wishes. excuse my exit.-Joe
 Your letter was too long to give all of it, Joe. May I pont out that 1 you are contradictory? First you 1 slam us a little and then you siam | the F. F. F. lot more, but you end
 tip by showing that you are a very
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
EXERCISE OF PRONUNCIATION

EXERCISE OF PRONUNCIATION
 In recent Chat I stated that reasons for the following exercise, which are part of an excellent course in elocution. They may also be con- sidered as a course in beauty culture, since they build up all the muscles of the lower part of the face. making the cheeks firm and the mouth youth ful.
 Through the practise of these exer- cises mild cases of stuttering have been cured and all nervous habits of the mouth, like lip biting, are apt to be overc come. So for other reasons than youth and beauty, they are worth trying. and after they have pe- come a habit they can be taken at all odd moments without consuming any extra time. A housekeeper can be taking the exercises while she does hes work, or they may be taken while out for a walk, as they are done in whispers or orally.
 The exercises amount to pronounc- Eng a certain set of consonants placed before each of the vowels, in every one of their sounds, and the dipn- thongs of "oi'' and tow" If you are not familiar with all of the vower sounds, any dictionary will give them.
 In pronouncing. each little syllable is to be given it's full value of sound, while all of them are to be pronounce ed as rapidly as possible-tak1ng breath at any convenient point In practising, throw emphasis on one of the little sy1lables on each line, changing the emphasis to a different syllable every time the full set is com p1eted. The emphasis must always fall in the same place on the differ
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
kindly disposed human, after all, and we are glad you wrote.
BY Lulu Hunt Peters, MD

kindly disposed human, after all, and
 we are glad you wrote.
 Now about your story being cribbed
 I don't believe it was, Joe, for we
 have many times known of similar
 things happening. For instance,
 have had five six tell me they have
 had the same experience in the e1e
 vator that had.
 The method you have for keeping
 down the fat on us ladies appeals to
 bne, doubt it will be many. A
 ten-room house and a nice family and
 a beloved husband to cook chow for is invitin.
 Are you married? Of course! Ali good men like you are snapped up
 quick. q am not joking, honesty I did say that fat people are not goodnatured-that they were apathe- tic-and now I am having to eat my words. I referred to those very much overweight who really are apathetic i because of self-poisoning. But I am | going to insist on this point. Fat peo- | pie are not good-natured because l they are fat. They may be fat because 1 they are good-natured. I will admit
 that. The fact that they take things happily and do not use up much energy in useless fretting does help them to store up fat und doubtedly- when they eat more than they need. 1 But they are very much better na- | tured when they are reduced. I know that personally and from numerous | letters I have received.
 Your comment that telling others | how to get thin brings in the clinking l dollars is true, very true. am sans doute, Joe. the highest paid med 1cal writer in the United States; | therefore, think we can say in the world. $ fact!
 And the many thousands who have 1 followed my advice and have regain | ed their health and happiness, are | glad of it. with me. Amt it the | truth?
 | I am glad you thought your story
 was cribbed, Joe, else you would not | have written:
 Dear Thirteen-year- old Girl: No,
 you are not overweight for your | height. For sixty-two inches you 1 gould weigh 110 to 120 pounds. Don't worry about your feet being long. l There is nothing you can do about 1 them. You are a tall girl and you
 meet good length feet to support you- | One of our most successful and most | graceful movie actresses has very 1 large feet but she dresses them sinp- 1 ly in well fitted sho and nobody | ever thinks of them. It certainly has l not detracted from her work nor her ] beauty in the least. Forget yours,
 Chicken.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16
CHAPTER III. The Lash of the wbin

Emma Morehard and I were mar ried late in the winter of that year
 My father-in-1aw kept on living in the house on the Bluebrook Road. as before. He preferred to live alone
 Perhaps he had in the care of his heart some dislike to me, which he didn't want to betray to his daughter. for he seemed to think the world of her. So he kept to himself roaming through the woods on hunting-t,-ins almost every day
 This winter of ours was long and cold, and it fell mighty hard on the mining districts to the west of us. and brought tramping through o1r country all kinds off strange and danger ous characters, with whom we had a lot of trouble. And now I'm
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16

ent lines throughout the exercise. The sounds then become rhythmic, and much like marking time in music~ The combinations are as follows:
 ba da pa ta pa
 wa ba ia cha "a
 wa va ia Ya wa
 spa ksths sfa
 dra b1a pla dwa gra kra The last line of these combinatto is designed to make the jaw hinge supple, and when it is taken with the two diphthongs it becomes a general set of exercises for the cheeks, outh, chin and throat.
 After practising these exercises all the facial muscles will feel refresned while the lips will be mobile. A few months of the work vii make differ ence of many years when the mouth has become prematurey aged ana, III addition, the quality of the voice will become enriched.
 Reader:-Deep breathing is the best way to develop the chest stand in an open window or outdoors ana breathe deeply. Take in, at least, dozen breaths. aiming to fill the lungs at the base first; after that aim TOT the middle part and the top part will take care of iself. Hold for three counts each t.me and exha1e in about the same number of counts.
 Ellen:-The natural color of the hair will return after you have built up your health. The condition Of the hair follows pretty much that Of the whole system. Local treatments will Ee1p some but there cannot be com plete recovery of the hair until the health is improved.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-16

Your letter was too long to give all of it, Joe. May I pont out that you are contradictory First you slam us a little and then you slam the F. F. F. a lot more, but you end tip by showing that you are very
The herald., 1922-01-05

c"rn>tarch; stir until it hollis and the
COrn>tarch l., we'll cooked. Remove.
strain and cool. Then add two cup
fuI> OF Thin cream, unc-half cupful of
sugar. rca>poonful of vanilla and
freeze in the usual way. When half
frozen. stir in one dozen finely crum-
BLEED macar"uu>. Finish freezing.
Peppers a la Creole. Take three
lur-" green peppers, three medium
sized tomatoes, six small slices uf ha-
con, one traSpuuuful of chuppcd onion
one cupful Of cooked rice. one tea
spoonful of salt, II few da>hcS of pep
per and rhrc"-fuourthS of cupful of
water. Cut the peppers in halves. re-
move the seeds. Remove the skins
and cores of the tomatoes and cut into
fine pieces. Try out the bacon which
has been finely minced and brown tn.
onions in the fat. Mix the Tomatoes
with the bacon, onion. rice and NraSnn-
ingS and I'LL the cavities of the peppers
with the mixture. Surround the pep
pcr> with hot water ana two table
spooniulS of the dripping>. cover and
bake in II moderate oven. Remove lh.
cover L. minutes before taking from
the oven; haste occasionally while
baking. Serve hot.
Tripe la Creole.-WaSh one and
onr-half pounds of tripe In three
waters. using soda i'm the last water
Boil the tripe until tender-ahuut one
and m-e-half hOurS-then cut with
Scissors into narrow strips. Brown
two sinai. sliced onions in two tab.r
spnonfulS OF fat. Add one red AMI
one green pepper finely chopped. hi,
of mace, six pepper corn>, four all.
spice, two and one fourth teaSpoonful,
OF salt. dash ot pepper. and one quart
of tomato with nne-half teaSpoonfu
of soda and one teaSpoOnful of sugar
Simmer ~ minutes. Serve with nc;
boiled rice
The herald., 1922-01-05
&tOrIpS nj BY Elmo
Scott
Great Scouts Watson
!. Western Newspaper Union.
THE LONG SHOT MADE BY BILLY
DIXON

"The old Sharp> rifle ended the
North American buffalo" once wrote
Theodore Roosevelt. the chrOnicler of
the winning uf the West. and he
might have added that this famous
gun helped write Fins 10 the story
of the Indian with few periods of
lead.
Our of the most remarkable shots
EYER made with this rifle tuuv place
AT the Adobe Walls fight in the Texas
Panhandle in 1874, when Il war party
of kiuua>. COmaachc~ and ChryenucS
tried to wipe out ii lille group of buff
lalo hunters who had their hradquar-
tcs there. The shot WAS fired by
Billy Dixon. known to the Indians as
"Ila>ta-Long Hair"
After three charges against the
>tOckadr had failed 10 uTcrWhrIm the
buffalo hunters. the Indians settled
down Ia >tarve them out. During the
siege BAT" MaSterSun. one OF the
hunters. noticed group of Indians
gathered ou Il hill nearly thrce-quar-
tiers Of mile away. They could be
plainly seen. and were evidently talk
ing over some new plan for overcnm-
ing the white men when MaSterSnn
called piNun'~ attention Ia the group.
Billy. it wouldn't be bad idea to
break up that little pow-wow over
there. would IT." h" said
Don't know whether the old SharpS
Is good for il or not, hut I'll try it,"
replied Dixon He knew the range
approximately loo yards Fixing the
sights of his gun 1" This range. the
scout aimed carefully and fired. The
white men saw the conference of the
warriors break up hastily AMI the saw
ages retreat to safer place
Dixon served aS a scout for General
Miles in the campaign against the
southern tribes that year, and he was
one of the six dispatch bearers who
made heroic stand in an old buffalo
wallow against war party of l2j
ComanCheS and KiOwaS. In this fight
Amos Chapman. fellow scout, lost
his leg. Although DiXon'S shirt front
was riddled with bullets, he received
only one slight wound. That night
he volunteered to go for help and
after a perilous trip he brought back
a troop of cavalry and rescued his
comrades.
For nine years Dixon was a govern
ment scout at Fort Elliott, Tex. Then
ne homeSteaded ranch in the Pan
handle, building his log house Oh the
ruins of the old Adobe Walls where
he had made his famous shot with the
old SharpS. Later he moved to Cimar-
ron county, Oklahoma, and died near
the little town of Gresham in 1914
Three-Ccnt postage? Too many let
tiers are mailed. anyway. If half the
letters written were torn up imme-
diately afterward this would be hap
pier world.
The herald., 1922-01-05
SOME SOUTHERN DISHES.

Tie dishes OF the South are differ
ent. many of them often because OF
different produrtS. the