Hay in the Wind Heats a Poor Farm Summer Day
A struggling farmer labors as dark clouds gather and rain threatens the hay harvest. Unable to hire help, he endures a dreary day until a sweet voice offers to help him get in the hay.
04 Jul 1884
Page 4
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Newspaper
Alton Review
Location
Alton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1884
Page
4
A struggling farmer labors as dark clouds gather and rain threatens the hay harvest. Unable to hire help, he endures a dreary day until a sweet voice offers to help him get in the hay.
In a rugged mining camp, Sacramento a rough young woman shelters and plans aid for Walter Somers the horse thief fleeing regulators. She guides him to safety with staged clues and a midnight exit then faces suspicion, aids his escape, and later receives reward and schooling funds.
A passenger describes extreme heat aboard a ship crossing the Red Sea. He records cabin and hatch temperatures, noting a 150 degree limit on a sunlit thermometer, and observes perspiration, clammy skin, and dying poultry. He warns that conditions will worsen in coming months and that stokers and others may perish from heat.
In Washington the intimate rivals Senator McDougall of California and Secretary of State Seward attend a stag dinner. McDougall drinks heavily, stumbles into a muddy sewer ditch, is helped out by a policeman, and proclaims in a drunken quip that he was McDougall last night and Seward this morning.
T D Curtis of the Farmer and Dairyman lectured Wisconsin cheese makers at Lake Mills on proper milk quality and dairy steps. He urged pure whole milk from healthy cows, correct temperatures from 65 to 86 degrees, gentle curd cutting, careful heating, timely whey removal, and proper pressing and curing to produce digestible flavorful cheese. He advised mixing milks, straining cream, and avoiding direct air drafts to prevent odours and enhance texture.
Lumpkin Independent notes a popular young merchant owns a fine mare praised for speed and taste in aesthetics. The mare’s colored mule loves the mouth organ, leaving food to stand by the harp and enjoy the music. Le Dimouche of Amiens suggests next year marks the Virgin Mary birth 1900th anniversary and calls for celebration.
Fayette Haskell of Lockport New York, an early stage driver, recalls a mountain plunge with General Scott as passenger and a near death at Lewiston. He explains how Warner's Safe Cure restored his health after years of weakness and urinary trouble, urging others to seek timely treatment.
At a June 24 entertainment by Cold Water army children a temporary pyramid structure collapsed sending 75 children to the floor. A lighted kerosene lamp toppled during the scare causing a panic, but no serious injuries occurred.
A New York City hotel ad promotes the G D Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot with 450 rooms, European plan, elevator, and facilities. It boasts lower daily rates, a strong dining service, and convenient transit to depots. Also mentions Brown's Teething Cordial and a tenton Fairbanks Scale sale. A Virginian alligator discovery and other notices follow.
A 23 year old bottle of whiskey was discovered in the cellar of a Cynthiana Kentucky schoolhouse. A cold remedy Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is praised, Jamaica Ginger by N K Browns Ess noted as a century phenomenon. Debts of R. H. Albert Edward reportedly total £1,000,000.
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