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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1876
Page
14
A Michigan Farmer summary notes eight plots at the State Agricultural College farm tested 1864 to 1866 with one top-dressing. Plaster raised hay yield 51 percent, horse manure 71 percent, other additives raised 41 to 59 percent versus no manure.
A rich man’s son educated to be a gentleman finds his father’s collapse leaves him at twenty five with no skills. He seeks a living, but his feet and head lack instruction and purpose. The passage laments the plight of educated men who never learned practical means to support themselves.
A Scientific Farmer writer classifies window plants by temperature needs. One group thrives at an average 50 degrees, 40 to 60 range, including geraniums carnations centaurias camellias azaleas abutilons callas sweet alyssum English ivies mignonette hyacinths primulas stevias petunias verbenas lobelias and roses. The other group prefers an average 60 degrees, 50 to 70 range, listing begonias bouvar dies epiphyllums cacti fuchsias gloxinias German ivies heliotrope pileas torrellias and roses. Roses fit both.
Farmers and village homeowners overlook ornamental trees and shrubs. Beautiful shade trees around homes greatly enhance value. maples elms larch mountain ash willows and evergreens can be bought cheaply and beautify a residence.
The instructions describe creaming a pound of sugar with seven ounces of butter, then folding in stiffly beaten egg whites from sixteen eggs, with half a nutmeg or a teaspoon of rosewater, then adding a pound of sifted flour and baking in a steady oven. The yolks may be saved for custards.
The text describes a recipe procedure: soak three biscuits then pour over boiling milk or cream, cover until cool, beat in three eggs with nutmeg and brandy, mix with flour and sugar, boil in flour, and serve with butter and sugar. It reflects a simple historic custard-like dish.
The article cites a folk remedy for Vera Cough using two tables of brown sugar, a teaspoonful of powdered saltpeter, and a teaspoonful of alum, all pounded and mixed, described as soothing for a cough.
Correspondent reports Brooklyn police and excise board confronting liquor dealers as a crusade reduces licenses. Prominent church groups from 57 churches press for enforcement while dealers’ groups vow to resist. A week of sting operations cuts liquor shops from 5110 to 1745, with ongoing efforts to close remaining venues under Sunday law.
The piece argues for a six day liquor business plan and a broader crusade against adulterated liquors. It claims few lawful licenses in Brooklyn, calls for shutting down non inns, and notes brewers clash with Internal Revenue over malt allowances. It describes rapid lager production with no malt and distillers’ salesmen using chemical samples.
Readable bits show a sequence of times and figures such as 6.42 5.20 6.17 6. 7.10 7.25 with unclear context and no identifiable event, place, or names. The fragment lacks verifiable entities or a coherent narrative.
A garbled OCR snippet lists numerous odd time stamps and strings such as 10.70 am 12.30 pm 345 pm 10.30 pma 64am and random tokens like liam ee 2.354 m 7.bam. The readable content resembles scattered schedule fragments without clear events or entities.
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