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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1887
Page
1
A column notes shifts in female manners from past to present with fashion trends. It contrasts refined old dances with modern flirtation and recounts a botany pun about kingdoms. It observes fashion’s rise for shorter, taller figures and offers advice on poise and presence from a New York Star quote.
Two Misses, Sadie and Fannie, gossip about social whirl at Mrs Hungerford Gunn’s reception and Charley Van Smith. They discuss exclusivity of the Gunns, rumors of Sir Marmaduke Flat, and Sadie’s engagement with Charley, while noting missed invitations.
Dialog shows Fannie praising charm and gift solitaire while bidding farewell to Charlie, noting his swift consolation after a rejected proposal. The exchange ends with a loving goodbye and a playful receipt of the same ring.
A narrator recalls a theater scene where a genius sits amid praise while his wife quietly endures the glare. The husband seeks public glory while she bears isolation, raising questions about love, attention, and a gilded home. President and society observe, but a shadow darkens the marriage.
Farmers can boost profits by pairing milk sales with market gardening to move both products efficiently. Angora goats thrive in dry climates, produce fine white hair, and fetch high prices in peak conditions though initial adoption requires careful study and rancher consultation.
A Cheshire correspondent describes a frugal family with about half an acre to a cow and a pig, raising market crops and berries. The couple and six children work the land from dawn to dusk, maintaining a weed-free plot and a small, paid-for dwelling, paying only annual ground rent. The piece argues such smallholdings could lower produce costs and brighten urban outskirts, while noting reliance on imports for vegetables and eggs.
The article advises selling a first calf from a heifer unless it has strong breeding value. It argues such calves lack vigor and size compared to mature progeny. It also discusses hog feeding strategies, recommending bulky feed for growing pigs and liberal rations, aided by orchard forage, clover, milk from cows, and some meal to finish fattening.
Commissioner Colman replies to S Simmons outlining that Angora goats acclimate across many states with cool dry mountain regions ideal. Since 1848 introduction to South Carolina and 1854 to Georgia, two large Texas ranches raise 25 000 to 5 000 head each, mohair industry likely to grow in mountainous districts.
A Victorian gardening note explains violet frames protect developing buds, advise renewing plants yearly from mid April with runners rather than old divisions, pricking out runners a foot apart in partially shaded borders, and frequent weeding and pruning to yield a prodigious eight months of blooms.
A gardener shares a technique to improve pansy growth by pinching the ends of stems. He notes drought challenges, daily watering, and cooler weather prompting new shoots. The result is compact, multi-branch plants with more flowering potential for the next season.
An old California expert argues bees can cut through resistant materials and attack only damaged fruit, urging beekeepers to plant nectar sources. Wisconsin writer Elias Fox shares a wintering method using benches and stacked hives in cellars with exposed entrances. J W Margrove of Hiawatha Kansas explains his apiary arrangement in the American Bee Journal.
The writer describes arranging apiary hives in a hollow square with five feet between centers facing outward to work from behind each hive. A nested inward facing square is suggested if space allows, with entrances reversed. North versus east facing hives show no notable difference in performance when internal conditions match.
A brief editorial argues that dairy farming should be run commercially with precise cost calculations. It contends many herds fail to cover expenses, profits arise only from a few cows, and smaller dairy operations could be more profitable overall.
Hiram Smith of Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin shows a method to fit twelve cows on ten acres. He describes division into five two acre plots with specific forage crops and rotations, plus daily rations and manure management to sustain eleven months of milk production per cow. The plan highlights green forage output, required grain purchases, and the scale needed to maintain profitability on limited land.
Tapioca pearls soaked overnight in water. Heat a quart of milk, whisk yolks of three eggs with two thirds cup sugar and tapioca. Stir into hot milk and boil two minutes. Cool on ice, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, and flavor with lemon and vanilla.
Prepare Scaliopid Potatoes by layering boiled potatoes with milk flour butter salt and pepper, bake with cracker crumb topping. Make Chicken Croquettes by cooking butter mushrooms parsley flour cream broth and folded in diced cold roast fowl, breaded and fried to a golden brown.
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