14 Jun 1855
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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1855
Page
1
A tale of James and Mary Lane shows a long struggle with poverty and illness, ending in a promising rebuilding as Mr. C. offers steady work and a cottage with garden. Their resilience contrasts with debt’s ruin in other lives, including Sheridan’s, and a humorous canal captain bid for office.
At the Eminence Agricultural Mechanical Association annual meeting in Henry county Kentucky a prize was awarded to S T Crane for an essay on cultivating Indian corn. Crane offers practical guidance on land breaking timing rotation and drill planting with Barnhill’s planter and emphasizes February turf and sod breaking and April planting to achieve a good stand and efficient cultivation.
A lecture on home management extols economy taste and skill in cooking as essential virtues. It asserts that small households can be as clean and well ordered as large ones and that domestic efficiency fosters happiness, urging women to study the “profound mysteries of the kitchen.”
The article cites a 1775 Cambridge order by Washington to place only native Americans on guard at outposts, asserting the memo’s authenticity. It references a 1844 transmission by H A Dearborn and publication in the Daily Eagle, countering claims the saying attributed to Washington is forged.
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