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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1857
Page
4
A rustic poem extols farmers and the harvest season praising golden corn grain and oil crops. It lauds planting tending the fields and the bounties of June to autumn while condemning idlers and failure to honor the earth and hardworking farmers.
The Vaucluse Agricultural and Horticultural Society recommends a soil method to enlarge fruit yields. Dig a round hole under each tree in autumn, not exposing roots, fill with manure, leave until frozen, then cover with dug earth. Also advised is training branches to grow horizontally for earlier and greater fruiting.
A nibbling exploration of hopping as a health aid notes its bitter taste yet pleasant perfume drawing insects, and recounts a German homoeopathist fear of a hop kiln. A young lady recounts hopping scent therapy to her physician who reacts with horror and a quip about calling it perfume.
A San Marcos missive dated October 7 1856 reports Joux D Prrts raising a mule that bore a colt after three years. The writer invites scrutiny showing the pair in his lot to prove mules can bear offspring and requests guidance on naming the hybrid.
Sixteen acres on the Flir Island estate of Joliena Ison of Goocheland Virginia reportedly produced this year a large amount of wheat averaging fifty three bushels per acre.
The fragment blends a bakery recipe for making mullins with a lengthy political sermon on slavery and federal power. It interleaves instructions for preparing dough and baking with passages criticizing the White House and urging Republican support for The Tribune. Included are subscription details and notices about distribution and staff.
The article outlines steps for curing bacon: fat hogs early to save food, kill when weather allows, salt promptly with pure salt and saltpetre, drain after five weeks, dust with ground black pepper, hang in a clean dry place, and warns that improper smoking spoils the bacon much like adding water spoils punch.
The damp match lights by holding to a warm area of the arm or lily for a few seconds to gather heat, then rubbing gently on dense woolen cloth such as doe-skin. Woolen cloth provides friction and acts as a non conductor of heat, enabling ignition when the composition is soft.
A recipe describes making a cleaning and restoring solution using one pound loewood and water boiled to four quarts, with four ounces sulphate of iron dissolved and strained. After cooling add eight ounces ox gall, apply with a brush, moisten, and let dry before polishing.
The article argues buckwheat meal tastes better when one fourth is oats. It suggests grinding three bushels of buckwheat with one bushel of bright oats for crust and lightness, enhancing quality and wholesomeness of the cakes.
The Tribune notes northern regions show Republican gains while Southern Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois lag due to widespread slavery and limited education. It argues that victory hinges on informing voters about real issues and pledges to continue the work of spreading Liberty and truth.
The Knickerbocker Magazine announces a reduced subscription price of three dollars a year and expands its readership. It highlights forthcoming contributors and promises quality original American content, with terms for agents and club offers with Harpers and other houses. Samuel Hueston of 348 Broadway, New York, is named for subscriptions.
Mills County residents are informed Nuckolls Co offers fall and winter stock priced for western Iowa. Also advertised are grocery lines and a strong display of new pictorial drawing room companion with engravings and illustrated views from around the world. Subscriptions and rates are listed with terms and promotions.
A snapshot lists numerous wholesale agents in major U S cities including New York Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati Detroit St Louis Louisville Chicago and London based firms such as Wallace Austen Buel Truhner Co and agents operating for Great Britain and Europe generally.
An eight page weekly paper, The Flag of Our Union, promises neutral editorial stance and condensed foreign and domestic news for mass readers. Published in Boston Massachusetts by M M Ballou at 22 Winter Street, it offers yearly subscriptions at four dollars with travel agents not employed.
A fragmented listing shows multiple wholesale agents with names and street addresses in cities like Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati Detroit Chicago St Louis Louisville and others. The text appears to catalog agents such as Henry Taylor J A Rowe and Austen & Buel at various crossings and wards.
An advertisement touts Ballou’s Dollar Monthly as the cheapest magazine in the world offering 1200 pages per year for one dollar. It claims broad content including news tales poems sea stories and biographies with no sectarian bias and adds a new humorous illustrated department. Published by M M Ballou at 22 Winter St Boston invites subscriptions from readers nationwide and abroad.
The notice promotes Life Illustrated Water-Cure Journal and Phrenological Journal from Fowler & Wells at No 308 Broadway New York. Subscriptions offered: one year for two dollars or half year for one dollar. It lauds the journals for broad knowledge and affordable pricing with testimonials from contemporary outlets.
Greene Weare and Benton announce actions by Ankers and Law Agents in Potowattamie County Iowa. Cedar Rapids Port Dow Moines and Linde firms report collections made taxes paid and sales conducted across the state with settlements and purchases noted.
The management announces completion of preparations for the third year on a grand scale praising American art and European selections. Commissions and a special agent visit bring works including busts of Clay Webster Calhoun and sculptures in marble and bronze to be distributed at the January 28 annual distribution.
A subscription plan costs three dollars and includes an engraving or monthly magazines plus an annual distribution ticket for artworks. Additional options list Harpers, Godeys, Knickerbocker, and other periodicals for four dollars total. Members gain entries in prize drawings and may receive paintings or sculptures. No limit on shares, and offices are in New York and Sandusky. Read editorial opinions.
A burst of promotional arguments extols the Cosmopolitan Art Association offering magazine subscribers a shared art-work distribution and a free Art Journal. Citizens are urged to join for equal access to literature, engravings, and potential artwork prizes while supporting “beautiful and elevating” reading nationwide.
The subscriber offers extra family flour from Waverly Mills Massachusetts via H.T. Clarke forwarding and commission merchant, Hello war Get. tf
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