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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1857
Page
4
Dr Dodd argues many horses are overfed in affluent homes while little or no exercise is provided. He notes hay suffices, grain should be limited to small, regular amounts, and starvation is rare in civilized farming. Excess fodder leads to fat, disease, and premature death.
The article argues farmers undervalue warm stabling for all animals. It notes stock in poorly protected stalls need nearly double food, while well cared for animals require less. Emphasizes ventilation, clean warm stalls for Milch cows, daily succulent feed, regular salt, and pure water. Extra care boosts milk and butter, plus health and appearance.
A dated recipe describes converting eight gallons of rain water with three quarts of molasses into vinegar. It instructs shaking, adding yeast, and keeping the cask warm or in sun depending on season. After ten to fifteen days a brown paper sheet dipped in molasses forms the vinegar mother.
The piece describes the Concord grape vine, noting its origin near Connecticut and early fame among fruit growers in the East. It claims the grape ripened earlier than others and now sells for about one dollar per vine chiefly in New England. The second item describes a bullock lock where a bull is strapped and hammered on the head, described with humorous undertone.
The Homestead advises securing reliable water for stock yards with options like ram pumps windmills or self acting wells. Pipe from a hillcrest spring or across a brook, or build a dam and lay a line to stock. Consider the time saved drawing four months of water for forty head versus driving them to a distant brook.
The Tartar sheep, a Chinese import shown at the recent U S fair, attract interest for extraordinary prolificacy. An ewe reportedly bears up to five lambs in one birth and five in sixteen months. They are said to be good sized, fatten easily, and mature rapidly, with potential value in high mutton prices.
Cattle in cold muddy yards consume about twice as much as those in sheltered clean stables free from manure. The note highlights how exposure to weather increases feed intake and reduces comfort, emphasizing the need for proper shelter and cleanliness to maintain livestock efficiency.
The will of Dr. Henry Wales adds about fourteen hundred volumes to Harvard College Library, including Sanskrit, German, Italian works, Bodoni editions, and key texts on Hindustan poetry. The collection will be displayed in Gore Hall. A further forty thousand dollars is set aside to establish a Sanskrit chair at Cambridge.
The article rails against the Slave Power and Democratic rule, urging Republicans to stand firm. It denounces Kansas crimes and federal oppression, announces The Tribune’s mission as a political paper with global reporting, and details subscription terms and distribution guidance for supporters.
The Tribune argues the 1857 election shows the Republican party has more work ahead. It notes success in the North and East while slavery continues to hinder the South and border states. The piece urges renewed effort to educate voters on key issues and to press forward the cause of Liberty.
The Kilkennocken magazine announces a reduced price of three dollars a year and lists generous club options with Harper’s Putnam’s Graham’s and Godey’s for bundled subscriptions. It praises the magazine’s wit and original American content while noting regular contributors and post paid orders to Samural Hurston at 348 Broadway New York.
The firm Nuckolls & Co a Glenwood Mills Co Iowa invites Mills and neighboring counties to inspect their fall and winter goods now in stock. They promote price and durability as superior in Western Iowa along with their existing summer stock of groceries. Glenwood Iowa October 29 1856.
Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion presents a weekly literary magazine with original tales poems and sketches plus global news and engravings. It promises maps ships portraits and scenic scenes with octavo sixteen pages per issue and yearly volumes.
A directory-like rundown lists wholesale agents and addresses across the United States and Europe. Firms include French at 121 Nassau Street New York A Winch 116 Cheatnut Street Philadelphia Henry Taylor 114 Baltimore Street Baltimore A Bagley 162 Vine Street Cincinnati J A Roya 43 Woodward Avenue Detroit BE Woolwar corner 4th and Chevyut St Louis Samuel Riskoll Louisville Wallace Austen and Buel Chicago Trabner and Co 12 Paternoster Row agents for Great Britain and Europe generally.
An 19th century prospectus describes The Flag of Our Union as a weekly eight page paper aiming for broad appeal with neutral politics and literary content. It outlines pricing, advance payment, subscriber incentives, and distribution details mentioning M. M. Ballou of Boston Massachusetts.
A list of sale agents with names and addresses across several cities including New York Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Chicago and Detroit. Names include S Prone Henry Taylor A C Bagley J A Rova E K Wonlwari Samuel Hinergold and firms Wallace Austen & Duel among others.
The advertisement promotes Ballou’s Dollar Monthly as the cheapest magazine in the world. It highlights one hundred pages per issue, two volumes yearly, and content from news, tales, poems, stories, biographies, and humor. A humorous illustrated department is new, with a one dollar yearly price or eight subscribers for a free copy. Ballou, publisher, Boston.
An 19th century advertising page touts Life Illustrated and three journals as leading periodicals. It highlights Nova literature science and art, Hydropathy physiology and anatomy, and phrenology education and self culture. Subscriptions priced at one year for 24 dollars, half year for 12, with a combined offer for two dollars for a year or one for six months. Address Fowler & Wees 308 Broadway New York for prepaid letters.
Local legal notices report Greene Weare Benton and co firms handling tax collections and land sales in Iowa. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines area offices listed. Street names obscured in OCR but indicate collection actions and land transactions across the state.
The management announces the third year of the new oelar institution with extensive preparations. Commissions to renowned American artists and selections from European repositories include statues in marble and bronze, paintings, and carvings. Aimed for the next annual distribution in January.
Three dollars grants membership in an association with a large engraving or monthly magazines for one year and a share in an annual art distribution. Additional options include Harper's, Knickerbocker, and other periodicals plus multiple magazine years and tickets. six engravings or two magazine choices for five months. Membership requires address and post office registration to receive certificates and desired items.READ EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
The Cosmopolitan Art Association urges subscriptions by offering a chance to win numerous works of art and a free Art Journal. Readers are assured money back in literature or an engraving if they join, with wide newspaper endorsements praising its plan and benefits.
The subscriber offers one box of Extra Family Flour from Waverly Mills Missouri. T Clarke Forwarding and Commission Merchant reports the item for sale by telegraph dated October 23, 18i.
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