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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1879
Page
3
A long column discusses Thoroughbred origins with pedigrees from England and America, notes stud books and Bruce’s compilation, and stresses proper training from foalhood. It also covers draught-horse breeding, harness care, and windgalls, emphasizing humane handling, feeding, and leather maintenance.
Detailed guidance on timing cutting and curing tobacco for chewing and smoking leaves, signs of maturity, dew handling, wilting, and sheds management. Also covers differences for Havana seed and Connecticut seed leaf, plus field and barn practices and notes on related farming tasks.
Reports indicate a fair honey crop this season, though not as large as last year. Bee mortality and drought reduced production, but California rains boosted flora and yield. Market advice urges near selling, advertising, and attractive packaging to create home demand.
The article explains the rise of the high milling or new process adopted from Vienna and Budapest. It details steps from cleaning through decortication to purifying middlings and bolting to produce a higher flour yield, increasing per bushel output and boosting farm value.
A collage of brief items ranges from social quirks and jokes to small scandals. It mentions the Oneida communists, a tramp’s caution, a tattooed lover’s initials, baby weighing in Paris villas, and a clock with a small man in a dressing gown. Other items include a prize for horse thief Jack Motter, Wild Bill lore, potato cooking rationales, and rural anecdotes.
A damaged tinware piece washed from shore and attached to a sea serpent-like rope tale whipped the waves with spray. A dark hogshead sized object lay ahead as a makeshift prop for the prank. The boys tied the utensil to the sea serpent’s tail and left.
The Mexican frontier tale: a Mexican lieutenant and squad discover a cave near Sierra Mojada where Indians fashioned bullets from pure silver. They find silver bullets and rough articles, along with mining tools, leading to a rush of people seeking wealth at the site.
Paris telegraph reports from Lambesc near Aix that Baptistine Baptistine and her husband faced arson suspicion after three sudden deaths linked to arsenic. Victims include a soldier, an elderly benefactress, and a wealthy uncle. prosecutor general oversees inquiry as villagers fear a dangerous poisoning pattern.
An account of historic Japanese ink making from government boards to regional varieties such as masa ink and taibei ink. It describes lamp-black and pine-smoke inks, materials like glue and water, the moulding and drying process, oil choices, and pine soot collection in a plastered workshop with pine resin boughs.
A Burlington Hawkeye excerpt recalls a dark stormy night on North Hill. An elderly, respectable resident Shuddertog is roused by a jangling door, lit by a lamp that goes out in rain as a mysterious caller confronts him. A crash and fragments of a lamp hint at a balloon fall or a violent strike, leaving the mystery unsolved.
The article discusses human lifespan, noting Americans are improving and some individuals reach 107 to 110. It cites opinions that no one lives beyond a presumed limit, while European data show many centenarians, with Italy Austria and Hungary listing hundreds of women and men over 100. It mentions German higher elderly percentages and hints at cross national longevity debates.
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