12 Aug 1880
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1880
Page
1
A collage of mid century health tips, home recipes, and product ads. Items urge avoid borrowing trouble, promote Shiloh's remedies, California Kidney Tea, Blair's Remedy, and various household how-tos, cooking tips, and farm notes with names and vendors interwoven.
A severe sheep mortality is described linked to Distoma hepaticwni and related trematodes. Infection spreads after wet seasons when tainted pastures are eaten, aided by intermediate hosts like Limnus wainulus and the common snail. Salt is noted as a prophylactic and potential cure for early cases.
A vignette describes a young woman in Galveston moving through social circles and rehearsing a piano piece named Picnic Polka. The tale contrasts her earnest performance with a plain cousin Lim who misinterprets the mood, ending with a wary exit. The excerpt shifts to a string of industrial and economic notes on mills, machinery, timber, and regional manufacturing in the United States and England, highlighting productivity and labor figures.
The pre grain elevator of the Erig Railway near Pagouia Ferry Jersey City is billed as the largest in the world. It cost about 750,009 dollars with capacity for 1,500,009 bushels, mounted on a 1,700 by 100 foot dock and 375 by 80 foot by 166 foot high structure. It uses two 250 horsepower engines and steam shovels to unload forty cars at once and load four steamers in four hours. Foundations rest on granite pillars driven 80 feet below mud.
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