06 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1881
Page
1
The piece advises hog owners to shelter pigs in warm dry quarters with clean bedding and fattening foods like corn during winter. It discusses fuel efficiency, feeding adjustments to cold weather, and cautions on maintaining pork heat and weight, plus related household tips and notes on unusual farm machinery and kitchen ideas.
The fragment discusses preserving apples by reducing cider, cooking until thick like pudding, and notes on traditional methods. It then shifts to trees, transplanting practices, oak leaf fall, pine and live oak growth, evergreen and deciduous behavior, and a claim that 2000 Norway spruce can be planted in fall or spring with care.
In a Carper's Magazine essay cited here, T M Coan argues that broad college culture rarely boosts immediate earnings for many trades. He notes physicians and lawyers face overcapacity, engineers fare better, but most educated youths wait to support themselves. The piece laments the misalignment of higher ed with subsistence for the general young worker.
A collage of humorous clippings from multiple papers. Phrases lampoon church weddings and Cinderella myths, with snippets about a newspaper man losing a railroad pass, cautious thoughts on Bible changes, and a depot anecdote about a peppermint quarter mishap.
A garbled Victorian era column mixes dog breeds and prices with poultry remedies, including Yorkshire and King Charles terriers, Newfoundlands, and St Bernards, plus dog bite anecdotes. Practical household tips cover feed additives, charcoal for digestion, pepper, and sulphur use in fowl care. It also includes stray notes on champagne, tonic remedies, and humorous anecdotes about purchases and social manners.
The seventh annual holiday goods opening begins Wednesday, Devem par Sth, 1880, featuring a large display of holiday and presentation items. Pope & Billau invite Cedar Rapids residents to visit after the date to inspect leather goods, trunks, boxes, perfume sets, and more at competitive prices, with guaranteed accuracy of representation.
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