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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1876
Page
1
A 19th century agriculture note describes growing peas with oats or barley as a mixed crop. Oats support barley, increasing head development and easing harvest in bad weather. Pea and oats or barley feed livestock well while yielding abundant forage. It praises thrift and kitchen economy in farm life and cooking.
Garden guidance advises safe transplanting of evergreens up to June first with large root holes and careful moisture. Deciduous trees lifted in May can be replanted with mulch to curb evaporation, herbaceous perennials may be divided, and hardy plants wintering over may go out. Bedding of tender plants should wait until soil warms. Keep walks clean and lawns rolled. edge grass and box borders trimmed.
The article compiles varied tips from home chemistry and farm practice. It describes a whitewash mixture using lime, salt, glue, and whiting for building upkeep, warns against salt attracting livestock, and notes industrial art schools for women. It also offers poultry care guidance to protect young chickens from wet conditions and a lime-dust remedy for gapes in fowl, with several regional source citations.
A young man R H Wilson, age twenty, writes from Des Moines before taking his life at Abcorn House, warning peers about drink. He laments addiction, asks forgiveness, asks his parents to care for his children, and cautions others to avoid liquor’s ruin. The piece includes a second section on losses after signing the pledge, naming social costs of drunkenness and calls to reform.
Property transfers feature multiple Cedar Rapids and area parcels with owners including John A Warks Guo M Burroughs Thos G Grom wellpot Potter Tol Nathan Gardner del Well Joly dersan Fredk Soliley Jus A Crain Robt Moore Jas Norris Martin Moore TM Sine dian ACE Hull John Thomas Witer Dan Tisdale N V Miller B F Sonleundpy Francis Graves Peter Crilly Frances Greene Tenrietta W Dawns Addison Daniels John Thomas Waterhouse Greene and College additions Wenzel Rebec Jas P Cowden Carpenter's acre listings Tra Stockwell Mary Downing John F Goudy Sam Jolson avid Bleaktey M Sinclair and others Cedar Rapids and surrounding parcels with varied acreages and sale amounts.
A correspondent for the Iowa City Republican contrasts Chicago prices in 1870 with those from 15 years earlier, noting changes in wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, cattle and hogs. He argues that despite cheaper goods, living costs rose sharply due to higher taxes and wages, urging a return to first principles or higher earnings.
The State Register stresses that typhoid and animal diseases arise from dirty water. It warns farmers that cattle and horses fed from polluted ponds suffer illness and poor milk quality. It condemns indiscriminate remedies and urges sourcing water from clean supplies to protect health and vigor.
Unclear readable text mentions Notting linn Laces for Curtains and Curtin Fixtures. Likely a fragment from a trade or advertisement page with incomplete product listings and names. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities beyond generic items.
A young Virginia man, known for poise and charm, struggles with a strong passion for brandy. On a walk to a bar, he asks his intemperate friend to take responsibility if he becomes a drunkard after the first glass, and the friend replies with a stern warning to set down the glass.
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