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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1876
Page
4
Observations show crop health improves when plowed while soil is wet from dew or after rain. Sheep farming proves profitable, bees provide winter stores, and careful husbandry boosts farm prosperity. Practical tips cover gardens, beekeeping, and simple rust removal for gardening tools.
Dr. Linderman warns of silver ore scarcity as $1 coin supply strains the treasury. Congress considers exchanging silver dollars for legal tenders, then converting to fractional currency, with bills to be destroyed. A plan to ease coin shortage by issuing more currency is discussed, while details remain unsettled.
Funds of the treasury printing bureau are vital and can be readied for circulation at a very small expense. If the fractionals are not worn, the cost of printing, paper, and ink will be a total loss, so finishing the job and putting the coins in circulation would be prudent.
A curious antique household column offers kitchen recipes and home remedies. It includes flour mixtures for cooking, tips on removing stains and moths, and a peculiar account about window fly infestations tied to a reprinting of Dr Meares Drought’s letter from Ireland.
A compilation tracing how state names arose from various sources such as royal ties, French and English place names, and Native American terms. It covers New York after Duke of York, Pennsylvania from William Penn, Virginia from Queen Elizabeth, and many others with notes on meanings like Missouri a wild river, Ohio a Shawnee word for the beautiful river, and Minnesota from cloudy water.
A collage of editorials and letters from various papers critique Grant era policies, call for civil service reform, and condemn ballot fraud. They analyze Republican divisions, the Davenport investigations, and the influence of secret service funds while praising Arkansas and New York responses and urging radical change in federal governance.
The article discusses Spain’s looming public debt crisis and calls for swift economy measures to end the war financing. It outlines consolidated and floating debts, bonds and treasuries, noting the difficulty of resuming full interest payments. It also touches on Tsar Nicholas II’s health, royal family influences, and a brief New York Times Letter on global affairs, followed by a note about railroad workers signing temperance pledges.
The text extols Dr Bierce and the World’s Dispensary in New York, claiming a range of tonics and specific remedies cure numerous chronic ailments. It highlights catalogued preparations such as Favorite Veescription, Pleasant Purgative Pellets, and Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, urging personal consultations for severe cases and noting diverse departments for throat, kidney, nervous, and eye diseases.
A lengthy notice touts an exhaustive treatise on the Empire of Brazil by Appleton & Co. The work promises detailed portraits of Emperor Pedro II and a South American map. It notes cost around $160,000 plus printing and binding, with monthly or bi monthly volumes and sample pages offered. It also includes an unrelated drug advertisement for Dr. Gebnned's Mandrake Pills and various regional notices and agent declarations.
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