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Newspaper
Cincinnati Weekly Chronicle
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1869
Page
4
Henry Little joins a Hillsborough circle led by Grotai with Cheetham in tension over labor. At Savage's Hotel the talk blends politics, charity, and a massive reservoir project as Little studies engineering flaws and the social frictions between workers and masters.
A narrator criticizes repeated wasteful grinding of saws and argues for a long term, economical method. He notes the labor waste and urges embracing a streamlined approach demonstrated by a companion named Bayne guiding next week. A vivid, period voice stresses cost savings and practical improvement.
A Harford mother endures a drunken husband on Christmas day while son Fred, inspired by a vow to work and save, returns with a great coat and a plan to break the cycle of alcohol. He helps fund his gifts and teaches his father to abstain, leading to renewed faith and a hopeful future.
Larmer's Department notes Minnesota wheat grower harvested 2 000 acres with fifteen reapers and 125 havids at about 25 bushels per acre. Judge Lawrence lost 200 sheep to four dogs, a $600 case for anti dog law. Chicago Poultry Exhibition drew strong fowl showing with 41 entries, many breeds, Greenleaf presiding, and high prices paid by actor Joseph Jefferson including 60 for a Darby coop and 650 for a pea-hen and chicks. total sales near 2 000.
Addison Oliver of Onawa reports his Early Rose trial planting one pound cut to one eye with forty three hills. No cultivation, two boings. Digging around September 20 yielded 840 pounds across 53 bushels, largest potato 44 ounces, several at 24 pounds each. Land here can grow good potatoes from 2 to 10 per acre.
The Nashville scene features a preserved piglike animal with elephant traits shown by F W Greenhalge. A second oddity, a sweet potato bearing infantlike marks and facial features, is described as a male infant zonale. The Nashville Banner notes the curious collection attracts attention.
The article urges diligent farming by routine measures and frugality. It praises keeping records, proper fencing and shelter, avoiding useless auctions, inspecting stock and storage, and reading ads to save money. Small, consistent actions build wealth. such farmers are the salt of the earth.
Joseph S Kirk of Pittsburg argues in favor of grinding hay for cattle feed. He describes a self-made cutter and crusher enabling ground hay at low cost, claiming ground hay mixes well with chopped feed and aids mastication for aging animals.
An elderly Stark pioneer notes that all hardships fall on a horse but may not show immediately. He recalls horses living to thirty with vigor, while aging teams wore out by eighteen. Good care, not harsh training, yields willing, healthier work and avoids turning a horse into a slave.
A wave of brief items reports Olive Logan’s chignon valued at $1,500, Burlingame and the Chinese Embassy in Berlin, Bodisco in New York, Abbott moving to a Spain history novel, Siamese twins in North Carolina, and market chatter at the Paris Bourse. Also noted are Wilson’s Iowa Senate declination, General Custar’s wife on campaign, a $500 Chinese wife in San Francisco, temperance fundraising in New Jersey, Otis Tufts’ $4 million elevator patent, Chicago theatre plans at $80,000, and George Peabody’s body escorted home. Additional items mention an imperial Cesar translator, a Roman nobleman’s tokens to Miss Ream, Mayor Russell of Anguata, Colfax’s Washington stay, Trinity College’s cooperative housekeeping test, Simmons bust of Grant nearing completion, the Cardiff giant’s oxen pull, Punch’s sea versus earth tidiness, Rosecrans at Indianapolis, rival Texas beef extracts, Fenian girls gifting Train a $5,000 emerald, Breckinridge dinner decline, Tackaberry’s gender reveal, Barry shot in Memphis, Illinois entomologist Walsh’s death, Anna Gareschna’s Russian prize for saving children, Sweden’s Count Loewenhaupt in Washington, and Bowdoin College scholarships funded by Alfred W. Johnson’s will.
An array of brief items spans misdeeds and marvels from Columbus Georgia to Santa Clara California. A step-son shoots a brutal guardian, Marseille yields 40000 tons of soap yearly, and Dubuque hosts a walking contest. Notes cover trains, theater hopes, municipal reforms, and curious discoveries in Europe and America.
Religious Intelligence notes Young Mortara emerging as a church orator. The Christian Church at Lexington organizes a school for negro preachers. Rev Rufus D Black takes seats at Cleveland public schools. A call to F Stanley for a Batint churches role in Lowell and Ohio is reported.
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