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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1886
Page
6
Soldiers recount vivid incidents from front line combat. Bold boys on both sides share stories of bullets bayonets and boiled beans amid shellfire and marching drills. The collection blends bravery with daily hardship in wartime camps.
Poem recalling Civil War scenes and memories by Lochport New York writer, honoring veterans of the blue and gray and the valor shown in battle and prison camps. It laments aging veterans and death while urging remembrance of the Union cause and past campaigns across land and sea.
An Altoona Iowa writer recounts the Gettysburg campaign with vivid detail and quotes a Grand Army Gazette tale about Franklin Thompson a woman who served as a private in the Second Michigan Infantry. The piece notes Thompson later married, studied at Oberlin, and authored Nurse and Spy. The pension for Thompson now Mrs Seeley is granted.
A Confederate veteran recalls the Gettysburg campaign and retreat to Virginia. He details artillery duels, ammunition shortages, and Meade and Lee’s forces racing for Virginia while Bragg’s temper and authority shapes the old army misgivings.
A recount from Connersville Wisconsin describes a bread dispute among prisoners that led to a brawl. An officer and four-deep guard forced martial ranks with threats to shoot any man leaving or speaking. The guard alternated between harsh and lenient while on duty ending at six. The writer asks to hear from Johnny.
The Century notes that Mr. Davis visited Bragg on Missionary Ridge shortly before Chattanooga to reconcile a rift with Longstreet. Grant says Davis planned a Knoxville campaign led by Longstreet after failed reconciliation, mentioning familiarity with Bragg and Longstreet prior to the war.
A report details the nation's decedents housed in 79 national cemeteries with 12 in the North and the rest across the South. Arlington leads with 16,264 graves, including 4,349 unknown, while other sites like Gettysburg and Fredericksburg hold thousands. overall 300,000 known and unknown U S war dead are buried nationwide.
The narrator, a Fourth Michigan Volunteer captain named John Randolph, recounts four years in the Civil War. He describes initial training near Washington, a raid at Cloud's Mills for flour, rail and enemy patrols, and the July 1861 Bull Run march to Fairfax Court House. He notes orders, rapid movements, and the challenges of frontline life as documented in his diary.
In 1864 about sixty of the Nineteenth Missouri Cavalry with Company B joined by six companies of the Forty third Missouri at Glasgow and were captured by General Price, surrendered to General Clark, paroled, and exchanged December 21. They guarded prisoners at Mason City, Missouri, en route. A quarrel with a Kansas Major’s servant led to the men kicking the servant off the car, then executing their captain's directive amid drink and disorder.
A concise page reviews parlor decoration kitchen science and health preservation topics. It highlights practical tips from the Howe farm and garden column, emphasizing domestic improvements and well being through simple, accessible advice.
A discussion on corn cultivation notes that straight rows improve yield. crooked rows suffer as crops grow unevenly. Mechanized hoes allow closer in-row cultivation, reducing need for hand weeding and boosting efficiency in fields using machinery.
The piece argues post and rail fencing saves money versus boards and recycles old rails. It notes two ports cover a twelve foot rail while three cover fourteen or sixteen feet of boards, and suggests using a stake and wires to fix rails. It warns high posts lag and proposes omitting the top rail for a barber wire strand to deter stock.
An underground flow of warm water through winter drains offers a reliable stock supply. Water can be routed via tublet outlets that stay unfrozen in severe weather. Historical observations note warm outlet waters often remain unfrozen, attracting wildlife and early settlers seeking accessible warmth.
Prof Knapp of Iowa Agricultural College touts clover highly as feed noting its milk like composition with more dry matter and ash, less fat and strong nutritive value. He cites an acre yielding over twelve tons of green food and compares clover favorably to oil meal for growing young animals. Farmers find curing hay difficult, so clover is often sown with grasses.
Advice from the Kansas State Board of Agriculture on orchard care covers moisture retention, mulching, thinning, pest control, and optimizing harvest. It discusses pear blight causes, experiments by Burrell and Arthur, and suggests spraying with soap and kerosene mix as a partial remedy.
Beekeepers note bees gather on hive exteriors during peak sun and heat. Cool mornings and nights ease stress while midday exposure harms colonies. A protective board or shade device is suggested to shield hives from sun and heat.
A Vermont Illinois beekeeper complains that American women cannot handle heavy beekeeping tasks. She cites examples of women using helpers and notes health concerns, recounting chores of lifting, honey extraction, and hive management with vivid but cautionary detail.
A Western New York flock owner preserves year by year wool samples to compare a lamb’s fleece with that of its ancestors. The breeder explains the records help him study lineage and guide breeding choices.
As pastures dry cows produce less milk due to low moisture intake. Fresh spring grass yields lighter milk and weak substance. To maintain milk, feed grain or meal. If meal is used, dilute with water so most goes to milk. otherwise cows fatten and become market ready.
A Baltimore area notice reports horses at Ceonar Sprigs Maryland becoming lame due to poorly fitted shoes. A skilled yet careless workman trimmed and rasped feet to fit small shoes, causing tender feet, with hooves packed under the shell and oils used in attempts to remedy the issue.
A historical guide from American Agriculturist on humane calf handling, mother-calf separation during calving, controlled feeding regimes, and gradual cow training. Emphasizes gentle handling to prevent vices and produce a disciplined, productive herd atlow cost.
The article discusses the complexity of milk composition and the unpredictable relation between milk chemistry and butter yield. It notes Jersey cows lead in butter-making potential, that feeding can boost capacity without guaranteed output increase, and that actual butter production hinges on individual cows and breeds rather than chemistry alone.
The notes warn care in choosing chick feed for market and health. Meat is a good food for adult poultry but harms young chicks if fed too freely, delaying growth and causing defects in their health and development.
The text advises feeding chicks with a mix of milk and chalk solution, then dry cracked corn as they age, and warns against scalded milk except for diarrhea. It emphasizes cleanliness, humane treatment, ample space, air movement, and proper hen-house roost construction to prevent injuries and disease. It also suggests using diluted carbolic acid or disinfectants to control vermin and pests in the coop.
Mrs Kedzie of Kansas Agricultural College reports kitchen laboratory tests on preserving fruit by heating, jarring, and covering mouths with cotton batting. Five fruits including tomatoes showed no mold, cotton used with paper sometimes added. method may end patent cans if jars and wide necks prevent air entry, enabling winter storage.
The text advises pure drinking and bath water, warns that clear water is not always pure, and links baths to health. It covers bath frequency, temperature, and safety, then shifts to cleaning practices like windows, floors, furniture, and napkins, with practical, low-tech tips and small tools.
A reader outlines several non yeast bread methods including unfermented varieties using muriatic acid and baking powder. Recipes cover Bread No 1 with flour salt water and acid, Quick Bread with baking powder, Graham Bread, Boston Brown Bread, Yankee griddle cakes, Cow Bread, Fine Corn Bread, and variations with sugar eggs and lard.
Frank Stockton publishes The Late Mrs. Null a fiction work that a sharp critic dismisses as void of interest.
The Philadelphia Record reports fewer idle workers than during the boom, with rising employment in iron mills coal mines lumber camps and factories. Upward wage trends contrast with flat product prices and notable expansion in textiles machinery and mining across the United States.
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