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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1888
Page
7
A verse portrait of a thirty year old tramp who roams seaside and camp towns trading, begging, and seducing. He charmed maids and stole hearts while promising marriage, leaving behind faded trinkets and memories of a fleeting, alluring life.
Elsie and Royce Lonsdale clash over a planned trip as a secret affair surfaces. A mysterious letter from Kent Hallerr to Royce hints a past romance and forces Elsie to confront a fragile marriage. Royce intends to return home with good news.
Royce reconciles with Elsie after exposing Arthur Gwendon's deceit. Elsie confronts fear of betrayal, Kent Hallett witnesses, and Millie Gwendon forgives Royce as the couple plan a happier life together.
A collage of vignettes on human folly and fortune contrasts wealth and poverty, work and leisure, and moral puzzles. It riffs on marriage aims, debt, drink, and risk, with quick quips and brief dialogues from magazines and cartoons of the era.
Household advice on humane horse care, cold weather riding, nets and blankets, and road safety. Includes farm tips on planting, wheat sowing, clover, squash interplanting, and dairy practices for butter and milk yield. Mentions salt and alkali effects, and equipment like wire netting yards.
Levi Bell argues dry winter winds, not cold alone, kill fruit trees and canes by drying sap. He cites zero degrees with dry wind as lethal, questions branch vitality, and proposes experiments spraying trees with cold water to form ice and prevent drying, urging study by experiment stations.
English Milk Records detail dairy performance from Jersey herds. J F Hall of Erleigh Court notes 20 pounds of milk per butter pound over three years, 5 quarts a week per cow, and 6 pounds 9 ounces butter per cow weekly with milk at about a penny per gallon and butter cost around 11 pence per pound. Lord Braybrooke’s Jerseys yield 38 quarts weekly. annual cow upkeep estimated at about £21 including labor and equipment.
The article compares dairy economics across breeds and regions. Ayr shorthorns yield about 600 gallons per cow annually at low costs, while Shorthorns in Masseyhampton average 753 gallons in nine months. Drummadd Armagh reports % quarts daily with 8 pence per gallon cost and 11 pence sale, Cork cross-breds yield 615 gallons retail at 1 shilling, and cheese-making from Staffordshire shorthorns produced 750 gallons per cow with six hundredweight of cheese. A Norfolk keeper cites annual cow costs at about £8 13s 1d.
The article advises on dairy cow feeding with oats, corn and barley meal to maintain milk flow, and discusses when to breed fillies. It argues two year breeding for well grown, healthy fillies, with cautious use of work and strong care to ensure profitable outcomes. It compares draft and purebred breeding, stressing early breeding can pay off if managed.
Practical advice from the New York Tribune on organizing a householder’s storeroom. It covers ventilation shelving, barrel buying of flour and sugar, types of flour and meal, labeling spice boxes, canned goods, and long term storage tips. Also includes tips on sugar coffee lard vinegar dried goods and preserving jams. A separate note suggests zinc cleaning and a cold foot bath remedy.
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