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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1883
Page
6
An 1880s Toledo Blade style report notes Peterville voted Democratic after brewers and saloonkeepers backed a beer driven campaign. Brewers and distillers funded support, unionizing votes to push passage of tax and regulatory measures while opponents argued over roads and governance.
The piece denounces Democratic dominance in eight Southern states as despotic and compares the Bourbon faction to a Czar. It urges federal election law enforcement, marshals, and tough penalties to protect the ballot, warning that without action the region may dictate national outcomes. It notes the political peril ahead in 1885 and stresses the need for enforceable suffrage protections.
The Toledo Blade laments the fading of the Dude fashion in Baldwinville Indiana and notes the shift as even clerks and elevator boys imitate the look. It argues the Dude’s era ends as wealth, not youth, erodes distinct dress codes and the humor of pretentious frugality.
A rough estimate proposes total annual expenses for eight professional clubs. Costs include traveling shares for players umpires and managers ground rental printing scorers payrolls uniforms and balls home board transit buses and incidentals. The total likely exceeds 155 000 and perhaps reaches 200 000 annually with salaries for editors and others varying by club.
Hartford notes that despite $34 000 spent this year by backers the club reportedly nets about $70 000. Crowds in the 10 000 to 18 000 range at cities like St. Louis illustrate strong public support, with total baseball outlay possibly exceeding $600 000 when including exhibition games and leagues.
An English gentleman recounts a horse that would not move for hours. He stayed in the dog-cart from Saturday afternoon until Sunday evening, speaking calmly. After tying the horse and using force, the rider finally yielded, noting the remarkable obstinacy and patience, as claimed by Harper's Young People.
A discussion on kitchen design as a driver of character, arguing that pleasant, practical surroundings aid Nora in daily tasks. The piece challenges neglect of servants spaces, proposing plants, windows, and a comfortable chair as moral improvements. It laments luxury gaps for those unable to renovate yet stresses impact on future roles.
A Western writer urges proper butter tempering and temperature control, noting five degree variations ruin quality. A New England Farmer correspondent seeks advice on washing tin dairy vessels with hot water. Practical dairy guidance follows on cow care, milking, cleanliness, and cold-method milk handling with an ice bath and stirring.
The article discusses proper cheese salting emphasizing its preservative role, risks of oversalt and undersalt, and the need for even distribution. It notes Stilson as very rich cheese needing little to no salt, methods to ensure thorough mixing, and warns against poor quality salt or lumps that spoil portions of curd. Good salt is essential in dairy work.
An old dairy note explains turnips and other strong flavored feeds impart an odor to milk via rapid water absorption and bodily transpiration. Feeding after milking removes odor by morning. before milking risks tainting milk. A dairyman’s method of housing cows in mid afternoon and feeding hay and grain may let odors pass, suggesting similar steps for other foul pasture flavors. Stand on your head and the world will be upside down.
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