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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1870
Page
4
In this guide from The Enquirer on Building Lime, the author outlines practical tests to identify quality lime. He notes heavier pieces often indicate better lime, describes sensory cues such as greasy feel versus dry grit, and explains slacking behavior in water with heat and volume changes.
A historic remedy recommends scraping damp plaster to brick or stone walls, wetting surfaces, applying hydraulic cement mixed with sand, roughening, and letting a hard skin form. Avoid finishing inside with hydraulic cement due to condensation in damp weather. finish with plaster of Paris if speed is needed.
A peculiar observation notes geologists finding toads sealed in rocks from formation periods. They dwell in darkness until a chance event frees them. The piece likens rich men sealed in mountains of gold to the trapped toads amid community convulsions, until one mountainee overturns and life emerges as man.
The article advises carriage makers to test springs before fitting them to carriages. It suggests bolting the spring to a bed of timber, pressing them with a lever first gently then quickly, to settle the spring and reveal any plate flaws.
The text describes mixing i singlesw and brandy into a paste with powdered eggshells, forming a warm mold then drying to yield a strong resemblance to ivory. It instructs oiling the mold, cooling, and extracting a final product with ivory-like appearance.
Fragmentary OCR lists scattered place names and numbers across towns and counties. Readable items include partial place names such as Comal Bay Salina Witleheside and Lancaster Musdenviteg with unclear numbers and dates. The text appears as a garbled transport or notices snippet with no coherent event.
The forest trees are dying in parts of Virginia and farmers dig roots by the acre. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has returned lands near New Hartford Connecticut to an elderly couple. A Scotch man in Middletown New York warns from a window when a preacher strays from orthodoxy. Beaten before the people Beaten hopes to win in Congress with soldiers’ voting dispute. Journalists praising French disasters provoke revulsion. nations with brilliant pasts face a bloody present and a promised future.
A historical piece argues the California coast could outshine Europe as a resort for invalids. It compares winter and summer temperatures and rainfall in Monterey, Funchal, and San Diego, highlighting milder, drier conditions on the California coast and suggesting the climate’s potential value to invalids rivals gold.
The wandering death bed utterances of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee elevate A P Hill as their trusted coadjutor. Jackson urged sending Hill to the front while Lee recalled orders to strike tents and wills, praising Hill's fidelity in the war’s final hours.
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