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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1873
Page
3
In Harper's Magazine a speaker recalls walking city streets full of filth and want. A torn rose, once pure, is found on a garbage heap and is brushed clean, its fragrance and inner beauty seeming to rise to Heaven. The tale asks whether beauty survives despite cruelty.
A Kansas Farmer article urges saving winter manure by daily stall cleaning to build large heaps. It argues distributing twenty to fifty loads to fields boosts corn yields, cites Kansas College Farm results, and favors clover as a cheaper fertilizer than stable manure.
A monthly Department of Agriculture report notes remedies for sows that destroy or abandon their litters. It cites camphor and opium in the ear to calm the sow and prevent milk withholding, and suggests rubbing brandy on piglets and near the sow’s nose to deter predation, claims repeated in German journals.
Farmer guidance emphasizes protecting sows in winter with a warm sheltered bed. Build a pig pen if needed and place sows inside with ample straw or leaves for insulation and comfort to save the herd.
The passage advises building a side board inside the pen to shield piglets from the sow, six to eight inches high and six inches from the floor, to prevent trampling. It suggests feeding the sow turnips or potatoes before farrowing to boost milk and ease constipation, covering nurseries to protect from weather, teaching piglets to drink milk and slop, and giving charcoal and salt to sows during suckling to curb morbid appetite and protect piglet growth.
The total 1200 agricultural patents granted in 1871 covers bee hives churns cultivators harvesters and more. Notable groups include planters drills seeders 177 harvesters 160 plows 160 and miscellaneous 70. The miscellanies list includes coops cattle ties flax pullers grafting tools hedge trimmers insect destroyers and root cutters.
A collage of sensational brief items reports on Kansas anti-tobacco colonies, vast horse populations, Indiana hog numbers, a new Ledger paper in St Louis, and hefty government expenses for 1873. It mentions bridge feats, labor shifts, Harvard reform proposals, Chicago fire marriages, Barnum lawsuits, and quirky inventions and crimes.
A St. Louis Democrat writer recalls Edwin Forrest's temper and genius on and off stage. The piece details his harsh rehearsal manner, pride in Lear, fear of madmen, and anecdotes from Peoria to Paris, including a hotel clash and a blunt dismissal to a caller.
Mr. Clark of Cambridgeport is commissioning the largest refracting telescope for the naval observatory in Washington. The instrument features a 26 inch object glass, larger than Harvard's, with an estimated finished value of 23 thousand dollars. Two glasses together weigh about 250 pounds and cost seven thousand dollars. They arrived from Birmingham six months ago and have undergone continuous polishing and repair. The Flint glass has been reduced by over fifty pounds to 110 pounds, and the completed instrument will weigh about 73 pounds. Total project cost is estimated at 46 thousand dollars.
A tested method for mending cast iron stove cracks uses sifted wood ashes and finely ground clay with a pinch of salt to form a paste. When applied to a cold stove, the cement fills cracks and joints without peeling and hardens with heat.
A fragment notes Gambetta linked to a Dow era race and a Disraeli Roothschild coterie with a hint of sca riot. The garbled text suggests political intrigue and financial influence in a historical European context.
A retrospective listing diplomats, soldiers, editors, writers, scientists, and entertainers who died in 1872. Notables include Greeley Seward Morse Meade Halleck Ewell Pollock Juarez Bulwer Patten Anderson and Charles Lever Gavan Duffy and Morse. The necrology highlights global publishers, royalty, and cultural leaders across nations.
Philadelphia shows rapid growth with 6295 building permits issued last year and expansion toward the city’s 120 square miles under 1854 state law. The skyline fills as squares replace former open spaces and the 1876 exposition looms as a potential rival to New York. The wool clip totals 1,818,301,000 pounds.
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