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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1873
Page
3
In this farming note, readers learn to dry and cure potatoes before storing in a box or barrel with ventilation and moss or sawdust packing. Barrels may hold more roots, while carrots and beets need damp packing. A recipe for bot pest control ends the page.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer describes a simple gate Build a bottom strip from a ten foot by one eighth inch board. Use four inch wide pieces for uprights ends and three four inch strips laid parallel above the bottom with specified gaps. Add a diagonal brace from bottom hinge to latch end and hinge the gate with strong hardware.
The Spirit of the Times argues against chopped hay and cornmeal for working horses fed away from pastures. It urges oats and sweet hay at least five days weekly, cautions against wet cornmeal, and favors bright timothy hay and occasional mash for horse health.
Leguminous crops such as peas beans vetches sainfoin clover take after the pea type. They favor lime soils and limestone districts and respond to lime additions on poorer soils. Sulphur is also beneficial and gypsum provides both sulphuric acid and lime as a specialized manure for these plants.
The Rural Home advises rapid separation of dropping sheep for better nursing. Cattle should be fed to prevent stronger animals from crowding out the weak. Ensure plentiful clean dry bedding at night. Sleeping on hard planks or wet straw is cruel. dry straw helps retain heat.
A Farm Journal correspondent notes that once you identify bots in circulation you should verify their origins and purpose, assess reliability, and seek verifiable data before forming judgments or sharing information.
The meeting marks the長 moment when Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone near Ujiji. Livingstone greets Stanley with warmth amid a village crowd as both men begin a four month stay that deepens their friendship.
The Northwestern reports in "Thirty Methodist Branches are Too Many" the latest global statistics on Methodism. It surveys branches and growth across regions, noting debates within the church over the proliferation of divisions.
In Brooklyn a Free Methodist pastor denounces Masonry as hay wood and stubble provoking a confrontation. A church member calls the remark false and several attendees protest and walk out. The pastor then claims to have driven the devils from the church and order is restored. The visiting Rev. Mr. Willbridge of Chicopee watches events.
The article argues that the United States exports 120 million pounds of cotton annually to Europe at one franc per pound, earning 120 million francs while employing millions and capital totaling 300000 francs. It contends European industry drains wealth from Europe and calls for consumer action to force durable fabrics, warning of Europe's dependence on American cotton.
The boxer Mike McCooty petitions for divorce from Mary Ann Naughton alleging her faithlessness. The case is filed in a St Louis court and cites prior marriage in 1868.
Dr Dio Lewis recounts a staged cure for stuttering by teaching patients to beat time with syllables. The method, demonstrated as a “secret,” claims success in three quarters of cases and urges daily practice reading aloud to reinforce fluent speech.
In Sennett county this week Jen Shelby Arthur Shelby Ball Woods and William Smith were found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced by Judge Turner to be hanged on Friday the 15th. The case was highly publicized with circumstantial evidence including a murdered man Ben Mekheever shot at night near the accuseds home his body carried and hidden in a prairie cave.
A Detroit resident named Broef recovered from a severe fever after his wife fed him cider and pickles during his final illness. Physicians initially gave little hope, but the patient improved after the treatment, with neighbors and the doctor crediting cider and pickles for the recovery.
A survey of scattered items reports Japan moving to an elective Parliament, English burial customs, a tripling of Japan’s tea trade, French book trade stagnation, oversized onions in England, a Leeds science college plan cost, Bavaria’s king’s insanity claim, Noah’s name disputed by Chinese sources, a West Brompton cyclist record, a diamond making method, British Post Office 1871 revenue, Liverpool dock dues growth, France’s political science school, Orleans domain restoration, Prussia’s relief funds for Baltic flood victims, and coastal inundation damages.
Reports from southwestern Kansas describe extreme cold and mass suffering among hunters. A Wichita arrival recounts frozen hunters found on a loaded wagon bed and four men frozen after camping near Moots Creek. A wagon driver required amputation for frostbite, with many residents losing limbs and feet.
A traveler praises Ireland as the Emerald Isle for its verdant scenery and floral abundance. He extols green slopes knolls dells and pastures, woolly sheep and misty mountains, and declares Ireland the Flowery Isle with flowers from rhododendron to wall flora adorning cliffs and walls. The landscape is described as a living carpet of beauty.
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