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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1882
Page
11
The article explains two forms of blackleg caused by bacteria and outlines prevention methods. Move exposed cattle to well drained soil, burn or bury carcasses deeply, rotate crops to aerate soil, and provide daily disinfectants in drinking water. Protect young cattle from contaminated pastures and keep them healthy to reduce risk.
Fragmentary note from the N Y Tribune quoting Prof James Law on prevention and swelling oil of turpentine or carbolic acid oil for various conditions. The brief cites practical remedies with a range of ages or strengths.
Describes the firing and curing of tea in intense heat, with workers paid about eleven cents a day. Details include long stirring in iron pans at 212 degrees, steps with soapstone and tamarack bark, and final polishing before packing. Notes heavy noise, aroma, and the U S share of Japan tea exports.
Mary Gordon recounts Daniel Webster as a youth sent to Exeter to prepare for college He lives with Squire Clifford and learns table manners The Squire uses a peer to prompt Daniel to raise knife and fork properly After reform Daniel's manners improve and his father brings a turkey as thanks The piece ends with a Milton quote about inner rule.
The article notes English travelers view Americans as rushing meals and washing down food with tea or coffee. It argues haste suppresses digestion, keeps hunger signals, and explains saliva aids digestion for starches, urging against washing down bread or meat.
The 1845 tale recounts Berthold Auerbach wooing the daughter of Breslau broker M. Lehrei ber and facing a lottery temptation. He dreams the number 17 586, seeks a single ticket, declines two subsidized halves, draws 1 from a pack, and 17 585 wins 150 000 Prussian dollars, a fortune he later refuses to keep.
A wild deer bolted into the town square near the court house in Marks ville Louisiana. Judge Ducote shot at it with a shotgun but did not stop the animal. locals then captured and bled the deer, which provided venison for several households. The Bulletin notes high water in swamps drove the deer into town.
The Philadelphia Chronicle Herald quotes a playful line describing a baby elephant with two front legs and two hind legs, highlighting a comic miscount in a telegraphic style. The item reads like a lighthearted blurb from a city newspaper.
A Brooklyn gang of seven juvenile thieves is exposed. a New York inspector donates his reward to a murder victim’s family fund. A North Carolina log hiding gold coins inside a tree is noted. Oscar Wilde visited a lady, quipping about dust being time’s bloom.
A bashful man visits a church fair where a trio of young women run a cake and fortune telling scam. They urge him to buy slices for a chance at a gold ring and to have his fortune told, then push him toward the scales and a long flower-basket purchase before he escapes with dwindled cash and embarrassment. The con ends with him fleeing the scene exhausted and broke.
Chief Justice Noah Davis of Ni York shown as curious about technical matters and Wall Street slang. A trial involved speculative stock transactions with puts margins straddles and options. The judge charged the jury using court language, prompting a rebuke from a veteran lawyer for unfamiliarity with street slang.
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