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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1875
Page
8
A fragment from Christian at Work notes farmers gaining access to bolts screws and fittings at low prices from hardware stores in cities, defying high blacksmith costs. It highlights cheap every day items like bolts with nuts, cotter pins, copper bars, seat belts, wood screws and leather repair components sold by weight or unit.
The article describes keeping hens in cold weather with comforts and varied feed to maximize egg production. It details housing with glassed sections, morning mush from cornmeal rice and bran, free access to feed, noon meat scraps, and regular water even when frozen. It compares the Meal-barrel breed favorably for lay performance.
A farmer notes that sowing wheat with clover can divert grain loss but warns clover alone does not improve soil. The writer cites experiences of clover-wheat rotations increasing weed suppression and stock, arguing against idle land and citing Jethro Tull ideas favoring crop succession.
When fowls fall ill and loge acute a change of diet helps. Mix linseed meal pepper and copper dissolved in drinking water. Ensure clean water and proper roosting. Poorly kept roosts and unclean conditions worsen sickness more than other causes.
The article contemplates mortality and the afterlife on New Year’s, urging practical faith beyond time and sense. It contrasts fleeting life with eternity, condemns modern infidelity, and calls Evangelical churches to defend Sabbath laws and moral truth against cultural liberalism.
A sermon page condemns Continental Sundays as toys of despotism from opera to beer gardens. It contrasts grim Puritan Sabbath seriousness with secular amusements. It cites Feejee missions' converts and church activity, and ends with a call to awaken to looming moral ruin in modern Jerusalem.
January dispatches from New Orleans reveal threats against General Sheridan, White League denials, and political maneuvering. Kellogg’s testimony to Congress details White League plans and alleged plotting to assassinate the President, with officials seeking to disarm the group and restore civil authority.
Paris reports McMahon plans to summon Dufouze Labanlaye Larey and Castleane to form a cabinet and pursue a general election. The move aims to clarify his position though seen as likely fruitless. Baron de Larcy cannot form a new cabinet and MacMahon asks Daufgure to take charge.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is extolled as a potent remedy for cleansing the system and purifying the blood. It is praised for curing scrofulous and various skin diseases, ulcers, eruptions, and internal ulcers, with benefits for digestive vigor and overall health, including in spring.
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