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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1880
Page
8
A collage of brief items includes odd quotes and anecdotes, home tips, and household hints. It mentions a death by suicide in Cincinnati, horse care advice, a contortionist stunt, and practical remedies from kitchen and garden lore, all in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper voice.
A 750 lb steer on pasture from April to November faces variable gains depending on pasture quality climate and steer condition. On average native stock may gain about 300 lbs under good conditions, while Shorthorn grades can gain 5 to 6 hundred pounds with favorable pastures.
An Arkansas club on display in Norwich Connecticut is described as unusually deadly with a legend claiming nine deaths in thirty six years. The description notes a foot and a half length a round brass ornate handle varying in diameter and a struck end containing a lead core and brass ball.
A traveler asks about crime in Western Tennessee. A villager recalls two burglars from last spring who broke into a local editor’s house and died of starvation before fleeing, providing a grim anecdote on crime and consequence.
A Nature correspondent in Jamaica reports lizards approaching flames and seemingly enjoying the heat, then darting into fire. The notes compare legends of salamanders and discuss purported fire resisting or saliva properties, noting cats' reactions to lizard saliva and Jamaican beliefs about depilatory effects.
A Country Gentleman note describes Delaware vines planted near a buried bone heap. One vigorous vine survived on a single root that reached the hollow bones and absorbed nutrients, causing other roots to wither. It argues bones are an excellent manure and should be distributed through soil rather than placed in holes to sustain vines for years.
The piece notes Sir John Lubbock crediting Chinese origin for bank notes and traces early forms to 12th century payment skins used at court and 800s flying money teytsien. It adds a Nassau club anecdote about Bancroft disputing dates with Sharon over history.
A humorous Kansas City Journal piece surveys corn prospects across miles from Kansas to Bust Head Hollow. Narrators report variable yield, ideal conditions, and plenty of regional color while insisting two rowed corn is the boss in this frontier sketch.
An American writer in Paris quotes a Philadelphia observer about Turkey's turmoil in Constantinople. He notes danger after dark in the Christian quarter, widespread famine, and a princess selling jewels to support a household of eighty. He recounts a diamond buttons ce and a large emerald worn by the IXhedive’s favorite, a national gem from old mines.
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