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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1880
Page
8
A mosaic of humorous quips on manners and fashion, plus practical domestic advice. The text includes stray jokes about women and social norms, brief notes on Russia and Ireland, and a long column of old recipe implementations for tinware cleaners and puddings, with several kitchen dish ideas and bake times.
Brother Gardner spoke for all present at the Lime Kiln Club meeting in Detroit noting seven beliefs they reject. He lists views on drying close in a cellar buying a horse for a wagon talking politics to gain jobs debt free goods and singing with no purpose.
The piece contrasts luck and labor noting luck lies idle while labor acts with purpose to build competence. It tells a tale of a nobleman who kills a highwayman to protect another and mentions Mr Thrupp directing an Anglo Italian railroad contract near Naples with Prigandi’s feigned revolver threat until a diligence arrival dispersed attackers.
J Talcott discusses a yearlong test of Pekin ducks noting high egg production and feather value. He bought a trio, kept them with ordinary care, and observed laying from late February to August with a brief siting period, concluding Pekin ducks may be best for cooking eggs and feather yield.
Paris researchers report a new silk source from an introduced moth named atlants Cynthia. The insect feeds on ailanthus trees, cocoons yield fine but scarce silk, and machinery may extract gum to produce usable threads. Moths self-care, cocoons collected, potential supply limited by cocoon availability.
In London an action Stavely versus Conkerham sought compensation for alleged illegal imprisonment with hard labor after a vaccination fine. The jury found the plaintiff did not suffer hard labor, though he faced harsh measures. Baron Huddleston ruled for the defendant.
The Dublin brewer Sir Arthur Guinness lowers rents amid agitation and vows to resist intimidation. He owns Mayo property and funds Stephen's Gap in Dublin for public use at his expense. His income exceeds $350,000 with his father’s estate sworn at $6,000,000. He is married to a daughter of the Earl of Bantry and has an heir who is his brother.
Mr E D Gray MP proprietor of the Freeman's Journal is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. His father Sir John Gray was knighted for services in bringing a water supply to Dublin. The office has a civic state with a sizable salary and a grand mansion featuring the Round Room and a procession of footmen and a lavish equipage.
The American Stationer describes making slate pencils from broken slate quarried material. The process includes milling to flour, mixing with steatite, forming dough, knifing into charges, pressing in a retort to extrude cords, cutting, drying, baking on corrugated zinc, and finishing with emery wheels to a pointed end for use.
A tall red haired man with a hacking cough visits the Can Can in Bodie California. He orders a heavy meal including steak eggs codfish balls and sausage with coffee while staff fear for his health. He pays and warns the waiter not to mention pneumonia as the proprietor requests a photograph.
The Bessemer process has seen numerous enhancements by American supervisors and chemists. They are steadily freeing domestic production from reliance on foreign metals and ores. The United States now leads in the industry's perfection compared with other nations.
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