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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1879
Page
8
A collage of antiquated notes mentions Monument 18 at Gravesend, an old Jefferson home site, a tax case in Iowa, a widow’s debt, and stray moments from life in colonial lore. It also covers imagined quotes, a statue in Hyde Park, an Australian topic, and stray anecdotes about schooling, meals, and science.
A collection of kitchen notes covers coffee refinement and grenadine extraction, fish croquettes made from leftovers, stale coffee detection by color, gem batter baking in a hot oven, Savannah style boiled rice steps, and a Purim pudding recipe with fruit, suet, bread, and wine or brandy for serving.
In a London Society of Art lecture Mr M Matthew Williams describes harvesting spider webs for telescopes. He details collecting, forking iron wire to stretch the web, and gluing the silk to a stop to secure a tele scope mount.
The Scientific American notes promising trials of amber cane in the north with Minnesota highlighted as especially suited. An acre yields 11 tons of cane and 130 to 150 gallons of syrup, with potential to make 1,000 pounds of sugar per acre. Details on cultivation, milling, purification, and uses are described along with an note on Naples as Italy’s largest commercial city.
The article describes Zulu military traditions from boyhood training to elder service, noting their long-standing compulsory discipline. It recalls 19th century tactics around Natal and the massed approaches of Zulu forces, plus recent rifle and cartridge sales to Kaftirs in the diamond regions despite protests from Orange Free State and Transvaal.
Professor Caldwell argues lime works best on humus rich soils or heavy clays with silicates and stressed the need for manure to sustain soil quality. Machinery Hall on Centennial Grounds was sold for 24000 dollars to W C Allison & Co with five bidders. heavy contents including gas pipes, lumber, iron, glass and stone are to be removed and ground leveled. payment terms 25 percent down and balance in 30 days.
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