Feeding Poultry: Barnyard Diets From Savoy Club Sessions
The Chicago Tribune reports Savoy Tibers' Club discussions on poultry feeding strategies. They advocate varied rations with corn, meat and bran, warm mash, and summer supplements like thick buttermilk. Hens should have access to kitchen scraps, lard scraps, and garden foraging, with a sunny rolling area and well-turned soil to aid worm intake.
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Savoy, Tibers’ Club
Chicago Tribune
Medici
Apple quality rules market value and shipment choice
Indiana farmer notes that a surplus crop lowers value, so exporters should discard inferior apples. A single good apple sells for more than a basket of inferior fruit, and selective packing prevents downgrading. Even cider benefits from choosing perfect fruit with no wormy or unripe specimens.
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Bette
Indiana Urmer
Harvesting Indian corn favored when left to ripen on hill
The Boston Cultivator reports farmers and millers favor leaving corn on the hill to ripen with uncut stalks for heavy, sound grain. The next best method involves partial stalk cutting and curing, while testimony from a Connecticut valley grinder supports hill ripening as superior.
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Boston
Connecticut River
The Lord Walks In The Corn Field Sermon Notes
A sermon on Mark 2 23 28 and Matthew 12 1 8 likens Jesus walking in a corn field on the Sabbath to God sustaining daily bread. It argues that working life and profits are under divine care and urges contentment with a moderate supply while stressing duty as path to provision and urging trust in Christ for sustenance.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Grant
England
France
Spain
Germany
Russia
Christian at Work of the luxuries
A reflection on Christ providing simple bread over costly luxuries. The author urges readers to carry this teaching into daily life and remember Jesus walking among believers as he did in scripture.
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Christ
John
Illinois Republican Congressmen Win Despite Off Year Backlash
Illinois voters elected Republican Congressmen with votes slightly above statewide returns for other offices. The GOP gained in most districts but lost in Chicago, La Salle, and Bloomington areas, with overall strength suggesting a 50,000 majority for Republicans in 1876 statewide. The piece notes close races and hints at favorable future margins.
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Illinois
Congress
Ridgway
Powell
Grant
Chicago
la Salle
Bloomington
Bridgeport
Secret Service Captures Counterfeit Plates and Notes
New York reports warn that the U S Secret Service has seized counterfeit plates and over 44000 in counterfeit five dollar notes tied to Chicago banks. The case centers on Tom Ballard, the Buffalo counterfeiter awaiting trial in Auburn, with Benson as a key witness.
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New York
United States Secret Service Bureau
Washington
National Bank of Chicago
Third National Bank of
Chicago
National Bank
Secret Service
Benson
Secret Service Division
Auburn
Tom Ballard
Buffalo
Ballard
Bank of British North America
Montreal
Canada
Mr. Benson
Noted Idesperado William McWatters Returned to Nebraska Jail
William McWatters, a noted Idesperado, killed a man in Nebraska City months ago and escaped jail. He was recaptured in Oregon and returned to jail on the 5th. In Oregon he killed another man, his third murder. Authorities will take steps to ensure his safety and he likely faces hanging.
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William McWatters
Nebraska City
Oregon
Hair Vigor by Dr. J. C. Ayer and Co.
An advertisement touts a hair treatment described as agreeable, healthy, and effective for restoring color, thickening hair, preventing baldness and dandruff, and leaving a glossy, perfumed finish. It claims safety, no oil or dye, and suitability as a hair dressing. Prepared by Ayer of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
A. A. Hayes
M.D
Massachusetts
R. P. Hall, & CO
Nashua
N.H
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Carter H. Harrison
Charles B. Farwell
Stephen A. Hurfbut
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Renacses
Alexander Campbell
Greenbury L. Fort
Bee
Richard H. Whiting
Errity
Becoth Wik
John OC
Bagby
William Hartzell
William B. Anderson
Cscss
Secret Service Bureau
Ayer
Buckingham
Freeport
Bowe
Sions
Arriva
Dubuque
Rossy Serstsencsognees
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Monroe
Wis
Vvia
Cedarville
Orangeville
Oneco
Shuey’s Mills
Sessonsesensapang
Cere von Geensenenenge
Elizabeth
Watterman’s Mills
Yellow Creek
Loran
Kent
Plum River
Yankee Hollow
Stockton
Ward's Grove
Derinda
Orcs
Buena Vista
Damascus
McConnell's Grove
Silver Creek
Navy
M. Smith
D.atkins
Chicago and
Bridge Streets
Alate Be
Jacob Kline
Clinois
van Buren
Bridge Stree
Dyas
Middleditch & Potter
Upper & Lower Stephenson
Cabinet Bourbon
General Agents
London
Freeport Journal
Book & Job Printing Office
Journal Block
Freeport,Ill
Thomas
Proprietors
Gutter Snipes
Lawge
Breed & Haws
Freeport, Ill
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