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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1874
Page
8
A sermon delivered before departure speaks of life as a stream guiding youth from joyful acts toward enduring work. The allegory traces growth from playful banks to a rushing current, promising that only faith can steady the voyage through trials toward an ultimate, eternal shore.
A widow near dire want finds relief when her son uncovers ancient ducats in a garden mole hill. The coins supply food and renew faith in God’s promises, illustrating that God turns extremity into opportunity and honors prayer. The piece reflects on faith, virtue, and providence across historical church contexts.
A Kingscote Agricultural Association gathering described English practices to raise calves for beef. Twelve cows rear calves to 100 to 120 stone at cutting weight, with structured feeding from birth, weaning in three months, oil cake bean meal and grass now and then, finishing to butcher at about twenty two months.
A Cincinnati Gazette report recounts a farmer’s successful seed-saving on a neighbor’s field. The piece also notes American Agriculturist guidance on manure quality and preservation, advising on fire-fanged manure, proper turning, rain capture, and recommended manures and plaster as soil amendments.
A British groom with two decades in royal stables criticizes American horse care. He says Americans neglect horses after rain, while English method uses warm water, brushing, drying, and blanket care to prevent founder or cold, arguing the water must be not too cold and rubbing the legs promptly.
A. S. Magoffin of Ross County Ohio prescribes two teaspoonfuls of nitrate of potassa to two gallons of rain water applied to currant bushes twice daily for several days to rid currant worms. The same mixture also controls potato bugs and is harmless to the plants.
The July British Quarterly Review reprint covers The Depths of the Sea detailing deep sea explorations, Gulf Stream theories, and soundings methods. It includes Schmidt-like sketches of Strauss life, Ellenborough’s Indian Administration, Ulrichs Gott und die Natur review, Siberia, prehistoric Rome archaeology, Tory Administration versus Whig Admirers, a chapter on Finger Rings, plus literary notices.
Buckingham's Dye pledges yearly popularity gains due to merit alone. It claims to restore gray or faded hair to youthful color, improve softness and luster, and cleanse the scalp while preventing hair loss by stimulating hair glands. Endorsed by A. A. Hayes M D State Assayer of Massachusetts, it sells for one dollar and is available from druggists and medicine dealers.
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