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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1871
Page
1
A terse wartime note indicates links between Stephenson and partners in the Samer and Tats departments. Volters and Orta are noted as connected to Stephenson in a brief item marked for single-page publication.
A detailed discussion of native grape culture urging larger spacing and trellis expansion to allow vine growth and sun exposure. It reports on training methods, alternating vines, protection from dew and mildew, and examples from Delaware vines near pear trees and Ohio experiments. It notes a shift toward nature friendly growth and longer vine longevity with less early fruiting.
In a fragmented debate Mrs Partington questions why women would drive husbands if not to deter them. The discussion notes that many ladies supply their households with switches, suggesting domestic power dynamics in a light satirical tone.
The Stephenson County Agricultural Society held its annual meeting to elect officers for the coming year. Fred Baker was elected President, J Krohn Vice President, F B Malburn Recording Secretary, S J Davis Corresponding Secretary, I Little Treasurer, and R V Ankeny Marshal. Delegates were named to attend the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society meeting in Rockford. The chair was authorized to sell society stock for up to 60 percent of gross, and a committee was appointed to review the society's legal status and possible amendments. Executive Committee was instructed to adjust voting rules for stockholders and life members. Meeting adjourned December 31, 1870.
The article explains diarrhoea in cattle as a non disease driven by irritating agents from food water or environment. It warns against excessive purging and recommends mild stimulants like warm ale with ginger, then opium linseed oil purgatives if fever or offensive stools appear, followed by astringents and antacids. Diet should avoid triggers, with warm, comfortable housing and careful care to restore health.
Artificial beans pressed from greenish clay imitate real coffee so closely that they cannot be distinguished by the eye. Produced in moulds at a hundred per batch, they cost about a cent per pound and only dilute the beverage when roasted with genuine coffee while remaining harmless.
A Northern Illinois Hort icultural Society report details the Oyster Shell Bark Louse pest on apple trees and the discovery that a mite and the Chalcis fly may destroy its eggs. Observations from Kane and Du Page counties show most bark louse eggs devoured by Chalcis larvae, with limited Acari presence, and calls for local twig submissions to confirm Chalcis appearance in the area.
A Fond du Lac note describes a bullfrog weather indicator in a glass jar, its perched stance changing with rain, while a second item provides a molasses cake recipe with sugar, molasses, milk, flour, butter, eggs, ginger and soda steps.
A man in Cincinnati avoided serious injury when a silver coin in his vest pocket diverted a knife thrust during a dispute. The weapon glanced off the coin and caused no lasting harm to him.
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