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Newspaper
Hamilton Examiner
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1874
Page
3
A reflective poem about a long beloved school clock, its iron weights and creaking gears, and the nostalgia for boyhood days. The speaker recalls watching the clock, the auctioneer’s sale, and the shift from the old timepiece to a modern German clock, mourning the loss yet cherishing memories.
A historical piece explains couriers as essential army links moving orders and information. It notes select, trusted soldiers ride swift horses, face danger from ambushes, and perform critical dispatches that shape battles and campaigns. The article surveys the Louisiana crisis, praising or critiquing presidential power and calls for accountability.
A story from the New Bedford Mercury recounts Judge 7 of Vermont a noted teetotaler invited to an agricultural festival. Offered what appeared to be milk but was strong milk punch he initially drank it and then returned it with the quip Lord what a cow highlighting his profession.
An exploration of why sounds seem louder at night across ancient and modern observations. Baron Humboldt, Mariboldt, and others discuss air transparency, density, and refraction effects. The piece links these ideas to architectural and natural observations and references political and social reportage from the era.
A long, eclectic compilation of maxims, social observations, and brief notices. It includes quotes on virtue, wealth, and friendship, local anecdotes, legal notices, and regional tidbits from newspapers, touching on lynch law, notable births, deaths, and civic affairs across cities like Detroit, Berlin, and Fall River.
The St Paul and Pacific road reports valuable results from planting trees along 100 miles of treeless West corridor after Big Woods. Willow cuttings reach 10 to 12 feet in 15 months, cottonwood grows feet high, and Lombardy poplars, white willows, and box elders show varied survivals amid late frosts. European larch and white ash exhibit losses, but box elder and willow perform well. overall losses under 10 percent. Orchard grass in the East garners praise for long, prolific yields, with clover and blue grass supporting strong growth. praised as highly adaptable and productive for cattle feed, surpassing alfalfa in harsh climates.
A neighbor describes a six by six feet ice house built from old timber and hem lock boards costing under five dollars. It reliably stores thirty five loads of ice though kept to five loads, using six inches sawdust on the floor nine inches gap to walls and top layer of sawdust. The design rests on ventilation drainage and ample sawdust to preserve ice.
At Bratiehoro Vermont blackberries sold this season for two cents a quart. Dealer J Chauvin a major trader reports selling 500 bushels during the season, highlighting brisk local commerce in fruit commodities.
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