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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1872
Page
6
Readable items recount a wide range of mishaps and oddities from across the country. A Detroit phil was seriously ill after a mosquito bite. A Lafayette couple wed in a ballo on a misadventure. Poison deaths, derangements, and near escapes populate the clippings with names, places, and dates.
Four men attacked the Heywood household at about 4 am binding the cashier E W Heywood his daughter granddaughter and a servant and Charles Weston the bank teller. They forced Weston to open the vault taking 13000 dollars in current funds. The robbers then held Weston and the family until daylight before fleeing in a single vehicle toward Milford. Local officers pursue with no results as villagers react to the brazen daytime burglary at the Blackstone National Bank Taft block location.
The column shares recipes for doughnuts and tomato catsup, guidance on making strong disinfectants from coffee, a peel and slice vegetable soup, and advice on wallpaper pasting. It adds tips on horse care and feeding, equipment fit, and humane handling to improve work and longevity of horses.
The article advises farmers to prepare farm horses for spring work with gradual feeding of grain beginning a month before heavy work starts to prevent digestive upsets. It stresses daily thorough cleaning and scratching for health, noting heat and disease risk rise in spring and the need for consistent work-related care.
An 19th century New England Farmer meditation argues hoeing does more than weed. Benefits include looser soil, improved moisture retention, and better root growth, with expert claims from Mr Barnes of Devonshire on porosity and air penetration.
The Maine Legislature offers a twenty year tax exemption for landowners who plant cleared land for forest trees within ten years and maintain 2000 trees per acre for three years. Delaware fruit growers find cherry trees thrive when grown in grass rather than heavy manure, noting healthier bark and productivity.
In Rural New Yorker Farmer Garrulous recalls a visit from Mrs Stickup Her Nose and her husband, Mrs Substantial, and the market clash over ripe strawberries. He notes social snubs, neighborly schemes, and his stance on fair prices as he hosts a Strawberry Short cake Party with friends.
Very fine strawberry jam may be made with half a pound of sugar to each pound of fruit. Mash and cook as for marmalade, then place in tumblers or jars. Ensure the jam does not burn. Western Rural.
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