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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1885
Page
7
A New York Times article outlines a physician’s claim that seasickness results from brain blood loss due to lack of valves. The remedy proposed is to stand the patient on their head for up to 24 hours, with steamship companies advised to provide facilities and equipment to support this method.
A circulated circular advises police and agents on the quickest least painful ways to kill animals. It describes shooting with a pistol, blunt force with an ax or hammer, and poisoning cats with cyanide. The document cites veterinary consultation and warns about precise placement to avoid excessive harm.
A Detroit Bree Press excerpt features Mr Whiffles claiming at sixty the power to wonder vanishes despite active life travel and study. A neighbor interrupts to deliver his wife’s demand he go home, prompting his final line about wondering what she wants.
An old banker rejects a beggar asking for work and jokes about hiring him as a ramrod for his boy. The visitor pleads before the banker declines and the lad falls into the area, provoking a comical but grim ending.
A compilation of farming advice covers plant care for larkspur, beets, and cabbages, feeding practices to revive aging orchards, and methods to control pests with Paris green. It also discusses grafting experiments on tomatoes, greenhouse red spider infestations, and safety cautions about mold and rust diseases in crops.
A historical piece discusses rising fence costs for farmers and the no-fence law trend allowing stock to roam or be fenced in by alternative methods. It argues barbed wire lowers costs, favors future hurdling systems, and envisions smaller farms with stock confined to limited areas to reduce annual fencing outlays.
A detailed critique explains how misusing capital and confusing costs with profits leads to false farm reports. It outlines two book types farm business and crop accounts, stresses charging only actual transactions, and explains rent and interest should not be in the core accounts.
The American Dairyman notes experiments in a city creamery to test butter yield and quality from sweet versus sour cream. It records churn timing, temperature, and cream aging, finding no difference in yield when properly tempered and churned, though quality varied by cream type and immediate consumption.
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