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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1872
Page
6
A string of distressing incidents from across the United States details children and adults injured or killed by accidents including choking, drowning, a roof fall, and a dog attack. Separate lively anecdotes describe a traveler’s harsh etiquette rules for hotel staff and guests, urging dominance and ostentation to appear important.
A historical critique lists etiquette and class bias in elite hotels. It claims clerks treat travelers as social inferiors, allocate single men to poor rooms, seat them away from others, and serve them inferior food while preserving better meals for women. It also describes billing tricks to pressure guests into paying.
A Danbury Conn editorial snippet surveys humorous bits from the Morning Bugle and local tales about honesty laziness and a ship on a heavy swell. It parodies pretensions of scholarship and notes a correspondent asking how to dry ice before picking it with a sunning tip.
A compilation of domestic tips from periodicals covers preserving metal with mucilage and nitric acid, sealing corks with red lead cement, and camphor to deter ants. It also details making cistern water filters, bleaching feathers with bichromate and nitric acid, cleaning floors with caustic soda and acid, treating cow teat warts, cleaning scratched lenses with hydrofluoric acid, and a potato frying method with butter cream finishing.
A Chicago Tribune Rural column recounts farmers debating early potato culture. Advice covers seed preparation in a light warm room, heavy winter manure application, subsoil plowing, early planting, and careful harrowing. Emphasizes winter manure use, two-acre daily dropper output, and protecting sprouts from frost for a two week advance.
The article traces drill culture from gardens to broad fields, noting late adoption due to tools and tradition. It explains drill sowing yields uniform seed placement, proper depth, and bed preparation, with potential wheat yields over fifty bushels per acre in Europe when followed by after-culture.
A New York Sun article argues drilling wheat can yield high profits with less labor, while noting farmers resist new cultivation methods. It urges trials this season, comparing fall and spring planting, and keeping exact labor records to determine the true efficiency of drilling versus broadcasting.
Gorged stomach or acute indigestion in horses is caused by large meals before hard work and by abrupt dietary changes. Symptoms include abdominal pain, distention, rapid pulse, labored breathing, and possible collapse. Treatment involves laudanum and ether, linseed oil, mustard stimulants, hot cloths, and regular soap and water enemas. Canada Farmer.
The Country Gentleman warns beginners in fish farming that there is no get rich quick path. Trout breeding needs capital, skill, and time, with two to three years before any return. A $6000 start reaching profitability in four years is notable, but many brook stockholders should not expect fortunes from unused ponds. Develop skills and capital, aiming for fair profits rather than sudden riches.
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