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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1880
Page
7
A collage of agricultural notes urges improved farm practices in the West. It covers meat and fattening, cooking pork safely, temperate alcohol use, corn feeding to livestock, water for fowl in cold weather, and dairy and sorghum sugar prospects. It cites experts and aims to boost livestock quality, dairy output, and regional sugar manufacture.
The piece argues the farmer as the nation’s health-producer and celebrates the formation of a National Agricultural Society. It emphasizes knowledge exchange, improved production methods, and the shift from grain to dairy and cattle breeding as Eastern farmers adapt to Western abundance and competition. The essay urges practical, experiment-driven progress through organized cooperation.
A Chicago Times piece discusses milking ethics cautioning against bribing cows with food at milking time. It argues giving feed teaches bad habits, hinders future calmness, and complicates large or small dairies. It also notes proper milking rests on skilled milkers and good cows. The Old South Church in Newport, New Hampshire, marked its centennial and has never closed for a Sabbath.
A Detroit tramp tale plays out as a man pretends to seek funds to reach Toledo. He misleads three different passersby before admitting his real name Clark and intention to buy whisky. One man condemns him as a liar, another refuses aid, and the final line hints at possible punishment or work.
A boy named Emilien Dema aged eleven faced the Assize Court of St. Peter in Martinique charged with purposely killing three and a half year old Paul Sarpon. He described luring the child to a cliff edge, pushing him off, kicking, biting the neck, and finishing with a stone, then dragging the body to a pool and weighing the head down. He showed no regret and claimed his motive was having been punished by his mother. he received twenty years in a house of correction.
A New York World report tells of a plucky terrier that stuck to a crying boy named John Wolff at Grand and Eldridge. The dog blocked crowds, escorted the boy to police headquarters, yelped, bit trousers, and kept watch over him until safe, then followed to Matron Webb’s apartment. The persistence and loyalty of the dog drew the crowd and held the child secured.
The article notes rag and old paper prices have more than doubled to three and a half cents per pound, with clean sorted paper reprocessed into whitened product. Scarcity drives newsprint costs up from six and a half to ten cents wholesale, signaling potential subscription price increases. Families could earn enough selling rags and paper to cover reading costs.
An 1870 letter from Toledo to Paris and England describes a Bright’s disease case and a famed kidney and liver cure. claims of a dramatic recovery after other physicians failed. Also mentions a Gilt-Eidge Butter Maker and Veontine tonic, with testimonials and a Dentaphone hearing invention promoted by the American Centaphone Co. in Cincinnati.
Veortine is now widely prescribed in cases of scrofula and other blood diseases by many top physicians due to its noted success in treating these conditions. The remedy is praised for addressing underlying causes and aiding recovery.
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