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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1880
Page
7
A lively critique of old moral maxims printed as humorous advice. The narrator mocks rules on eye care, burns, drowning, and fainting, contrasting impractical guidance with real danger. The piece ends with reflections on fame and happiness, noting the limits of worldly greatness.
The Baptist Review forecasts world wide Baptist dominance by 2100 and cites Virginia’s 675 colored schools with 415 teachers and average salaries. Washington public schools serve 14 118 white and 7 925 colored pupils with 281 white and 152 colored teachers. The First Baptist Church of Texas organized in 1836 and Baptists now total 120 000 in the state.
The President reflects on fame and ambition as he recalls a member grieving over not being a great man. He notes it is natural to want to rise and that preachers poets editors and lecturers all urge others to dig ahead.
An Associated Press dispatch reports the Republican members organized both chambers of the Maine Legislature at the State House. The move, led by Senate President Joseph A. Looks and House Speaker George E. Weeks, aimed to seek legal guidance from the Supreme Judicial Court on the organization’s legality, with a three-member committee appointed to obtain the court’s opinion.
Two French employees Zweifel and Moustier, hired by M Verminck of Marseilles, report discovering the sources of the Niger in the Kong Mountains area after crossing hostile territory and overcoming local resistance. The voyage followed the Rochelle to the King Mountains and established three united river sources feeding the Niger.
The item shares kitchen guidance from several sources on preserving sweetness in buckwheat batter by adding cold water and chilling between uses. It also discusses cider vinegar production, noting patience and temperature influence, plus a reader tip on quick vinegar from cider.
The National Live Stock Journal argues against cutting grain in mid winter to save money. It warns that restricting nutritious feed harms lambs, lowers later fleece quality, and reduces profits. Emphasizes liberal feeding, shelter, and access to straw or field fodder to ensure strong growth and returns.
Farmers have shifted from frugal winter feeding to recognizing the long term losses of starving dairy cattle. Poor spring condition reduces milk yield later, as dairymen learn that underfeeding now delays recovery and lowers overall production.
The article argues dairymen should winter cows with nutritious food to build fat and flesh. Extra flesh increases milk yield, with estimates of five pounds milk per extra pound fat, urging proper winter feeding to avoid losses in the next season.
Hints to Hutter-Makers a free pamphlet from Butter Improvement Co Buffalo NY explains how to increase butter yield from cream by per cent, improve quality by twenty percent and produce gilt-cedge golden butter year round. Farmers and dairymen urged to send a stamp to obtain the pamphlet.
New York City letter dated June 16 1870 reports Mrs Fitzgerald’s cure from Brights Disease after four bottles and prior physician failures. It praises both the remedy and the fire bottle. The clipping also touts Vegetine as a blood cleanser with many immediate relief successes.
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