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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1885
Page
4
The fragment describes a dying patient cared for by charity workers in a Tybee hospital, her mind fixed on a child she cannot find, and a funeral held in the hospital chapel. A young surgeon and nurses attend as the service disrupts with a dramatic intervention from a distraught visitor.
A fragment recounts an English lord being instructed on how to sign letters and the etiquette of postal forms. Clerk Yates explains the need for the signature while Lord Stanley of Alderley observes a stiff doorway greeting and references Sir Rowland Hill.
A Chicago News report notes surging interest in music boxes imported from Switzerland with prices from fifty cents to two thousand five hundred. Patti’s famous box near nine hundred twenty thousand dollars cost was mentioned, while novelty devices and ornate casings broaden choices.
A fragment notes Senators and wealth concerns, concluding not a dozen in the Senate rely on their salaries. The text implies scrutiny of financial dependence among political figures.
A collection of farm and home advice including feeding cows after milking to avoid off flavors, curing horse heaves with green food, and recipes for balsam mixtures. It also describes cabbage greens regrowing from stalks, wool basket crafts, and the value of dust from roads as manure and poultry feed aids. Additional tips cover spreading phosphate with road dust, absorbing ammonia with hen droppings, carpet care, and using tin pans as elevated feed troughs for hens.
The Boston Beacon cites the Hartford Courant on over-certification and rehypothecation as lying and stealing in high finance. It argues for plain language and warns of frauds in the commercial world, urging readers to heed the commandment Thou shalt not steal and to expose the dangers of deceptive practices.
A discussion notes that crops differ in food uptake with corn and turnips as heavy feeders. Strawberries demand heavy, rapid feeding with high manure. potatoes can be fed by stable manure but gains are limited by nitrogen solubility, while dense manures supply much potential nutrient to high yielding crops.
The article argues acid development in cheese can be controlled by delaying acid formation until after the curd is cooked and whey expelled. It explains sugar content in milk, yields in curd, and the aim of the sweet curd system to reduce waste and produce firmer, better flavored cheese through adjusted rennet use and curing temperatures.
A Dundee dairyman was found guilty of selling milk that had stood in a room where a child with scarlet fever was ill. The milk absorbed the illness and infected seventeen people, causing four deaths. The report cites the Boston Globe as the source.
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