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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1873
Page
6
A compilation of deadly mishaps and tragedies from various American locales. Incidents include suicides, fatal explosions, scalding burns, and a ship lost at sea with crew suffering aboard. Several fatalities involve workers in mines, mills, and factories, plus a barnyard accident and a furnace blast with multiple casualties.
The first census volume lists 5.5 million foreign born, with Ireland, Germany, England, and Scandinavia heavily represented. It notes 88,025,598 total population and details occupations from agricultural laborers to florists, among others, highlighting regional concentrations across states and cities.
The article details state by state tallies for the Grant and Greeley electors, including scattering votes for O Conor and Black. It notes Grant’s plurality and overall electoral majority, lists the 81 states with Grant majorities and their electoral votes, and explains scattering by Greeley supporters and the vice presidency allocations. It also covers Louisiana’s contested electoral outcome and the Greeley electors’ actions.
Dr H Wood proposes a concentrated beef tea made from scraped red pulp mixed with cold water. The pulp is diffused into the liquid and slowly boiled with frequent stirring to avoid caking. Do not strain the mixture. small doses of one to three fluid ounces are given at a time. Canada Lancet notes a grant for the west and the emigrant.
This excerpt presents several old fashioned recipes and instructions. It lists doughnut varieties with buttermilk and sour milk bases, a cheap brown bread mix, sausage meat guidance, quick Indian pudding, roast geese and ducks preparation, rice waffles with rice and milk, and an apple tapioca pudding with optional shortcuts.
The article traces the historical shift from oiled paper openings to plate glass windows and their sunward role. It urges placing the family room in sunlit positions, notes sunshine benefits for plants and health, and discusses urban planning limits in cities and suburbs.
A discussion on the importance of sunlit rooms in houses and the failures of dark draperies. It urges placing living areas on the sunny side, maximizing windows, and ensuring nurseries receive ample light for health and cheer.
The article explains cellar storage to protect vegetables and fruit from frost. It advises regulating temperature and ventilation with a hinged window, keeping cellar temperatures between 32 and 40 degrees, and avoiding overheat or deep cold. A dedicated cellar room helps store winter foods and prevents sprouting and rot.
Practical poultry care from autumn cleaning to preventive feeding. Clean nest boxes, whitewash, sand floors, and fresh hay with flour of sulfur. Sanitize roosts with kerosene and ensure clean water daily. A folk remedy using iron sulfate and diluted sulfuric acid in water is noted to improve feather gloss and flock health.
An advertisement touts Dr Prerce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it cures coughs in half the time of other medicines by addressing the root cause. It also promotes Professor Anderson's Derma dor for instant bee sting and bite relief and venom extraction, plus a skin cream from a physician’s prescription and Elmwood Warwick collars as the best.
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