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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
6
Poem excerpt from the Indianapolis Journal praising a nostalgic song of childhood memory. James Whitcomb Riley is cited, with imagery of summer breeze, locust trees, blossoms, bees, and rural scenes. The piece evokes gentle lament and reminiscence set in a pastoral landscape.
A jealous narrator recalls Fitzgerald a tall engineer who marries Emily Gordon despite doubt. When Emily elopes with a Count, Fitzgerald dies in a Canadian wilderness after a moral struggle, and the narrator preserves the widow by delivering false letters to the Countess Mondella, ending in remorse.
Nassau correlative description of Bahama sponges detailing sun and tide processing, purification steps, and drying before baling for market. It notes varieties such as sheep wool and Abaco velvet with prices, the limited Bahamas high-grade supply, and the prominent Sponge Exchange thriving in Nassau harbor with divers, dealers, and widespread sponge coverage along wharves and beaches.
A collage of humorous lines and dialogue from press clippings. Jests range from a milk in the coconut quip to a drunken-night curtain talk and schoolroom exchanges. The pieces mix accents, improvised dialogues, and light social satire.
An old ledger used fifty four years before the Declaration of Independence turns up in Georgia. Owned by James F. White of Hartwell, it passed to his great grandfather. Bound in parchment sewn with sinews, the chirography is bold and legible. It lists prices in pounds shillings and pence and includes 1722 recipes for dying yarn. An adjacent note mentions an upcoming railroad race in Florida where lands granted to the first road to Tampa may go to the victor.
A panoramic summary notes rubber use growth and wage shifts for immigrants, Florida cactus fiber rope and by products, the 1877 telegraph launch in Lyceum Hall Se m, Massachusetts, and projected smoke and chemical outputs. It cites M Houzeau on ammonia in rainwater, Graber on animal light perception, and reasons for paper yellowing from iron chlorine and acids. It ends with a mask method for small pox and liniment formulas.
The column urges farmers with extra butter to seek direct city customers to curb adulteration and boost profits. It notes consumer distrust of grocery butter, the lure of oleomargarine undercuts, and recommends securing introductions to households or hotels to build steady demand.
The piece discusses dairy industry decline in the west due to adulteration and the impact on butter quality. It cites Indiana’s law penalizing selling mislabeled oleomargarine and explains milk fat globule chemistry and a churn alternative experiment with burr mills, noting mixed results and zinc spoilage.
A Prairie Farmer note explains curb as enlargement of the tendon sheath at the hock in horses, often without lameness. It may arise from overweighting or overpace, with more severe cases inflaming the sheath and thickening tissues. Treatment starts with cold water, then repeated Spanish fly blisters after shaving the dock area.
A reflective note on the value of contemplating virtues one lacks to avoid harming self-esteem. It then mentions New York City schools implementing a regular fire drill policy.
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