Record of diverse bits from LeMars Sun page
A collection notes widow of General Grant earnings from Menwire nine hundred thousand dollars. a Virginian attempts to indict sulphur springs nuisance. infant survived tornado near Hagerstown. best short term business critique. future scope of Tuowas Nase with Lime. TURE rose tree in Roostown with 6000 roses. Dubuque case of Mrs Coronacr Tuoxas and gunshots. Terre Haute hogs factory visit. Solano ferryboat across Straits of Cuaryuinez 460 feet long. Gettysburg First Corps losses 9,803 engaged 6,024 killed. artillery losses 242.
Desperate wagers and peculiar pine stump tale unfold
Grignat Japan A Haruy declares he longs for a lightning strike when his faith in a lost cause fails. The General risks all in a desperate move, just as a lottery ticket buyer takes a final chance. Anthony Burnows of Walker County Georgia owns a petrified pine stump weighing like stone with resin streaks and ax marks.
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Grignat
Japan
A. Haruy
Anthony Burnows
Walker County
Four first ladies and two ex-presidents remain alive
Only four wives of Presidents are living Mrs Polk Mrs Grant Mrs Garfield and Mrs Cleveland while only two former presidents Hayes and Cleveland survive. The ties to past history continually wear out and are replaced by fresh ones.
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Tuman
United States
Mrs. Polk
Grant
Garfield
Cleveland
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Citizen Path Seen For Steamer Missouri Captain
Carvarm Munnen, commander of the steamer Missouri, proposes to become an American citizen and urges welcoming such men in the country. He asks the Captain to step in and join the family, inviting friends like him to be made to feel at home.
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Carvarm Munnen
Missouri
Elm at Harrisburg Capitol spared on General Cameron plea
A withered elm at the south approach to the State Capitol in Harrisburg was spared from destruction years ago after Gen. Cameron urged it be left untouched during his lifetime. N C Ours of Grand Island California uses steam plows attached to a traction wagon with good success in farming work.
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State Capitol
Harrisburg
Gen
Cameron
N.C. Ours
Grand Island
Cal
Plowing feats across fifty acres in twenty four hours
A worker toils night and day driving a large engine that plows over fifty acres in a single day. He also operates a smaller engine pulling eight six-horse barrows, achieving the labor of many men and horses quickly and cheaply.
Ottawa man guards early Mississippi relics
Con I D Hirt of Ottawa Illinois possesses rare items from early French explorers. Among them are LaSalle’s kettle and a Jesuit cross of Father Marquette. The lead and copper cross is double sided with Christ on the obverse and the Virgin and child on the reverse, each beam ending with a heart. The relics are deemed authentic.
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Con. I. D. Hirt
Ottawa
Til
Mississippi Valley
LaSalle
Father Marquette
Christ
Rosecrans's Peculiar Expression From Petroleum Fire
Gen W S Rosecrans United States Treasury official has a history with petroleum experiments begun forty years ago. Critics called him a fool but he pursued refining. an explosion burned his face and he has endured the injury since.
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Gen. W.S. Rosecrans
Register of the
United States Treasury
Gon. Rosecrans
Howanis Describes Writing Struggles and Process
Mr Howanis the novelist recalls his early writing and the difficulty of finishing a story. He notes returning to a tale after a short break makes resuming work hard due to many new ideas. He describes composition as slow and laborious.
Reunited lovers wed after long separation near Batavia
Half a century ago Joseph Conkling and Maria Tuttle, once neighbors and lovers, parted after poverty. Both married others and later died. After many years apart they met again by chance and now announce their nuptials in a hopeful, modern turn of events.
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Joseph Conkling
Maria Tuttle
Batavia
Free library opening hints readers lift men
Mr Munpeena urges elevating men by making readers. He notes many read trash though reading trends improve. Librarians report 1888 favored Bon Hur and 1887 Uncle Tom. Classics remain popular with the masses while Robert Elsmere and historical works captivate youths.
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Scott
Dickens
Mrs. Craik
Charlotte Bronte
Robert Elsmere
Calamity Reader Warns of Repeating Preventable Failures
A lengthy reflection contrasts human heedlessness with animal instinct, arguing that disasters reveal but do not change habits. It laments people ignore warnings about unsafe reservoirs steamers hotels and elevators until a crisis forces reluctant change, then revert to old ways.
The Farmer as a Modern Business Person
Agricultural topics urge farmers to treat farming as a business. Education in multiple disciplines, careful accounting per acre and per herd, and knowledge of markets are essential. Keep records of costs and profits, sell directly, and hold produce if prices fall below cost to maximize returns.
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New England
Renrnead
Mike
Hutch
Chicago
The Stock Ranch Five Hundred Lambs at Play
A Montana Wool Grower note describes five hundred lambs about a month old playing and frolicking together. The shepherd struggles to move them as a group, then laughs at their antics but stops when attempts fail. The piece emphasizes the amusing chaos of the lamb herd.
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Montana
Ito Nt Corral
Big Money Inarkshire Fundraising Shifts in Missouri
In Sodalia Missouri treasurer Mr N H Gentry of the American Barkshire Association holds funds of the group and additional money from a Berkshire pig owned by Andrew Smith of California. The yearling boar Modal Duka by Loigfellow 16835 Motel Duke is regarded as one of the world’s best bred Berkshire hogs. bred by Gentry and sold at three months old to A W Ren.
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Ork
N. H. Gentry
Sodalia
American Barkshirve Association
Barkshira Association
Andrew Smith
California
Loigfellow
Motel
Mr. Gentry
W. Ren
Berkshire pig Renfro sold and horse colic bulletin notes
A pig named Renfro from Collinsville sold for 150 to Model Duke after winning at the St. Louis Fair. Model Duke was later shipped to San Francisco for 855 total cost. Also described is Bulletin No. 2 Vol II from Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station detailing colic in horses, its causes, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment, with a plate, available free to Ohio residents.
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Collinsville
St. Louis Fair
Mr. Gentry
Renfro
Model Duke
Wood Dale
Mr. Smith
Smith
Express
San Francisco
Mr Gentry
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
H. J. Detmers
Ohio
Calumbus
Feeding Standards in Dairy Cattle by Prof Armsby
Prof Armsby of the Pennsylvania agricultural experiment station summarizes dairy feeding conclusions. Breed governs milk quality more than feed, while feed largely alters butter-fat. cream yield depends on many factors. Standard rations assume good stock and serve as guides to be adjusted per breed, requiring experience and judgment beyond fixed rations.
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Armsby
Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
Cain
Lawes
Rothamsted
Developing a Young Jersey Cow by Progressive Feeding
E W Stewart, an authority on dairy cows, offers a feeding plan to develop a young Jersey cow before her second calf. Start with no corn meal before calving, feed clover hay and bran, then gradually introduce a mixed ration of clover hay corn meal oat meal wheat bran and linseed meal over ten days, increasing gradually if digestion allows, with effects accruing over months and seasons up to five or six years.
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E. W. Stewart
Jersey
Poultry Yard Given Attention to Cleanliness and Nest Boxes
A fragmented historical note discusses poultry yard practices noting many breeders and farmers clean fowl houses but few pay proper attention to nest boxes. The text is cut mid thought, indicating a missing conclusion about proper care or methods.
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Nesta
Nest Ag
Nest placement and cleanliness for better egg production
The article argues fowl nests must be clean and well supplied with fresh bedding and food. It notes hens lay best in dark, secluded nests and describes hidden layouts using barrels or kegs to deter egg theft and pests, claiming dark, private nests encourage regular laying and reduce losses.
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Breinert
Using Old Newspapers For Home Utility And Cleaning
This article explains practical uses for old newspapers in the home. It covers storage by size and use, carpet lining, making patterns for sewing, lining drawers and trunks, polishing tins and lamps, damp dusting for carpets, and even chest protection with newspaper for cold weather. It also notes aroma and pest deterrence from ink.
Household cake recipes from a historic cookbook
A set of old kitchen instructions outlines recipes for Nitchen tested cakes and dishes. It details proportions for Prather cake Sugar drop cakes and Streep Powrators porstace breakfast cakes with measurements for flour sugar butter milk eggs and baking powder. The methods are concise and instructional.
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Lemars Sun
Lemars, Iowa
R. Goldie
Sher
General Grant
Menwire
Hagerstown
Roostoen
Holland
Mme. Regnen
Mas
Coronacr Tuoxas
Dubuque
Terre Hauto
Straits of
Cuaryuinez
Benicia
Porta Costa
Gettysburg
Bome
Brock-Mreeder
TH Dairy
THE
Nitchen
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