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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
2
In a bustling Chicago scene the afternoon streetcar surge at Cuarese Street station sees lines of weary pedestrians, crowded cars, and a four-man scramble for seats. A collision provokes a tangle as bags, a box, and an umbrella clash, prompting polite exchanges as everyone apologizes and explains.
A fragmented 19th century style note extols the value of an “air” and correct back posture for women. It advises daily standing, straight shoulders, deep breaths, and deliberate movement to shape the back, warning against modifying gowns for space and urging persistence in exercises to achieve a shapely silhouette.
In this field guide style note George McKerran describes optimal farm sheep housing. He outlines location, materials, and layout including a thirty by fifty foot barn with three doors, end hay doors, and ventilating cupolas. He discusses stone brick foundations, hay chutes, movable panels, and a plan for wind shelter and manure handling.
A fragmented note discusses salt for horses hogs cattle and the needs of bees for adequate water sources. It mentions bees swarming stock drowning risks without salt troughs and bees seeking streams ponds or brackish water when available. The text touches on storage, dryness, and packing for preserved feed amid farm conditions.
The article explains selecting ripe fruit for sweet cider, and describes cleaning the barrel, rinsing with water, adding gravel and soda, and ridding dregs. It covers optional sulfur burning, bunging, netting to keep insects, and storage in a cool place for six months or longer, noting sweetness can deepen with age.
A drawing by Webb Donnell illustrates a poultry house adapted for dual use with a front wire netting extension and winter windows serving as dusting and scratching rooms. The diagram shows an interior arrangement for two flocks, with roosting areas that can be partitioned from the main room to create warmer roosts.
A fragmentary line discusses ceiling to floor actions and warm ale from holy fowls kept near birds along their coasts. The archaic wording suggests a failed OCR of agricultural prose with unclear meaning and misread terms.
The article advises protecting fenicanes and plants in winter cold, claims feeding wheat to hogs increases value, notes western stock yards hog prices higher than steers, and suggests planting hardy American arbor vitue as windbreaks. It covers propagation of goosesennies currants from cuttings and warns on Russian thistle and potato beetle. Weather and pest notes appear, with references to Mississippi movement and seasonal timing.
A Boston Globe item discusses maintaining shoe shape and longevity. It advises immediate repair when heel wear appears, applying new sole layers to prevent distortion, and using heel boosters. It covers insoles, leather wear patterns, odor reduction, stuffing slippers, and specific fashion notes on boot styles.
A fragment from a talk about facial expression argues that the lower lip reveals genuine emotion while the upper lip remains expressionless. It warns that reliance on the upper lip for meaning is misguided, urging attention to the tremor and droop of the lower lip as a sign of sincerity or deceit.
A garbled clipping from Mie and Indianapolis Tour mal shows quirky dialogue about a man named Filo, a coal bod, and a reporter. A stationer touts a novelty paper for Indies with PS engraved, while Mrs. Barlow questions its appeal.
A rich and influential man, described as a devoted father, cut a cabinet meeting short to be with his daughter at Dalmony Park for her twentieth birthday. The article also notes various international curiosities and a note on President Monroe's birthplace near Mount Vernon.
A compilation of odd local incidents from across states details a man in Missouri claiming to kill fifty three rattlesnakes in one den, a four year old Nebraska boy burned by hot plum butter, and a horse named Dexa in Marble Hill escaping drought by jumping fences. Reports also cover Eben White in Michigan disturbed by a chipman, Josass Tender born in a Kentucky poorhouse who traveled as a tailor, and a German widow hanged after being rejected. An Austrian emperor keeps four white horse teams with ornate blue trappings in ceremonial service.
An advertisement extols a laxative syrup claiming to comfort and improve health with light use. It asserts quick adaptation to bodily needs, cleansing the system, dispelling colds headaches and fevers, and curing constipation through a gentle effect on the liver kidneys and bowels. It emphasizes medical approval and lack of objectionable substances.
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