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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1884
Page
8
Incomplete text fragment mentions a bar named Se Sigma Bar in Bree OAFe and a cook, with digressive notes about a moon and a police age. Reading is poor and many words are garbled, yielding no clear event or date to place.
Johnny Lup ton, a restless government clerk, travels Tyrol and falls for Lotta, a skilled needlewoman who aids his recovery. The two bond over art and Netting lessons as a budding romance blooms into a planned life together after a dramatic reveal that Lotta is Carlotta von Werdenfels, the pictured muse come to life.
A Philadelphia Ledger note offers practical guidance for cleaning paint, brass, glass, and furniture with ammonia, whiting, turpentine, and gentle abrasives. It also covers preparing cloths and surfaces, plus a Middleton correspondent argues for farming as a stable path for sons, emphasizing practical work and self-reliance.
The fragment outlines several oyster preparations with variations on cooking milk or water bases, broiled oysters with crumbs, battered fried rounds, pickled oysters with spices, and a plan to use hot liquor with vinegar and lemon. It shifts to a reflection on self regard and social behavior, noting how frequent fault-finding reduces personal power.
A compiled slice of farm advice and rural quirks features crop economics, home upkeep hints, cattle sale notes, horse feeding tips, burial preferences, and a giant onion claim. The item cites sources like The American Rural Home, Farm Journal, and Pacific Rural Press, mentioning Holstein and Jersey cattle, an onion of 21 inches circumference weighing 3 pounds 5 ounces, and a proposed exhibit at the New Orleans World’s Fair.
The article explains German sauer kraut creation by salting layered cabbage, pressing with weights, draining juice, and fermenting in barrels then in a cool place for long storage. It notes optional caraway pepper and juniper, plus serving by soaking, draining, simmering with corned pork or bacon, and serving with sausage.
Experiments in England compare hay with green crops and straw, estimating that 100 pounds of hay equals 275 pounds of green corn, 401 pounds of green clover, 442 pounds of rye straw, 860 pounds of wheat straw, 160 pounds of owl straw, 14 pounds of barley straw, 16% pounds of pea straw, 200 pounds of buckwheat straw, 400 pounds of dried cow-stale, 178 pounds of raw potatoes, 50M pounds of turnips, 300 pounds of carrots, and other grain byproduct weights.
The piece discusses pumpkin as stock feed, noting pumpkins can feed hogs and cows if stored dry and not allowed to freeze. It advises opening pumpkins to remove seeds, soaking broken pieces in vats with corn meal to create a valuable hog feed, and feeding quickly to reduce spoilage. It also covers cautious winter feeding to avoid overreliance on pumpkins and proper ventilation for storage.
A Rural New Yorker writer describes celery earthed up to blanch stalks. First earth is heaped up to the plant during handling, then brown paper is wrapped around the stalks and tied, with earth built up to near the top. Repeated wrapping blanches the stalks, producing tender, flavorful celery. A tin-wrapping method with a drain tile is also noted for labor savings.
Captain Burrell recalls an amusing Newcastle tale where a fashionable young woman visits during his smallpox confinement. She stays to see the sick officer, expresses interest, and later leaves after hearing he is safe, claiming disappointment at missing a military funeral. The article notes the Unit Mires Quaker population at under 100.
The excerpt portrays anti colonial sentiment amid depictions of violence against Indian women and critique of white rule. It references a Bengalon newspaper and calls for action against oppression, while oddly mentioning a California grape vine with measurements.
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