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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1895
Page
7
The speaker reflects on three pairs of baby eyes and Ediths changing braids as a springlight in life. He laments his lack of painting or writing power to express the sea sky or moral visions while trusting laws that shape seasons and childlike hope in the newborn heart.
A debate in a Chicago club pits Ralph and Ned Bunce against a critic about a new cult the Leisurists or Neo Epicureans. They argue leisure as life’s aim versus traditional toil, money as a measure of success, and the impact on society. The narrator hints at a broader cultural shift and ends with a social transition to a theatre outing.
A wealthy art patron proclaims a new painting as irresistible while jokingly naming its subject as Jupiter and Io. The tale shifts to Vitellius, the Roman emperor famed for relentless feasting and repeated emetic cycles, illustrating excess.
William P. Robinson argues that if funds were available to hire free labor for road building, it would be better than convict labor. He cites Dannemora prison work, claims low guard needs and effective results, and questions the New York State prison system’s stance while urging broader use of convict road projects where funds exist.
Mr. S D Willard favors oil shellac for tree wounds with flower of sulphur and carbolic acid added sparingly. A grafting wax mix of resin bees wax and tallow is recommended to exclude air from wounds, applied in small rolls and repeated for large injuries. A temperamental farmer remark follows about clothing and dairy flavor.
Instructions from the New York Times show how to make cheese at home using milk from two cows. The process covers setting milk, warming, adding rennet, cutting curd, separating whey, pressing in a mold, and curing for two to three months at about sixty degrees.
A design shows furnishing a house and barn with a constant spring water supply. A 50 foot high reservoir on a hill stores water from a distant spring 1 400 feet away, pumped by a midline windmill. Smaller building reservoirs receive water from the large tank, with gravity or direct pumping as needed.
The article describes a sloped combined ice and milk house with the ice room behind and two feet higher than the milk room floor. Ice floor cemented slopes to a central gutter draining to a shallow spot, with section diagram reference. It notes impure milk stems from poor air, bad food, foul water, and filth and urges cleanliness to boost consumption and reduce taint. It warns farmers to unite for sanitary milking and production practices to protect public health.
Farmers and dairymen debate skim milk as a calf diet. J Mc Lain Smith notes oil additions are fine but flaxseed products add protein causing carbohydrate deficiency. Recommend corn or oats as the best supplement once calves can eat. Mention uses for waste land to grow chestnuts.
A suburbanite waiting at the station for gates to open readies a large bundle of luggage when a sarcastic traveler near the radiator quips about his Seyes. The man retorts that he will be able to budget, signaling a terse exchange in transit humor.
The Piso company, makers of Piso s Cure for Consumption and Piso s Remedy for Catarrh, recently incorporated in Warren succeeding E T Hazeltine. Established 1864 the firm shows rising sales from past frugal advertising and high merit. It highlights labor saving machines for bottling binding and carton production and praises fair treatment of workers attracting local praise. A miscellaneous item notes a Syracuse post joke.
A promotional description claims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription aids recovery across maidenhood and motherhood. It links beauty to overall health achieved by proper food, air, exercise, and the tonic addressing headaches back pain nervous disorders and female ailments.
A montage of ads and anecdotes shows claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with testimonials and a $100 reward. Various travel and rail promotions follow, highlighting rapid Chicago to Jacksonville service, luxurious sleeping cars, and streamlined routes via Monon and Queen & Crescent lines.
A humorous exchange shows a sentimental boarder praising women as civilization’s fruit, while a noisy companion misreads a shop bargain. The quotes capture witty newsroom style and period voice from the Tribune.
The play Shore Acres will run a month at McVicker's Theater in Chicago ending February 23 with seats reservable two weeks in advance. Telegraph and mail orders are promptly attended to. An ad quotes Life praising Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops. Also notes the Tar Queen Crescent Route offering solid vestibuled trains to Florida.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims health benefits, including cleansing the system and aiding kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them. Sold in 50¢ and $1 bottles by druggists, with the company name on every package and no substitutes accepted.
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