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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1895
Page
7
A fragment of a mournful verse recounts a man enticed by ethereal visions of angels as a new life begins. His lover, overcome with bitter sorrow, laments the loss and the rise of pride as human love is eclipsed by a fatal pull from the unseen.
Mrs. Caroline Mackus, widow and bookseller next to a church, falls for Saunders Throberty, a practical neighbor with a repair shop below. He plans a shared life: education for Eleanor, a piano, and a reconfigured building with living quarters above. The tale ends with a church wedding and a community toast to a new family venture.
A Rural New Yorker note details a cheap three-pole tripod plus a wooden roller and rope system to butcher a beef without pen facilities. Poles 14 feet, rope 30 feet, wooden roller 5 inches diameter, used to lift and steady the carcass during dressing with ground-level work aids.
A spring harrow benefits the wheat crop and won't hurt young plants. Inbreeding causes swine diseases. calves from top cows earn more. Grindstones prove valuable and pay for themselves yearly. Green peas can be planted early and thrive when sown early. Now is the time to prepare hotbeds and start early plants. Labor spent now lowers costs versus delaying. Bran, middlings, and linseed meal boost manure value and fertility. Originators should focus on smaller seeds in blackberries and raspberries.
Western exchanges favor pasturing fall grown wheat with sheep to reduce root stress and improve soil. Sheep compact light soil and remove fall forage, aiding root vigor, while poultry hygiene rules stress cleanliness, whitewashing, and pest control to prevent lice and ensure profit.
Henry Childs Merwin surveys the March Century extract on selecting a reliable horse. Key traits include a large clear eye, well shaped ears, and medium sized feet. avoid narrow or glassy eyes, lopped ears, long backs, or long legs. Seek a compact horse with a good head and gentle disposition.
A sketch shows a method to secure barbed wire by wrapping No 12 lines between posts set 14 feet apart to prevent sheep and hogs from crawling through. Prairie Palmer describes pasture grasses and sowing notes for orchard grass and clover, plus potato sprout management in spring and a design for Freepine pens to separate chickens from adults.
The lines appear as a fragment of verse lamenting aging and sorrow. They lack identifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or events to form a factual news summary.
An elderly Woodstock Virginia veteran Levi Melnuourff who served in the Mexican and Civil Wars recovered from a four year grip illness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He reports regained strength, can work, and praises the medicine which the manufacturers claim aids blood and nerves. Also notes routes to Florida travel and railway advertisements.
An advertisement urges readers that Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery strengthens blood, fights consumption risks, and rebuilds health. It claims 93 percent cure potential in early cases and offers free books and a 160 page medical treatise from the World s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
Fragmentary ad and notices including Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonials, druggist endorsements from Toledo, and miscellaneous clipped captions. Mentions F J Cheney firm, West Truax, Walling Kinnan Marvin, and Queen & Crescent Route advertising travel to Knoxville and Asheville. Includes jokes, theatre notices, and sales figures from 1890s era news.
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