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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1895
Page
3
A reflective verse recalls a mother's song heard in childhood as nature quiets at eventide. The speaker feels maternal presence amid twilight and recalls youth, hope, and revived dreams, as the aged memory blends with the landscape and song.
In a Paris sickroom, seven year old Francois Legrand languishes as his fever deepens. His mother Madeleine pleads while father Jacques clings to a slim thread of chance, hearing the child's whispered plea Boum Boum for the circus memory that lifted his heart.
Jacques Legrand seeks Boum Boum for his gravely ill son Francois in Montmartre. The clown visits, lifts the boy’s spirits, and returns daily, finally revealed as Boum Boum the celebrated circus performer, saving the child with cheer and medicine.
The piece urges using wide tires to ease mud roads, arguing farmers follow precedent and waste energy on narrow tires. It cites American Farmer and Farm News on road costs and describes milk fat as a reliable cheese value measure per Dr. Van Slyke, with 1 pound of fat yielding about 23 1/2 pounds of cheese.
Prairie Farmer outlines early season spraying as most effective with various sprayer designs. It details Bordeaux and Eau Celeste copper solutions, ammoniacal copper mixes, and kerosene emulsions for insects, including preparation steps, mixing ratios, and application guidance.
Farmers debate cement versus plank for a cow stable floor. The suggestion is to fill two feet of space below the current plank floor with stone and sand, wet and compact, then lay Akron cement mortar and replace planks with uniform width for easy replacement. A cement floor is possible with ample bedding, but a boarded floor may prove better in the long run.
The text argues wooden floors are more comfortable for cattle than cement, detailing gutter construction to minimize urine where two inches of floor projection and slight gutter pitch help keep tails clean. It notes cement floors require mortar and rough surfaces, but lower comfort and moisture risks. It also cites Prof. Swezey saying rainfall does not strictly determine grape yield, with moisture aiding growth but droughts not necessarily ruining fruit with good soil stirring or irrigation.
A Troy New York Times note advises that separating cream may be heated up to 95 or 100 degrees before separating without harming the cream if rapid cooling to 50 or lower is possible after separation. It warns against high temps without careful tests and recommends gradual warming. Rapid heating is claimed to improve butter quality.
A mosaic of home craft notes from Harper's Young People and other papers describes desserts and preserves, soap making, can opening tricks, flavoring methods for fondant and coffee, plus domestic education efforts in Newcastle and American attitudes toward women in service.
J I Case T M Co Racine Wis offers threshing machines and related implements with a long standing business since 1542. Free mailed catalogue. Note on weather lightning and arbitration phrase appears as filler. Includes a 1904 credit line from Mueller Lexington Mo February 24 04.
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