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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1883
Page
3
A collage of domestic guidance covers soil enrichment through crop rotation and farm sense, grape vine care on low ground with wood ash and horie dust, veal soup seasoning with mace, calving cow care, and lemon jelly and cake recipes. Also includes directions for a delicate omelette and a light, browned souffle style bake.
Cor related letter debates sleet’s effect on wheat citing 1881 and current winter results. It argues sleet smothers crops by ground encasement, notes green areas in basins survive, and calls for remedies or proof. It references Indianapolis Journal and a Cincinnati amusements vignette.
In Cincinnati the telephone has one hundred thirty villages within speaking distance of the city. The fragment reports a communication network reach and local infrastructure detail without broader context.
The Western Journal argues against the one third deduction for unwashed wool, calling washing a costly, unfair practice. It urges abolishing fixed rules, tying price to impurity levels per case, and aligning buyer seller terms with actual wool merit and health considerations.
The article describes glanders with nasal discharge becoming opaque and crusty, ulcerated nasal lining, and glutinous crusts. It notes feverish symptoms, eye and facial changes, lymph node swelling, and deep ulcers. Transmission via contaminated objects is suspected, with rapid absorption and poor effect from cauterization. Dr Paaren is cited.
A corpse was found on the road between San Francisco and Pueblo in San Jose. A tag pinned to the coat reads I shot him because he stole my mule John Andrew Anderson Anderson Rancho Santa Clara Valley.
A reader focused column explores decorating on a budget, favoring carpets for warmth and coziness over waxed floors. It notes European trends toward full carpet use, plus a Rome drawing room example where a self-made rag carpet cost fifty cents per yard, blending color with thrift.
A man who lost his property refused despair and took the first work available shoveling coal into a cellar. He earned his pay, recovered financially, and was praised for doing an honest task. The Christian at Work urges young men to work, grow pride, and reject aimless floundering. Also noted: a wealthy farmer in Butler County sought a wife, rejected powdery beauty after a second visit, and a Lincoln Dispatch remark on powder. Sugar cane in Florida yields about one hundred dollars per acre in sugar plus syrup.
A twenty year dairy writer endorses oats for dairy cows despite white butter, discusses quick turnover of butter and cheese, transport costs for grains, and a Colorado creamery aiming to rival Elgin butter. It also notes butter making by centrifuge, cattle feeding effects on milk, and German tests showing three daily milkings boost fat content and total yield.
The piece argues there is wide opinion on butter marketing yet little practice difference for makers. It contrasts printing butter and Welsh tub methods, noting risks, extra labor, down weight losses, and shipment issues. It urges dairymen to examine both methods before seeking price gains. Bean meal is advised for cows with garget.
A humorous slice recalls a Bor with thorned hand cured by St. Jacobs Oil, a red-haired Savannah clerk slipping on banana peels, and a young man imagining grand European travels before returning to farm life. The piece juggles travel fantasies, mengled with ads and quips about diamonds and cures, ending with a reader testimonial praising Dr Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia and irregularities.
J Gray of Dadeville Alabama writes a testimonial praising Dr Wm Hall’s Balsam For The Lungs as superior to other lung remedies It cured his mother after four weeks in bed and many physicians failed He claims five other cures and notes his mother is healthier than in twenty years Also mentions Paris exhibition plans by the French Government.
The item promotes a medical treatise offering cures for youthful indiscretions and decay, urging readers to send stamps to the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo. It cites testimonials and quotes Sydney Smith about eating and walking, endorsing Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets for sedentary or chronic stomach and bowel diseases.
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