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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1883
Page
2
A collection of household hints and farm care notes. Raspberries benefit from sun and care, horses need bright stables, and pressed beef is described. Techniques cover preserving jelly with linseed oil, scalloped veal, steamed potatoes, and methods to restore wood color using lime, soda, and wax for durable finishes.
A farmer gains health comfort and enjoyment from orchard planting but must dedicate land to trees. The article urges proper variety choice, full land use after establishment, drainage before planting, and preparation in coming months to ensure profitability whether fruit is sold dried evaporated or as cider.
A critic argues farm labor churn is not unique to agriculture. He cites a farmer milking thirty cows with hired men who work ten hours while the owner pays three dollars daily. The tale flips roles, noting fairness in expectations and wages, and compares to other outdoor trades.
Debate over after-hay meadow treatment with opinions split between close grazing to prevent dead grass suffocating new growth and leaving aftermath as frost protection. The author favors maximizing soil take and argues dense leftovers invite rodent and root damage. proposes variable practice based on soil and seeding status, recommending late-season clearance and winter top-dressing, plus spreading droppings when cattle or horses graze. Sheep grazing praised for even clearance and manure return, suggesting gifting aftermath for flock use.
A dated discussion on marriage roles and self absorption as children, church and society pull a wife away from home. It contrasts a husband’s distant focus on business with a wife’s busy life, noting increasing emotional distance and friction at home.
A Farm Journal report urges humane care for draft horses citing swollen shoulders from ill fitting gear. Advice includes wood collars with adjustable padding, removing and modifying collars to relieve pressure, using pads of hay stuffed into sleeves, and cooling with cold water and salt brine after daily work.
A very handsome young lady named A. W. Richi from California attracted attention in Saratoga during her wedding tour. Staying at the Grand Union, she walked the hotel piazza for hours with a black and tan dog given as a wedding present. The pet cost $400 and she ordered earrings and a gold collar worth $8,000 studded with emeralds and pearls.
The Philadelphia progressive journal asserts that women may smoke and still be excellent. It endorses women smokers with the paper as a supportive platform, encouraging courage for those taking up smoking.
Fashion notes describe wool dresses with velvet trim in autumn colors brown gray and blue pilot. Garments feature velvets, cashmere plaits, basques and square collars, with velvet ribbons outlining hems and drapery. Mermaid tale from Fort Cottage, New Hampshire ends this fashion column.
A humorous Detroit Free Press fragment depicts a fat couple touring the city and demanding sights like a state house, marine aquarium, and catacombs. They vent fury at perceived swindles, discovering no mountains, springs, or volcanoes, and vow to return to the depot.
A Boston Journal item notes a shift toward the flannel shirt as a summer staple, praising its comfort and air flow over stiff summer dress. It contrasts the reform with traditional starch and collar rigidity, citing social occasions and seaside leisure. Also in this column are short notices: a 500 pound turtle captured at Sparwink River mouth by two brothers, and Egbert W. Lyon of Bristol training wild steers without force.
Scientists Brewer and Nipher analyze trotting records from 1843 to the present to estimate the ultimate speed of American trotters. They conclude the mile may be run in about 62 seconds, with future improvements perhaps shaving a few seconds, possibly leading to a near one second margin on the record within decades. They note natural pacing in wild horses differs from racing trotters and cite extreme specimens as examples.
An elaborate interview records a fashionable undertaker describing a small, refined lady who attends funerals as a passion. He notes mourners, a Forty‑eighth Street figure, and others drawn to death’s presence. Some mourners are cheerful, others curious, with mixed motives and rituals surrounding funerals.
A humorous New York story describes a jolly man who attends funerals despite not being kin. He weeps, embraces mourners, and is later revealed to be a life-sized dummy. Other characters include a practical undertaker and a mechanically minded worker who craves total control of a large funeral.
A vivid depiction of a damp Indian jungle with towering trees and bright orchids. Leech and tick hazards dominate the trek as riffs on flora and fauna unfold, from raucous jungle fowl to thrushes and the jungle cack, while travelers endure bloodsucking leeches and toil of the forest.
A Buffalo General Hospital patient fled through an open door on the third floor and leaped from a window fifty feet below. The keeper rushed downstairs expecting a corpse but found the man alive and sitting in the grass, appearing untroubled.
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