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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1891
Page
3
A fragmentary dialogue shows Saul the editor questioning a grower about a notice. The talk mocks rhetoric and business trust, with characters debating value, sugar, milk quality, and a plan to “get them Leeili” using improvised tools. The piece hints at satire within a rural market setting.
Report covers a novel auxiliary weir with screens and a upstream gullet to retain fish while surplus water is discharged. It also notes Tolomei on ozone from lightning coagulating milk, Treadwell’s view on bacterial growth contributing to oxidation, and various disconnected science and industrial snippets from the era.
An assorted 19th century miscellany notes castor oil references for infants, teething remedies, rain experiments in Kansas, hydrogen balloons for destructive tests, iron and copper sprays against potato disease, and a pitch for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with money-back promise. Also mentions nerve tonics, liver pills, and small medicated pellets.
The article argues poultry yields offer the best returns for farmers, noting eggs fetch higher per-dozen prices than pork, beef, or butter. It discusses housing hens, winter care, and feeding with oil or linseed meal to improve dairy cow health and calving outcomes, plus pruning and balanced rations for livestock.
Farm advice covers feeding growth versus fat, weather vane value for a neat barn image, weather insight, growing green corn for canners, stock care on wooden floors, fencing, calf rearing, wire fences, and breeding quality stock. Household hints include ammonia use, seafood and stock prep, pickled salmon, and flour drying tricks.
An advertisement pledges a reward for identifying a secret enemy and promotes Dr Cheney’s Catarrh Cure sold nationwide. The notice touts the firm F J Cheney and Co and lists wholesale druggists. It claims internal use benefits and a 75 cent bottle price, urging readers to buy locally. Also included is a short humorous student graduation quip about a design for a badge symbolizing the universe.
A fragment from Starters Weekly shows a boy pointing at a sign while a wary speaker warns against foot placement. The note mentions a floor giving way with a cheeky aside about 200 pounds per square foot.
A fragmented description outlines a new process named Prrogavure for drawing patterns using combusting material and a graving point. It mentions a Whe tee Thief paint, a funnel, a textile cylinder, and air pressure lifting a shutter to the inked scene, with cautions on appearance and usage for decorative purposes.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a line of dialogue about waking someone, travel beyond a station, and a vague request about letting children do something. Names and context are unclear, with many garbled words and missing punctuation.
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