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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1890
Page
2
A collage of oddities and observations from a Southern paper: red cotton an Alpharetta miracle, a planter who grows the first entire acre dyed red, a Porterdale florist’s daily roses at a desk, and warnings on medical practice versus study. Also notes on Berlin gardens, Pasteur Institute hog bites, French luxury, Chicago drug stores, cyclones versus tornados, and social quirks of companions.
In this chapter from 1836, Stella, Annie, and the narrator recount a lush autumn gathering at Sir Wren’s and a tense turn as Colonel Haynes is shot at and carried to safety. Annie supports the wounded man while political tension swells at the polls. The rival mob swears vengeance, a suspected attacker is captured and hanged, and the party returns to Waverland with news of a victorious election and a recovering colonel.
A fragmentary squib notes a forgotten senator alias Ex-Sonator Tabor with lingering luck. It hints at a new girl in the Tabor mansion on Capitol Hill amid flowers, life, and fortune tied to a rising figure. The piece laments Tabor's waning luck and looming decline.
On beef, hogs, poultry, and cattle regular meals boost growth and efficiency. Three daily feeds suit cattle and fattening hogs if feasible. two meals may work with careful portioning and swill management. Potatoes benefit from deeper planting amid drought, while peaches suffer from mineral不足. potash helps prevent peach yellows when applied early.
Fresh eggs stay firm only if kept dry and warm. air in the shell spoils albumen and starts yolk germ growth. Keep guineas sheltered, rotate feeding coops, and let confined poultry out briefly each evening. Move pasture daily to avoid taint, and limit grass when dew is heavy. Stock and dairy notes offer wound dressings and economical feed tips, plus plodding remarks on corn cobs and husks in fodder.
A collage of farming and domestic tips covers Beets feeding trials show cows produce more milk on beets but economic gains unclear. Beets can yield up to sixteen tons per acre with rich land, while corn silage remains a strong alternative. Household care includes woolen fabric cleaning with borax, gilded frame refreshing with sulfur and onions, and egg preparation methods for digestibility.
A historical account describes ocean depth, salinity, temperature variation, and pressure. It notes three-fourths of Earth’s surface is water, depth around 3,400 feet with little temperature change, and evaporative processes leaving salt. It mentions storm waves up to forty feet and speeds over fifty miles per hour, plus salt deposition estimates and wind-driven water cycles.
A garbled column mixes nautical quips with a promotional note for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It mentions naval officers, a man-of-war, and light banter about telescope and pell vide scopes. The ad touts the medicine and pills as a guaranteed cure for chest and throat ailments.
A jumbled OCR page lists various products and slogans from Anoop Unit water content jokes to Mire Winslow's teething syrup, Dobbins Electric Soap, and a Wall Street manual. It mentions Seekers of cheap water weight, patent leather preserves, and pushy romance lines, with scattered product names and dubious claims.
A vintage advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant and effective cure for constipation and related ailments. It claims rapid relief for kidneys, bowels, head colds, fevers, and general ill health, marketed as a healthy preparation suitable for all, with bottles sold by California Syrup Co. and local druggists.
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