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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1876
Page
3
Lost love laments a longing parent recalling a child’s smile and touch. The speaker recalls a fairy like babe and the ache of loss, depicting memories and dreams where the child returns to comfort the heart. The poem blends tenderness with grief and ends with a plea for the child to come again.
The article warns against driving large nails into new clap boards which splits and damages studs, causing leaks. It prescribes a method: drive support nails into the sheathing to rest on the upper edge of the board below, fit ends, then remove support nails and place the lower edge at least one inch from the board below. Use sharp brad-owls to start nail holes.
From Root's Garden Manual: sow thickly in a hot bed in March with rows an inch apart, transplant to the open garden by mid April. Transplanting matches the effort of quick weedings, ensures a reliable stand, and doubles the yield versus open seed. A 6 by 12 foot bed yields enough for one seventh of an acre.
Prof Storer confirms chemists findings that apples are low in nitrogen, with flesh containing 1.48 percent albuminoids in dry matter and pomace 0.98 percent. Apples yield little protein, explaining its poor fodder and manure value, unless nitrogen rich feed is added to utilize sugar and pectin.
Instructions for home gardeners on sowing tomato seeds in hot beds during March, transplanting into pots to harden plants, and final outdoor planting in May. Covers soil types, spacing, manure use, watering, sun shelter, and starting plants in a sunny window.
An English writer argues that linseed oil cake, rich in nutrients, should be widely used for cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs. He notes England pays high prices for American oil cake, praising its fattening effect and health benefits and urging appreciation among stock feeders.
The address by X. A. Willard before the Vermont Dairymen's Association outlines key curing points for cheese. It covers uniform temperature of 70 to 75 degrees, moisture balance, fat content, and the use of refrigerator rooms to preserve flavor, plus efficiency gains and practical notes on soil harrowing and clover sowing as agricultural context.
Analyzes profitless winter wheat and urges spring cultivation and horse labor to boost yields. Compares English methods with U.S. practice, discusses harrowing and drill sowing, then shifts to household tips and miscellaneous recipes from the Observer.
Washington’s forces compel British withdrawal from Boston on March 17 1776 after a tense siege. The British abandon Castle Island Bunker Hill and the Neck leaving cannon stores and loyalists to flee for Halifax or New York. The maneuver strengthens American morale and reshapes expectations of imperial strength.
Reports say Borax Lake in California draws attention in England as borax supplies reach London. Large works near completion refine and purify the mineral for shipment. Borax Company expansion aims to produce 20 to 50 tons daily. Deposit spans 18 by 6 to 8 miles, with crude ore 3 to 5 feet deep and purities of 20 to 40 percent.
During the exhibition official railroad excursion rates will be charged at the named places for travel to Philadelphia and return over the Pennsylvania Railroad. Leap year wedding fashions for gentlemen ready-made maid suit.
In 1776 at Elizabethtown New Jersey a brave Jerseyman Elias Dayton told the Committee of Safety of two large British transports full of arms and provisions anchored off Sandy Hook. Lord Stirling, William Alexander, armed four local fishing sloops, surprised the ships, boarding with two men per boat and seizing the decks. The crews reclaimed two ships as prizes for the Continental cause within the Jersey channel near Staten Island.
English spectators marvel at American Weston’s walking feats in London. He completed 500 miles in six days and began a 275 mile stretch aimed for seventy five hours, despite rival Charles Rowell dropping after fifty hours. Weston endured intense crowds and medical watch while maintaining a strict rest and diet regime between walks.
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