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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1876
Page
7
The verse compares lilies and candles to letters angels write in heaven’s record book, conveying love hymns from the German source. It reflects on beauty, sacred light, and a celestial ledger written by benevolent messengers.
The National Granger advocates fallow in late autumn for weed reduction and soil enrichment. It warns against plowing when soil is too wet or too dry, stresses proper team speed and draft, and urges sharp plow parts, correct yoke length, and deep, well-formed furrows to prevent future cultivation problems.
Fall setting of raspberries outlined, naming varieties such as Brandywine and Philadelphia. Directions cover planting distances, hill-up growth, spring harrowing, weed control, and tip pruning. Suggests strawing compost at each hill and yearly cultivation to yield berries for five to six years amid notes on soil and care.
The text argues that crosses from high bred males may resemble their sire and hint at overbreeding. It warns against overvaluing a superior cross male as a sire because progeny certainty vanishes when the parentage is unclear. It cautions breeders against short sighted choices and emphasizes unpredictability of future offspring.
A New York letter promotes using milk in hot water as a soap substitute for dishes and kitchen cleaning. The writer claims soft water with a splash of milk cleans grease, preserves hands, keeps tinware bright, and saves labor and money by avoiding traditional soap.
Short selections discuss pruning fruit trees with a focus on natural growth and minimal cutting, then contrast Japanese work habits with Western methods, and end with a 125 year old man who never voted plus notes on American engineering ornamentation and a skin care ad offering Juniper Tar Soap.
Instructions on preserving raspberries by canning with syrup without dilution and details for making breakfast cake and tomato wine. Includes steps for preparing batter, baking, and fermenting tomato juice into wine using sugar and water adjustments.
Fern leaves are praised as a stuffing material superior to straw for mattresses with strong stitches and linen twine. Quick lemon pie filling blends lemon rind, sugar, corn starch, eggs, butter, and a rich crust, then bakes briefly with meringue atop.
The Weekly Wisconsin, a large 48 column paper, offers six months postpaid for fifty cents to any address. Advertisers CRamER AIKENS & CRAMER, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Com testimonials claim Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders keep people’s coats sleek and glossy when used several times weekly. Shallenberger's Pills are promoted as a cure and ague treatment, with reference to a failed store and a slow people.
An ad style feature argues modern women suffer health decline and praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription from the World’s Dispensary Buffalo for weak backs nervous debility and other female complaints. It claims cures by this preparation and lists benefits with testimonials and sample offers for Dobbins Electric Soap and Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment.
Physicians advise moderate whiskey use for warmth and weakness. Dr Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic offers a non intoxicating alternative with herbs to strengthen the stomach and body, promising nourishment after illness or exertion. Sold by all druggists.
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