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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1876
Page
3
A ten year old Newsboy narrates a life of poverty and resilience. He cares for his sister Tibby the kitten Tom his dog Mam’s cat and hopes to become rich to provide a full meal and shelter. He asks a reader for help and pledges to aid his family first if given a chance.
The Louisiana Cotton Boll notes a large rice yield on the O. F. Beadvais plantation near Lafourche Crossing. Auguste Coursier threshed seven and a half acres producing about 140 bee Toes or 150 barrels rough and 75 barrels clean rice. Two other men cultivated a crop yielding around 1,000 barrels rough.
A singular disease devastates cattle in the region, attacking optical nerves and causing total blindness. The condition is unaccountable and stirs fear among owners as experts speculate on origin and steps to halt its spread. The report notes the severity and uncertain causes of the ailment.
A passage from Scientific American advocates planting evergreen trees within orchards at intervals not exceeding 150 feet to create shelter belts. The aim is to reduce winter cold injury and spring frost on bud germination, improving tree health and crop uniformity, and invites reader feedback on practical experiments.
The fragment describes the Felliex plan from France as involving extra seed potatoes preserved in charcoal dust until August and planted in light soil with holes ten inches deep. It mentions manure, spacing two feet apart, and soaking procedures with salt and water around autumn.
A fragmented excerpt discusses growing cauliflower and cabbage as a luxury item. It mentions soil moisture and manure as key factors, noting the need for adequate quantity and quality. The garbled text hints at agricultural advice and practices.
The Rural Carolinian notes that climate in the region favors cool season crops like cabbages in fall and spring. Fall plantings should occur in July August or September with latitude and season adjustments and spring plantings from November to February. Fall crops may need slight winter protection.
Willard's Practical Butter discusses two key factors for butter keeping: removing all buttermilk and washing the grain after churning. It warns against compact packing and slipping tools that damage grain, advising slow packing to allow salt to dissolve and separate buttermilk, ensuring proper curing.
The writer argues farmers in this state miss a profitable opportunity raising cucumbers for pickles. Demand is strong locally but processing takes place elsewhere, causing money to leave the state. The piece cites cities like Chicago St Louis and Baltimore as sources for pickles and urges local production.
Prepare skins by laying on a board tack them, then dampen with a alum solution and sponge for three days. When dry remove tacks roll hair inward and then outward through a ring to soften. Skins prepared this way are useful for many domestic purposes.
A rural note describes storing Yellowstone turnips in an unused ice house for the winter. Fifty bushels were kept frozen with a straw cap, then thawed slowly and tested in a greenhouse furnace room. Turnips remained sound and flavorful, while repeated freezing later damages texture.
Instructions describe roasting mutton joint with skinning and flour dusting for flavor and juiciness. Also includes Ossprer Puppina a lemon cream custard bake with eggs and dates and Snow Beas a light baked custard with whisked egg whites and custard sauce.
An excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution depicts Si discussing bankruptcy, taxes, and economic hardship. He speaks of white neighbors, limited work, and the impact of court seizures on Black store owners, noting debts between two cents and a dollar keeping Black hands tight. The judge or jury presence is implied as the case is deemed well made.
A celebrated French lighthouse on Brehat Island Brittany rises on a treacherous porphyry rock. Builders faced tides and eddies, living on a reef while quarrying stone and dovetailing blocks for cohesion. The report notes the precarious foundation and cautions against similar methods elsewhere.
The article lists zoo provisions over the year including meat 45740 pounds oats 870 bushels bread 85610 loaves and fish 21900 pounds. It then notes fashionables and a wake at Ballinafat with social figures like Duchess begorra and Miss Bay Malone and mentions a spree at the residence of the Hon Pat of Bram.
A Montreal shipowner Henry Mackenzie’s wife and Englishman Frederick H Bridges flee to the United States with her two young children. Detected in New York, they are arrested at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and detained, while Bridges seeks legal aid and faces court exposure.
A Montreal socialite Mrs. Mackenzie elopes with Mr. Brydges amid family pursuit. The pair fled from the Tombs and Grand Central with police alerted. Local relatives and lawyers accompanied the husband’s kin as authorities seek Brydges and the missing child.
The elopement of Lieut. Brydges and Mrs. MacKenzie was exposed in a late-night incident. They registered at the Girard House and Continental Hotel in New York as Mr. Brydges and Miss Brydges. A divorce suit prompted relatives and counsel to assemble for a conference, leading to plans to return to Montreal.
In a weathered schoolhouse a Boston correspondent recalls a teacher’s eye measurement exercise. Students guessed lengths by estimating with the eye, then compared to the real measure on the board, showing how far perception can miss actual sizes.
In Reese River Nevada an old fox evaded hounds for years by retreating to a wooden house storing pelts. The mystery ended when a veteran hound limped in and the fox was discovered hanging by its tail from a nail in the wall, matching the pelts on display.
Fragmentary lines describe an unusually mild season in 1776 with sparse ice in Boston and references to munitions of war. The text is incomplete and many words are garbled, making specific names or events hard to confirm.
An unclear Utica Herald fragment mentions a bridge and wind damage or conditions but the text is garbled and lacks full details on location, cause, or outcome. The incomplete wording references trusses, rains, and a response to wind but provides no concrete facts.
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