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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1877
Page
7
A Rural New Yorker writer proposes a cheap smoke-house using a pit a trench and a barrel to trap smoke. A fire of corn cobs and wood chips provides the smoke for ham and buttered meat. The note also discusses butter color from annatto and describes a method to color butter yellow using cream and soda, citing A P S of Baltimore.
Two years of canvassing across the country by gangs selling fruit samples in glass jars has harmed many victims. The fruit is often not the advertised variety, frequently wax, and trees are shipped long distances without proper care. Buyers are warned as imposters instruct not to open trees to avoid exposure. Prices are fantastically high, with bogus items like the Alpine tree Strawberry sold at huge sums.
Veterinary surgeon Felizer advances a weekly foot-bath system to treat sheep foot disease. A fifteen by two yard enclosure filled with water and quicklime is used, with fodder as a carpet to guide and clean the hooves, allowing 100 sheep at a time to pass through. The bath is renewed weekly to maintain causticity.
A. H. Proctor of Columbus Ohio argues that cooking farm feed and adding salt copperas and sulphur improves hog health and feed efficiency. He cites savings on grain and roots, plus milk increases at farmers like Wilson Bros in Indiana.
Union county breeder T Middleton and Indiana’s T J Edge report experiments with five pigs and ten bushels of corn. Whole corn produced 473 pounds of pork, ground to slop and cooked yielded 834 pounds, while new corn on the cob gave 294 pounds versus 64 pounds when shelled ground and cooked.
A Rural Home correspondent discusses selecting swine by purpose and care. He compares Yorkshire, Berkshire, Poland China, and Chester White breeds, noting Yorkshire best with optimal care, Berkshires for ordinary care, and Poland China or Chester White for heavy hogs. He emphasizes matching breed to intended use and proper breeding.
A collection of home recipes and health notes including Frenca Cake with butter and milk, Infantile vaccination promotion for children entering age 14, a glycerine witch hazel cure, Corn Cakes without eggs, and variations for Corn Bread and breakfast breads. Also mentions bread sponge and simple baking tips for small families.
A faded column lists kitchen instructions for dessert making and baked goods. It covers chocolate creams with melted chocolate coating, waffles using milk eggs and yeast, and gingerbread with sugar molasses sour milk and raisins.
Advertisement proclaims a remedy by mail from Dr J H McLean of St Louis for coughs throat and lung soreness claiming gas generated upon contact with Juken in the mouth soothes and heals. Trial boxes offered.
A humorous survey notes jokes about doctors from Cornhill Magazine. It recounts stories of Dr Radcliffe and others, including a witty exchange over unpaid bills and a clergyman's quip about practicing medicine if deprived of his living, illustrating historic jests about physicians.
Mr J M Neatherlin and his twelve year old son witnessed a leopard stalking near Karl's old rancho on the St Miguel. The father fired as the leopard lunged at the boy, maiming the animal with a shot to the shoulder. A second well aimed round killed the beast, ending the threat.
A collage of patent medicine claims touts Sage for catarrh, Brown’s Troches, Johnson’s Anodyne, Duracy’s Rheumatic Remedy, and Colline Voltaic Plasters. It mentions Captain Sage, Sheridan powders, and cures for earache and rheumatism. Ads urge readers to seek treatments and patent cures in Washington and Beaver Dam.
Ex-Postmaster General Jewell, famed for his leather trade fortune, explains how birch bark tar imparts the scent to Russia leather. He provided ten barrels to U.S. manufacturers, enabling Russia leather goods to be made domestically and potentially cut prices by about half.
A catalog roundup listing first class church music books and singing school volumes. Includes The Salutation The Encore Emerson First Class Singing School World of Song Unrivalled Collection of Songs The Dance The Most Brilliant Piano Music Perkins Anthem Book Perkins Glee Chorus Books Emerson Chorus Book and other choral titles with pricing and mail order details from Oliver Ditson & Co Boston.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe prices and machinery drawn items for sale in Terme and a call for agents. The text mentions Hal lett and Co Portiare and references bidders, guards, and potential buyers. Details are unreadable and uncertain.
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