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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1876
Page
3
A practical dairyman explains rendering winter churning steps. Strain milk into pans set over boiling water heat to just before scalding. In about 86 hours thick cream forms. Skim and stir, chill if cold weather, then scald churn and churn gently. If butter doesn’t appear in ten minutes, cream is too cold.
An Indian Farmer essay notes that a cow’s price should reflect butter and beef output rather than just milk yield. A cow making 500 pounds of beef or 100 pounds of butter a year affects value and cost, as poorer cows waste feeding costs and may not cover keeping, while better cows produce more profit.
A garden note from Hi Ellis describes a technique to produce clean horse radish sticks in ten months. Plant small finger sized sets in February in shallow, angled rows 3 feet apart with 12 to 18 inch spacing, keep free of weeds, water in dry weather, and harvest in ten months with 5 to 8 inch circumference. He claims horizontal planting near the surface accelerates growth versus traditional deeper methods.
A editorial critique argues farmers wives overvalue perfect housekeeping and martyrdom. It urges using intelligence to focus on home making, family nurture, and improving taste and life quality. It condemns wasted effort on patchwork and excessive labor, noting scarce help and the folly of inefficient chores. Agricultural fairs asked to stop rewarding such work.
An excerpt from Prof Me ater of the Iowa cultural College reviews farming objects and the need to feed soil with essential nutrients to overcome stunted tree growth. The plant shows poor annual progress due to root starvation, suggesting targeted soil feeding.
The article explains how to protect trees by removing growth points through disbudding or heading in to conserve resources. It covers responding to root competition, drought, and harsh winters by pinching buds and reducing growth points so remaining shoots th rift and strengthen. Overcropping requires careful pruning to sustain annual fruiting and prevent tree exhaustion.
The article outlines a blue dyeing method using Pans blue tartaric acid ammonia and sulfuric acid to color cotton, plus a simple cake frosting recipe with sugar whites lemon juice and technique for spreading and setting. It also gives kitchen guidance on measuring medicines by drops teaspoons and wineglass measures and on speeding poultry and meat cooking with vinegar or lemon for tenderness and flavor.
In the Ontario legislature a bill granting women the right to vote in municipal elections and one money by law failed by a small majority.
The Boston Advertiser links rising commercial failures to a lenient bankruptcy process. It argues creditors must demand larger debt repayments, tightening scrutiny and penalties to deter avoidable bankruptcies and protect American merchants' reputation.
A 19th century tale claims Charley Freeman, a Michigan youth about eight feet tall, worked on a canal project, then on a steamboat. He outmatched attempts by sharpers who used him for bets, traveled to England, and died in Liverpool in a pauper's grave after consuming alcohol and exposure.
London dispatch notes Disraeli’s ease with ceremonial duties and respect for Queen Victoria, contrasting him with Gladstone. The piece praises his appetite for royal forms, authority, and the ceremonial ambiance surrounding the monarchy.
The passage notes Disraeli's rise to power as prime mover behind a new parliament. It contrasts his popularity with his predecessor and cites Queen Victoria’s intention to add splendor to the ceremony, highlighting his political ascent and royal approval.
A widow in Buckinghamshire hides her husband’s death to keep his estate. She enlists a neighbor cobbler to pose as the deceased and has an attorney draft a will. The cobbler delivers a feigned blessing that halves the estate, while the real neighbor shoemaker, living opposite, shares in the ploy.
The Bangor Whig relays an Orono tale about Mrs P visiting Mrs Livingen when eleven mice hid their tails on the mantel. Mrs P cut off all tails with a carving knife as proof for her husband and repeated the act the next day. For years after, the cat would bring in tailless mice.
A Hartford dog rides a horse-car home from his owner's store and stops at the right place each morning. A horse owned by J K Wheeler at 488 Main Street unhooks itself at night, leaves the stable, gallops to the State House fountain, drinks, then returns. The owner shouts whoa as the horse tumbles in a dramatic stop.
The Sanitarian warns carbolic acid is effective as a strong oxidizing agent for destroying contagion in refuse but harmful in solutions or sprays for streets and rooms. It remains valuable when used as an antiseptic in surgical dressings to prevent putrefaction and should be limited to that purpose. Odorless alternatives like Candy’s liquid and Bromo-Chlorodum are noted for sick rooms.
The Evangelist report by Rev Dr Field describes the sultan’s Friday mosque visit as a public spectacle. Outsiders gaze on the sultan’s radiant face as ships fire salutes while the ruler travels by splen did barge or leads a grand horseback procession with a large cavalry.
A Detroit man reports seeing a robin as spring nears and faces disbelief from four men and a sequence of encounters with a lawyer a merchant and others. He insists he saw a robin though friends urge honesty and warn against lying becoming a habit. The tale ends with the citizen denying repeated robin sightings to avoid embarrassment.
Mrs Dodd uses creative at home lessons to teach English history. Joe draws a mammoth blank book with centu ries and scenes of druids bonds and figures. Will crafts century boxes with gilt titles while the Black Prince and Richard return in tableaux. Her rule is facts are nails and she silvered them over to drive them home.
An Old-Time Elopement describes John tenth Earl of Westmoreland and Miss Sarah Anne Child fleeing in a post chaise to Gretna Green after a banker advised elopement. Pursuit along the North Road led to a gunfire incident as the carriage horses were damaged, enabling the couple to wed before death of Robert Child.
A humorous trend features women wearing a dinner plate as a headpiece, while fur cloaks and muffed hands accompany the sight. The sight of bare heads beneath the plate hat elicits amusement as the improvised headgear trails like a kite’s tail.
A nostalgic verse recalls an old melody that stirs memory and youth. The speaker hears familiar words and faces, from ancestral oaks to a mother’s lullaby, as the song conjures past joys and lingering presence. HW OH C Hosmer
The Salt Lake Tribune reports a Mormon mission-bound Fulmer asked Brigham Young for counsel. He, advised to wed before leaving for Arizona, finds a mate via Brother Brown and his daughters. The wedding festivities occur that night.
A Sheffield borough analyst report details tests on druggists prescriptions. Samples of iodine potassium, quinine, glycerine, and citric acid show underdosed or impure ingredients, raising concerns that some druggists lack conscience and adulterate antidotes.
The Syracuse Journal profiles a resident of Elbridge near Memphis born May 1770, now 107. She moved from Amsterdam to Marcellus then to the current area with her son T. C. Young, recalls the first Fourth of July, and cherishes an heirloom linen wheel from the Munroe family. She hopes to attend the Centennial celebration.
In a South London inquest a man died after a mouse crawled into his mouth while workers screamed. A passerby captured the intruder but the mammal slipped away and reappeared near his neck, entering his mouth and leading to fatal consequences.
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