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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1877
Page
3
The poem laments a decaying medieval hall where banners fade, ivy and ruin replace splendor. King, knights, priests, and lovers lie forgotten as the castle decays, owls perch in the broken keep, and the banquet hall sits in silence.
Professor L B Arnold argues apples are excellent feed for dairy cows when given in proper amounts. Apples improve milk flavor and cheese or butter yield, with best results from mixed apple types and careful gradual feeding.
Experiments with apple trees show each tree bears a unique characteristic. Trees in grass grow slower shed leaves earlier and produce more deeply colored fruit. Cultivation around trunks has little effect on winter hardiness compared with grass. Some trees in both groups were injured, grassed trees faring slightly worse.
A Detroit Post summary notes Beal’s observations on orchard cultivation. Manure near trunk boosts roots and growth, while distant manuring shows improvement in the second year. General ground cultivation is urged. small patches or grass around trees are deemed ineffective. Essential rules include annual soil replenishment, heed crops, and spring crops among trees for health, with oats rye and wheat as exceptions.
A historical guide outlines prevention and treatment of roup in fowls. It cites sanitary housing and ventilation, proper feeding, and disinfected water and feeders. Treatments include castor oil, olive oil with camphor and carbolic acid, and selective injections, with Douglass mixture in water and Labarraque baths for swollen eyes or head.
A compilation of rural kitchen hints including milk rice waffles, a rich Weprine Cake style batter, and baked puddings. It notes practical pest control tips with potash for rats and cayenne for ants, plus a gelatin dessert and a long rice bake.
A 19th century home arts excerpt details methods for candying fruit and restoring alpaca and black merino fabrics. It includes steps for preparing syrups, draining fruit, drying in a warm oven, and brushing with coffee to refresh fabrics. It also covers a bread yeast sponge and batter for a raisin cake with spices and cider brandy.
From the Evansville Journal George Miller of Princeton died last Friday night after fifteen years of epileptic fits and progressive madness. He was chained for two years, then lived in gruesome decline with bent limbs and feral behavior. A postmortem noted heart fat, enlarged liver, and other organ changes.
A Republican reporter recounts two near death experiences of a famed St Louisian. He describes drowning and freezing ordeals with vivid recollections of sensations just before and after death, including a later dramatic freezing episode and recovery through frigid treatment and resilience.
The dispatches detail the murder of a man named Smith in Saginaw Michigan. Cragin was paid $200 to kill him by Smiths partner to allow her to live with her lover. The judge condemns Cragin to a life of confinement in a dungeon with stark warning of mercy potential. Also included is a streetboys exchange about fighting.
The late Cardinal Antonelli's will asserts his wealth stems from his father and warns against calumny. He forgives those who harmed him, denies malice, and directs heirs to give certain memoranda to intended recipients. The bulk of property goes to his brothers with legacies to relatives and friends and provisions for former servants.
In Berlin, Levi Harbour’s heirs and neighbors searched his farm after his death for hidden wealth. A smoke-house floor was raised and two large stone jars containing silver coin, some a century old and of unique workmanship, were recovered. The coins, totaling $2,026, were counted in a bank, and authorities suspect a gold plant may be buried on the premises, prompting ongoing digging.
The piece notes Denmark's King Christian IX has reigned thirteen years without being crowned amid European tensions. It suggests a coronation might curb discontent as prosperity rises and the price for ceremony falls. It adds trivia on Danish royal naming and a Charleston anecdote about Judge Abbott and a wood theft joke.
A collage of humorous items from the Chicago Times and other papers features jokes about leap years, stock quotes, puns, and street banter. It includes quips about Wall Street, a Londoner’s accent, alligators near a Florida hotel, and playful vignettes on everyday life and temperance.
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