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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1876
Page
7
Elizabeth Converse renders Schiller in English verse describing a pilgrim’s voyage from youth to spiritual longing. The speaker abandons earthly portions, seeks ideal heavenly truth, crosses mountains and floods, and drifts toward a sea of endless void where the there and here never meet.
Dr Loring testifies Hungarian grass yields more milk when cut and mixed with corn meal and shorts than timothy. Sowing in late June on ordinary land can produce two and a half to three and a half tons of fodder per acre, aiding winter cattle feed. he claims 75 to 100 tons were produced on his farm for milch cows.
Parasites such as hen lice hog louse and mange in horses and cattle arise from uncleanliness. Internal parasites target weakened animals. prevention hinges on strict barn hygiene and wholesome feeding to avoid exhaustion and susceptibility.
Farm Notes discuss stump covering with coal tar and cucumber trellises, urging compact garden ideas for small plots. It cites orchard grass for dry upland pasture, corn protection with brush layers, and pruning for vines. The piece includes anecdotes from Norfolk Mass and Geneva New York about farming trials and soil care.
The article discusses egg preservation pastes such as salt and lime water, and other methods like brine and tallow. It extols early plowing and harrowing to support natural bird help against cutworms, praising bluebirds robins and grackles for pest control and advising hand-digging as a last resort. It criticizes ineffective remedies and urges practical farming steps to reduce cutworm damage.
A eclectic collection of kitchen notes describes currant jelly and Boston brown bread methods, mustard pickles and whole strawberries preserved with sugar and currant juice, plus cake and shortcake instructions. Mentions corn starch cake and a strawberry shortcake with editor-friendly tips.
The text describes serving with a bowl of powdered sugar and cream for taste. It outlines cooking cold meat hash with onions, spices, flour and butter, finished with burnt sugar stirred in, and suggests brown toast rounds around the dish. It also covers oatmeal porridge with milk eggs and flour baked in gem irons.
A list of counterfeit bills printed from various banks is circulated to warn recipients. The items include twenty dollar notes from the National Bank of Utica New York and ten dollar notes from the Farmers and Manufacturers Bank of Poughkeepsie among others. A claim notes a non existent First National Bank of Galena Illinois. Also an advert for Juniper Tar Soap warns of skin ailments and promotes Caswell Hazard & Co. New York.
Arnstein, who in a jealous quarrel thirty years prior vowed silence to gain his beloved’s favor, remained mute for three decades after the young woman’s death. He never spoke again and died in Zurich while upholding his vow.
An advertisement style summary noting catarrh symptoms including nasal discharge and eye irritation with proposed cures. Mentions Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with Dr. Pierce products and Cragin & Co. offer for gratis Dobbins Electric Soap samples. Includes other patent remedies and health claims with various testimonials and promotions.
Historic ad text touts Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills as cures for consumption. Claims absence of opium and uses herbs to purify lungs liver stomach and blood. Notes office in Philadelphia and requested specimen requests via mail.
Pearce and Co a wholesale firm at 215 N Second Street St Louis solicit orders and consignments for dried fruits butter cheese beans and other commodities as commission merchants serving merchants and growers.
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