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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1876
Page
7
A stanza from Chambers' Journal evokes a sunlit lane with daisies and roses, singing of cherished springtime days and lost love. The speaker contrasts joy with sorrow, noting petals shed and thorns remaining as grief remains.
A traveling correspondent reports farmers wives in Pennsylvania performing field work. Observations include a young single woman handling a large cultivator with three heavy horses, women planting corn and potatoes, and a newly married woman spreading lime. The account notes many county women undertake tasks that might astonish city ladies.
A letter argues against feeding onions to hens for flavoring eggs. The writer notes butter flavored eggs would be preferable and contends fresh eggs are often poor when hens are fed improper foods. He cites eggs not two days old as nearly rotten and dismisses onion feeding as unsuitable for No. 1 eggs.
The Western Agriculturist extols beekeeping for farmers as a source of pure honey, arguing bees are inexpensive to maintain, largely self-sustaining, and can yield profitable, adulteration resistant syrup for family tables. It urges farmers to keep bees to enjoy honey and improve food quality.
At a Grand River Horticultural Society meeting Mr C N Merriman described plaster or gypsum as beneficial for fruit crops. He urged light dusting on blossoms and leaves to aid crops, varying by fruit, with careful timing during fruit set. Plaster also boosts lawn and pasture verdure but may risk overproduction if not replenished.
The article notes rising demand for pork and beef from domestic and foreign buyers as population grows and wheat laws push small farmers to switch to cattle and dairy. It highlights Britain and Ireland’s repeal of corn laws and shifts in exports to Canada Australia and other regions, with increasing pork and wine production for foreign markets.
The article argues swine can avoid disease if allowed outdoors with access to suitable food and remedies. It recommends wholesome feed, pure water, and additives like sulphur, salt, and charcoal. Sulphur is described as a blood purifier and pigs are said to seek sulfur-rich substances, suggesting daily sulphur could reduce hog cholera cases.
A durable stable floor method uses a gravel and cobble base, sand filled cracks, a Rosen dale or Portland cement first layer, then tar seal to water proof. The finish remains dry, impervious to rats, and halts frost penetration, with cement concrete option when stone is unavailable.
A collage of handwritten recipe fragments covering laundry washing with warm water borax and acid rinses, sweetened rice dessert with lemon flavoring and cinnamon, Rick Croquettes from rice and milk, Washington Pro eggs and sugar leavening, CeeaM Fittmwe lemon flavored milk dish, and a beef and onion stew method with layered meat and potatoes.
A compact Canadian gas plant uses crude petroleum gasification in a simple retort system. Operators can run it with one person as crude oil drops into the retort and converts to gas at elevated but controlled temperatures.
The piece argues sugar is not a proper food and may affect eye health and teeth. It cites experiments on animals showing rapid lens changes from sugar solutions and questions sugar’s role in human eye defects, urging state health investigation while noting candy provides little mineral content for teeth and can promote decay when paired with flour diets.
The Toledo Blade previews an eighth page feature on Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo NY who champions single focus medicine for lingering chronic diseases. It notes his work The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser priced at 1.50 postpaid and praises public verdicts on his treatment and medicines.
A Troy man consults doctors over a facial skin eruption that troubles his wife and worsens her temper. One physician calms him saying it may be cold or a bit of humor of the blood. The husband notes his wife has been out of humor a week, and a double fee is charged.
An advertising column touts Juniper Tar Soap by Cadwell Hazard Co New York claiming cures for pimples ring worm and other skin conditions and warns buyers to avoid imitations. Separate notes praise Schallenberger s Agne Pills Vegetine and comment on the ex Empress Eugenie s age.
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