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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1877
Page
7
A mother basks in bliss as her newborn son rests on her chest. Her dress opens revealing the infant and her kisses rain softly, while she dreams of his future love and success. The scene captures a tender bond between mother and child, two hearts united in quiet, radiant joy.
Agricultural notes report experiments at Kansas Agricultural College comparing corn in drills and in hills. Drilled plots produced 71 bushels per acre versus 62.5 in hills, suggesting drills are superior by 8.5 bushels per acre.
An Ohio Farmer writer describes a feed method using boiled water with pepper and Indian meal mush fed hot, plus horseradish treated feed to boost egg production. The piece claims five to ten eggs daily and notes reduced losses in a November-hatched flock, alongside recommendations of boiled apple skins, potatoes, and sulfur for vermin control and vigor.
The article urges mulching around young trees within a six to ten foot diameter to keep soil conditions ideal and prevent peach and apple borers. It compares neglecting cultivation to wasting effort on crops, and cites experience favoring regular care and weed control. It also notes practices in steam treating cattle feed as economically beneficial for large herds.
The author notes soil climate and variety matter but argues careful cultivation yields fine fruit in all garden soils. Overcrowded planting creates tangled beds that suffer in dry months, reducing fruit quality and weakening plant crowns. Lazy bed practices explain varieties thriving briefly before becoming barren and tasteless.
A Germantown Telegraph correspondent notes housewives fear beet root color loss and advise washing skins thoroughly. The region offers simple tips for beet boiled color preservation, hot gingerbread recipe, oat foods, lemon syrup, Spence pudding, and raisin-dexesina for sour beer, plus a cordial claim for Dr. J H Mclean's strengthening remedy.
A New York World interview with a wealthy man who laments rich‑man hardship in a hard winter. He says press attention, charity solicitations, social scrutiny, and public contempt compound his suffering, claiming the rich endure more distress than the poor.
A committee of about fifty in the United States and Britain plans conservative Bible revisions. Members include Theodore Woolsley Philip Shaff George E Day and M B Riddle. Changes aim for minimal alterations and include specific wording updates such as John four verse omission and phrases like straining at a gnat and one fold one shepherd to be revised.
Letter from Italy recounts Marco di Sciarra a courteous brigand captain of Gaeta lands who admired Torquato Tasso. The tale notes Sciarra’s noble lineage represented by Rome’s Sciarra Colonna and his band of masnadieri raiding Mola Castiglione. He learned of Tasso’s fame and showed admiration during travel from Naples to Rome.
The chronicle describes Tasso declining hospitality and alliance while Sciarra offers safe passage and withdraws his band. It notes civility and learning of the brigand era, with a Latin quote praising virtue. The passage ends with an ad for catarrh remedy and a jelly recipe.
The article argues advertising builds trust in Dr Pierce of Buffalo and his remedies, noting the value of merit over hype. It references his Grand Invalids Hotel, the Medical Adviser book, and free memorandum books, alongside other tonics and cough remedies and a short market note.
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