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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1876
Page
4
A poem describes finding a sparrow nest low in moss among tall grasses, lined with feathers. Four blue speckled eggs rest within, guarded by a mother bird who sings softly as the unfledged young await May hatch. The piece evokes quiet rural scenes and nature’s unfolding.
G A Pike of Winthrop Maine reports a Jerseys herd averaging eight cows produced 2108 pounds of butter in a year excluding family use. Butter sold in Portland averaged 99.88 dollars per cow. Pike raises heifer calves and hogs largely from skimmed milk showing dairy farming can be profitable with ordinary feeding.
The Germantown Telegraph revisits the heat material for stable floors. It recalls trials with clay floors fifteen to twenty years ago, which failed due to horse dislike, and endorses a simple inclined plank floor with a rear gutter. It warns against sand coal ashes sawdust asphaltum and similar devices as harmful to horses.
Advice on selecting poultry breeds for profitable farming contrasts the Asiatics for meat with Brahmas and partridge cochin for eggs and hardy stock. It recommends keeping one pure breed, maintaining clean quarters, and using carbolic whitewash and sulfur dusting to deter vermin as breeding season approaches.
The article urges orchardists to address mineral soil deficiencies especially potash lime and phosphate. It notes apple trees demand higher portions of these elements than wood and suggests using ashes and bone phosphate, testing on a few trees and incorporating leached ash into soil to observe effects this season.
The Painesville Telegraph notes a likely full apple crop in Northern Ohio with partial failure in the south. Pruning should not be neglected and growers are warned to watch for caterpillar damage in a week or two. Healthy fruit may fetch fair prices while scabby fruit from starved trees will yield little profit.
A collection of recipes and cooking tips covers jumbles, cakes, frostings, and fillings. Includes Rica Jumbles, Cocoaout Cakes, Butternut Cake with meat, Centennial Cake, Farina Puppiva, Gelatine Apples, Fish Frimmers, and Crullers. Also notes on To Coax Sauce, Mocx Cream, and whitening fabrics with soap and ammonia.
Fragmentary text hints at a traveler’s tax and western movement, with garbled lines suggesting certainty about origins and routes. The readable segment offers no clear event, date, or identifiable party to anchor a factual item.
The Brooklyn Sun recounts City Hall Park as a cradle of liberty from colonial amassings to revolutionary actions. It traces Leisler Milborne executions, stamp act protests, liberty poles, battles of Golden Hill and Lexing ton era events, and the park’s evolution into City Hall with changes to its grim ground and adjacent burying places.
Mrs Frances A Douglas sued Mrs Thomas I Wilcox for false arrest and malicious prosecution after a bystander exclaimed Oh shoot that hat leading to arrests. A Baltimore Common Pleas verdict awarded Douglas’s accuser Wilcox $450 in damages while jurors debated higher sums. The case highlights courtroom tempers over a bonnet dispute.
The Caledonia NY hatchery near Rochester distributed 4,400,000 salmon trout and eggs and 202,000 brook trout in 1875 76 plus 70,000 California salmon 160,000 whitefish and other eggs. In six years the plant released 10,000,000 salmon trout fry 10,000,000 salmon and 1,000 each of California and Kennebec salmon. Shad hatchery produced 5,000,000 eggs last year most released in the Hudson River.
A Vincana editor says his paper’s suspension led him to enter journalism hoping for millions and notes the money still awaits those in the field. The remark underscores lingering financial rewards seen by those who persevere in the trade.
Historic Spirit Lake in Dickinson County described as a cluster of lakes with Okobojai as the main one. Notes on geology, forests, prairies, and the area becoming a summer resort with hotels and yachts. Includes legend of Pale Faced Dove and Star of Day and the watching spirit of the waters guarding the lake.
A New York Sun summarized critique condemning feathered hats as cruel. It describes birds, including hummingbirds and cardinals, being skinned alive for fashion decorations. The piece cites Baronesa Burdett Coutts leading an English movement to end the brutal trade, hoping for cross Atlantic support.
In an interview with the Boston Times, Uncle Daniel Drew discusses retirement, his meteoric rise to wealth, and dramatic losses. He laments not abandoning Wall Street earlier, notes gifts to institutions, and regrets unpaid principal on notes while paying only interest on funds given to schools and churches.
In a D demand for sympathy, the speaker recalls plans for his children and grandchildren. He says he settled a home, Putnam county property, and boats on heirs through executorship of a daughter's late husband, aiming to keep them secure and free from breach of trust. He notes his son runs the boat business and is prospering.
The Palatka Herald reports the Murphy's Island mound, one of the river region’s largest, was breached by a party. A coquina wall with warrior and reptile carvings was found guarding a vault eight feet high and twelve by fifteen feet, containing petrified armed figures. Col. Hart vows guards to protect the relics. Murphy’s Island may become a St Johns River Mecca.
In a humorous anecdote Mr Conway recalls English court etiquette where ladies must wear low bodied gowns. A noblewoman asked permission after illness left her shoulders thin and the Queen agreed to a one time compromise by lowering the front of her dress to avoid setting a precedent.
Cornelia Stewart is now the owner of real estate in Cincinnati valued at not less than ten million dollars, making her the richest widow in America. The article notes the grand mansion may be converted to a club, comparing it with other historic houses now used as exclusive clubs.
A young woman rounds a corner and rudely collides with a small freckled boy. He bows and jokes that she may run into him again without apology, while his friend notes no one had ever forgiven him so graciously.
A garbled text fragment features stray phrases and names. It mentions time, writers, and scattered words, offering little clear context or identifiable events.
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