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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1876
Page
3
The poem reflects on sunset's hush over fields and plains. It contrasts fading light with loss and memory, invoking the day’s end as a somber, sacred hour. References to hills meadows and distant figures imply farewells and enduring sorrow as shadows lengthen.
The shorthorn cow Duchess 66th, sold in 1833 for 7 0 guineas, or 3670 dollars, founded a line of breeding animals traced to 1850 calving. Descendants have commanded about 500000 dollars, showing breeding value exceeds meat or dairy output. The breeder creates an expanding influence beyond direct product value.
Advice on humane poultry care stresses daily attention and proper housing. Use eight by sixteen foot houses facing south for fifty fowls with tight dry conditions, ample ventilation, whitewashed interiors, clean roosts, lime and ashes under perches, constant clean water, occasional iron drops, coal oil on perches, and sulphur in nests to reduce disease and cold exposure.
A Utica Herald correspondent notes that cold dries branches more than frost. Long severe winds harm roots and limbs. protect with evergreen screens or buildings. Sun can hurt but wind is worse. Strawberries and grapes need wind protection too.
A Portland guide advises protecting half-tender arborville hedges from frost by ground care and mulching. Use rich soil and mulch with manure properties to boost root vitality, and wrap with straw only loosely to allow air as growth continues through winter. Urges wind protection and careful ground preparation.
Experiments on an England farm show salt as a specific for wheat. An acre treated with 300 pounds of common salt yielded 30 bushels of grain vs 29 on an untreated acre, with better straw. cost per extra bushel about 30 cents. A second case had salt applied before sowing and harvesting, yielding not less than 40 bushels per acre with lush straw, suggesting salt imparts solidity to grain and firmness to straw.
A collection of early recipe notes including Water to Cranserries, Rice Syonce Cake, Gouvop Mince Pirs, Conway Puppine, Sourtee French dish, Squash Fritters, Short Crust For Tarts and Sauerkraus. Recipes detail ingredient quantities, mixing methods, baking times, and serving notes with period cooking styles and safety cautions.
The recipe describes finely chopped Strasburg or Danvers onions layered with kraut and salt and berries to improve flavor and digestibility. Extra onions may be added with light white wine or lemon juice, and lemon rind enhances serving. Serve kraut steamed in a double boiler setup for best texture.
A well dressed London woman told a police officer she had killed a matron at a Metropolitan workhouse. She described a planned escape, but investigators found no body, only a bed bolster. Medical opinion on sanity was not conclusive. The case may reveal a vivid self deception rather than crime.
An 19th century analysis warns England may face overcrowding from population growth, referencing Hawksley's projections and questioning their credibility. The second feature recalls the New Bedford whaling fleet disaster, noting shifts in Arctic seasons and the peril faced by crews amid retreating ice and changing whale movements.
Debbield, wn Laangelist describes crossing the Pacific and altering the reckoning of days at the 180th meridian. Two Sabbaths followed each other as they dropped one day in Japan and added another on the return, and the narrator kept both Sabbaths and recalls the double Sabbath at sea.
A tale on Russian wives praising slaps as affection contrasts with a Brooklyn child named Maccem Stewart reciting The Independence Bell at Independence Hall. The girl spoke clearly before visitors, fulfilling her dream to perform the piece in the historic hall.
The text explains that blood appears red due to countless red and white corpuscles suspended in serum. Under a microscope, blood is a colorless liquid with numerous solid particles that define its color and allow species differentiation by corpuscle characteristics.
Judge McManama sentences Richard Shuck to death for killing his father in law Nelson Parish, urging a last appeal to a higher court. He says he would fund the record, calling the moment the saddest of his life as the night grows dark and gloomy.
Widespread use of port wine for the sick is matched by high adulteration. A new danger is artificial coloring of port wine with oratin and magenta red fuse amine colorants, sometimes arsenic containing. Detection relies on shaking with equal amylic alcohol. genuine wine stays colorless, adulterated wine turns purple red.
In Modena Italy workmen drilling sixty three feet deep strike chalk beds and release water as the auger retracts. At sixteen feet ruins of ancient city houses and pavements appear while at twenty six feet walnut trees with leaves and nuts survive. Twenty eight feet reveal soft chalk then vegetation and remains of another city. An odd recipe notes Broxak Caxs shres eggs sugar milk flour baking powder and lemon flavor.
General items report oddities and statistics from distant lands and recent events. Topics include bronze centennial medals, fish congelation for southern markets, scarce English apples, a Berlin baking school, Russian and American curiosities, Japan and Mexico trade partners, and strange local incidents from Turkey to Vermont, with notes on rail progress and a Brookly n dance scandal.
In a Francis John Pocock letter to his parents the English explorer notes Africa’s harshness making memory difficult. He recalls his brother Ted’s death and admits he must write things down to remember, a common effect he attributes to the continent.
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