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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1876
Page
7
A nostalgic poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes recalls youth and old loves and places. Refrains praise friendship and enduring affection, contrasting youth with aging and cherishing memories of April violets, old houses, and lifelong ties.
The article explains age indicators for turkeys geese ducks and domestic fowls. It notes that young birds have smooth legs combs and bills while older birds show roughness and redness. It also describes feather colors foot pliability freshness of killed birds and elastic keel bones as age clues.
The Indianapolis convention committee described a profitable hog with a small head, thick neck, erect or drooping ears, straight back to flank, brisket to knees length, barrel ribbing, arched shoulder to tail setting, small tail, compact ham and legs, and even nail set. Weight target is 300 to 400 pounds at 12 to 18 months, color varies black white or both, measurements link head to tail and leg girth to body length, overall height four fifths.
The article analyzes methods after oat harvest arguing against sowing winter wheat on oat stubble due to weed spread and weaker frost resistance. It favors green manuring with peas or beans, clover in the rotation, and using fodder crops or early potatoes as subsequent crops to improve soil and wheat quality.
A description from the New York Times extols a six-crop system that divides fields for peas beans and potatoes with two crops to sell and a fodder crop improving soil. It emphasizes shading cooling and cultivating soil three to four times, and claims higher yields and better soil condition than direct wheat sowing.
The article notes that green and succulent fodder suits dairy cows but should not be excessive. It explains that foods with high water content raise milk by evaporating moisture, and balancing flesh-forming with respiratory matter is key. Mixing feeds like fodder corn and clover optimizes profits. grasses, wheat, and rye balance nutrients.
Fall strawberry setting guidance for home plantings notes August to October timing on sandy well drained soil for best results. Detailed wrapping for shipping plants and careful planting steps include spacing 12 to 16 inches, watering, shading, and avoiding ridge beds to ensure a successful next season crop.
The excerpt describes sugar pastry, ricotta style dessert, grape jam, ginger cordial, quince wine, and a room pest treatment. It includes detailed ratios, steps for steaming desserts, making preserves, and a pest control method using corrosive sublimate solution and tobacco fumigation.
An old hotel man notes hotels show profit when well located and well kept but outlays kill returns. He cites wild speculation by popular operators who bankroll lavish winter living with borrowed funds, while the Burleigh case in Boston Journal hints at squandered fortunes despite apparent income.
Military debate over cavalry usefulness grows as firearms advance. German authorities debate scouting roles versus traditional mobility. Three cavalry maneuvers will test new exercise books and mobile horse artillery amid rival views within the war office.
The article reports the death of M Ollivier a renowned duelist after a clash with a novice M Fruitherads revealing Ollivier’s cheating tactics during the duel. He was struck down on the third rally and died, with the incident prompting scrutiny of his claimed bravery.
A London Standard correspondent reports on a Patras Greek wedding noted for its evening home setting. The rite features candles, priestly blessing, three forehead signings, wreaths, communal wine, and a threefold tour of the table followed by guests bearing bonbons and fruit as dancing or departure marks the event.
A Virginia newspaper notes moldlike growth on a soap bar kept in a warm damp area. Tiny spores germinated, producing hairlike filaments up to two and a half inches long, continuing after transfer to a drier climate.
A critique of women reporters argues sex does not define journalism quality, praise for high principle and restraint, notes American women often gossip, commends diligent women, mentions France prize distribution to Reinach, a 15 year old banker’s son, and references AGMA on French army discipline.
The Lafayette statue unveiling on September 6 at 3:30 pm featured a Consul-General speech and Mayor Wickham accepting on behalf of the city. The bronze heroic statue shows Lafayette offering his sword, with a veiling flag and a parade led by the Seventh and Seventy-first Regiments.
An old time advertisement details a subscription offer for The WEEKLY Wisconsin at fifty cents for six months postpaid. It notes the paper as the cheapest and best in the Northwest and provides subscription forwarding details to Cramer, Aikens & Cramer in Milwaukee. It also lists sample offers and endorsements for various health products and remedies with customer names and endorsements.
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