21 Oct 1880
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1880
Page
1
A narrator recalls a misty night near a northern inn where sheltering hospitality turns into a strange, generous rescue. A mysterious girl brings a message, a kind landlady refuses payment for a night's stay, and later reveals her son Alec, tying a tale of moral repayment and unexpected gratitude.
The narrative by Mr. A. Woeikof portrays inhabitants of Yucatan and parts of Mexico as nearly devoid of ironwork, relying on cords and vines for construction and grinding maize by traditional stone mills. The writer contrasts this with African cultures, mocking the notion of progress and noting imports of iron tools from the United States while criticizing any rapid modernization.
A New York Times excerpt recounts the chain-mail vest famed as Melikof’s life preserver said to have saved Gen. Melikoff from Viadereki’s bullet. It traces medieval Mulan shirts, notes wear by Cromwell Gustavus of Sweden Louis XV, and cites a bold Italian guerrilla.
The extract outlines which farm items pass with a deed when conveying land. It covers fences, fence materials, standing trees, manure, crops, and growing crops, plus buildings, lumber, and timber. It notes exceptions for third party built structures, and specifies fixtures like blinds, lightning rods, stoves, mantels, sinks, water pipes, and ornamental statues.
Valentine White, Bradford County farmer, fought two hungry wolves that attacked a cow in his barn. He drove one off with a pitchfork, choked the other, and finally killed it with a thrust through its heart. White, badly scratched and bleeding, protected his livestock in a dramatic barn confrontation.
In North Carolina, inielyse Bosticke wells and Waylon entered a corn storage to remove stored corn. The cellar swarmed with rats that attacked, biting face and limbs, driving them to hide. Waylon and Bostick were rescued after attempting to retreat, with severe injuries including loss of an eye and severe facial wounds.
A late belief that fight ing fades is challenged by recent deaths linked to tight lacing in fashionable New York society. The Lancet notes dangers from corsets and boots that compress the trunk harming core organs. Despite alarming cases where the heart action is impeded, fashion will likely persist with wasp waists.
The article explains creating a warm deep bed with rotted compost, trenching eight inches deep, sowing one foot apart per row, and keeping crowns five inches below the surface. It advises long-term care to yield daily from mid spring to late June, with new beds possible for fifty years, noting slow early growth but eventual robust harvests. It cites Harpers Weekly as a source.
Discussion on how imagination affects bodily outcomes and how charms can counteract fear. Includes a San Francisco blood transfusion anecdote where a wife seeks her husband’s blood, the procedure succeeds for the man but harms the wife, and a dairy anecdote about removing cream promptly to prevent souring.
A garbled column blends jokes by J. Wehua Jenkins with farm advice on corn, fruit trees, manure, grain storage, horse feeding, and ventilation. It mentions a new book, a young spectator, a proposed monument, Suez Canal data from 1869, and practical horticultural formulas, all in a crowded, stream-of-consciousness excerpt.
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