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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1887
Page
3
Readable fragments mention beaver portal and earth with obscure names like Mlilsothy silos and KOKOLA OAT. The text appears as garbled stream of unrelated phrases with no clear events or identifiable persons or organizations.
A quarrel over a peacock sparks a violent clash between Gallaher family members and Millard in a yard beside a house. The animal brawl ends with Millard knocked down, the peacock and pug missing, and neighbors still on edge as police intervene.
The article notes remarkable tunnel accuracy by engineers, citing the Musconebong tunnel on the Lehigh Valley Railroad with alignment errors under 0.04 feet. It references a Pennsylvania report praising twelve miles of leveling with 1.2 feet error and 0.005 foot tests from 1378 for a Chesapeake and Delaware Bay ship canal project, alongside 19th century German exports and poultry feeding advice.
Odd rustle of garden prose lists fruits flowers and scent images during a seasonal sketch. The text evokes blooming pear peach quince and cherry among herbs and grasses, then wanders into poetic praise and rural life motifs without clear narrative.
Agricultural tips cover crop care with fruit and vegetable culture. Advice includes currant worm control, asparagus and strawberry handling, butter temperature for dairy work, dairy feeding timing, and preventing bird damage to crops. Named plants and varieties appear alongside regional Rochester horticultural mentions.
A fragmented historical recipe column lists Marmalade Pudding eggs orange and clam dishes, celery fry, bread crumbs, and a fancy crown scallop, plus directions for clam stuffing, marbles cake layers, and a vegetable Prayon with horseradish. It also includes notes on horseradish cultivation and garden bed rotation.
A dated agricultural column outlines the consolidation of pig breeds into three groups Large Whites Middle Whites and Small Whites with Berkshire and Tamworth breeds kept distinct. It discusses weights breeding uses for bacon and pork and describes planting and potato cultivation experiments by A W Putnam in Dauvorae including manure applications and ridge methods.
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