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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1892
Page
3
A compact rural column discusses manners shaping character, farming tips, and livestock care. It covers seeds, corn and wheat planting, blackberry cultivation, beef cattle, mutton, and poultry, plus manure fertilization and crop prospects. It also notes turkey care for young birds and common causes of loss, urging early feeding and parasite control.
Farmers describe optimal milking practices for Jersey cows. They favor using pads and rapid milking, adapting grip to teat size, and milking with dry hands. Before milking, brushing udders helps. Wet hands cause cracking. teats are rinsed with tepid water and a touch of carbolic soap, dried, then milked and Vaseline applied afterward.
The article discusses managing breeding sows to maximize milk production and avoid fattening. It emphasizes reducing fattening feeds and prioritizing milk yield, especially before farrowing, noting that feeding regimens may be adjusted as sows progress from gestation to lactation to support the dam and ensure thriftiness in piglets.
A historic farm column discusses feeding and housing livestock, emphasizing oats as a foundation and suggesting alternatives like oil meal and cracked corn. It warns about inadequate winter preparation for colts, stresses gradual growth, shelter, and steady exercise, and notes the financial impact of proper care on future prices.
A readable fragment of a moral essay lists what to offer in life from enemies to friends and family. It mentions tolerance to an opponent and deference to a father, conduct to a mother, and charity toward all. It hints at success through constancy as a guiding secret.
A Boston Transcript item reflects on beauty beyond outward looks, praising modesty and inner goodness. It emphasizes daily deeds, nurture, care as true elegance, noting a woman’s quiet life as mother, sister, friend, and wife embodies beauty.
A Man recalls a vow of love sent via a white dove from Vevey Switzerland. He finds the faded letter to Elza De Vere and writes of longing, travel across oceans, a ghosted romance, and a lifelong quest to learn if his ideal beloved remained lost to him.
A prominent young society lady in a northern city, visiting Indianapolis, attends a double wedding plan mix up. A mystery escort leads her to two different receptions, one at Mr. M’s and another at Mr. T’s, causing confusion and a hurried return. The episode ends with a vow to reveal the family name and house number in a future diagram.
Sailors favor pets aboard ships to ease loneliness with goats, dogs, parrots, and cats as mascots. The Baltimore’s Goat, nicknamed Whi Goat, is famed for Sunday churchlike behavior. other vessels like the Richmond and Chicago group house parrots that mimic officers. Monkeys and seals appear among pets. attempts to educate or train some fail, while the Thetis and Bear episodes show pets drawing limited affection and action.
A fragment describes a captured Arctic bear cub that failed to respond to captivity. It refused comfort or obedience, pacing the deck and growling while staring ahead as snow fell. The tense scene hints at danger and unsettled conditions aboard.
The fragment presents a poem about youth and aging. It echoes themes of fading vigor and longing for a beloved era. Names and dates are unclear, but it references youth, time, and returning to a cherished past. The text appears as a quoted verse likely from a 19th century source.
Fragmentary medieval style reflections on virtue and self restraint. The text invokes omnipotence and divine will while cautioning humility and mindful speech. It blends moral aphorisms with devotional notes, naming George Macdonald and a religious context.
A Pittsburg physician explains how a worm reaches the chestnut while it is green. An insect seeks a warm place to hive its eyes and lays eggs as the chestnut ripens. The creature selects the chestnut as the best site to deposit eggs and uses the Goury matter to generate heat by metabolism.
Gleaned from 19th century prose, the ideal woman is described as beautiful, strong, tender, sensible, calm, dignified, sociable, and occasionally strict or playful. Contrasting views discuss how some people find work quietly fulfilling while others fret, draining energy for later tasks or leisure.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a theatrical or literary exchange about time and love with unclear context and several garbled phrases. No clear events, names, or places beyond Indianapolis.
A single Oakland citizen allegedly barked his nose against the Australian ballot and tore up his vote, leading to his confinement after the ballot was rejected by authorities. Local reports note no further details as officials handle the incident.
Aldving Model recalls Mies Willan praising Mrs Wallace with a mother figure in a tale. A barn dance hosted by Mrs M J Twombly is planned for Wednesday in autumn, described as a delightful event at the old barn.
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