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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1896
Page
5
A relic titled The Old Flag and anecdotes from the Civil War era are recounted. Stories include a Confederate pamphlet, prison camp memories at Camp Ford Tyler, and a humorous feud tale about Jack Schuyler. The reminiscences touch on diaries in pockets, camp life, and regional figures in Pottsville and Lock Haven.
A fragment recounts camp life at Camp Mordwent after surrender, describing prisoner journalism, shared fiction and poetry, and camaraderie among captives. It notes editors Captain William HH May and others distributing issues to all prisoners, with lively anecdotes of soldiers and liars from regimental reunions, and a desertion of hardship tempered by humor.
The Shropshire breed is noted as highly prolific and robust, with lambing increases up to 150 to 200 percent in crosses, and good milk for offspring though fat content in milk has fallen due to condensed skimmed milk additives. A New York concern ships condensed skimmed milk to dealers, while Boston received over nine million cans in 1805, supplying about three quarters of the district.
A farmer notes selecting seed potatoes from vigorous hills yields fivefold seed value and easier pest control. Also discussed are calf dishorning with potash and the benefits of providing fresh water to hogs, plus a report on new milk dealer frauds in Massachusetts.
Potatoes touted as an excellent feed for meat production with four pounds of tubers roughly equal to one pound of meal. Benefits cited include general health and digestion, with milk production effects reported as variable and modest at small rations. Pigs avoid raw spuds while cows eagerly eat them raw and in large quantities may affect milk quality.
A milk and dairy note explains butter grain by proper washing and brine moisture, warning against over-churning and wrong temperatures, while a hardware feature introduces garden shears that cut by a sliding upper blade pushing twigs away from the edge.
The article describes a contrivance where a sliding upper blade grips a twig, drawing it into the cutting edge. The inventor, expanding this principle to other scissors, claims easier cutting of multiple cloth layers with less force and better results than traditional scissors.
Clover tea purifies the blood and clears the complexion. Castor oil applied to a wart daily can make it disappear in a month or less. Salt water makes a good eye wash for tired or inflamed eyes. Cold coffee serves as a plant tonic, replacing warming methods. Hot water or dry starch helps prevent bruise discoloration. Parsley eaten with onions may neutralize onion odor on the breath.
Bureau County’s gravel road program turned rough routes into passable links, boosting farm prosperity as towns grew closer. The Missouri Good Roads Association backed wide tires, claiming substantial draught savings for horses and reduced labor, improving wagon efficiency across tests.
A philosopher argues that the public bears the cost of railroads and roads and would gain from well built, organized road systems. He cites Holland as a model and notes the vast 1,300,000 miles of common roads could circle the globe fifty times. Earth would be happier if many roads never returned.
A physician recounts a red haired, bad tempered man who feigns sickness to attract attention and frighten his wife. The doctor notes that many communities have such drug fiends and that the sufferer often crafts stories of lost senses to deceive others.
Chauncey M. Depew defends reporters saying every profession has a code of honor built on confidence. He notes reporters often solicit his disclosures but honor confidences and only relay facts within proper lines to prevent misrepresentation.
The writer recalls a Californian residence with delight from mocking birds and meadow larks. The meadow lark’s song is praised as unmatched and joyful. Later a San Francisco paper reports hunters exterminating the songsters for markets at a price per hundred.
Professor Boys of London showed a lecture with photographs of a Lee-Metford bullet passing through a quarter inch glass sheet. Before contact an air wave cut a half inch disk, and surrounding glass turned to powder. The bullet carried glass fragments as it traveled, with a visible bow wave and delayed breaking of the sheet.
The article notes aluminum output rising from 83 pounds in 1888 to 850 000 pounds in 1895, with an estimated 3 060 600 pounds for 1896. Improved processes and applied electricity explain easier manufacture at reduction works, where prices run 50 to 55 cents per pound.
The general declined to discuss a report that twenty four Cuban citizens had been executed. The New York Sun suggests his silence signals a clear order to subordinates to press on with harsh measures.
A quirky snippet notes popcorn keeps its promise by popping. The text also remarks on wood treated with salt protecting against decay and a humorous aside about a woman at church, though the main point centers on popcorn’s reliability.
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