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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1886
Page
7
A Victorian era magazine piece discusses a child chaplain in Britain, moral guidance for boys, a fairy tale about a maple and a larch, plus a village vignette in a Druze neighborhood with outdoor chores and sheep feeding. The tone blends moral lessons with gentle storytelling and domestic scenes.
A detailed sketch describes village life on Mount Lebanon with scenes of boiling meat for preserves, market girls at the bakery oven, ferrying water jars, schooling children, camels and Bedouin traders in daily routes. It notes strong religious zeal among Druzes and references a 1860 massacre. The essay closes with a practical parable about insurance and risk amid a boastful tale of a womanly viewpoint.
Domestic economy notes germination temps for seeds from rye at 32 F to carrot at 38 F. It urges small farm economies, fuel seasoning over burning, and distant workshop use. Advice on wood cutting, coal storage, tool making, and practical repairs to save labor and money on the farm.
France raises turkeys on lens eggs to improve hens. Cutting orchard grass eases hay making. Incubators for poultry rising in use. Branerops on winter oats boosts cow milk yield. Diverse pasture grasses are valuable. Green fodder should be fed to cows morning and night when pastures fail. Wheat outperforms corn for eggs. corn better for fattening.
The association urges plentiful fresh water for dogs cats horses and all livestock and emphasizes shade ventilation and grooming. Provide accessible drinking fountains curb flies feed regularly hitch in shade and remove harsh harnesses to reduce heat stress and improve animal welfare and owner profits.
A fragment describes salting butter during fresh-making, noting that butter should be drained to some extent and salt added in the wet condition. The text appears as an instructional snippet from an early dairy process.
In a Congress address dairymen warn counterfeit butter threatens the industry. They accuse patent holders of enabling bogus butter sales, urge labeling to distinguish fake and genuine products, and argue government should not legalize counterfeit goods. San Francisco Call reports.
Citing experiences from long-cultivated peach and orchard lands, the author discusses soil depletion after decades of cropping. He details potash lime phosphate content, and outlines practical fertilizer trials including kainit, lime, bone dust, and stable manure, while noting chemists warn of adulterated fertilizers and suggesting crude materials can be mixed into own formulas.
A Detroit Press correspondent shares old fashioned canning methods for corn and fruit in glass jars. Steps include preparing green corn tightly packed in jars, boiling three hours, tightening lids, and storing in a cool dark place. Also notes cotton batting seals and hot fruit preservation with cotton, paper, or bare jars to keep out mold and keep fruit safe.
A Purdy’s Fruit Recorder writer shares a home canning method for tomatoes including red and yellow varieties. The process involves scalding, peeling, packing in cans with juice, heating in water, venting gas, resealing, and keeping fruit dark to preserve color and flavor. The account emphasizes economical use of jars and bottles and practical tips for preserving winter stores.
Summer hatchings can be profitable with careful management and fattening practices. Hens shed their feathers, molt, and then lay larger eggs, while summer feeding costs remain low. Crossbreeding strategies yield larger, hardier birds, with rapid growth and high final weights. attentive housing reduces lice and promotes steady production for market.
A collection of historic recipes and methods for dishes like Ginger Nuts Butter pudding toast asparagus soup caraway biscuits delicate puffs clam broth pork tenderloin Welsh custards and more detailing ingredients quantities and cooking steps for each item, reflecting traditional culinary practices.
An advertising offer from the Run at Home Co Rochester New York promotes 150 cloth bound dollar volumes given away with a $1 subscription to a weekly 16 year old 48 page publication. Titles include Law Without Lawyers Boys' Useful Pastimes Family Cyclopedia and World Cyclopedia among others. Reference to Hon O R Parsons Mayor Rochester appears. Sample 2c pricing.
A California woman pursues a sensational stock deal, betting two days' notice will suffice before newspapers reveal her loss and wedding on the same page. The item segues into health notes urging consumption sufferers to seek treatment with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
A Merchant Traveler quip records a joke about a barber who asks if the customer wants the mustache left and whether the water pulls as part of a recurring greeting, prompting a plan to offer him a cigarette.
A collage of 19th century vignettes on health and daily life. The piece jokes about creditors seeking shelter in mountains, extols cheap remedies like Dr. WM. HALL'S BALSAM and AYER'S AGUE CURE, and notes various curiosities from a tiger’s sawdust diet to a palmful of odds and ends from advertisements and small notices.
The Grand Union Hotel advertises economical stays near Grand Central Depot. It claims 613 rooms with daily rates starting at one dollar and up, highlighting express baggage handling and carriage hire. Elevator service, restaurant, and horsedrawn stages are noted as features, urging families to choose the Grand Union for better value than other first class hotels in the city.
A customer requests a quart of Medford rum, a pound of sugar, and four lemons for bathing purposes. The grocer recalls an insult and presses cash payment. The exchange ends with the customer claiming he will pay cash, but admits he cannot.
A brief editorial promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe convenient remedy for women’s functional irregularities and uterine disorders. It claims cost savings and prompt relief for constant pains and related symptoms, presenting the medicine as a trusted aid for housekeepers and women generally.
An eclectic clipping mentions a farmer near Saugerties catching a double-headed turtle with the year 1855 on its back and references cheap meals at 15 to 25 cents. It also cites a quip about Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and a remark on Japan's population and pauper count.
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