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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
6
The article details a weight cheating device named SHRINKER used to reduce hog weights, plus test results showing shrinkage. It describes a V shaped hardened steel apparatus with a raised lug, and includes diagrams. Additional sections offer farm building insulation, seed sowing guidance, budgeting, renting vs owning farms, and gardening, feeding, and husbandry tips.
The article argues Washington combined genius and practicality shaping a balanced character. It notes his wisdom, modesty, and aristocratic yet popular nature, detailing his attire, habits, and strict honesty. It quotes portraits of his vanity, height, build, and famous wardrobe, plus anecdotes of his temper and rigorous rectitude.
A poem praising George for his battles and virtue, his wisdom and bravery, and his impact on national history. It notes his efforts against the British, his honesty, temperance, courage, and truth. The piece also honors the builder of a grand structure and credits his mother alongside George.
A portrait of George Washington in old age shows him riding daily near Mount Vernon, guiding fields and overseers with paternal care. Custis drew the likeness as a tribute, while Washington’s quiet final years included broad hospitality, healthful estate management, and steadfast leadership up to Cornwallis’s surrender.
In Mount Vernon a veteran horse named Nelson, white-faced and trimmed, stands in a prime field as George Washington visits daily to greet it. Washington recalls Nelson’s battlefield service at Yorktown while sharing a morning coffee, mimicking the host’s dramatic scrape of the saucer edge.
Martha Littlefield Phillips recounts a December Philadelphia visit of Gen Washington as told by her grandmother, a Greene family descendant. An amusing scene unfolds when a rustic visitor arrives at the press, illustrating Washington’s character through anecdote.
A Virginia incident reports Lieutenant Payne knocking down George Washington after an insult near Alexandria. Washington, wrong but willing to mend, invited Payne to a hotel where they shared wine and resolved the quarrel. They later became close allies, with Payne serving as a pallbearer at Washington’s funeral.
The narrative recalls George Washington as plain eater and generous host. In youth he ate hearty but simple, preferring plain food in ample portions. In later years he consumed little. At Mount Vernon his breakfast consisted of corn cakes honey tea and perhaps an egg. He kept a good table and hosted friends. Maclay’s diary notes Washington’s era in the Senate and includes gossip from those dinners.
An old household column covers egg boiling timing from soft to hard and the method to pause boiling for even results. It also offers recipes and tips for homemade horehound candy, mince pie meat mix, cooked sausages, and waterproofing dress boots with a mixed oil blend.
Instructions for preparing large firm scallops with pepper and no salt until cooked, then broiling on a buttered rack and serving with bacon lemon and parsley. Also notes on fur garment renewal, safe toasting forks, stain removal, dust disposal, sleeping posture, coal storage, silk care, and a flaxseed cough remedy.
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