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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1886
Page
3
The Philadelphia Record discusses soil uniformity, gypsum on strawberries, and the dangers of diseased potato crops. It advises on spreading well decomposed manure, using compost, and applying 400 pounds of superphosphate per acre. It warns against fresh manure in potato rows and notes lime and potash effects on potatoes and yield.
An 1890s agricultural note discusses the effects of cooking grain on nutrition for cattle and outlines hog feeding management. It covers trough design to limit dominant pigs, the need for corn with grass, and charcoal and ashes as acid neutralizers. It also details calf feeding practices with proper stanchions, clean vessels, gradual milk reduction as calves graze, and staged feeding routines.
The passage compares the paunch and the true digestive stomach in calves. It notes the paunch enlarges as the calf grows while the true stomach decreases, with the paunch increasing as the animal ages and the stomach diminishes accordingly.
The piece discusses farm sanitation and animal feeding practices. It cites a Kansas farmer improving hog health by burning corn on a brush heap and feeding soaked coal oil, and references French agricultural research on animal salting and feed efficiency. It notes milk fat increases with richer feed and meal digestibility varies by stomach condition.
Orchard notes warn that rain during blossoming can hinder fruit set but often the trees bear more blossoms than can mature. Quince trees respond to selective pruning and root sprouts can be used as new plants.
A method to keep a flower bouquet fresh for weeks uses a deep water bath with a submerged plate, a weighted base, and a bell glass fully filled with water. The arrangement is kept upright, air bubbles aid bloom appearance, and moss conceals edges for a decorative glow.
A reader reports using arsenic soaked sweet corn as bait to destroy moles in runways. The method, tested previously with success, involves soaking corn overnight in a preparation and placing it in runways, as described in Vick's Magazine.
The Caterer outlines practical rules for living well on modest means, emphasizing buying wisely, choosing quality, and conserving waste. It includes detailed pickle methods with brine, scum control, alum use, and vinegar heating steps, plus home winemaking guidance for currant, gooseberry, grape, and blackberry wines with fermentation and bottling directions.
Recipes for milk lemonades tomato soup and fruit ice detail mixing ratios and steps. Dishes include Tongue Toast bake layers with frosting, squash bake with butter and crumbs, stewed steak with mushrooms, and Charlotte Russe with gelatine cream and vanilla.
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls Corporal Jack who led Company G boys through Bull Run Mechanicsville and Savage Station. He steadied fledgling soldiers, comforted homesickness, and placed a dead comrade’s lock of hair for his mother. In the end only two survived, with Jack and a young comrade dying side by side on Malvern Hill.
The coca plant, used by Peruvians as a stimulant, yields cocaine via processing. Cocaine provides local anesthesia and has been used in eye surgeries, with high costs limiting widespread use. The plant grows as a shrub in mountain plantations, with first leaves harvested at five years and annual crops thereafter. It may be grown in parts of the United States or Cuba to boost supply. West Minster abbey graveyard is so crowded that distinguished Englishmen don't know what to do about dying.
A Rochester New York catalog promotes cloth bound dollar volumes given away with a one dollar subscription to a weekly publication. Titles include Law Without Lawyers, Boys' Useful Pastimes, Family Cyclopedia, and United States government and history works. Postpaid one year costs $1.15 with satisfaction guaranteed. Reference contact Hon. C. R. Pausons, Mayor Rochester.
A witty Nassau County resident near Jamaica Long Island mistakenly milks a gifted cow on the left side. A passing moonlight observer quips the error and she responds with humor claiming the cow was raised by a left-handed woman.
A sympathetic appeal notes a dying child and a mother hoping for a cure. The ad claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery can cure consumption, surpassing cod liver oil and hypophosphites, and directs readers to buy from druggists.
A collage of era ads and quips mentions posters and potions. Items include jokes about post office stamp speculation, patent cures from Ayer and Rough on products, Dr Pierce remedies, Piso’s Cure, and Henry’s Carbolic Salve. Headlines praise women, jokes on coffee, and a tale of an Arkansas horse thief.
A lively ad parody touts the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot with 613 rooms, European plan, and $3 carriage hire. It contrasts low living costs with other hotels and includes a humorous exchange about burglars and whisky. Also mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pill.
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