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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1881
Page
3
Poem fragment in archaic cadence laments endless gloom and asks if ever sunshine returned. It contrasts gray shrouds with memories of light and questions whether life can ever be joyful again. The speaker invokes praise to God and recalls a past tenderness under warm winds.
Curiosities and quips from various papers include a scientist’s odd phrase about pianos, studies of coins and boots as metaphors, a bee’s fate, a Methodist church tale, debt collector humor in Galveston, fashion hints for ladies, ripostes on jokes, and a playful remark about revolvers becoming a topographical nuisance. References include Hartford Sunday Journal Boston Transcript Chicago Tribune New York Herald New York Sun Boston Journal of Commerce Modern Argus and Galveston News.
The Free Press reports the Internal Harmony committee discussed maxims on adversity and forgiveness. Brother Gardner compares abstract maxims to woolen mittens in July while noting the work may be saved for future use by a public body.
A compilation of household and garden advice includes ammonia in water for brushes, best gravel floors for ice houses with drains, straw bedding for infants, and notes on potash in Indian corn ashes. It also covers potato recipes, codfish balls, and a Connecticut farmer’s long practiced vine thinning method to boost potato quality.
The article argues for more nitrogenous feed to improve pork quality, noting corn-heavy diets produce excess fat and little lean muscle. It recommends oats, peas, wheat, bran, middlings, oil meal, and other nitrogenous foods, with corn used sparingly and alongside clover or skim milk. It cites Canadian practices and calls for a general diet shift to balance fat and lean in pork.
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