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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
6
Micah contemplates a dangerous mission as Decimus Sancn departs for letters. He debates joining an insurgent struggle and faces pressure from friends, family, and a suitor’s plan with Phoebe Dawson while weighing fate and loyalty.
A Christmas memory from the Civil War page on the Rappahannock features captured boats trading coffee sugar pork with the opposing Johnnies. Soldiers share parched corn tobacco persimmons and warmth, forging a Christmas truce across the river as they exchange gifts and greetings.
A verse fragment depicts Dora watching a heroic figure at a Dresden day performance. The speaker laments the hero's fading splendor and the shift from public triumph to private longing as Edmund W. Gosse critiques or highlights the scene in Athenaeum.
The article outlines practical poultry profits with hens laying 150 to 175 eggs yearly, yielding about 3.12 to 4.37 dollars per hen after costs, and stresses early hatching and steady laying. It also compares English fattening practices with root-rich rations, showing how turnips boost weight gain and efficiency, and notes an experiment by Dr. Voelcker on root feeding versus cake and grain. It advocates rejuvenating older apple trees with pruning, mulching, and potash rather than removal, citing a Kensington tree surviving decades with renewed growth.
Wilted cut flowers can be refreshed by trimming ends and dipping stems in hot water. Sprinkle camphor gum on unused silverware before rolling to prevent discoloration in storage. Clean frosted window glass with a paratine oil cloth for better results than soap and water. A clear glass jar may serve as an over holder for rare flowers or accessories. Polish stoves when cold with a mixture of sweet oil, turpentine and emery powder. Small tables with dressing-room gadgets store hair tools and accessories in oak or mahogany finishes.
A columnist recalls a comic tale from Harper's Round Table about a well dressed stranger in Battersea Park who charms a colonel with a famed bicycle, asks for maker details, feigns hesitation to ride, then darts away on the machine. The prank highlights the cleverness of bicycle thieves and the dangers of quick trust.
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