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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1895
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Monckton Milnes and possible allusion to rangers and hearts. No clear event, date, or place. Readable items are limited to names. Summary focuses on fragmentary reference to a person and an implied literary context.
A Confederate officer recalls a strained duel after an insult to Major Farwell. He defies the fight, saves a child found near the falls, and nearly dies. The rescued girl calls him Papa, and he discovers the child is her sister, while the major’s jealousy softens.
Strohschneider the aeronaut and rope walker performed near Vienna. He and Herr Pramper, landlord of the White Rose, disappeared into a balloon ascent. Pramper reportedly fell, but crowds saw a doll instead carried to Stockerau amid shock and confusion.
The article notes punctures in cattle feet caused by nails near the frog and sole joins, stressing misdiagnosis of lameness origins. It reviews Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 34 on Champaign oats, reporting yields from 40.9 to 74 bushels per acre, variety performance, and mixtures. It discusses Seckel pears, tree fruit failures in a poor year, and critiques rich farmers who test many experiments, urging a practical, progressive farming ethos with a suggested ideal of a resident gentleman farmer in every township.
A veterinary note explains how to diagnose a punctured hoof, detailing signs such as sudden lameness and a prolonged stance on one foot, and describes proper examination using pincers or a hammer, treatment to allow drainage, cautions against caustics, and care to keep the hoof clean for rapid recovery.
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