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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
7
Sickness in livestock needs separation from healthy stock and simple remedies like Tinseed meal. Suggestions cover wintering cattle timing, fodder handling, and kitchen tips. Also includes insect control, safe fencing, and minced clam dishes with fresh cooking methods from rural periodicals.
A historical article advises giving horses cool water before feeding to aid digestion and prevent stomach laxity from warm drinks during meals. It emphasizes constant access to water to moisten dry feed, smooth the passage through the intestines, and reduce constipation while maintaining energy. It notes equating effects of water on tissues and mentions the dangers of large water intake after meals. It closes with a social note on bird protection and the value of native birds. There is critique of importing English sparrows.
The Argentine Confederation comprises fourteen states and four territories with a 1869 population of 1,859,655, now over 2.5 million. It outlines the ISSI treaty with Chile, republican government, Electoral College, Senate and House structure, provincial governors, and a vast pampas region with cattle and exports.
A long exposé discusses child widows in India forced into extreme deprivation and servitude after marriage, detailing ritual, dietary denial, isolation, and social ostracism. It contrasts with a Brentford England anecdote about a canal death and a centuries old superstition involving a loaf of bread tipped with quicksilver guiding a body to discovery.
A Washington DC dispatch from the Boston Advertiser summarizes Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent of Sullivan Maine. It traces his 1772 Gloucester start organizing minute men, his privateering efforts and public service, and his later poverty amid failed pension claims. Despite extensive sworn testimony and debt proofs, soldiers and judges urged relief, but Sargent waited years until a meager twenty dollar monthly pension arrived, shortly before his death.
An old gardening note advises using a conical mound of earth at plant bases to protect roots and trunks from cold. It covers half hardy to fully hardy species, protects against mice, and aids grapes figs and roses by flattening canes or mulching. Also mentions a New Jersey judge on crime penalties and Maine judge Danforth’s reform view amid press debate.
A fragmentary Kohala era tale follows hero Hiku guided to a distant realm to win Kawela’s love. He descends to Lua o Milu in disguise using conjure and scent to rejoin Kawela, who questions his return as she awakens. The piece weaves myths with notes on Oia processions and a digression into 19th century columns and ads.
News note mentions the Riga Cathedral organ with 124 stops, claimed to be 123 more than a historic “Grandfather’s Clock.” The page includes various ad snippets and quotes about tonics, patent medicines, and testimonials from Chicago and Springfield vendors.
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