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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1886
Page
3
The article argues organic matter in soil fuels plant growth more than deep tillage. Subsoiling can harm in drought, while deeper soil improves moisture storage. Rich soil and humus boost resilience, whereas excessive subsoiling risks water surplus during wet seasons.
1885 report from Kansas Agricultural College details experiments with warm water for milch cows. Four cows alternated between well water and 100 F water, showing a 4.47 percent average milk increase on most days. warmer water is argued to offer greater advantage in cold weather, with notes on cost and practical implementation.
Practical notes on farm cleanliness, feeding young stock to prevent stunting, using fertilizer between squash and melon hills, and care of vines. Guidance on foliage for grapes and tomatoes, plus a curiously quoted line from Colon 1 F. D. Curtin. Emphasizes avoiding waste in barnyard manure and the value of timely maintenance.
Agricultural notes discuss Paris green quality and dangers to potato vines, a Beeton farmer’s potato yield method, duck feather timing, and sweet pepper shrub value for bees. It covers dairy fodder debates, hawks and owls’ benefits, humane heifer handling, and general care to build farmer confidence in livestock.
The Washington Star describes the process of leveling and aligning large coastal guns on a carriage with breech and muzzle sights. Guns weigh from 6,200 pounds for a five inch to 55,000 pounds for a ten inch, with ten inch projectiles weighing 500 pounds and using 250 pounds of powder per charge. Penetration at 500 yards is about one and a third times the projectile diameter, with metal strength rated at 75,000 psi and costs ranging from 3,500 to 15,000 dollars plus.
Fragmentary verse describes a perfect woman with wealth beauty and charm and hints at a hidden flaw or defect in a poetic aside. The incomplete lines reference a fair complexion a sweet disposition and an alluring smile. The stanza ends abruptly leaving the defect unstated.
The article discusses reusing cold meats and fish to improve palatability and reduce waste. It outlines warming methods by meat type, with brown gravy for dark meats, white sauce for light meats and fish, and quick service for warmed-over dishes. It lists reheating forms like croquettes patties salmis curries hash scallops fricasses and notes vegetables and desserts can be repurposed as well.
A collection of practical home guidance covers stove cleaning with zinc, reviving wilted roses by hot water, carpet brightening with turpentine and broom, making lace lamp shades, green peppers stuffed with tomato and mushrooms, napkin reconstructions from tablecloth scraps, okra soup stock and simmered vegetables, a mushroom tomato omelette, window cleaning with chamois, piano finger mark removal, and a moss jelly from pig feet bones. It offers everyday kitchen and housekeeping advice with several named contributors.
A Youth's Companion excerpt argues that many modern diseases stem from occupation and industrial processes. It cites matches, lead pigments, wool and cotton work, tanning bark, tobacco production, and metal filing as sources of bone decay, lead poisoning, lung diseases, and general health decline. It urges medical checks, better safety, and routine exercise to counteract these risks.
Poem fragment describing brown eyes as powerful enough to break a heart. A speaker questions hope and fate as Cupid’s gaze, the shy glance, and a smile shape a potential heartbreak, ending with a note on the danger of a frown from the beloved owner. D Knight, in Current.
A collection of short humorous items and quips about dentists poverty lawyers and social customs drawn from New Haven Detroit St Louis Burlington Boston and other papers. The items mock professions manners and everyday life with sharp one liners and playful contrasts.
A New York observer notes how rich men delay wills due to death fears, citing Tilden's will prompting several clients to act. Wills are often drafted yet unsigned, with some men repeatedly changing their minds before signing. Elsewhere, discussion covers perfumes and scent science, plus a Boston Transcript anecdote on smoke cures for facial injuries in a child.
Washington remembers George J. Stannard a one armed doorkeeper who died of pneumonia after a June illness He had earlier served with distinction in the Civil War rising to Major General He was wounded ten times and lost his right arm at the shoulder at Gettysburg and Cold Harbor admired for courtesy and punctuality he left only one months salary behind Atlanta Constitution reports this quiet hero kept his suffering private and never spoke of his service
A Detroit Area Press correspondent describes the Bowery as unchanged in spirit amid new electric lights and venues. The street remains the city’s great channel of social undercurrents with yearly intensifying Boweryish character and steady streams of residents from surrounding tenements.
A fragment from a 19th century page mixes a humorous exchange about ice cream with health advertisements for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Ayer's Pills and Buckingham's Dye. It mentions Barre Vermont granite firms and a note on misc promotions and ad copy usage.
A humorous exchange about coat of arms and knightly lineage unfolds around a Holywood estate noted by English wit, with a twist on heraldry and a night watchman. The piece also mentions DeBaggs of New York and a Baltimore deeds commissioner, and ends with Rheumatism relief claims and a city clinging to gas lighting.
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