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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1886
Page
3
In summer storms cows should be sheltered and fed indoors to prevent cold-related milk drop. Wet hair increases heat loss and evaporation lowers body temperature. Sheltering aids green feed planning. better to keep cows indoors with extra grain to maintain milk, despite a temporary milk dip. Cultivator.
A lady correspondent notes that turning sick animals to pasture as soon as grass appears often restores health, reducing medicine use. After a winter of dry feed, many cases improve with gradual grazing, sometimes needing only light nutrition or no medicine at all.
A London Garden report describes a method for rooting roses from cuttings using a warm frame, soil mixture, and careful spacing. The piece notes many rose plants rooted by July, with over fifty plants in four square feet, and discusses additional farm tips on cows and calves, turkeys, and potato cultivation including gypsum use and cropping details.
The article recounts Colonel Ephraim Ellsworth of the New York Fire Zouaves being killed in Alexandria, Virginia on May 24, 1861. He removed a Confederate flag from the Marshall House, was shot above the heart by Jackson, and Sergeant Frank E Brownell killed the assassin. The piece links the event to Civil War history and Detroit Free Press reporting.
Advice on pruning young trees before leafing to avoid stunted growth and on pruning roses by removing decay and shortening strong shoots. Guidance on sowing flower seeds shallowly with a flat stick, and cautions about dosing farm animals and humans with turpentine sulphur and charcoal mixtures. Notes on rust removal from iron using kerosene and acid, stressing thorough cleaning and oil protection to prevent further rust.
A Chicago printer notes big profits in books sold by subscription. He cites publishers earning from fifty thousand to two hundred thousand dollars in a few years, with agents taking large commissions. Subscriptions reduce risk, as initial runs are small and profits come from enduring sales.
News and Notes on summer wear colors fabrics and patterns for women. Mentions Nellie Brightman Maine’s Mary Pollard and other fashion and lifestyle details with period tone and social sketches.
A series of reflections urges that revenge builds no real mastery while happiness comes from shared prosperity. It cautions against secrecy, urges self examination when in error, and extols honesty temperance and honest labor as paths to reward and peace of mind.
A narrative of the early federal direct tax on spirits and houses, the heated opposition in Pennsylvania, the hot water protests in German communities, the Fries uprising, and the eventual abolition of the tax under Jefferson. The piece notes Adams’ martial response, Fries’ execution sentence, and the fading memory of the episode.
A Milwaukee brewing company official notes workers drink about one and a quarter gallons of beer daily, roughly fifty to sixty quarter barrels per month. He estimates each man makes two trips to the bar, losing about an hour of work time, with beer drawn in the wash house area each month.
A traveler notes Japanese life along the coast with boats and junks daily at sea. Children as young as three swim adeptly and may be repeatedly thrown overboard until skilled, while mothers rescue them and continue work. Swimmers survive only if fate allows, as boatmen rarely aid each other.
A friend of mine describes a terrier with keen senses in Liverpool. The animal could detect when any family member spoke or moved and would respond by fetching a rival. The tale preserves local color of streets and humor in a humorous bygone vignette.
A long promotional essay discusses the body’s cleansing organs the kidneys and the blood purification process. It extols Warners Safe Tonic as a universal remedy for kidney related disease and general debility, and promotes Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic and Scovill’s Sarsaparilla as cures and tonics.
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