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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
3
Job Gardner cites New England Farmer on using powdered sulfur in laying boxes to prevent hen lice. He reports seven years without lice and recommends annual spring use of about a teaspoonful in the nesting box as a cost effective preventive measure.
An article discusses pumpkin seeds as cattle feed, noting high nitrogen and oil content and potential benefits for fattening livestock. It warns that feeding seeds separated from pumpkin flesh can harm kidneys, advising tiny quantities and caution with unhealthy animals.
Thomas D. Baird argues in the New York 7 dime that hogs must be fed steadily throughout the year for best fattening. He recommends fall rye pastures, spring clover, water access, and finished with milk, bran, and corn meal to build bone and muscle, cautioning against overfeeding or starvation cycles.
Fragmentary text mentions bells and guards for an orchard and poultry, referencing apples and wires. The passage is garbled and lacks clear facts, dates, or identifiable names to form a coherent news item or summary.
Farmers face low earnings while young men leave farms for cities seeking better pay. A national saving could come from reducing fence costs, which now total billions and renewals every fifteen years, surpassing the national debt. Eliminating needless fencing would raise income and improve rural beauty and order.
The market cross horn signals end of day in Ripon, reviving an ancient practice. Since 1857 watchtimes occur at 9 pm with three notes before the Mayor's house and the obelisk in the market place. The wakeman’s duty to cover losses rested on a small door tax of two pence per doorway.
Fragmentary lines evoke street chatter about chestnut bells and nickel bells in Boston. The text hints at daily life and social tones along The Theiebe area, mentioning meetings on the street and the mood of people passing by.
Professor Heim surveys Alpine glaciers counting 1 150 units, with 249 longer than 7 500 metres. French, Italian, Swiss, and Austrian shares are listed. Aletsch glacier is the longest at over 24 kilometres. Depth data are uncertain. Agassiz measured a depth near 260 metres on the Aar glaciers.
The Chicago Tribune reports Henri Roget of Lyons has a patent to use electricity as a substitute for corporal punishment. A restrained pupil is connected to a battery and a whip of wet steel wires delivers shocks, claimed to vary from mild to severe while avoiding lasting injury.
The article explains how a lump of coal yields diverse chemicals in gas manufactories. It covers soot, ash with silica and oxides, ammonia for fertilizer, sulphate of ammonia, sulphur removal, and residues like tar, naphtha, and asphaltum. It highlights carbolic acid, benzole, cumol, toluol, cymol, and aniline derivatives forming vibrant coal tar dyes such as Turkey red, boosting Dutch madder dye sales.
Felix L. Cawatt reports on Mexican omens and lucky beliefs. He notes discussions of unlucky days like Tuesday and Friday, private trouble days, and signs such as spiders and moons. A Pascarro muleteer dig yields three nests of three grains of gold totaling nearly four ounces, sparking a bonanza scare.
The excerpt portrays Sixth Avenue in New York as a realm of pervasive vice with nightly scenes deemed revolting. It compares local conditions to other world cities and notes demoralized crowds, open vice, and a fatality on Thirty-first Street, highlighting an atmosphere of disorder along Broadway between Thirty-fourth and Twenty-third streets.
A fragment from a Curiosities of Literature note describes the Lydford churchyard inscription for George Routledge, watchmaker. The verse praises his integrity and precise timing, though it ends with a quixotic plea for a hopeful afterlife as time runs out.
The piece surveys fall and winter fashion, noting lace revival, velvet dresses, Chantilly lace, beaded belts, blanket jackets, and new hat styles. It highlights Miss Floweree’s award at the Montana State fair, acorn trims on bonnets, and the rise of tulle veils and fancier boots. It also mentions hardships of Hindu widows and new coiffure ideas with silk tulle and aigrettes.
Felix L Oswald’s Household Remedies surveys causes and cures for common ailments with strong hygiene emphasis. The volume by Fowler & Wells NY extols Oswald’s wide knowledge, practical wisdom, and engaging style as a helpful guide to chronic illness prevention and natural remedies.
The German Chancellor’s paper basket, a wooden locked box that travels with him, collects envelopes telegrams and memoranda. After work it is inspected by Herr von Rottenburg then handed to the chief of the secret police M de Stieler for burning in his presence.
M A Folger of St Louis suffered two years with rum and bed confinement before being cured by Jacobs Oil noted as best for sprains and pains. A Lotus Indiana girl showed 2195 four leaf clover specimens. Red Star Cough Cure praised for cold relief. Sturgeon skin tanning on Lake Winnibago east shore yields soft leather for boot wear.
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