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Newspaper
Versailles Dispatch
Location
Versailles, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1858
Page
4
An old discussion on feeding practice argues that passing hay through a hay cutter or grinding it reduces chewing work for cattle, increasing efficiency and nutrition. It suggests grinding hay or steamer processing would best prepare food, while excessive chewing drains labor capacity and fattening goals.
The article advises newly transplanted orchards to use winter care such as adding manure to poorer soils, noting that manure should be free of straw or coarse material to deter mice. It mentions adding about 6% wood shavings to the manure mix, and explains how winter and spring rains will wash it into the soil.
A recounting of a life spent in hardship where wealth never came. Attendees note patience, Christian endurance, and a legacy of noble deeds. They mourn a man who died poor yet rich in name, virtue, and fortitude, his life a series of sacrifices and unsatisfied promises.
An editor records a sorrowful death at 4 o'clock in the morning as a man ends his life by arsenic. The piece then extols Dr. Morse and Morse's Indian Root Pills, claiming purity of blood to be the source of health and detailing the pills' supposed actions and benefits. The notice invites subscriptions for a Gazette and Business Directory to list state business and professionals.
The Howard Association with surplus funds advertises free medical advice and medicines to those afflicted with sexual diseases and urges letter applications describing age occupation and habits. It releases a report on spermatorrhea and other sexual diseases, available by mail for stamps, addressed to Dr. G R Calhoun, Philadelphia.
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