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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1883
Page
6
A fragmentary romance scene unfolds with Lady Grace and Sally Grace, detailing class tension as Grace contemplates past joys on the farm. The narrator describes ambitions, social expectations, and affection between young women and farm people, set against marriage and rank. The piece hints at longing for simpler ties and the pull of lineage.
Lady Grace Cuthbert seeks a noble match despite Happercraw and Gilbert’s entanglements. She dreams of carriage rides and a bloodstained face before waking to wartime pressures and family schemes. A fatal blaze exposes loyalties and a lost future as Gilbert is saved yet scarred.
In a tense scene at Acres Farm, Lady Grace and Patty confront lingering emotions as Gilbert Actes lies near death. Grace, fearing for him, confronts Patty about the past and the cost of their choices. Patty blames Grace for the ruin that separated lovers, while Grace fights to keep her bond with Gilbert intact despite scandal. The confrontation unfolds with old wounds and a stubborn vow to remain together if possible.
A humorous study of types in urban life. It lists the apologizer who wanders the street with a cane, the impatient man in barber queues, the dust-avoiding neat woman, the swearing truck driver, and others. Each vignette lampoons common habits and foibles, ending with a wry reflection on manners and time.
A garbled, fragmentary OCR style passage mentions various odd names and phrases like Dudlites Dudletta and Greenaway torsos. The text reads as a playful jumble with little coherent context or clear events.
Valuable farm and home notes discuss a Winnipeg Manitoba wheat frontier rail link and its potential influence on farming. The piece urges careful seed preservation, praising early selection and storage, while urging rivalry in crop quality and seed corn safeguards for farmers. It emphasizes self sufficiency and prudent seed management as keys to success.
The writer advises on underdraining heavy clay soils, plowing by mid July, frequent harrowing, and forming a cool firm seed bed with 2 3 inches of mellow topsoil. Emphasizes barnyard manure and well rotted litter as top dressings, and warns against excessive artificial manure by encouraging use of manure and phosphates instead.
Harvesting progresses with late season start but rapid work across wheat, corn, and haying. Wheat heads large, threshing limited, crop near 79 percent of average. corn backward but near average. oats above average. lay-crop about 125 per cent. Pasture abundant. potatoes uncertain. wool low but fleece aids income. livestock in good demand with high prices. apples peaches scarce. small fruits reasonably plentiful.
Notes discuss Stapler breed cattle once called the Stapler cow or guinea cow, bred by Colonel Stapler for small, docile stock on pine barrens. Also mentions hay baling advances in the West and a New Jersey grower raising fruit. An 84 Guinea fowl nests near Bridgeton and prolific berry production in Monton area noted.
Reports from Texas and Chicago note rising hatchings at ostrich farms and heavy hog and cattle shipments. The Housekeeper column advises simplicity and natural decor, urging homeowners to brighten spaces with nature inspired, home made knick knacks over ornate clutter.
Household caretakers should keep cellars clean to protect family health in spring and during heater use. Do not store offensive vegetables indoors. outdoor storage is preferred for decayed produce. Whitewash and sweep monthly. ventilation should occur at midday on clear days. MARINA.
A fragmentary recipe for pineapple water ice describes ingredients such as one pineapple three pounds of leaf sugar two quarts water and lemon. It outlines steps to boil mix chill and form ice into small flakes served with wafers and wine. The text is garbled but conveys a traditional frozen dessert instruction.
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