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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
3
An Indianapolis Journal listing promotes Jacobs Oil as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sciatica sprains bruises soreness stiffness backache muscular aches and more. It contains a long, briskly skeptical aside about patriotic sentiment and consumer overstatement.
In Napoleon Ohio the water works repaired a damaged standpipe by building a raft system inside the tower. Workers used a windless raft to lift tools and men, then hoisted crews up via hooks and pulleys as the pipe was extended. The operation followed a violent windstorm that discharged gas and part of the ladder.
Letters from women praise Mrs Lydia E Pinkham of Massachusetts for sympathetic guidance and her Vegetable Compound. A Baltimore resident, Mrs Joan Foreman, credits years of ovarian trouble cured after using seven bottles. The article highlights Pinkham as a trusted, no charge advisor for women's health.
Instructions describe locating an underground ice house on a knoll, with drainage and ventilator to keep it dry, plus construction details. The piece also covers one man crosscut saw use, hides and knives, hillside cultivation methods, road funding, spring relocation, horse care, and farming notes on crops, livestock, and beet pulp.
The article outlines techniques for skinning beef and calf hides, stressing a steady grip with the left hand and precise cuts from the armpit to the brisket on the foreleg, and from hoof to back on the hind leg. It warns against crosswise throat cuts, requires removal of horn and tail bones, and details salting with one bucket of salt per sixty pounds of hide plus rolling after salting.
A discussion on how color tones affect room perception and mood follows notes on yellow blue and green effects plus a reflection on color harmony with mahogany. The page then shifts to a naval dinner aboard the Brooklyn during a chase of Cervera with banter between Admiral Schley and Captain Cook. It adds an ocean trolley tale at Bear Harbor and an anecdote on starch cravings and coal use by country.
The article notes Spaniards in parts of Spain without hats except in pictures and describes rural practices where men bind their heads and women wear flowers. It also mentions English farmers using a rubber hose with a tin horn to flush rabbits from burrows as a legally restricted method.
A collage of brief items includes notes on Long Island apple crops with two harvests, jokes about signing pay and pay rolls, market views on peace, medical ads for catarrh cures and foot care, and light anecdotes from Harlem Life and Washington Star style columns, all in a rapid-fire, miscellany newspaper strip tone.
A London Chronicle argues Venice will become less picturesque as the delta of twos rises. Prof Marinelli estimates the Gulf of Venice may dry land after centuries, with dry Adriatic shores possible between one and two centuries. The article notes no immediate alarm but outlines long term hydrographic change.
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