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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1891
Page
7
The article details a primitive method for making perique tobacco. Leaves are stripped of midribs and layered to form torquetas, pressed in strong boxes for a week, repacked every twenty four hours, then every three days for two weeks. Afterward, carrotte wrapping is prepared with cottonade, rolled and tied, aged six months to a year for slow fermentation. Volume notes average 19,000 carrottes yearly before 1890.
A Siamese king reportedly cools in heat by retreating to a pavilion built of inch thick plate glass set in a marble basin. The basin fills with water via sluice gates, rising until the pavilion is submerged and ventilators reach the open air.
A New Haven letter notes oyster planters expect a large supply next season with beds at Stratford Norwalk and Bridgeport. Major dealers report totals near one million bushels, valued at about eight cents per bushel. Clams are scarce around Savin Rock while lobsters are scarce and crabs plentiful in bays and inlets.
A party including Charles Everitt battled rattlesnakes in woods near Stroudsburg. They killed thirteen of the snakes and counted 142 dead rattlers with total length over fifty feet. About twice as many snakes escaped.
In Stegebems a family named Vanden Eynile living on their estate kept a returned brother in a cellar for six years after soldiers deemed him unfit for service. Officials found him in a straw heap, laughing in a degraded state. The two brothers and sister were arrested and the imbecile placed in an asylum.
A column recounts a ship of humorous letters praising Narragansett Pier women and their seashore fashions, followed by a tale of a farmer discovering seventeen thousand dollars in a buried cache near Southerland Springs, reportedly linked to Santa Anna. A Cincinnati Enquirer note adds a curious Ohio family with many extra fingers and toes and seven hoes bought in a hardware store episode.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes suspicion and unease over rules banning games on Sunday at the Desplaines camp meeting. Directors say croquet tennis and hammocks are allowed on other days, with Sunday only restricted. The piece questions why youthful Methodists are barred from so-called amusements on the Sabbath.
Two twelve year old lads swam from Chandiere basin to Leana Island, covering about nine miles. Montreal Witness notes the remarkable endurance and speed of the young swimmers as they completed the long aquatic challenge.
Fragmentary ad inspired notices praise eye glasses for clarity and strength. It cites William L Scruses as U S Minister to Venezuela and touts DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla, Dr Acker’s English Remedy, Castoria and Winslow’s Syrup. Multiple drugstore endorsements appear with generic medical claims.
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