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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1893
Page
1
Carrie E Stockwell of Chesterfield NH describes chronic severe chest pain with sudden attacks and profuse sweating. After a bout with bilious typhoid fever her mother gave Ayer's Pills, and nearly thirty years later she has had only one mild relapse readily treated by the same remedy, per her account.
The article explains cement floors for summer kitchens stables poultry and dairy buildings. It instructs on stone layering cement mixes one part cement two parts sharp sand and water to pour then thicker coats with drains and washes. It notes cold floors but recommends litter covers and manure drainage storage. It warns breeders not to send bred mares to city markets for riders and carriages.
A Turf Field and Farm critique argues that selling brood mares and foals in city auctions during downturns punishes breeders. It cautions against parading noble lineage to attract buyers at ruinous prices and warns such “economic fits” undermine the horse industry and breeders paying high service fees.
The article outlines early and late winter pear varieties such as Anjou Lawrence Ness Easter Beurre and Winter Nelis. It notes keeping qualities from January to May for certain types with careful storage and late picking. It advises picking on dry days using bushel boxes storing in a cool moist cellar near freezing and a warm room rest to ripen for market or table.
The piece discusses day sleeping flowers such as evening primrose and night flowering catchfly, advice on sending roses with cotton wrapping, border plant choices like yellow pansies and hen and chicken, nasturtium cutting times, and the cheer of these plants for invalids. It also covers grain pest control with bisulphide, sugar cane refuse for paper, swamp muck uses, and the soga bean as a nitrogen rich forage crop.
The article describes early pneumatic racing sulky design with light frames bicycle wheels and rubber tires. It notes high driver position and dust proof bearings as key features and reflects on racing history and tecnologia impact. Openly it recounts a fictional tale of Minnie Maple and Gilbert Crofton at a rural farm with ghostly visitations and a wedding.
A Brooklyn Brooklyn Letter from December 26 1893 notes rainy day fashion with skirts cut to the ankle and pinned up to avoid wet dribbles. The author nibbles at health advice and a promotion for the Elastic Cushion Treadle claiming relief from sewing fatigue and nerve strain.
A Yorkshire correspondent to The Bicycling News extols small roads for wheel travel and urges an Ireland bicycling holiday. He notes the lack of finger posts and mile stones as a drawback, but praises Irish hospitality and the natives' cheerful readiness to assist.
A fragment notes Elizabeth Akers Allen as Florence Percy author of Rock Me to Sleep Mother and praises the poem as a home life favorite. It warns mothers feel fatigue backache and nerves and touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed cure with money back guarantee.
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pellets as remedies for bullous conditions headaches constipation and various vague ailments. The copy emphasizes multiple uses and healing claims without modern clinical language.
An advertisement urges relief from rheumatism and related ailments by keeping the blood pure and free of acid. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for rheumatism catarrh scrofula salt rheum and other diseases caused by impure blood while claiming to vitalize the whole system.
A Maryland farmer describes a milking stool crafted from a white pine board and hickory strip forming a hoop around the pail. The design includes two battens for stability and a central hand hole, letting the user sit comfortably and keep the milking undisturbed by the cow.
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