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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
3
Robert Mitchell Floyd notes the dietary value of alternating cereals for breakfast and lunch. He lists barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat forms, plus numerous preparations and methods of cooking their grains, urging variety to maintain health and interest in meals.
A reflective verse praising steady effort despite distraction. The speaker notes that study and work feel rewarding, contrasting easy excuses with the discipline of sitting through fractions and long tasks. The poem concludes that consistent effort yields good and bright outcomes.
Instructions detail a wooden dog kennel with a front hole for entry and multiple ventilation holes. The plan specifies dimensions for a medium size dog, battens for support, ridge pole, and a peaked roof. English-era construction language notes finishing touches and a paint coat for appearance.
A New York World report describes a Brazilian as relying on a surgical ant. The ant uses two strong head rippers to pierce flesh, then snaps its jaws to bring torn tissue together. The ant is sacrificed, but the wound is neatly closed as the insect stiffens in the act.
A Los Angeles owner William Hawkins uses a dog with a wooden leg as a parachute jumper. The dog, named Jack, has landed safely from balloons on multiple occasions, aided by a handmade artificial limb created by George R. Milligan. The piece recounts Jack’s happy adjustments and mentions historical dog draft work in Europe and early American camp meetings along the web of related notes.
The Tribune explains blanket stitching as a true household stitch used to finish blanket edges and comfortables. It covers how to fold, stitch depth, rows for ornament, and the care of woolen covers, including washing, binding, and choosing materials for light yet warm coverings.
Practical advice on growing houseplants in drafty furnace air, using evaporation to add moisture, and ideal room placements. Also notes on scented sachets in New York fashion, embroidery deception with appliques, hanging pictures with plaster repair, and a stray jail telegraph-pole joke.
A New York matron dedicates an hour daily to her children with simple home outfits described. The mother wears a dark red cashmere gown trimmed in black braid and a tight fitted waist. A pink dotted lawn slip for the younger girl and a striped robe for the eldest reflect affordable, practical family attire. The piece also notes Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale's twenty year campaign to set aside a national Thanksgiving Day, which Lincoln finally adopted in 1863.
A dated farming note extols the value of a net of sieves for separating weed seed from grain. It highlights sieves of varying meshes to prevent foreign weed and shriveled grain from passing through. The passage stresses owning a full line of sieves and notes the arrangement and transport by a car.
A New York Tribune note describes a nest device with a groove frame and adjustable sieves to sort cracked corn to chick sizes. It praises graded grit and corn parts for chicks at various ages and suggests a full sieve set can vastly improve feed quality.
A local journal reports that gypsum as a soil amendment may dramatically boost certain plants, with experiments showing lush growth in gypsum beds. It notes a case of garden success from a sand bed and mentions practical tips for house plants and storage of produce, alongside orchard and tree care observations.
A collage of quips, vendor blurbs, and brief anecdotes. The excerpts touch on marriage mishaps, health remedies, and playful headlines, including a tale of a ship stamp saving time, a boast about a future business, and various product pitches like coffee and pills.
A Tale with Mrs Pinkham urges that nervous low mood in women is disease not willpower. Letters from readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for uterus related issues and general well being, claiming long term relief and health gains.
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