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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
3
A compact primer of improvised kitchen tips from a Denver Times fragment. It mentions boiling milk for coffee, hot tea to cool in summer, washing dishes with weak suds, cider in buckwheat cakes, and dipping fried tomato slices in batter as an entree. Humorous asides reference a boy with a bicycle.
A promotional piece extols modesty as natural in women and lauds Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted cure. It claims pelvic disorders originate in the womb, that doctors misdiagnose, and that Pinkham’s remedy has relieved thousands for twenty years.
Dr George E Groff of the State Agricultural Department warns the San Jose scale threatens Pennsylvania orchards and gardens. It attacks pears and apples, currants, and related plants, with ringed purplish spots on fruit. Winter spray with hot whale oil soap solution is advised, and infected trees should be dug up and burned. Report sightings to Groff in Lewisburg. The piece also covers rope measuring methods and yard acre calculations, stressing accuracy and guarding tools from misuse.
A farm column notes Pekin ducks arrived in the United States in the early 1970s and now provide good income. Ducks cost about the same as hens, with eggs selling well in spring. Ducks are housed at night, allowed to range by morning, and are relatively free of insects and disease, a point highlighted by the writer from Farmer's Voice.
Do not keep more than two breeds on a farm. Avoid overfeeding and ensure hens scratch for their food. Fight lice in hot weather. Constant vigilance keeps poultry healthy and productive. Boil scraps and feed to chickens, provide ample fresh water and air, and let in sunshine. Vary their feed and study individual flock traits to select the best breeding hens.
Farmers are urged to know field sizes to plan seed, manure, and labor. The article describes making a cotton cord tool by using 67 feet of rope one inch thick with rings at ends set 66 feet apart, to measure acres accurately and guide plowing duration.
Old cream yields butter quicker than fresh. Fresh air and cleanliness are essential. Poor salt causes mottled butter. brine salting gives more uniform results. Do not waste feed on cows unlikely to repay. Maintain clean milking to sustain milk flow. Large yields can be rich. small yields poor. Do not over churn. Ripen cream rapidly but reasonably. Restless cows tend to be least profitable. Make granular butter and wash it in grains. Skim milk at the right time to prevent rancidity. Stir cream often to increase butter. Salt quality affects finish of prime butter. Increase outputs as milk increases. Rich food yields rich milk, hence more cream and butter.
Tips on domestic care include avoiding vinegar in stone jugs and using a pinch of baking soda with dust for faster knife polishing. Suggestions cover protecting bottles with rubber bands, improving starch ironing with gum arabic, salting starch, coffee substitutes when milk is unavailable, and eye flushing with egg and butter. Also notes on glass flower cups for sherbet and decorative table pieces with rose motifs.
Readable note describes gold ore pulled from a paint mine near Stone Mountain in the Blue Mountains, a Tall tale of Dyspepsia remedies and catarrh cures, plus ads for Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Dr Williams Pink Pills and a free illustrated furniture catalog from John M Smyth Co. The piece includes local business promos and medical claims with narrow regional references.
A crowd disrupted Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in Goshen last week as three daylight burglars robbed a house. A pursuit and a battle followed. one burglar was knocked unconscious with a stone and captured. The other two fled on foot for over a mile, exchanging shots before escaping into woods. The captured man refused to reveal his name.
An eating house built entirely of paper has been erected in Hamburg. Walls of double layered paper on frames with fire and water proof treatment, bolted together for rapid assembly. The dining room seats 150, with 22 windows and 4 skylights, heated by two stoves. Manager's offices and kitchen occupy a side block. Total cost 1500 marks.
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