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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1898
Page
7
A detailed method to prevent cave-ins when sinking wells in sandy subsoils. A wooden ring built from inch boards forms a circular wall, then a brick wall follows to encircle the worker. As water and quicksand reach the ring, the dig proceeds with bricks added atop, and a dipper handles quicksand.
Trim evergreens and improve home fasteners to save time. Long field rows cost more than square fields for tillage. Netting around stables is profitable. Free rural mail delivery could reduce post offices. Bud pears on quince to dwarf them. Soil and location affect fruit quality. Sandy loam from an old meadow suits buckwheat. A kerosene stove with oven eases summer heat. Summer bathing keeps pores clear. Crops and stock reveal a farmer’s character. Orchard grass at 25 pounds per acre beats blue grass on poor soil. Don’t tighten a collar on a sore shoulder unless it avoids pressure. A fish pond provides cheap, good diet and saves poultry for market.
Rural New Yorker outlines a self supporting hay barn design 40 by 50 feet with 15 foot posts and no driving floor. Eight by eight sill beams and corner mortised braces form a rigid frame. Steel rods tie the ends to prevent end bulging and secure the structure.
The American Cultivator advises proper hive placement to avoid moth miller damage. Hives should face east to catch morning sun and be sheltered on a roofed stand or bench under a tree. In winter bees should not see sun. An underground outdoor cellar kept below freezing is better than a warm house cellar.
A Prairie Farmer article notes pigs fattening on corn eat charcoal greedily. Charcoal boosts appetite by correcting stomach acidity from cob potash, aiding digestion of heavy corn. Even non fattening pigs will consume some charcoal, which provides some nutrition and poses low danger of overconsumption. Don’t pressure customers when a pig isn’t desired.
A servant cook quits after giving notice, claiming the master does not appreciate her cooking. She contrasts the old master who overate from her dishes with the current master who never fell ill in three months, leaving her feeling unrewarded and eager to move on.
A Meaford Monitor report confirms the cure of Petch, once paralysed for five years, after taking Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Once deemed incurable, he recovered after months of gradual improvement and credits the pills for his renewed health and release from a living death.
Puffly, aged patriot in a Detroit restaurant, loudly orders wartime themed foods and naval oranges while joking with a waiter. He signals national pride with emblems, then leaves without settling the bill as onlookers applaud.
Fragmentary text cites Berica size eight for districts and mentions a bladder infection and dyspepsia with Hostetter's remedy referenced. No clear event, date, or person names beyond generic terms.
An advertisement extols Hail's Catarrh Medicine as a direct treatment for mucous surfaces and a cure that reaches the body's foundation. The text urges trust in the remedy to restore health and the patient’s constitution.
July 20 Cleveland Ry advertises an excursion from Millersburg Akron and intermediate stations to Niagara Falls via Cleveland Erie City of Erie and Buffalo Transit. Round trip $4 from Millersburg and proportionately from intermediate stations. Train 11 30 a m. Details from company agents.
A scrambled note references the Ontario Exposition of 1898 and Philadelphia events, praising travel to Omaha during the Exposition from June onward. Mentions Chicago railroad discounts and a grain beverage Grain-O touted for digestion, with testimonials from users in Washington Iowa and Indiana.
A cautionary tale describes morphine addiction triggered by a physician's cautious relief for a pain that masks deeper illness. A Derby Center Vermont reader, Mrs Lucy Prastey, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after five bottles, enabling work and ending headaches and bearing-down pains.
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