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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1888
Page
4
Practical notes on calf training to lead, wind-mill power, salt use in soils, and general farm care. Advice covers oats for young colts, lice control in poultry, pasture management, and cautious use of remedies. Includes提醒 on onion beds and manure practices for healthier crops and livestock.
The article advises on piglet rearing from a young sow, recommending six to eight pigs per litter and early independent feeding. It discusses heifer calving age, noting fall-born heifers may breed at nine or ten months, yielding calves at eighteen months. Jersey cows are praised for early breeding and dairy merit balancing size and vitality.
Col F D Curtis argues in the Rural New Yorker that hog shape varies even within a fixed breed. Growth and muscle matter more than nose length. emphasis is on strong, long snouts, well developed hams, broad shoulders, and rounded backs to maximize profit from farm hogs.
The guide notes flat-sided hogs mess less pork and store fat evenly, with short legs signaling an easy keeper and quietness. Long-legged hogs stay restless and chase the best food. Choose males to improve a specific feature, ensuring a deficit elsewhere to avoid spoiling overall quality.
Instructions by Eva M. Niles advise dissolving soap in hot water, soaking flannels in hot suds with ammonia, avoiding rubbing, and rinsing in hot water with bluing. Wring by hand, dry fully by air, then press with a cold iron. Knitted shawls require a soap lather and gentle handling without rubbing, then pinning to a square sheet to keep fringe even.
A practical guide on weekly stove cleaning and polishing. It covers cleaning before polish, using gloves, choosing polish types, brush versus cloth methods, handling dust, and nickel or iron trim care to keep a stove looking neat and protected.
A collection of domestic hints covers berry cleaning with hot water and fine cinders, cautions against pastry for digestive issues, quirky remedies for felon onset using lemons, and advice on better sleep through evening walks or open air. A cough remedy blends flax seed, honey, rock candy, lemon juice, and hot water.
The piece notes winter bee care, stressing warmth over cold, feeding when needed, and shelter from sun. It shares J. M. Clark of Hillsdale experiences in 1887 with 43 colonies, 1500 pounds white honey, 100 pounds comb honey, and sugar syrup feeding, plus a humorous water cure anecdote about a sick beekeeper chasing swarming bees.
The passage lists recipes and instructions for small fried rice cakes, buttered potatoes slow cooked with salt, Graham gems with graham flour, fried parsnips dipped in butter and flour, buttermilk muffins, oatmeal washings to make a mucilage, Jenny Lind Cake with molasses spice variation, and cream filled puff desserts with a whipped cream filling.
The article portrays Mme Sadi Carnot as a witty, social and influential figure who promotes her husband’s renown, attends official receptions, and reads English fiction avidly. It notes her English fluency, appreciation for George Eliot, and preference for Braddon and Ouida. she is the daughter of Dupont White and mother to four daughters.
The dahlia rose in Mexico and spread to Europe via seeds sent by Humboldt in 1804. Abbe Cavanilles named it after Prof. Dahl of Stockholm after seeing a Madrid blossom in 1788. The flower transformed through cultivation into the familiar garden bloomer.
A reader reflects on rapid national shifts in industry and commerce, then shifts to health warnings about kidney disease. The piece promotes Warner’s Safe Cure as a remedy, citing rising kidney disorders and their link to consumption, with a mother’s anecdote about kerosene for a sick child.
The article notes advancing surgical progress including pneumotony to remove diseased lung tissue in consumption. It warns the procedure carries high risks and low recovery chances, recommending Dr. Pierce's Gallen Medical Discovery as a safe option in early stages to arrest the disease and heal the lungs.
The text blends a joke about gait analysis by a Spanish student Dr Peracchita with a flirtatious scene where a woman contemplates breaking her engagement due to the suitor's dull talk and manners. A comic aside suggests Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as a cure for the suitor’s catarrh. The piece ends noting gait money from a walking match.
A Fremont Michigan pastor writes of his daughter Maud’s recovery from inflammatory rheumatism after using Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters. He describes relief from swollen limbs and pain, digestion improvement, and ongoing use until full cure. The letter is dated October 26 1887.
Ladies read of Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and find in it joy for suffering from functional derangements or weaknesses. It claims to ease periodical pains internal inflammation and ulceration with curative healing powers. Sold by druggists with a money back guarantee printed on the bottle wrapper and honored for years.
Crawford recounts Wilde visiting his study in sorrow as he laments belief in God and himself, noting Wilde’s line that half the world doubts God while the other half doubts him.
Advertisements tout Brown's Broncan and Prickly Ash Bitters as cures for coughs colds and liver or stomach disorders. Claims include mass distribution of pill boxes and free samples from T A Slocum M C for consumption cures. Boston and New York period language emphasizes patent medicines and medical hot takes.
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