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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1889
Page
6
A fragment from the New York Witness and other sources describes tar water odor effects, coal tar impregnation, and repairing tin roofs for farmers. Instructions cover locating leaks, sealing with thick paint, muslin, and tin patches, using large-headed tacks, and reapplying paint.
An early 1900s rural column blends veterinary advice with garden and poultry tips. It warns against tincture use for colic in humans and offers household remedies, then shifts to practical horticulture, composting, and breeding birds, including nest-building, safe brood care, housing, and transport of dressed poultry in hot weather.
A farm note advises handling a hen that steals nests with calm approval and praise. It suggests that recognizing her resourcefulness may lead to a rewarding brood as fall brings plump turkeys ready for the table, illustrating practical poultry husbandry advice.
The article warns that August and September are crucial for lambs as July heat leaves pastures dry and water scarce. It advises cooling shelters, clean hospital pens for sick lambs, strict observation for diarrhea which can worsen to dysentery, and preventive care including green feeding, shade, ample water, and turning lambs into corn fields for nutrition and weed control.
The Chicago Herald reports the Aissaouas at the Algerian exhibit perform religious feats such as thorn leaf eating eye protrusion needle piercing vipers swallowing snakes and extreme postures without harm. They enter hypnotic states and then enact these acts to music for the public, a source of terror and curiosity at the Exposition.
A report warns that combining lobster and milk can cause dangerous poisoning. The warning cautions readers about harmful effects and urges vigilance amid the confusing weather or advice cited by a local authority figure.
Col William Duncan of South Carolina champions turning surplus melons into syrup as a new profit route. He reports successful small scale fabrication, high returns, and suggests byproducts from residual pulp feed stock. South Atlantic growers, failing profits from low prices, may test large scale production amid favorable coast sentiment.
Silas C. Litchfield, age about sixty, has spent thirty-five years living in a Boston cellar freezer averaging 36 degrees. He claims seven vacation days and only one day off in twenty-six years, works from 3:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with two hours for meals, and says he never sickens or feels heat or cold. His employer notes he was once considered Boston’s strongest man and attributes his insensibility to long refrigeration.
The fackeltanz or torch dance marks royal weddings in Prussia with Privy Counselors and Ministers bearing white wax torches. The newlyweds circle the room then the bride with the King and Princes, then the groom with the Queen and Princesses before the garter is distributed.
Italian designer Ettore Jassinari showcases over 100 flower beds at the Danvers Massachusetts hospital grounds. The centerpiece is a seventy foot circumference mound with grottoes and water features, plus a tall vase of three cargo loads of soil. Other beds form clock and weather themed designs with calendars, compass points, and daily forecasts using blooming plants and decorative letters.
A toad found in a deteriorating chimney during tearing down a See N.Y. structure escaped confinement and hopped about as if born moments earlier. The creature had remained inactive for two years before a half hour of effort freed it.
The kola nut is economically important and valued as a dietetic and therapeutic stimulant akin to cocoa and tea. It boosts nervous energy, counters fatigue, may oppose alcohol effects, and can temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure. it also purifies water mechanically and is recommended as an infusion for diarrhea due to its astringent action.
A vintage advertisement urges care for a young woman at a critical life stage and claims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription can regulate health, establish firm foundations, and may save her from chronic suffering.
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