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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1889
Page
6
Practical tips on sulfur and lime mixtures for mildew prevention, poultry shell benefits, sore shoulders in horses, clover seed handling, and farm management. Advice covers manure, fodder, work planning, rotation, and flower care, with emphasis on practical cultivation and animal care.
Dr Atkinson warns neglect and careless handling harm horses driving eye injuries. Improper bridles with blinkers risk eye trouble while open bridles pose danger. Damp dark stables and sudden light shifts in winter injure eyesight. ensure bright, clean stables with fresh air to protect health and eyes.
Josiah Hoopes discusses peach yellows in the New York Tribune, warning that neglectful care invites disease. He argues for systematic cultivation, with heavy manures and potash to boost healthy growth, noting yellows can spread if infected trees remain. Early removal of diseased trees is advised to protect others.
Seed clover is a highly profitable crop when conditions favor growth and market demand stays strong. The primary obstacle is handling dust and storage, as seed clover is tough to thresh and deeply dusty in barns, causing health concerns and reducing efficiency. storing in barracks or well-ventilated racks can improve quality and ease of threshing.
A 19th century style note cites global life expectancy gains of about a quarter over fifty years and compares 13th century Geneva to modern ages. It details US census shifts in elderly death rates and rising infant mortality percentages from 1550 to 1880, arguing medicine extends life even as infant deaths rise. Also mentions twenty seven more og shanakeep in Miami County Ohio.
A Brooklyn Gazette item describes restoring worn stone stair steps. The method uses a silicate potash solution to moisten worn areas, then forms the original shape with a paste of hydraulic lime and silicate of potash, with fifty percent fine silica sand added. The result allegedly yields durability comparable to best stones and perfect adhesion.
To clean cane seat chairs turn them upside down wash the cane-work with hot water and a sponge soak thoroughly. If very dirty use a little soap. Let it dry in the air and it will be bright and firm. If the cane is broken cut it away with a sharp knife and weave new twine through the holes with a darning needle.
The latest floor decoration for parlors features checkered matting that promises to replace other coverings this summer. Durable, closely woven straw matting is advised, as loose weave wears quickly. handsome mats, wicker chairs with scarfs, and a light colored piano cover are recommended accents.
A columnist muses on choosing a washing day, arguing Monday as worst and Saturday or Tuesday as better options. Advice covers preparation, starching, patching, and using a boiler with oil and soap for six with careful rinsing and drying details.
A collection of kitchen instructions for Vegetable Soup Shad Baked in Milk Almond Jumbles Corn Gems Caramel Cream Snow Put into a saucepan with milk and eggs. The text presents steps for soups, baked fish, cookies, corn dishes and a frozen cream dessert from an 19th century American homemaker's guide.
The article estimates 160000 miles of U S railways require about 422.4 million wooden ties with widely varying lifespans. It argues annual tie consumption approaches 84.5 million and could exceed 100.4 million, pressing calls to replenish forests and pushing railroads toward adopting metal ties to meet rising demand.
The Richmond State ponders who first made hash and calls the origin a mystery. It suggests accidental beginnings after a tropical hurricane wrecked a herd, and notes how the dish spread worldwide adding potatoes in Ireland pepper in the West Indies and onion flavor in Mexico.
A Yankee Blade tribute outlines Stephen A Douglass rising from a $2 a day youth clerk in a Western city to Attorney General at 21, then Legislator, Secretary of State, and finally Supreme Court judge, noting his courteous manner as key to popularity.
A London writer highlights soapstone's unappreciated uses and its preservative power against atmospheric corrosion of iron and steel. Experiments claim it binds fibers of metal more firmly than any other material, aiding protection and longevity. In China soapstone, used to shield sandstone structures, has preserved vulnerable monuments for centuries.
A party passed through Woodland with a wagon of horehound gathered in Yolo County. The plant grows along Cache Creek and elsewhere and will be baled in Sacramento for shipment to Peoria Illinois. They have nine tons stored in Sacramento and ten tons gathered in two months, worth $750 with $200 freight.
The article notes Roquefort cheese has long been made in Rodez Southern France with a valued industry of about $2 000 000 yearly mostly exported to England and America. Rival makers in neighboring areas threaten the authenticity and Ss Redas and its manufacturers plan prosecutions against imitators per the London Standard.
Dro De-Le Plongeop reports extensive Central American investigations and argues the region hosts the oldest historic civilization. He cites vestiges of native literature terra cotta work carving frescoes and ruins as tangible evidence linking Chaldea and Egypt to early American cultures.
A Pinkerton detective emphasizes a fixed circle of facial area around the eyes and upper cheeks as the immutable portion of a face. He notes disguises cannot alter this region, aiding identification via magnified photos and rogues’ gallery records.
The 1890 census map set will show population shift toward the Mississippi River. The era's land sales exceed 16 million acres under homestead laws, with 124 million acres settled in eight years. Northwestern states lead, with 60 million acres, followed by Kansas and neighbors 30 million, Pacific coast 19 million, and Southern additions. Government and railroads opened vast frontiers, bigger than New England and Middle States combined. Boston Magazine notes immense expansion across territories and nations.
A 19th century description explains baseball production in Natick Massachusetts. Laborers weave rubber cores with yarns then stitch leather covers and horsehide, weighing and stamping for correct elasticity. Cheaper balls use scrap rubber and fewer yarns, until the five cent Small Boy’s Own variant.
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