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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1888
Page
4
A farm advisory column discusses breeding Holstein cattle for milk and cheese yields, best practices for manure use, and crop care. It covers wheat field care, beet root spacing, potato vine topping, and cucumber vine support, plus cholera signs in poultry and disinfection steps.
A fragment lists recipes for ham eggs and a chocolate cake layer cake with chocolate frosting. Also included is a fritter batter method and Bronx Culrxen Soup with fowl stock and aromatics, followed by a roux step for a thickened soup.
A Blackwood description details a swordsman in India performing feats with a five foot double edged sword. He cuts a leaf on a friend's palm and a hanging cloth, then executes headstand to somersaults with two swords, leaps through a rope hoop, and lands safely amid crowd applause.
A French general tests a 19 000 franc bullet and sword proof coat by firing pistols and a small cannon at the wearer. The garment proves impenetrable, prompting the general to reward the inventor with two payments. The piece also discusses the origin of the expression a bee in his bonnet and traces its meanings across cultures and history.
A Geneva made watch is described with a year hand for month, a day hand, and a day-of-month counter that adjusts every four years. It includes a double split second flyback for horse racing timing and a fractional second beat indicator. Repeating bells mark hours minutes and quarters with musical tones and an engraving of Columbus on the cap. The piece has four years of proven reliability.
A veteran newspaper man recounts Mr. Bonner’s remark about improving a Ledger column. He notes the eye resents change and will not tolerate alterations in layout, even if it enhances content, risking subscriber loss. The anecdote underscores readers’ attachment to a familiar appearance.
The article describes circular brush huts with thatched roofs, fire drills, and smoke outlets used by the Apache. It covers village patterns, small fires, and winter warming, plus craft details on pottery and basket vessels made by women, including clay, drying, and firing processes and the prized water jugs carried on the back.
Fashion notes describe wardrobes for women and children with basques cuffs and trims, plus satin and plush fabrics. It cites Amanca Eubanks as the richest colored woman in the South and mentions Brown University admitting its first young lady freshman. Agricultural buoyancy comments follow with corn stock concerns and cattle feeding shifts in the West.
An 1850 Washington Jenny Lind concert drew a prestigious crowd including President Fillmore and Daniel Webster. Jenny Lind's encore of Home Sweet Home moved the audience to tears and wild applause, highlighting the performance's emotional impact and Payne's radiant reaction.
In a U S Senate debate Senator West of Missouri extolled St Jacob s Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia while noting price at fifty cents a bottle. Red Star Cough Cure is praised by U S Architect Clark for throat troubles with ingredients described as vegetable and opiate free at two cents. The era’s stoics and Roman praise are referenced regarding public spectacles.
An 1885 promotion claims Piso's Cure for Consumption can imitate nature to cure tuberculosis by organizing nourishment in the body. It asserts the remedy halts tuberculous progress, reduces cough and night sweats, and is most effective when begun at early cough onset. Includes testimonial from Leonora Vermilyer and ad copy for related medical items.
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