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Newspaper
Indian Journal
Location
Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1881
Page
8
Mixed farming proves more resilient and profitable than single crop systems. It emphasizes soil enrichment, crop rotation, and diverse production aligned to climate and land. Proper management and experience key, using manure, clover, and varied grains to balance fertility and labor.
A historical opinion piece argues the modern parlor, though more open and artful, often dulls the home’s refining influence. It urges prioritizing books and pictures over costly furnishings and notes the value of a single inviting family room. The Paris fundraising for Loyson’s church drags slowly along.
A compilation of practical tips covers horse care after exertion with rubbing and covering, cooking ideas for suet puddings and macaroons, a lice remedy using graham bread with sulfur, freezing pump spigots, drainage water flow estimates, and durable non porous tiles. It also lists uses for stale bread including dressings, puddings, biscuits, pancakes, omelets, toast, tomato soups, and breaded oysters or fish.
The article stresses cellars as essential for protecting fruits vegetables and dairy in winter and for storing salt meats fish and eggs. It notes frost destruction without cellars and argues for cool dry storage with ventilation to prevent odors and preserve food quality.
Dr. A. M. Dickie outlines a method to treat and prevent scaly or scabby legs in fowls. The parasite, an atarus or louse, irritates shanks and feet, leaving a crust of dead insects and debris. Contagious but not dangerous, it can be cured by applying a kerosene sulfur lard ointment to all affected birds and perches, with bandaging in severe cases, plus nest and box sanitation to prevent reinfection.
A Parliamentary paper reports UK street railways totaling 38,680 miles with receipts of £1,342,933 and expenditures of £1,118,093 leaving £399,839. Passenger tally reaches 173,067,103 with 23,842,000 miles run. Horses number 12,392 and cars 261,619. Irish tramways riders rise from 8,000,000 in 1878 to over 12,000,000 in 1880 while Scotland with similar mileage serves over 40,500,000 travelers in 1880.
A composite excerpt outlines bizarre skating etiquette and personal conduct with humor, followed by public notices on Mississippi liquor laws, then local anecdotes. It cites Albany Press and La Fayette Daily Journal with remarks on license bonds, penalties, and civil or criminal actions for saloon-keepers, plus brief anecdotes about St Jacobs Oil efficacy and a minstering proverb.
Davenport Jr. Democrat reports Piso’s Cure for Consumption sold with a guarantee. In three years not a single bottle has been returned, a strong recommendation for the medicine.
An ad invites readers to obtain the e book The Liver Its Diseases And Their Treatment by sending eight 8 cent stamps. Address requests to Dr. Sanford at 162 Broadway New York.
Post paid marking service offered by F. H. Stoddard of Northampton, Maga. The linen marking product, described as Parson's Innétante Int, is marketed as the best for marking linen and will be sent after payment of 30 cents.
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