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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
3
Advice from the New York Advertiser on treating blistered feet. Soak nightly in salty water with a drop of vinegar and alum for tender blisters. Wear thick soled, well fitting boots with lambs wool socks and soft soap inside. If blisters swell, drain with a sterile needle to prevent infection.
A stranger asks for Grafton Street in Dublin and is directed the wrong way by a local who adds a quip about being left handed. The exchange ends with the visitor walking away bemused. The London Globe notes the humorous mix up.
A South African ceremony tests a groom by tying his hands in a bag with five ants for two hours. If he endures the stings without movement, he is deemed fit to handle married life and nagging. The piece suggests civilized society might adopt such a patience trial.
The Hairy Land or Russian vetch is a promising fodder crop for hot and cold spells, drought tolerance, and good forage. Planting windows span mid August to mid September or late April to mid May with seed rates of 1.5 bushels per acre, plus cultivation and mixtures for support. it stores well as silage, though hard to cure as hay.
Frank Wilbert Stokes recalls extended visits from an Esk tribe group of 200 or more to his house. They admired curios, read magazines, asked about pictures, sang a food chant, and praised coffee, pemmican, and biscuits. Women mended sealskin boots and carved ivory with skilled, if crude, artistry.
The article argues city life reduces physical vitality for the poor through polluted air, stress, and higher life costs. It notes life duration in towns is about 15 percent shorter than rural areas, earlier retirement, and rising irregular employment, citing Charles Booth on longer working life in the country. Contemporary Review.
A Niagara flora piece notes wild plants clinging to the sheer rock wall above Prospect Point. Colonies of Aquilogia canadensis and wild roses persist amid sparse soil, with creeping grapes, bittersweet, and ivy-like vines thriving along crevices. The piece argues the wild plants tolerate air and minimal soil, opposing cultivation on Bath Island and Goat Island.
The Moscow cups from the Czar era caused a deadly crush as collectors scrambled for them. White enamel with Slavonic tracery in blue and red bears the Russian imperial eagle and N I initials. The Enamel company of Vienna produced 600,000 in two months, about 10,000 daily. Valuable mainly as a mourning keepsake, not for intrinsic worth.
The era of Nabonassar begins with his accession to the throne of Babylon on Wednesday February 26 747 BC. He is noted as the reputed founder of the Babylonian monarchy and his era became well known for its use in astronomy by Ptolemy and other ancient chronologists.
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