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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1892
Page
7
Hollister Sage describes a portable foot powered poultry treatment machine designed to rapidly apply larval- and pest-control to large flocks. The device uses a belt driven grooved wheels, a shaft with bristle brushes, and a kerosene scented lard applicator to disinfect and drench birds as attendants feed and manage the other yard tasks.
The township owns a road grader and a six horse machine to make a turnpike smooth. Experts drive the outfit in June and farmers add gravel from local pits to create a solid, well packed turnpike. Spring grading and fall graveling yield the best roads, with careful spreading to protect wagon wheels.
Jobo Gould explains old fashioned butter making from careful milk handling to aroma, churn types, and precise temperatures. He outlines supplying what the market wants, how to ripen cream, and how to salt and pack six pound pails for best color consistency and shelf life.
A simple windmill regulator uses a 12 foot pole mounted high on a building, a wire and pulley to a windmill, and a weight to engage or disengage the mill. Pull the lever to wind the mill, then secure to let it run. The setup lets the mill be controlled from a distance.
A fragmentary collage of old newspaper items includes stray dialogue about family life and errands, plus several medical advertisements and small notices. The text mentions Home remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Brown's Bronchial Teething medicine, with brief patriotic and humorous quips from various papers.
Fragmentary OCR shows drug ads and anecdotes including patent medicines by FJ Toledo and Druggists, a 1842 Dakota reservation notice, a Boston Transcript immigration notice, and various punning pleas. It mentions trials, salesmanship, and health claims, with scattered reader challenges.
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