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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
4
Narrator and siblings at Periwinkle endure coastal delights, social scrutiny, and a looming return to order. Sea scenes mix with gossip, crinoline clashes, and a tense supper as the governor readies punishment for imagined lapses while Alice’s fashion choices threaten a storm of disapproval. The diary ends with a cliffhanger of intruders in the rose garden.
Household advice explains keeping shoes and slippers in a sturdy door bag to preserve wear. Fig 1 shows a linen twill or ticking bag 25 by 26 inches with a pointed top and two deep pocket strips 1 inch by 36 inches, finished with dress braid and stitched for fullness.
A vintage guide describes making three pocket strips with box plaits and brass rings to hang bags inside closets. It details lining choices with rubber cloth or waterproof material, plus a decorative slipper case with a rounded front and embroidered cat-tail design.
A farm and garden note explains an effective crown grafting technique using angled cuts and bark slits for multiple ci ons, secured with paper and mud to exclude air. It also extols the value of a roller to crush clods and level soil, noting its benefits for heavy and light soils alike.
A four section sectional roller is described to reduce the turning strain on outer ends. The oak frame supports end pieces and a central block with rollers and journals. An iron roller box holds axles and supports, with a tongue forward for a business neck-yoke. A farm boiler is shown costing two dollars, built as a simple wooden box with a sheet iron bottom and brick foundation for stability.
The article details makeshift furnace construction using rails and stove pipes, urging farmers to heat with scrap wood. It explains a 10 by 20 foot silo weighing 40 tons ensilage, a 2 by 20 foot silo holding 160 tons, and notes ensilage content and feeding guidance. It also mentions ensilage yields, benefits, and a caution about inefficient manure handling near barns.
A description explains an illustrated ottoman with a felt strip near the top. Inside a corner, a nail through the bottom secures a medium baking powder can to hold a bottle of blacking.
The article extols garden culture, composting from yard waste, and careful seed selection. It covers garden planning, seed quality, cold frames, watering and ventilation, and notes the value of fresh seeds and advising neighbors to order catalogues. It includes a brief biographical snippet on John Paul Jones and ends with a testimonial for Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery for dyspepsia.
A reader from Whedford recounts ulcerated leg sores lasting nine years. After $100 in physician visits and many remedies, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil finally produced a complete cure, used internally and externally over eight bottles, and the writer hails it as the best medicine.
For nervous headache at the back of the neck rub camphor to ease pain without touching the skin. If children moan restlessly at night and show loss of appetite pale look and gnawing nails worms are likely the cause. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claims to remove coatings and relieve sufferers. Also a note on a Turkish sultan's fire screen made from tanned human skin said to be over 200 years old.
Report of a letter by Thos Sabin of Eglingtom describing removal of ten corns from TM Y using Holloway's Corn Cure. Includes instruction to others to perform the same procedure.
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