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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1881
Page
4
Agricultural guidance lists pests such as green fly red spider scales mealy bugs and thrips along with control methods. Emphasizes washing plants, bruising pests, and moving infested plants outside before final washing and returning to sunlit windows. Greenhouse thrips are killed by tobacco smoke.
Planning for ornamental trees should occur before planting. Evergreen can wait but needs moisture, and roots must not dry. For lawns apply dry manure only when thoroughly rotted. use ashes or guano as alternatives. Kentucky Blue Grass suits heavy soil. red top with white clover for light soil. Sow seed in two directions, 3–6 bushels per acre. Prepare soil, press sod with board and heavy weight. Repair walks after ground settles. Uncover bulbs after frost ends and finalize beds and plantings with layouts.
The article questions whether artificially coloring butter is wrong and finds the practice acceptable since coloring agents are harmless and the final product is pure and preferred by consumers. It argues the farmer benefits if the process is properly applied.
Choose seed tomatoes by size and smoothness rather than rushing for the first ripened fruits. Pick among the best specimens on the vines, focusing on quality over speed.
A Welsh herdsman named John Thomas aided Abraham Darby in the first successful cast of an iron pot in 1709 at Bristol England. The two worked overnight to perfect a sand mould process and kept the method secret for generations. The Thomas family remained key agents from 1709 to 1822.
Mr Shirley Hibberd displayed watercress pans fifteen inches wide at a Royal Horticultural Society meeting. He demonstrated frame or plant house aid enabling pan culture in winter and noted the cresses grew rapidly in six weeks and were daily gathered for the table.
Fresh charcoal has been found to absorb ammonia gas at about ninety times its volume, indicating high adsorption capacity. Further tests compare performance with standard absorbents and note potential industrial applications.
A seasoned fabric craftswoman describes collecting rags for rag carpets by tearing washing and winding into balls inside a tobacco-lined barrel. She details rag yield per yard of cloth warps and knots per yard, notes coloring not used, and stresses durable wear from frequent use over sweeping. She notes simple tools and methods for best results and comfort in production.
A humorous courtroom exchange features a long-legged bow-back sailor named Sam Blunt who talks of chopping wood, seeking work, and gliding to Detroit. The judge, hearing the tall tale, refuses to jail him, sending him back to the spring slush to resume his chopping until the season opens.
An advertisement proclaims Carboline as the best hair restorer and deodorizers, claiming thousands of certificates prove its superiority over other hair dressings amid sensational phrasing.
In Freeport bulletin a Butteville Oregon man J B Ferschweiller reports relief from severe rheumatism after using St Jacob's Oil claiming the leg swelling vanished and mobility returned.
An alum based guide outlines varied household uses from skin care to throat cures and dental tricks. It mentions soothing pimples, keratoses on lips and tongue, sore throat with vinegar water salt and pepper, toothache relief with pulverized alum and salt, bread with butter, cookies with molasses, quick cement by melting alum, nerve deadening with alum on hot surface, and hardening cucumbers after brine.
An elderly woman scolds a persistent young man who smokes in a railway waiting room while he jokes that smoking cures him. He claims health benefits and jokes about “training” his mouth like Vesuvius as the dialogue turns humorous.
A derisive remark about General Sigel as a naval officer leads to a fatal smallpox warning for a malicious speaker. The tale includes a street exchange over ashes, pants, and a merchant's quip. The ad claims Vegetine is now prescribed for scrotula and blood diseases by leading doctors.
A home paste recipe dissolves alumina in warm water then thickens with flour and powdered resin. It includes cloves for scent and yields a porridge like mixture that cools into a usable paste. The paste keeps twelve months and writes without glossing the paper.
A fragment shows Mr Henpeck pondering “There’s no place like home” and muttering about a motto, then approving with “I’m glad there isn’t.” The line suggests comic domestic humor and a cheerful twist on home life.
A saloon keeper praises a young man described as honest for selling his vote to cover a whisky bill. The text quips that reform late in life rarely brings temperance and muses on why pianos are regarded as noble goods for being upright, grand and square.
Frank O. Herring of Champion Safe Works on Broadway New York reports St Jacob's Oil relieves stiffness and soreness in the shoulder with pleasant and efficacious effects.
Mrs A A Dinsmore of 19 Russell Street endorses Vegetine Blood Preparation noting its effectiveness for Scrofula Canerous Humors and Rheumatic affections. She claims years of family use and highly recommends the medicine as a superior blood purifier and spring remedy.
A halibut steak about a pound is seasoned with garlic, topped with tomatoes and bread crumbs, dotted with butter and salt, and baked twenty minutes. Serve on a dish for presentation.
In Central Falls Rhode Island on October 19 1877 A D Wheeler testifies to Dr H R Stevens praise of Vegetine claiming long illness from dropsy water between heart and liver and that after using thirty bottles he fully recovered expressing deep gratitude.
A claimed sure cure is described using a poultice from macerated commor field thistle leaves for affected parts and a decoction made by boiling leaves. The drink, one wineglass before meals, is suggested as part of the remedy.
A letter from South Berwick Maine dated January 17 1872 reports severe long running dyspepsia relief after taking Vegetine. Thomas E Moore Overseer of Gard Room Portsmouth Co's Mills cites weight gain and improved digestion and notes others in town also benefiting from Vegetine.
Mix juice and rind of two large lemons with half a pound of powdered sugar. Beat two eggs and fold in two thirds cup sponge cake crumbs. Line pans with paste and bake to finish.
Advertises seven color Shakespeare themed card designs offered free with a grocer purchase of seven bars of Dobbins Electric Soap. Instructions request buyers to collect receipts from grocers and mail them with a request, or pay 25 cents to receive the cards. Include address: 116 South 4th Street Philadelphia.
A soaked man stands in a public square in heavy rain in the small hours holding his night key and peering into darkness. The watchman asks why he remains in place as the square seems to revolve, while the man insists he is waiting for his door to appear.
A reader from St Paul reports that after using Hop Bitters for less than two months his wife, who had been chronically unwell, recovered and has remained well for eighteen months. He admits he was initially skeptical and enjoyed being humbugged.
A diner questions oyster freshness and the waiter rebuffs by saying he cannot verify for the customer. The piece jokes about coffee served with whipped cream and a stray organ grinder being turned away, illustrating street humor in busy restaurants and moral quips about reciprocity.
Mr Wm J Andrews of Columbia Tenn testifies after twenty years of hemorrhoids that Anakesis cured bleeding and pain within days. He promotes the remedy by Neustaedier Co New York and notes free samples and mail order. The ad also mentions Kidney-Wort as a liver bowels kidney remedy and lists favorite composers in a brief aside.
A historic recipe describes lemon butter sakes made by boiling one pound sugar with whites of six eggs yolks of two and juice and grated rind of three lemons for twenty minutes. Line pans with puff paste fill and bake to finish.
The text advises keeping oat meal on the washstand and rubbing it on hands during washing. It then describes making a homemade pomade from white wax spermaceti camphor and olive oil, melted and cooled to soap-like thickness, for hand care. It also suggests wearing gloves day or night to keep hands white.
One of the era’s popular medicines, Hop Bitters, is widely used and said to build up users. It tastes less pleasant than whiskey bitters and resembles old fashioned bone set tea in effect. The note urges readers to try Hop Bitters if not feeling well.
A humorous exchange turns on a pun as a confidant asks about advocating women’s rights and the spinster redefines “women’s lefts” as widowers. The quip frames gender roles with a light, old-fashioned wit.
A writer claims women have been restored to perfect health through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, presenting a testimonial style note about its restorative effects for female ailments.
The passage links a man’s new role to a barrel in Montana and notes matches are said to be made in heaven but rarely feel that way in practice. It also mentions oleomargarine users living on the fat of the land.
Quality and efficacy considered, Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is without exception the best cough preparation in the market priced at 25 cents a bottle.
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