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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1882
Page
4
A mourner asks a newspaper editor to craft a memorial piece for his wife who died, detailing costs, casket, flowers, and social role. The editor composes a simple tribute praising her while exposing the expenses and sensational public interest in funeral spending.
Proper stage for cutting flowers matters next to production. Do not cut until fully developed except certain types. Keep blooms on plants as long as they stay in good condition and arrange with ample foliage and clean water. Use long stems, avoid crowding, and refresh water and arrangements regularly. White and yellow flowers suit most colors, pinks pair well with white or yellow.
The text notes charcoal as an odor absorbing material for disinfectants, claiming it can absorb gases when laid on plates in a sick room. It also includes a garbled quotation about a painting and a forgotten phrase in English, illustrating the awkward language.
Instructions for creating a long lasting melon patch on sandy soil. Plow deep furrows, bury manure, form ridges with stakes as centers, plant six seeds per six foot circle plus radish center to deter bugs, mulch and weed control, harvest when fruit reaches eight inches, rotate seed lines yearly to preserve the ridge.
Farmers rely on clover to renovate soils and enrich future crops. Let clover mature before plowing when used for soil improvement, and cut early for seed to maximize root development and nitrogen. Drain and thoroughly cultivate to unlock latent soil nutrients, then grow clover to save rather than create plant food.
Practical advice on greasing schedules for farm wagons carts and carriages, noting oil types and intervals from Monday greasing for farm wagons to thirty to fifty miles for light carriages, with emphasis on keeping spindles clean. Also discusses stock usage, soil depletion, and forest fodder versus grass as feed.
The article advises trenching beds for roses and enriching soil with rotten manure. It recommends horse manure for stiff heavy land to improve texture and aeration, and cow manure for light sandy soil for cooling and root nourishment.
The practice, long established with a family correspondent and his father for fifty years, trims excess weak stalks as weeds. This thinning aims to prevent overcrowding and improve yield, with the seed cut to single eyes to reduce competition and promote larger tubers.
A proponent argues against farming the same thirty acre field for meager yields. He suggests higher productivity per acre, claiming twenty-five to thirty bushels of wheat per acre and fifteen to thirty bushels of corn are achievable instead of the small returns from decades of the same routine.
The recipe instructs soaking shad roes in salted cold water, drying and frying with scallops, then preparing mashed potatoes from maitre d hotel trimmings and additional potatoes. The dish is plated with a potato ring, roes in the center, scallops inside, and served hot after browning.
Instructions for New Strine Beans prepared with an allemande style sauce using butter flour and lemon juice. Includes steps for boiling beans cooling, making a thick sauce, whisking eggs into sauce, and serving with salmon and garnishes. Also covers a Strance Puppine pudding with ginger brown sugar and soda in a boiling-water pudding, served with wine sauce.
Two eggs with weight in flour and butter, beat butter to cream with sugar, add eggs, mix in flour, fold in raspberry jam, then a half teaspoon soda. Boil or steam about one hour forty five minutes. Serve with wine or sweet sauce or use rice treacle and ginger instead of jam.
A collage of kitchen instructions includes chocolate pie topping, a ricotta tomato soup method with clove onion and herbs, a rich creamed sugared butter cake batter, a complexion bran wash, and powdered starch to prevent chapping and sewing needle rust.
Take half a pound of figs and a quarter pound of bread crumbs. Add three tablespoons sugar, two and a half sticks of butter, one cup of milk and two eggs. Butter a mould, sprinkle crumbs, pour in mixture and steam three hours. Serve with rich sauce.
A local Amesbury man planted dynamite bombs in his garden to deter hens. One hen, famed for wrecking gardens and scolding residents, triggered the sole blast and vanished the others remain unfound. The garden may lie abandoned for years as the hen meets vengeance.
Reading Eagle cites Kidney-Wort as a purely vegetable remedy aiding kidneys liver and bowels and urges its use instead of bitters or drastic pills. The advertisement notes dry and liquid forms sold by druggists.
A humorous exchange mocks fashion and beauty myths as characters discuss cosmetics and health. Miss Spinks and Miss S. debate beauty rules, while Mr. Poodlesby and Mr. Poodlesby ponder exceptions to the rule and the value of Hop Bitters.
A physician letter from August 13 1881 notes H H Warner & Co Safe Kidney and Liver Cure cured kidney trouble in every instance cited by the author Atrrep Watton M D. The testimonial claims universal cures across cases.
A chatter of snippets from a prayer meeting includes a humorous misreference to Abraham Beelzebub and remarks about hair restoration. A Maryland old-timer praises Seller's Liver Pills as essential, while other asides touch on sobriety, wit, and a bragging misquote. A reel fact links whiskey to crooked walks and Lydia E Pinkham's remedy is pitched as cure for various ailments.
An elderly speaker named Isom contends he lacks enough fence to vote and describes an incident at a bacon store where a man paid him fifty cents premium on a silver dollar. He explains losing fifty cents and questions his fitness to vote and the federal status of his freedom.
Dr L. 2 McMillan of Breesport New York reports recovery from congested lungs liver soreness and joint pain after using Golden Medical Discovery. He claims the medicines would eliminate many doctors' work and urges families to try them.
Trey and Deacon Jones debate existence of humans after death. Brown argues if animals do not exist after death, neither does man. Deacon Jones replies that Brown could convince him if anyone could.
Dear Sir I report that after following your Favorite Prescription advice I could hardly stand on my feet before, but I am perfectly cured Now I am grateful for your counsel Mrs Cornelia Allison Peosta Iowa Also a brief cartoon vignette shows a joke about a sick man losing hope prior to a supposed recovery
The World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York rebuilt after a blaze a year earlier now houses patients. The Invalids' Guide Book details treatment terms and includes the association address with two stamps.
A fire ended with a wry reason none of the firemen could play the piano so it could not be saved. A Chinaman provoked laughter by asking what the waves were saying and answering Washee washee.
Advertisement claims Kidney-Wort acts directly on secretions to purify and restore kidney health while regulating the bowels. It urges readers to buy a package today from druggists as a cure, with both liquid and dry forms available, as cited by the Binghamton Republican.
A playful riddle notes the whale’s habit of surfacing to spout as the reason it earns the nickname politician of the sea. The quip hinges on the whale repeatedly appearing at the surface to emit a spout.
A narrative collage of testimonials touting Hop Bitters and other remedies. The Mother credits Hop Bitters with restoring health and family happiness after long illness, while other snippets promote Vegetine as a blood purifier and Caswell Hazard cod liver oil. Additional lines joke about ants and bulls and invite readers to learn home cures by mail.
A jumble of early 20th century ads tout health elixirs and nerve restorers. Claims include Wells Health River for nervous debility and dyspepsia, Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, and Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher. Promotions mention prices and mail order from Jersey City and Philadelphia addresses.
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