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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1880
Page
4
An English woman outlines home washing methods using bicarbonate of soda and ammonia on fabrics. She advises avoiding soap on dark woolens and silk, boiling soap for most items, air drying, mangle drying, and ironing on the wrong side. She explains button and shirt practices and stitching quilts and tablecloths for strength.
The text argues that a crabbed bachelor would praise women for their careful research into medicines and choose Hop Bitters as best for family health at low cost, dismissing previous baseless sentiments. It reflects a Victorian tone from the Picayune.
An old sailor shares a method to make potted salmon from canned fish using butter essence of anchovy cayenne mace tarragon vinegar and black pepper. Pack in a jar set in a hot water bath stir until cool then seal for weeklong preservation with beef suet if kept longer. Also noting Pittsburgh sales of 849746 bottles of CARBOLINE as a joke about baldness.
An 19th century note describes a home method to imitate natural seltzer by dissolving calcium and magnesium chlorides with citrate iron tartaric acid and bicarbonate in water then bottle fermentation, followed by six hours rest. It also touts Cossixs Electric Soap by Cragin & Co Philadelphia as pure and effective for delicate fabrics.
A brief note describes a simple cookie or pastry dough method using two cups butter two cups sugar three eggs and flour to roll thin then dust with white sugar before baking. It captures a home style recipe snippet from a vintage column.
A 19th century column promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for children's diseases and a family gingerbread recipe with molasses, butter and soda. It also notes a brisk sales pitch for the product at 25 cents and includes playful household anecdotes about the Broug ham family crockery mishaps.
An 19th century advertisement touts prompt relief from cramps and Asiatic cholera using Dr. Jaynes Culminative salts. It claims speedy aid and a certain cure for bowel ailments.
In a tale from Mormon country, Mr. Goober is pressured by an elder to take more wives. Mrs. Goober challenges the idea, but the elder’s visit turns comical as Goober battles a broom and a ladder. A celestial revelation later spares him from further wives.
A Fifeshire farmer sends his man to a neighboring farm where hospitality includes bacon and oatmeal cakes. The guest eats only the bacon and asserts the feast is strong enough without bread, declining the bread offered by the hostess.
Lucy reads a letter from a bold suitor as Augusta questions the proposal. Lucy weighs merit versus charm noting the man’s boldness and potential as a spouse while joking about her cooking as a practical perk.
A Boston lady told her husband that Hop Bitters cured her fourteen year struggle with sick headaches and neuralgia. After the first treatment produced relief she persevered until full recovery and praised it so highly that twenty two families in her circle adopted it as their regular medicine.
A skeptical buyer questions Krupp’s claim that a needle-gun can kill two hundred men per minute. He insists on hours of trial before purchase and wonders if a failed product would be refunded. Warnings about overhyped warranties and the risk of buyer regret follow.
During a dinner Monsieur X and his wife share a bottle of Bordeaux. He plans to finish the last half glass, but she begs him not to drink it, fearing a remarriage within the year. She pours the wine into her own glass and drinks it instead.
The advertisement proclaims VEGETINE as acknowledged by all classes of people to be the best and most reliable brood purifier in the world.
A judge recalls his own son Bob in a drunkenness case and fines him two dollars plus costs. He jokes he would impose ten dollars if it wouldn’t come from his own pocket.
An itinerant merchant meets a member of his fraternity and questions feeding his fine pony. The responder jokes that the horse has ample oats at home but no time to eat them, highlighting the humorous exchange about care and appetite.
A man in a slow-moving carriage on London Bridge lowers his window after a tap, losing his hat to a thief who vanishes in the fog. A judge questions the culprit about drinking as the exchange ends with the prisoner quipping about lost fun. The piece adds a rail of joke items about goop story tellers and elevator conductors.
The World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo led by Dr R V Pierce promotes a globe spanning medical line. The firm runs a large Buffalo establishment and a major London branch manufacturing and distributing family medicines including Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purga tive Pellets, with Dr Pierce’s extracts and Favorite Prescription sold by druggists worldwide.
A Brownsville reader praises Simmons' Liver Regulator as a cure for sick headache, claiming three years headache free after using two and a half packages and notes a sister also found relief. The letter follows a discussion on agricultural experimentation and soil evaporation.
Anakesis described as a universal cure for piles by Dr. Silsbee with claims of half a million users and endorsements from physicians. The ad asserts immediate relief and eventual cure, offering free samples from Neustaedter & Co. in New York and selling through druggists at $1 per box.
A promotional fragment asserts Kidney-Wort gives immediate tonic power restoring kidney, bone, and liver function to renew life and strength in a weary body.
Worcester's Quarto Dictionary stands as the standard authority for American and English scholars. The abridgement includes an illustrated vocabulary of over 18 000 words, foreign words and phrases, abbreviations, spelling rules, and numerical tables. Publishers will mail the work on receipt of 63 cents.
A book on the Liver its diseases and their treatment sent free. Includes treatises on Liver Complaints Torpid Liver Jaundice Biliousness Headache Constipation and Malaria. Address Dr Sanford 162 Broadway New York City NY.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan announces a 30 day trial for their Electro Voltaic Belts. They guarantee cures and invite inquiries without delay.
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