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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1884
Page
4
A reporter visits a New York factory where fifteen to twenty girls clip cut and assemble muslin flowers. The process uses muslin Victoria lawn, stamp on veins, dyes, and wax to create realistic petals and leaves. Wages average about four dollars daily for skilled workers while unskilled stamping pays three cents a gross.
Instructions describe slicing white cabbage, salting in layers with coriander and juniper, pressing down each layer, storing in a barrel, fermenting in a dry cellar, drawing off brine daily, and replacing it until the liquor clears. final readiness after about a month. Mentions John Kerstetter Jr as an expert carpenter offering plans and drawings.
Col Tom Clark of Brooklyn loved his cat more than meat, but the daily pound of mince vanished. He calls his helper Bill to testify as the cat and scales reveal a pound of meat but no cat, leaving the colonel baffled by the missing feline.
An appeal from Renner Manufacturing Co seeks energetic agents across the United States and Canada to sell a patent article with high profits and exclusive county rights. The firm cites agents earning 150 to 600 dollars monthly and guarantees refunds if sales fail within set trials. Send three one cent stamps for circulars and agency details to 166 Smithfield St Pittsburgh Pa.
Having leased the Gratin House of Smith & Co. at Coburn Pa for years we are prepared to pay cash.
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