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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1880
Page
4
A British plan by Mr Chetwynd for post office notes aims to replace low value money orders and improve small-sum remittance. The notes would be non legal tender, limited in currency, and payable through government banks with indorsed security to deter forgery.
The text explains that waste products resemble blood constituents, so diet must supply nitrogenous, carbonaceous, and saline elements plus fat and water. It emphasizes regular, adequate, age appropriate meals with a mixed quality of food, noting adults need three meals daily and children more frequent meals, and warns against excessive, single-class diets.
The Canada Farmer reports a convention adopted a creed affirming small farms and thorough cultivation. It emphasizes deep plowing, soil improvement, profitable crops, skilled farming, and disciplined storage and marketing. It also advocates good fences, homes, orchards, and orderly practices.
In crowded Paris quarters Dr Delpech notes large apiaries near Sare and Vilette, with about two hundred hives in winter, rising in spring. Bees steal sugar from sugar-refineries, produce honey, and injure workers who handle hot molds. Ammonia bottle aids sting management as bees prefer syrup over molasses and thrive on cane honey.
The article notes that switching from meal to bran reduces butter yield by 17.7 percent while switching to meal increases milk butter capacity by 21.8 percent. It advises testing sugar beets or mangels for cows, grinding cob with corn, and under draining orchards on heavy soils. It emphasizes gradual quality gains in milk with repeated feeding and soil pressing for seed germination.
A surge of interest returns to sheep raising as buyers seek Merino rams and breeders note a trend toward quality stock. A gentleman recently asked where to buy several car loads of top Merinos for shipment to the Southwest, signaling renewed vigor in the industry.
The article notes that overly fat dairy cows lose value and should not be fed heavily. It suggests only accepting extra cows as presents when there is ample pasture beyond the main herd to eat.
The text advises cutting herbs like mint balm lavender sage as they begin to flower and laying them in shade to dry gradually. Drying in sun is discouraged, as shade drying yields better quality for drying, distillation, or other uses.
The article notes a strong Scotch interest in shale product output including naptha, paraffin, and ammonia. It highlights extensive shale deposits in upper Devonian shale and coal measures, with Liebig cited on the value of producing paraffin from coal. Scotland distills about 800,000 tons of shale yearly to yield roughly 30 million gallons of crude oil and 12 million of refined oil.
Guidance on housing ducklings in pens for the first week, moving coops thrice weekly, and opening pens on pleasant days after dew. Advice covers water, predator protection, feeding palms, and the advantages of water access for cleanliness and growth.
In a period advertisement a product titled Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup is promoted as a substitute for Opium preparations for infants. The claim notes rapid disappearance of Opium from preparations once the syrup is used and markets the syrup as sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
Simple barley water method instructs washing two tablespoons barley in a quart jar with sugar and salt, fill with boiling water, stir briefly, cover and cool. In twelve hours it is ready. repeatable for multiple servings as needed. Optional lemon peel and calf's foot jelly suggested to improve taste and value.
This English method explains cooking fish without sealing. Dust with flour, grill slowly, cut a skin-deep slit along the back, then broil until the skin and scales peel away. Open the jelly and remove the flesh, then scrape and rinse to preserve flavor and firmness.
A reader submits a simple three year tested soap recipe using concentrated lye dissolved in soft water, melted grease, sassafras oil, and a warm curing period before cutting into bars for use.
The advertisement proclaims VEGETINE as trusted by all classes as the best and most reliable blood purifier in the world.
A traditional preparation uses one large cabbage or substitute cauliflower, peppers, onions, and horse radish boiled in salted water. Vegetables soak in a hot vinegar blend of turmeric and mustard seed, then cooled with salad oil and mustard.
The article specifies a glass batch for opal and ala baster glass using Felspar from 20 to 78 percent, blue lime from 17 to 60 percent, and heavy spar from 5 to 40 percent. It outlines a range rather than fixed percentages for each component.
The President of the World's Dispensary Medical Association requests users who have not benefited from their family medicines to write descriptions of their illnesses. They seek guidance on treatment from the association’s faculty. Products named include Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, Extract of Smart-Weed, and Dr Pierce’s Pellets.
A near sighted man sat by the farebox in a Cohoes street car when a lady dropped her handkerchief in his lap. Not noticing the loss, he was watched by a gentleman opposite who covered the kerchief with his paper and hid it, continuing to read.
A man sawing wood in a back yard declares to his wife that the country must slaughter all Injuns. She responds by mocking his plan and notes the difficulty of capturing a squaw. He returns to the wood-pile after the exchange.
The Boston Globe extols Hop Bitters as a valuable tonic for stomach appetite and blood purification. It argues prevention beats cure and urges readers to try Hop Bitters before illness worsens.
A Helena Texas man believes a global flood will come next November and is constructing an ark to house fifty people with food for forty days and forty nights. He offers round trip tickets at $500 each, but has not sold any tickets, as people fear sea sickness.
A Hartford couple and their daughter visited a lawyer to arrange a separation. The husband cited incompatibility of temper as the issue. The wife and daughter reacted with astonishment, exclaiming, Good heavens only hear him.
A hearing rumors of a woman who swallowed a needle and later regurgitated it from arm to throat. The tale grows wilder with claims of a sewing machine, work basket, spools of thread, and a thimble bearing her name found in her throat, but certainty is lacking.
An advertisement claims ballheaded men can regain hair using CansoLinx a deodorized petroleum extract marketed as the real hair renewal. The copy emphasizes recent improvements and absolute efficacy.
In Arlington Minnesota residents complained of weak local industries until a stranger established a Limburger cheese factory, boosting the town’s industrial strength and provoking mixed reactions among citizens.
A Goran Club starts in New York requiring members to be at least six feet two inches tall. Short men are not admitted though some members run short when paying butcher and tailor bills.
A settler in Arkansas describes an iron spring whose water is so powerful that horses drinking from it never need horseshoes, claiming the nails grow on their feet naturally. The remark highlights local folklore about a magical mineral spring and its perceived effects on livestock.
A passenger recounts a man with dire family issues including a son hanged a son in the penitentiary and a wife who eloped prompting the census taker asking about family. His reply, None to speak of, underscores the stark contrast between private hardship and official inquiries.
An old medical ad notes that suffering is hard for adults and babies, and promotes Dr Buils Baby Syrup as a remedy for colic diarrhea and other baby ailments.
A child bids farewell to a father about to leave on a journey. The boy says I love you thirty miles long, while the sister adds you will never ride to the end of my love, revealing tender family sentiment.
A distressed customer complains that four newly bought chairs are broken. The upholsterer retorts that only someone could have sat on them, implying misuse or mishandling. The exchange reflects a domestic dispute over furniture quality.
A brief dialogue shows Patrick disputing a coat fitting as he had no new coat and complains it was not present at the time of measurement. The other speaker confirms the mismatch.
A schoolmaster asks how to define the expression black as your hat and a pupil answers with darkness that may be felt, delivering a sharp retort about literal interpretation and vivid language.
An Alabama editor notes a corn crop article and remarks on a large ears exhibit in his sanctum. The ad praises Cragin & Co. Philadelphia made Dobbins Electric Soap claiming superior workhorse performance and says millions of intelligent women agree. Also mentions tall white felt hats seven inches high in crown.
Ty is strongly suspected to be involved in a circus plot tied to Snewign. Investigators focus on potential ringmaster connections and unusual performances at regional venues. Authorities urge witnesses to come forward with any relevant details or recordings.
A brief notice claims Dr Jaynes Carminative Balsam offers relief for common family complaints during the season. It notes its admitted efficacy for cramps diarrhoeas and summer ailments and urges keeping it on hand for use when needed.
An old opinion links suicide risk to despondence from Torpid Liver and claims Simmons Liver Regulator removes gloom restoring cheer and clear headedness, turning life into a worthwhile venture once more.
The article describes making steel tyres for wheels by forming circular paper blocks from straw board, stacking ten sheets per disk, and pressing to 1 800 psi. Blocks dry for days, are turned to exact diameters in a lathe, then bolted with an inner rim and boiler iron plates to prevent expansion. Hubs are also lathed to precise gauges for various wheel sizes.
The New Haven Palladium cites Womar urging women to prioritize family health over fashion. She advises providing Hop Bitters at first sickness signs to prevent illness and related costs and worry, urging all women to exercise such wisdom.
It is well known that glass gains toughness by annealing in oil and metals gain hardness by a similar method. German engravers and watchmakers reportedly harden tools in sealing wax. Heat the tool to whiteness then plunge into wax, repeat until the steel is too cold to enter, yielding very hard steel suitable for engraving and piercing hard metals.
An advertisement asserts Kidney-Wort cures kidney and liver diseases, claiming relief from torpid bowels and pain without suffering and promises a permanent improvement. The text markets the product as a complete remedy with radical effects.
A book on liver diseases and treatment is sent free. Includes treatises on liver complaints, liver pain, jaundice, biliousness, headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and malaria. Address Dr. Sanford 162 Broadway New York City NY.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan invites customers to try their celebrated Electro Voltae Belts for eighty days with a money back guarantee. Write to them for details and orders.
Edwin Freeman of Norton Massachusetts says years of kidney pain ended after three years on Hunt's Remedy. He bought a bottle at Blanding's drug store Providence took the first dose there and after one bottle his pain vanished. He reports no trace of disease and no further medicine. Trial size 75 cents.
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