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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1879
Page
4
A young naturalist recounts crossing a sand bar to stalk crocodiles on the Orinoco. After a first failed approach, a second larger specimen is shot by Chet while the narrator handles the tail to prevent escape. The ten foot eight inch male is skinned, carried to a canoe, and taken to Bolivar by Captain Ricci.
The piece urges women to sew their own clothes, noting affordable fabrics and patterns. It says modern machinery makes fabrics cheap, so mending and self-creation save money, encourage taste, and allow more dresses and accessories, with light colors and frequent renewal.
A historical note warns that phosphorous can be safely managed under water but ignites easily in air from minor friction, highlighting the dangers of handling this element.
Mrs Harman crafts lace lambrequins for kitchen windows using folded newspapers after a playful challenge from Mrs Brown. The two visit Harman’s cottage, learn her frugal method, and return home to imitate the look with folded pages.
San Francisco inventor J Blumel unveils a door attachment for fire alarm boxes. Turning the knob retracts two iron bars that grip the hand, imprisoning the alarm initiator until a fire engine arrives to unlock the device.
Han sen reveals a design that abolishes the keyboard. A semicircular copper cap over the type arms is pressed by fingers and linked by a rod to a single spring push button.
Professor E Wiedman reports that a gas at temperatures well below 100 C can be illuminated by electrical discharges. He suggests the effect arises from an exaltation of the living force of oscillatory movements of the other envelopes.
Fraudulent dealers adding starch to milk can be detected by a simple test from Dr. Vulpius. Coagulate with acetic acid, heat, filter, then add iodine to the whey. a blue cloud forms immediately if starch is present.
Jarmolink asserts that steel can be hardened not only by boiling water but also through boiling oil melting lead and melting zinc, suggesting alternative heat treatment methods.
In Jadan bamboo shoots are described as a dietary staple with a growing stage noted for nourishment that rivals cauliflower and asparagus in quality. The claim positions bamboo shoots as a valued food within local dietary habits.
The piece explains languor arising from a debil itating temperature, common in warm moist climates, with reduced vigor and reluctance to exertion. It notes accompanying bowel laxity and digestive upset, and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a strengthening and alterative remedy derived from vegetable sources.
An article explains removing metal fragments from bound grain using magnets. It outlines permanent and electro magnets installed in grain spouts, three magnet rows, easy cleaning, and variations with slots or rotating tanks. It also notes practical horse care advice about watering to prevent colic.
A historical notice details two home remedies for carpet beetles. First steep Cayenne pepper and strychnia in water, saturate carpet edges for ten minutes, treat seams, allow drying, and discard or label leftover poison. Second uses quassia chips with Cayenne pepper in water, applied similarly with care for skin irritation but nonpoisonous.
The article discusses methods to preserve hams during hot weather. It favors hanging hams in a dark, smokehouse to deter insects, noting two year old hams kept in darkness tasted very good. Other methods include bagging and whitewashing, using dry wood ashes, or packing in barrels with shavings.
A newspaper column urges readers to abandon costly doctors and fake cures. It promotes Hop Bitters as the great remedy and advocates relying on nature's simple remedies for all illnesses, promising wisdom and saving money. The piece references another column.
In Ross county Ohio Asa Kemper reports a home remedy to halt bleeding on people or animals using an equal mix of wheat flour and common salt wrapped in white cloth. For severe bleeding a large quantity may be used up to three pints and left on for hours or days if needed. A horse with a wounded artery survived after five minutes of this application and healed after the dressing loosened.
Joe Skinner, famed Oil City joker, staged a mud search on Seneca street causing a crowd to swell as rumors spread of a $2000 diamond pin. The scene escalated into a shove and a brawl before police hauled a man to the lockup while Skinner laughed at his hoax.
No man can do good work or write well when miserable dull and slug gish. Such condition can be easily removed by a little Hop Bitters as suggested in the other column.
A drunken Charles Clark confesses at the police court and is fined ten dollars after joking about the arrest. The piece contrasts the judge's wit with Clark's defiance while noting Dr Bull's Baby Syrup's stated popularity at 25 cents.
The text warns against keeping cattle stabled through winter and then turning them out in spring. It advises protecting stock, especially dairy cattle, from cold storms of wind and rain until days and nights are warm.
A toddler from Aaron Strickland’s Hillsborough farm vanishes during a sunny day near Tampa. After a nationwide search, blood, hair, and clothing clue a lake edge where a gator and pelvic bones of the child are found. The report attributes the death to saurian monsters drawn by a young cry.
An old and tested cathartic medicine named Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills speeds relief from an incipient cold and is widely used by families across the land. Price is stated as 25 cents.
A compact recipe outlines mixing half a pound each of sugar ground rice and butter with half a pound of flour, stir to a paste, and bind with eggs noting that two eggs are sufficient for the quantity.
A short home remedy advises mixing honey almond meal and olive oil into a paste to apply after washing with soap Castile soap is recommended for use. The mixture is said to cure scratches or cuts and prevent spots.
The method describes pounding roasted berries with sugar in a non metal mortar then placing two level tea spoons into a small tincup with water and boiling slowly for about half an hour. The hot liquid is poured into a China cup and allowed to settle without stirring. Avoid rapid roasting for better flavor.
William J. Andrews of Columbia Tennessee endorses Anahesis from Neustaedter & Co. New York after decades of bleeding and pain from hemorrhoids. He reports relief within days and praises distribution to friends. Samples sent free. price one dollar. sold by druggists and by mail.
A man instructs a boy on catching butterflies with a hat. The man tries and fails after half an hour, while the boy swiftly collects many colorful butterflies, pockets filled with specimens.
A Market man in B- was swindled, leaving him with a harsh impression of locals. He quips that even if the Angel Gabriel visited B- there would be no resurrection, since residents would swindle him of his horn before he could blow.
An ad declares Dobbins Electric Soap from Cragin & Co. Philadelphia reliably the best soap for all users and urges customers to try it to ensure lifelong use. The blurb frames the product as universally trusted and superior.
A laborer’s child and her mother view a deluxe doll in a Boulevard toy shop window. The child, Louise, says she would not want to be the doll’s servant but its mother, contrasting wealth and class in a brief moment.
An 19th century advertisement touts Jaynes Alterative as highly effective against scrofula in all forms. It claims to act on the blood, destroy the virus causing disease, and purge the body of the poisonous principle behind these afflictions.
A dialog shows HusBpaNp-Maria expressing loneliness and a husband asking about love since marriage. A boy seeks a reward for carrying a port manteau and asks how to answer inquiries about payment.
A musician responds tartly to a patron asking for extra gin in a rough, dialect filled exchange. He insists on two gins hot as his order and warns against insulting the profession. The skit highlights street vernacular and character wit.
The St Croix Courier notes that analysis of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's Catarrh Remedy found nothing objectionable and supports their sale. It argues against labeling owners as quacks for seeking profit, while English press after review endorses these family medicines as highly satisfactory.
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