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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1882
Page
4
A 19th century guide argues a woman’s power lies in pleasing others. It outlines ten rules from beauty and dress to modesty, maturity, and social tact, stressing mind and character alongside appearance, with cautions about fashion and fiction misrepresenting women.
A lighthearted note describes a man with a red nose who signals his mood without a visible placard. The description emphasizes that his smile alone announces the cause of cheer and sets his playful mood in motion.
Dr. Oswald argues modern living traps people in stale air and harms health. Each person requires over 3000 cubic feet of fresh air nightly, so ventilate workrooms, houses, sleeping rooms, schools, halls, and churches to prevent lung famine and disease.
In the Hippodrome of Constantinople the bronze serpent base of a golden tripod marks the allied Greek victory at Plataea. Names of Greek states are inscribed on the serpent, preserved by soil until 1855. A later helmet from Syracuse after its naval victory is noted. Olympia excavations promise further Hellenic finds.
In Hamburg a novel display of German coal arouses patriot and business interest. Promoters claim Westphalian coal surpasses English coal in power and Germany could rival England in production. Senator Godeffroy asserts the Westphalian basin could match England’s total yield for seven centuries, yet Germany still imports substantial English coal.
A old recipe claims a valuable remedy for heaves using forty sumac buds one pound of rosin one pint ginger half a pound mustard one pound of uns tacked lime one pound of epsom salts four ounces gum gulacum six ounces cream tartar mixed and divided into thirty powders given each morning on feed before watering.
Hundreds of farmers in Pennsylvania have stocked ponds and streams and seen success, especially with carp, as they increasingly depend on fish culture for subsistence in coming years.
Mr. Joan Sternen Hester of Walton Pa. recalls a gift from his uncle twenty two years ago a sheep with two lambs. Ten years later he had over five hundred sheep and now that flock exceeds one thousand as shown by his farming records.
The article explains how common vegetables affect body chemistry and digestion. It notes asparagus as a diuretic, sorrel as cooling, and carrots' yellow core as hard to digest, with onions and cauliflower stalks praised for health value when prepared properly. It also discusses lettuce’s narcotic action and cooking challenges for salads.
Thousands suffer from kidney and bowel ailments. Kidney-Wort acts on these organs to flush poisons and renew the whole body. Hundreds testify to its effects in the Pittsburg Post.
Butter quality hinges on many factors including cow, food, stable air and cleanliness. Cream develops pimples and spots from mildew when milk rooms are too damp, spreading off flavors. Remedies include lime to dry the room and burning sulphur to disinfect and kill molds. Check cows’ water as well.
Advertising claims tout Hop Bitters as easily proven to cure malaria fevers constipation liver and kidney torpidity debility nervousness and neuralgic pain by converting food into rich blood and restoring vigor to the aged and infirm.
The article criticizes farmers and writers who argue against shade in grazing fields. It notes cattle naturally seek shelter from the sun at certain hours, and frames providing shade as a humane, not costly, necessity during hot summers.
A letter from Battimore Md dated February 26 1881 states H H Waryer Co has a remedy that saved the writer from death due to Brights Disease. The testimonial is signed by 8 B Headington.
The article argues for using troughs for poultry feeding to prevent food loss and dirt. It describes simple trough designs with vertical or angled defenses to keep feed clean and accessible. It notes gravel and indigestible material should be provided separately for gizzards.
Physicians and apothecaries acknowledge Vegetine as the best purifier and cleanser of the blood. Thousands praise its effects after restoring health.
The currant is an excellent fruit worth broader growing. Historically abundant, its cultivation declined due to the currant worm but seems to improve in the last years. Versaillaise is a top variety, good for canning, with growth from cuttings and preference for rich moist soil.
Cows with constant water access drink little at a time and return to feeding. Denied water, milk and flesh suffer, and recovery to proper yield requires extra expense and effort.
The Philadelphia Press notes kidney diseases afflict many and grow, but virtues of Kidney-Wort curb progression and may speed recovery. It claims dry form is economical and liquid form most convenient for dosing.
Rice waffles require planning as the rice must be boiled a day ahead. Make a pudding today and reserve half a cup of cooked rice for tomorrow. Mix milk yolks butter salt soda flour and bake in hot waffle irons for a crisp breakfast.
Read testimonials praise the Knight's Asthma Cure for asthma and hay fever. If confirmed by correspondence with named parties, the medicine is said to cure even aggravated cases and prevent or end the annual attacks when taken timely.
Take one pound of shell bark kernels and roll or chop them. Beat the whites of seven eggs to a stiff froth and add to one pound of powdered sugar and two tablespoons of flour mixed together. Fold in the rolled kernels. Line shallow pans with buttered paper and drop a teaspoonful of mixture, spacing well. Bake like macaroons.
An advertisement asserts a man becomes three times the man he was before using Wells Health Renewer. It promotes a $1 pamphlet from the druggist and provides a Jersey City address for order information.
Chop two dozen clams finely then melt butter in a pan. Stir in a small spoon of rice flour and add a gill of new milk until thickened. Add clams and heat slowly. Serve with toast sippets. Eat hot and season with pepper and salt.
A letter from Providence dated February 25 1881 details H R Stevens being cured of the Red Canker Humor after using several bottles of Vegetine. The correspondent J Edgar Crandall signs from 22 Perkins Street.
E T Mahon of Mahon Brothers Dry Goods Merchants reports VEGETINE restored his vigor after hard business, and helped his sister in England with nervous prostration and debility. He believes VEGETINE could have large sale in England if introduced there.
A domestic kitchen note describes dissolving gelatine in warm water then making a custard from milk cream eggs corn starch and sugar. Layer a two quart mold with lady fingers macaroons citron and douse with Jamaica rum or brandy. Combine gelatine and custard, add nectar, freeze in ice and salt, unmold with hot water pour and serve.
A Wheeling West Virginia resident credits a female weakness treatment with dramatic relief after one bottle of Favorite Prescription. The missive praises Dr Pierce’s remedies and lists many culinary and household recipes and tonic products.
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