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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1882
Page
4
A seaside walk reveals hermit crabs inhabiting old shells and a large robber crab, with notes on their anatomy and behavior. The scene shifts to Solonensia razor shells, apex siphons, and a fisherman’s haul, ending with a discovery of a long string of egg capsules from Pyrrhula caurica, totaling 3 630 small shells.
Luzich Hunt was pressed by a lady at dessert to venture on an orange. He replied he would be happy to do so but feared he might tumble off.
An Illinois correspondent describes a hazardous rat trap using a beer cask, water, and a diamond cut bait platform. The method aims to drown multiple rats by balance and drop, claiming a dozen caught in one night. author links overfeeding poultry to rat shortages and asserts the trap’s effectiveness.
Farmers report that abundant skim milk with flaxseed produced strong Jersey heifer calves weighing around 500 pounds by six to seven months. Flaxseed jelly improves digestion, oil boosts muscle and bone development, and linseed meal helps when milk runs short. Cottonseed meal is avoided due to digestion issues and constipation.
During an unusually hot season pear trees showed leaf browning as roots could not meet leaf moisture loss. White washing the bark cooled it, reducing further browning and helping trees endure the heat with healthier appearance and sustained vigor.
Plants near walls and piazzas often need water during dry periods. Dig a basin around each plant, pour a bucket of water to soak in, then lightly cover the surface. This method retains moisture for weeks and improves watering efficiency, unlike surface flooding which compacts soil and hastens drying.
The text advises to pick oldest pea pods first to prolong bearing and collect with both hands to avoid damaging the plants. It also notes an Insh farmer who claims fowls on grass meadows cause no damage, eating grubs and dropping manure that improves the pasture near his home.
Farmers learn cottonseed meal serves as feed for most stock and produces valuable manure after feeding. It requires careful use and is best mixed with at least half its bulk in wheat bran.
Some poultry keepers remove a hen's first hatch and place the eggs with another hen, then reuse the original hen as a setter. This method can materially increase the number of chicks in a flock over a season.
During eight rainy summer days stock grow uncomfortable if kept indoors. Allow grazing by turning to barnyard sheds and stables. Feed liberally with green fodder, at least as good as winter pasture.
Observation notes that with spacing of three feet apart both ways there are 4,860 hills per acre and a harvest of one bushel per thirty hills yields over 160 bushels per acre. It highlights that this far exceeds typical good-year crops and signals great potential for potato-growing improvements.
A reader notes planting sunflowers to harvest seeds for occasional poultry feed next fall and winter. The plan aims to supplement diets and reduce external feed purchases.
A mix of household recipes covers glycerine leather conditioning for machinery, neutral gutta percha paste, puddings with suet and currants, Harp Money Cake and cake fillings, Danvevion Tea, potato croquettes, mock mayonnaise, macaroni soups, tomato macaroni, poor man’s fruit cake, pineapple pie, veal pie, cabbage fried with cream, and simple pastry doughs. Read as practical guidance for home crafts and meals with named ingredients and steps.
A humorous scene under an apple tree shows a farmer scything, a boy at the grindstone, and a bright young lady asking to pick daisies. He jokes that they may keep the daisies if they pull them up by the roots in exchange for board and clothes for the summer, prompting his odd, ungracious laugh.
In Greenwicn on February 11 1880 the Hop Bitters Co. touts its product as able to cure sick individuals with proof found in cases within their neighborhood. A testimonial claims two bottles cured scrofula consumption previously deemed fatal by doctors.
In a moonlit doorstep exchange Cruguty irks a calf by acts that offend her. He ponders a literary path, joking of Hawthorne and Bunthorne as the scene fades. The couple end in an eternal separation.
A Toledo Blade ad cites a medicine called Kidney-Wort as a cure for habitual constipation and as a remedy for kidney and liver diseases. It claims thousands are cured every month and urges immediate trial.
A lady asks for strawberries and beans with a tradesman who quotes prices. She requests a pennyworth of parsley to be delivered daily, charging it to her account as it comes. The scene reads as a humorous period tableau of market in conversation.
An advertisement promotes Knight's Asthma and Hay Fever Cure from the L A Knight Company at 697 Broadway New York City. It claims to be the most successful remedy yet discovered with testimonials referenced in another column.
An Oxford anecdote recounts a porter challenging two undergraduates on rounds without gowns. When asked for names, one student gives his name while the other replies Julius Caesar saying the question asked what the name might be not what it is.
In Williamsport on July 20, 1881 W E Hawey reports permanent relief from gravel after using T H Warner Co Kidney and Liver Cure. The note adds a quip about treating a man of doubtful credibility and references a druggist shop under Powper Magazine.
The Deacon condemns the strikers as foolish and wicked for coercing employers and ruining the country’s business during promising crop prospects. He urges careful action and even jokes about marking up potatoes another quarter.
Early symptoms of debility and cough signal the need for relief measures. The ad claims consumption is a scrofulous lung disease and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a superior blood purifier and strength restorer. It is sold by druggists worldwide with a pamphlet available from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York.
A playful compilation lists bizarre claims from antiquity such as gin cocktails by Confucius in Cochin China BC 800 and bicycle use by Ixion in 201, alongside salacious asides like Harvey’s circulation discovery 1540. The piece mixes myth, whimsy, and dubious provenance with editor jokes about rumor.
Buffalo New York residents are urged to request a pamphlet from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association describing their claimed success in treating cancers and other tumors.
The article praises Domedretsky as Russia's top female circus rider and describes her act of turning a double somersault through a hoop while her name is painted in the center. The feat is highlighted as remarkable for how she preserves the name’s corners.
A brief note states treatment success at the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York. It mentions an address and stamped pamphlet for the service.
A wee pet recalls joining a Sunday school singing of I Want to be an Angel. Nellie brags she kept time with the group and even sang ahead of them most of the way. Her mother laughs at the lively tale.
Advertisements extol Hop Bitters Vegetine Carboline and other tonics as universal cures. Notices urge trust in these remedies for kidney trouble, blood purification, nerve disorders and digestive debility. Also mentions a writer attribution, a fashion note on overskirts, and a nerve restorer claim from Dr Kline with address in Philadelphia.
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