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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1881
Page
4
The article urges farmers to plan feed efficiency for winter as corn and fodder prices rise. It recommends using straw and corn stalks as supplementary feed, selling interior stock early, and feeding market animals fully to ready them for sale. It also describes hot bed radish production from December to February with frame, manure, and sash, praising fresh radishes for breakfast.
A historical farmer's guide discusses lime to decompose clay and liberate salts, mixing muck with acids for manure, and using night soil. It advises broad application, leaves as mulch, and protecting crops with leaf-filled frames. Smut control by burning infected parts is noted, plus ridge plowing for stiff clay and melon fertilization using bone dust and various manures.
The article warns against cultivating sugar beet on fresh manure, favors second rotation after strong manure, and notes that deep seeding and weed control are crucial. It cites Kerosene oil as a beetle insecticide and discusses digestibility of fodder, young plant vigor, and a remedy from fresh leaves for a stye.
World renowned swimmer Capt Paul Boyton discusses his global travels and endurance tests aboard the Rubber Life Saving Dress. He recalls beachside dangers, wrecks, broken ribs from a shark encounter, and cold immersion. He praises St Jacob's Oil as a cure for rheumatic pain aiding his voyages.
A shabby stranger claims kinship with a Posey County Indiana family and confronts a wealthy Jersey City storekeeper in the counting-room. After obtaining a quarter, the unnamed tramp pleads for more money, threatening police if denied. The merchant dismisses the request, citing their family ties and the man’s status as a wanderer.
Mr Tra Brown praises St Jacob’s Oil for curing a severe inflammatory rheumatism after other treatments failed. He states he could say a conc word about the remedy and credits its effectiveness in his case.
A grave professor on a wharf questions a fisherman about mackerel while the fisherman jokes that they split fish but never saw them. A social scene follows with remarks on age and death as Mme de C is teased about her age and a flirtation evolves.
A Louisville Post note claims a new Liquid Kidney-Wort substitute provides the same kidney and liver relief as the dry remedy. The ad promotes its concentrated, easy preparation and equal effectiveness.
Theopore Hook visits an elderly hostess who urges him to eat with her. After sitting, a servant unveils a dish with two mutton chops and the hostess says you see your dinner. Hook answers with a wry remark asking where hers is.
A child explains to his mother that rain is blocked by his prayers. He says he fears thunder and believes prayer affects the weather. The exchange highlights a child's literal interpretation of prayer and weather superstition.
In Kaxramazoo Michigan on February 2 1880 I I Baboo ck states Hop Bitters deserve strongest praise for curing claims and purity and usefulness. He has used them since release and urges continued recommendation as no other patent medicine matches their reputation.
The piece observes editors at work during vacation periods. It notes editors roam the streets as if distracted and react when someone calls copy. It mentions hoop skirts and a pun about domestic circles blamed on a renegade journalist.
An evocative note on what feeds a poet's brain, exploring the concept of inspiration as a daily intake. The piece suggests that imagination, memory, and exposure to life provide nourishment for creative thought.
The piece notes electric light harms blondes, reviving brunettes and impacting families with blonde members who must exchange them for brunettes. It adds churches face no stated harm, leaving blondes free to attend.
A promotional note extols Kidney-Wort as a cure for torpid liver kidneys and bowels in any form. It then recalls a humorous church anecdote about a clergyman’s long sermon ending with a congregant urging the word amen.
An antique health ad warns that unhealthy kidneys cause gravel Beight's disease rheumatism and other serious illnesses. It promotes Hop Bitters as a preventive measure if taken in time.
A witty western tale has a pretty girl tell her beau she is a mind reader. He doubts it until she hints he plans to propose. The couple’s wedding cards are out, signaling upcoming nuptials.
A reflective aphorism compares a tired man rising late to a young person starting out. It suggests that fatigue can mask potential and that early steps, even small ones, shape future effort. The piece uses pointed contrasts between idle repose and budding endeavor.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for numerous female ailments including ovarian issues, uterine tumors in early stages, and relief from weakness and headaches. It notes preparation at Lynn Massachusetts, pricing, and availability in pill or lozenge forms, with a liver pill product also advertised.
A clergyman explains denominations to his child asking if he is a Baptist and what God is. A North Carolina man welcomes his fourth set of twins with a crude joke, noting the two pairs of twins. Pro fanity and aesthetic culture won’t mix, yet the man could not help it.
The University of Rochester professor of Hebrew Latin and Greek, A C Kendrick, says he has received marked benefit from Warner's Late Kidney and Liver Cure and cordially recommends it to others. He was among several gentlemen in general conversation when the remark was noted.
A collage of clipped quotes and product blurbs includes advice on health tonics and remedies, hair restorers, and Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It also notes rising ice prices, a baldness cure claim, a gym anecdote, and a quip on marriage ties, with scattered literary snippets.
Fragments mix advertisements tips odds and ends including a quip on inducements by the Burlington Route a cleaning recipe for plum pudding and instructions to refresh picture frames with varnish plus stray lines about oranges dogs and tea fittings
A reader is treated to Prof Tice of St Louis a famed meteorologist and weather prophet. He discusses not the weather directly but a topic tied to those who suffer from a painful malady and references the day after his Burlington lectures.
An advertisement promotes a product called Rough on Rests for pests including rats mice roaches bed bugs flies and vermin. It notes a stock of diamonds offered at low prices by Messrs Morgan and Headly at the Mutual Life Building on Temple and Chestnut streets.
Dr Sils bee presents Anakesis as the wonder of the age and the only infallible remedy for piles. 20 000 grateful sufferers report instant relief and hopeful cure. Used by doctors of all schools, with mail order at 1.00 per box and free samples from P Neustaedter & Co New York Box 3946.
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