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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1883
Page
4
An American gardener recalls a German partner who maximized space and labor in a garden. He uses double celery rows between cabbage beds, interplants potatoes and turnips, and fills gaps with beet and other crops. A compost heap recycles weeds bones and scraps, turning waste into a useful fertilizer.
An economical farmer explains how he manages stable manure by stacking it under cover and aging it for three months to improve its usefulness. He adds wash and dish water to straw in a barrel, drains it, then uses the charged material as a valuable year round feeder. He notes ground runoff causes sickness in his family.
Mr Alcorp spoke at Rutland on June 20 before the Vermont Dairymen Association about Franklin county Massachusetts farmers sending 490 tons of butter in 1880 that sold at about 8 cents per pound less than creamery butter. The 8 cent gap totaled 25140 dollars, a sum that could have benefited local farmers and eased their wives labor and worry.
Dr J H HaNaFord argues cancerous tendencies catarrh boils stem from excessive use of heaters notably animal fats and oils. He advocates a sensibile regimen to avoid pork minimize grease and rely on grains fruits and vegetables. The diet should be low and simple, especially for sedentary persons, to maintain natural body warmth.
A single generation shows drastic form and color shifts as a domesticated pig reverts to a wild boar. An escaped imported boar rapidly becomes fleet, lean, with arched back, longer legs, and lighter color while others darken. Reversion is quickest where domestication depth was greatest.
The aggregate sum paid for imported stock by breeders in the United States is large. Pittsburgh Stockman's report notes an outlay of 3,675,518 dollars, exceeding the first half year exports of live cattle. There is a steady rise in 1882 imports, likely reaching near 5 million, with Americans leading in fine stock investments.
At a late meeting of the Kentucky Horticultural Society members warned to beware purchases of wild goose plum trees. Thousands were sold under the false name. A description of the true fruit noted it should be large over one inch, round, turning yellow four days before reddening, and ripe with bright golden specks the size of a pin head.
At Mississippi Agricultural College a steer fed for beef added 200 pounds in fifty six days, about 4 pounds daily, using 14.5 pounds of seed and 11 pounds of hay and straw. Food cost per day was just under 10 cents, totaling about 5.50 for 200 pounds of beef.
A group of leading agricultural scientists assert that plants cannot assimilate atmospheric nitrogen. A German botanist adds that a cell containing a nitrogenous body can form new chemical compounds and grow, while a nitrogen free cell cannot develop further.
The article discusses dainty down pillows with silk covers and embroidery, suggesting undressed silk or Indian silks, gold accents, and linen monable covers for practical use. It also covers kitchen fare including clam soup, crayfish pie, oyster soup, fried bass Marybank style, grand piano covers, and ornate linen table covers.
In a playful scene Horace extols spring’s return as daylight thaws winter’s grip. Almira Ann teases with flirtatious witticisms about language while a guardian angel intervenes, sparing Horace from a risky advance.
A fragmentary clipping reports varied items from a Brooklyn street scene. It mentions Mrs Rossa cured by St Jacobs Oil at 879 Bushwick Avenue, travel musings on mortality, a sandwich invention by a railway caterer, and quick trades on ailments with Kidney-Wort. It adds a moral about mean neighbors and a joke about a crocodile stealing a baby and the mother’s bonnet.
A London trader cautions readers about trusting children with security after a side tale of a boy loudly announcing a customer’s innocence. The piece also touts Hop Bitters as a route to wealth and health amid rising hop prices.
A long article discusses Vegetine as a concentrated herbal preparation with immediate effects. It notes a family paper on housekeeping and a distraught mother’s quip about housework after death. Carboline hair restorer is praised for giving silky hair. Johnson quips on Foote’s fate and rising in the world.
Advertisement notes Allen's Brain Food claimed to cure nervous density and weakness of generative organs. Priced at $1 and available at all druggists. Circular requested from Allen's Pharmacy located at 613 Kirst av, New York.
Sunday School teacher asks what part of Moore’s burial he likes best. The boy answers with a brief line about the prayers he said. Also an old advertising snippet touts Well’s Health Renewer and Well’s Rough on Corns with price notes and claims of quick cures.
A quip notes a bald man who once cut hair but now his hair cuts him, humorous inversion of roles highlighting a joke about vanity and reversal.
John Kuhn of Lafayette Indiana recounts a near death from tuberculosis. He credits Dr Wiffall's Balsam for the Lungs with his recovery after nine bottles and claims no other medicine aided his restoration to health. He endorses Dr Klin's Great Nerve Restorer for nerve diseases and notes a Philadelphia address for inquiry.
The ad touts VEGETINE as a chemical preparation from roots and barks that cures scrofula, cancerous humor, erysipelas, pimples, coughs, ulcers, rheumatism, dyspepsia, kidney complaints, and general debility. It stresses safety, lack of metals, and rapid effects, claiming many have been cured after other remedies failed.
An advertisement touts VEGETINE as a supreme blood purifier that eradicates impurities, claims never failing to cure, and promises to restore time and strength to a debilitated system.
A collage of antiquated vignettes and quips from a 19th century New England page. The snippets include a clash between a reforming clergyman and an irregular preacher, a pun on preaching to every creature, medical quips about colds and remedies, comic misdirections about a private life, and brief adverts for Kidney-Wort and Diamond Dyes plus a tongue in cheek quip about a university society for birds.
A terse warning denounces impostors selling Hop Bitters under false pretenses and urges buyers to patronize only genuine Hop Bitters and related products. The misspelled firm names and odd claims aside, the note asserts authenticity, promises value, and urges vigilance against fraudsters.
A retired physician offers a free multi language recipe for a vegetable cure claimed to treat consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. The notice includes endorsements for cod liver oil Caswell Hazard soaps Lydia E Pinkham tonic shoe hardware aids and heel stiffeners.
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