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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1881
Page
4
Agriculture notes explain heating milk from small dairies during winter to induce cream rise as temperature falls from 130 to 50 degrees. Heating purifies milk by removing taints from fodder stable odors and tainted water. Churn cream within 24 to 36 hours to avoid bitterness and keep storage vegetables away from the dairy room.
A detailed method for producing smooth butter from cream using a brine-based approach. It advises adding strong brine early, draining buttermilk, rinsing with cold water, using a butter worker, and gentle handling to avoid graininess. Salt is applied to aid texture, with caution about over salting and moisture. The process includes rest periods at low temperatures and final packing without direct hand contact.
Vermin infestations in house animals are common and require insecticides. Preparations include tobacco and borax paste, carbolic acid with soft soap, and a turpentine and hard oil mix with carbolic acid. After treatment wash with water and apply non drying oil. good feeding aids recovery.
Composition is the art of mixing organic matter such as straw muck dead animals that must decompose before becoming plant food with inorganic matter that absorbs gases that would escape. The mixture should stay moist but not rainwashed and stable manure and muck form a good base for a compost heap mixed with ashes lime weeds and waste matter.
Grinding cereals makes grain finer for easier digestion by gastric juice. Whole kernels often escape digestion, so ground corn should be mixed with coarse fodder to prevent clumping and aid remastication and insalivation.
A poultry fancier recommends laying in a stack of sods before cold weather. Stack them in a corner of the hen house or under cover so hens can access them during winter. After snow, the chicks will have plenty of activity at least, if not a more substantial benefit from pecking the heap.
A science note explains that alcohol extracts of flower color respond to acids or bases to reveal different colors. Peony extracts turn violet in alcohol, then add sorrel salt to yield red, with violet blue or green depending on the amount added.
A compound of three parts salicylic acid and seven parts silicate of magnesia is claimed to treat foot sweating and, when applied to the entire body, to cure night sweats in consumptives according to Dr. Kohnhom.
The article explains how different diets meet basic nutrition. It compares the Irish habit of relying on potatoes with little fat to a Highlander’s oatmeal rich in nitrogen and fat, and to a meat and bread diet that provides concentrated nutrients in smaller portions.
Instructions detail making soap from patina tub lime washing soda grease and rain water. Boil mixture until thick then option to add perfume oil. Pour into dishes to dry four weeks then cut into pieces. Remainder water settled and repurposed as washing fluid.
An economical fix for a worn dining room carpet. An elderly woman's advice to apply muslin patches with paste transforms a rag carpet into a functional, better-looking surface, sparing the purse and earning a mental blessing for the suggestion.
A reader describes a quick, low cost method using a half bushel basket and boiling water. After washing, dishes are placed edgeways in a tin pan or pail, and hot water dries them within five minutes with no lint or streaks. The process promises brighter, neater results and is touted as preferable to traditional methods.
A historic culinary fragment describes simmering stock with salt pepper cayenne cloves and allspice then stirring in butter flour and currant jelly to form a sauce. The mix is strained to leave spices behind before serving.
A recipe instructs stewing a can of tomatoes and straining it then adding a pinch of soda to remove a city. In a separate pan boil three pints of milk thickened with cornstarch, add butter salt and pepper, then mix with tomatoes. Bring to a boil and serve.
A simple recipe for fruit preserve: for seven pounds of fruit use three pounds of sugar and one pint of vinegar with cloves mace and cinnamon to taste. Sprinkle sugar on fruit overnight, boil juice vinegar and spice fifteen minutes, then add fruit and boil ten minutes.
A fragment describes smoothing a surface by rubbing with emery paper and a dull knife to remove roughness. It notes using a piece of emery paper and an old knife for the task.
A humorous scene of a boarding house meeting where seven men debate popular sentiment toward newspapers. They mock wine and opt to drop subscriptions and still pursue beverages, declaring the meeting adjourned with a toast to coffee.
The magnet as a means to mitigate pain and cure disease is again seriously submitted to specialists for consideration.
Quirky reader memories recount mishaps and odd excuses for black eyes. From tripping over a clothesline to cracking a nut with a hickory, the anecdotes weave humor and peril in a seaside era voice.
In a tense night scene Bickles learns a stranger would pay $1000 to see his wife. The wife recalls possible names Oliver Gregg George Weatherton Harvey Glenkins Lucus Wentwing, but cannot identify the donor, who is revealed to be blind.
A boy tells his father that his new class rank is fourteenth, saying it is a better place than Chad last quarter because it is nearer the stove. The father questions the improvement, noting he was eighth last term.
A livery man asks the rider if he is skilled. The horse rears and bucks, sending the rider from his high seat into the haymow. The customer jeers that he can dismount easily, riding off the moment after the fall.
A husband asks about last month’s expenses and learns he spent just twenty eight cents. His wife explains she baked only twice, using few currants, turning the inquiry into a lighthearted domestic quip.
A man jokes with a friend about his Intended being his wife after admitting they have been married only a month. The friend accuses him of public displays, while he explains the marriage occurred recently and he momentarily forgot.
A joke exchange depicts a tourist asking for the hill’s name and a boy replying that the hill existed before him, highlighting regional speech and rural life. The humor rests on the boy’s literal defiance of naming the landmark.
A host asks a guest why he washes before dinner and the guest denies. The host reacts with astonishment asking if the guest will eat with fingers, highlighting a humorous clash over table manners. The snippet captures a social moment centered on etiquette.
A garrulous fop teased his partner in a ballroom asking if she had her ears pierced. She replied with a sharp quip noting she had often had them bored, turning the moment into a witty, cutting exchange.
A new style of calico named Limburger is described as smelling strongly, with a claim of one scent per hundred yards and a hundred scents per yard. The quirky note suggests the cheese-like odor is a defining feature sparking discussion.
A provocative line jokes that Samson’s power lay in hair, while a woman’s hair is linked to her ping strength, echoing a humorous era shift in gendered metaphors and tech slang.
Quotation reflects on how achievement excites ambition but soon becomes a relic. It notes that initial hope gives way to nostalgia as the moment passes. The line implies caution about chasing lasting value beyond gains.
An Arizona man contemplates murder to obtain a new pair of boots, wandering the area in search of someone to harm for the footwear. The troubling consideration frames a violent motive tied to theft and desperation.
The riddle asks how a stove feels when filled with coals and answers gratefully. It playfully personifies the stove as grateful for the warmth and glow produced by burning coals.
A historical sketch compares notable figures N P Willis Horace Greeley and others for hair styles from bald crowns to long ringlets. It notes Washington Irving wigs Wen dell Phillips Emerson Sumner Parker Adams Chase and fashion shifts from ancient Greek long hair to Louis XIV era long coiffures and modern trends.
The Simmons Liver Regulator Almanac from J H Zeilin & Co claims to be a valuable household resource with tables receipts and extensive information on Simmons Liver Regulator. It features columns in German French Spanish and Portuguese alongside the English column for cross language comparison.
A Berlin inventor patents a cloth mainly of sponge. Sponges are hammered clean, dried, and pared then sewn into fabric. It resists poisonous dye absorption, wicks perspiration, and conducts heat poorly to keep a uniform surface. It promises protection against rheumatic and pulmonary issues and suits shoes and undergarments.
A historical notice extols Hop Bitters as a cure for long standing illness despite prejudice against it. It also mentions carbolate of ammonia for malignant pustule or charbon and reports French physicians using it effectively. The passage promotes Carboline as a petroleum based hair restorer and perfume, sold by druggists.
The article argues that petroleum is not a modern find and is not exclusive to the United States. It cites ancient sources such as a long producing spring in a Ionian Island, Armenian wells on the Zara for city lighting, and early petroleum use at Baku near the Caspian Sea, suggesting widespread, ancient knowledge and use across civilizations.
Geneva professor Favre explains three primary theories for mountain origin. Elevation as main cause implies depressions as secondary. Low mood as main implies elevation second. Lateral crushing suggests overall earth shrinkage but local highs.
The note mentions Dave Dobbins' Electric Soap from a grocer and Cragin & Co Philadelphia for seven cards gratis in six colors and gold. It references Shakespere’s Seven Ages of Man and lists an ordinary price of 25 cents.
The practice in Kindergarten schools of braiding bands of paper sewing silk upon tracings and punching holes over tracing on paper is said to injure children’s eyesight. As a result many schools abandon the activity and replace it with other tasks.
A Holtz machine producing a 26 inch spark has been made in New York City. The device uses revolving plates 45 inches in diameter making it perhaps the largest electric machine of its type ever constructed, according to Scientific American.
An advertisement touts VEGETINE as a safe pleasant remedy that purifies the blood and restores health rather than merely purging the bowels. It emphasizes safety and efficacy and positions the product as beneficial for overall health.
M Crova praises M Prazmowski’s polarizer a Nicol type using faces normal to a prism axis joined with linseed oil. It needs spar pieces and long joining but reduces light loss and expands the polarized field allowing a red band limit and greater angular separation of the colored band.
The ad touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a proven proprietary remedy. It claims widespread use and success with a price of 25 cents.
A workingman credits Hop Bitters with lifting debt and illness from his family. He says years of sickness and large medical bills ended after starting the tonic a year ago, noting his family has stayed well and urging others to try it at low cost.
Anakesis is touted as a safe, instant relief for piles promising permanent cure. Dr. Silsbee's method is presented as superior after forty years of experience with over a half million users. Samples are mailed free by P Neustaedter & Co New York. price one dollar per box.
An old remedy article asserts that after using buchu nitre and various diuretics the sufferer with kidney trouble should find relief with Kiney-Wort. It claims the stomach regains tone and evacuations return to regular function.
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