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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1880
Page
4
A humorous 1879 summary notes changes from 1878 across various topics. It cites eighty-five to eighty-four orators starting with Fellow citizens, few women hurrying to fire, shotgun incidents, deaf visitors, rail travel for the deaf, quiet bed time smoke deaths, sea serpents seen nine times, and a drop in poison access. It paints a comical portrait of anomalies and social habits.
Report details persistent Marquesan cannibalism sparked by drink and warfare. Eyewitness Captain Bienaime describes heart eating and ritual punishment, notes French convoy incident on Caledonia, Lamothe Piquet mission, and gruesome beach scenes with bodies and organs laid out for display. Two French sons identified amid a wrecked train aftermath.
Tran railway sleepers are said to have proved, both in India and England, much cheaper than wooden ones. Their gradual adoption is predicted.
Agricultural note explains how egg pecking starts from broken eggs caused by cracking or shell throwing. It offers remedies including dark nesting, restricted nest access, summer free range, targeted scratch feeding, and controlled grain to curb the habit while maintaining flock productivity.
The text explains harvesting carrots by plowing one side of rows, cutting tops, and sun-drying surface moisture. It advises storing in small heaps at cool temperatures, avoiding bulk to prevent decay, and crowning cut for longer storage. It notes carrots are good for horses and cattle with balanced feeding.
Instruction on providing single drains to free fields from surface water and clearing plowed drains. Open drains should have gentle slopes so water soaks into the soil rather than washing away soil or manure.
A reader asserts harrowing wheat in spring increases yield by at least five bushels per acre and harms none of the timothy or clover. The note invites farmers to prove or disprove the claim on a single acre and observe results, insisting experimentation drives progress.
The piece lists required steps for successful butter production. Start with good cows, then good feed, including sweet hay and corn meal if better options are unavailable. Finally, emphasize utmost care and neatness from milking to packaging to create an attractive product.
A tall stranger, describing himself as a fisherman from Dover Maine, appears before Justice Duffy at the Jefferson Market Police Court. He asks how much the court costs and explains he came to fish in the Hudson for shad and other fish, then leaves alone to dry his luck by the river.
Right and Left Paralyzing blows are being dealt at disease by the great tonic and regulator Hortetter's Stomach Bitters. Fever and age general debility rheumatism nervous ailments constipation and dyspepsia are among the maladies for which experience has proved it a specific. It works thoroughly with prompt effects though not advertised as a universal cure. It provides speedy relief and root out the melodies to which it is adapted. In emergencies arising in families it is serviceable and esteemed nationwide as a wholesome vegetable medicine with unobjectionable favor. It has risen to popularity by legitimate means and only well substantiated facts are alleged. Use it systematically.
Guidelines for cooking and serving fish emphasize thorough cleaning before cooking. Remove gills and internal organs without large cuts, preserve the backbone and roe, and avoid breaking the gall to prevent bitterness. Ensuring proper cleaning prevents a dish that is unappetizing or undercooked.
The Ghent method uses one pound pork fat to one quart blood with onions, pepper, salt, savory, marjoram, and flour to make a thin batter stuffed in cleaned skins boiled in cold water then nearly boiled. The English method mixes chopped fat pork with a small amount of onion and groats for texture, boiled with the blood and seasoned.
The article asserts Brown's Bronchial Troches are the most popular remedy for throat diseases and coughs in the country and Europe, noting many imitators are injurious and that genuine troches are sold only in boxes.
In Providence a patron, lugging a three bushel basket of clams, berates a dealer for leaving them out in rain. He quips about Clamavi profundo and laments the clams’ sorrow, while the dealer defends their resilience.
An Indiana farmer laments his daughter’s growing collection of birds used as bonnet trims. He recalls buying a humming bird for her four to five years ago, then a robin, then a pheasant, and this season a Thanksgiving turkey would have topped her head if he hadn’t restrained it.
The text advises drinking water and beverages like tea vinegar and lemonade to quench thirst in heat. It recommends cool baths and bathing the head neck and arms to refresh. It also suggests longer noon rests and working more in cooler morning and evening hours.
O X lectures his gambler nephew about a past game in Baden in 1847. He recalls a stranger proposing ecarte alien francs, losing ten games, then winning a hundred francs, and vowing never to coach a card again as the lesson.
An elderly woman wearing four pairs of green goggles boarded a Sacramento train at South Vallejo and waited for the car door to open from inside, displaying remarkable politeness as she waited for entry.
The article advises servants wash each spot with a damp cloth after meals to avoid tensions between mistress and maid. It recommends keeping a stone or heavy object the size of the folded cloth in the dining room closet to keep folds flat when not in use.
A satirical tale follows a young man with thinning hair who uses Carbolite oil to regrow hair, then marries an heiress. An old reprobate confronts his abused wife, claiming she is his treasure, while she wittily taunts him about his death wish.
Discussion of cleaning and restoring alabaster ornaments. It notes their beauty and fragility, and provides a cleaning method using a weak aquatoris solution two ounces to a pint of rain water applied with a point brush, then washed and sun dried.
A budding scene on the ice features a sister asking Charley to introduce her to a schoolmate for protection while he is away. Charley rejects the idea, arguing it would be rough on the fellow and impractical for their situation.
A patent medicine claim urges immediate relief from coughing using Dr Bull's Cough Syrup priced at 25 cents per bottle.
A man with a headache recalls an instruction to call again next New Year’s Day. He should have begun sending his card once his illness prevented him from attending to compliment the ladies in person.
Cleanse a quart of fresh mushrooms and chop them small. Mix with half a pound of minced ham or bacon, salt one teaspoon and pepper a half saltspoon. Spread on a roly poly crust made from shortening and water, roll up and tie. Serve hot with bread or vegetables.
A new student proposes a theory to a professor that dead languages suffer from being studied too intensely. The professor inquires about the theory and the student explains the idea with a witty remark.
A pulverized alum powder purifies water by stirring a spoonful into a hogshead. Dirt sinks and the water becomes fresh and clear after a few hours. Four gallons can be purified by one teaspoonful.
A historical snippet features a guard urging a girl to jump into a moving train and a child delaying farewell to kiss mamma. The piece promotes Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup with a warning that neglecting a cough can lead to chronic illness, offered for 25 cents.
A medical voice advises no immediate serious danger from swelling at the back of the head but stresses monitoring the condition closely.
A cheap vinegar is made by mixing twenty five gallons of warm rain water with four gallons of treacle and one gallon of yeast. Let it ferment freely and it becomes fit for use.
A playful exchange as a grandmother stops Sunday cricket while boys explain they are teaching Charles how they bowl on weekdays. The light domestic moment captures family humor and routine.
A short recipe lists ingredients for a Carrer Cake with one cup coffee molasses sugar raisins and butter plus four cups flour and one teaspoon soda. The method directs to dissolve the soda in the molasses before mixing.
In a light exchange, Willie contends he cannot eat another plate of pudding while Sean counters with a playful remark about filling this Bill. The dialogue reads like a whimsical would you rather between friends.
The price of soap is rapidly advancing and buyers are urged to consider purchasing a year’s supply of Dopsixs’ ELEctric at the old price as a prudent move.
A fragment notes a phrase about an aerial quickstep called hanging in Kansas and questions a value of a smile near a bartender. The text hints at a local scene with unclear specifics and characters.
A concise historical baking note lists a cake batter mixture using two cupfuls of flour one cup of sweet milk two eggs beaten one teaspoonful of soda and one of cream of tartar folded into a batter and baked in a buttered tin for twenty minutes.
A brief list notes butter milk eggs flour butter soda and corn meal to form a thick batter. The passage provides quantities and proportions for a corn bread style mix with basic pantry ingredients.
Fourteen eggs, one and a half pounds each of sugar and flour, one-fourth pound of butter and one teaspoon baking powder, bake one and one-half hours.
The article warns that postwar pestilence and neglect of colds cause widespread death by converting simple coughs into serious diseases. It promotes Dr Jayne's Expectorant as a prompt cure effective in initial coughs, consumption asthma and bronchitis, urging early treatment.
The advertisement asserts that 590 000 persons were cured by Anakesis a remedy for piles. It praises Dr Silsbee the discoverer claims four years of study and endorsements by physicians and promises immediate relief and long term cure. Sufferers are urged to write to P Neusaedter Box 3946 New York for a free sample.
An East India missionary supplied a physician with a vegetable remedy claimed to cure consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and lung ailments plus nervous debility. The doctor offers the recipe free by mail in German French or English with directions to any reader who requests it, send a stamped letter to W Sherar 149 Powers Block Rochester New York.
The text details the loss in anthracite mining from pillar removal and coal dust in breakers, with 40 percent mining waste and 25 percent preparation loss. It cites Port Ewen and the Delaware and Hudson Company examples using culm to produce fuel and heat, suggesting substantial annual savings and increased sales if all firms adopted similar practices.
An advertisement urges readers to act without delay and trust Simmons Liver Regulator for Dyspepsia, Castiveness, Sick Headache, Bilious Colic, Sour Stomach, Diarrhea, and related liver stomach disorders. A Georgia testimonial from B F Tigner notes long use with satisfaction in handling Sick Headache Biliousness and liver complaints.
Russia and Prussia adopt a nutrient dense biscuit for horses made from oats peas and linseed. One kilogramme equals five kilograms of oats aiding fatigue resistance and vigor. Biscuits can be threaded on iron wire for four to five days of feed per horse. Russia used 20 million biscuits during the Turkey war and kept them in peacetime use.
A foreign apparatus shaped like a gun and long has been devised to nail flooring boards. Said to replace six workers, the device is foot and knee supported. The nail, point down, sits in a top aperture, slides to the bottom, then a rod is drawn and a downward stroke drives the nail neatly into the boards.
The VEGETINE has proven highly successful as a blood cleanser and purifier with large numbers reporting immediate relief and notable cures after taking it.
The author cautions against overvaluing patent medicines while endorsing Hop Bitters as a worthy remedy. Having used Bitters in Bay City’s climate, the writer reports consistent reliability and fulfillment of advertised claims.
Hansen of Stockholm patents a process to coat biscuit ware with a thick adherent metal layer such as copper gold or silver giving the look of solid metal. Articles can be engraved and chased. Prof Schmidt notes the method closely resembles galvano plastic.
Grocers and storekeepers pay 3 to 5 cents extra per pound for butter made with Gilt-Edge Butter Maker. The invention claims 6 to 10 percent higher output and half the labor of churning. It offers a rich golden color year round. Sold by druggists grocers and general storekeepers. Send stamp for hints to butter makers address Butter Improvement Co Buffalo NY.
Stop spending on fine clothes and lavish meals and rely on Hop Bitters, a simple pure remedy, to improve health at a trifling cost. Reject quack doctors and vile medicines for better life quality.
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