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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1883
Page
4
European horticulturists favor bending ten inch rose cuttings and burying both ends in ground with a central bud exposed. Roots form at the lower end while the buried portion reduces evaporation. A London Garden correspondent reports stronger growth from this method than the old one.
The article notes parsnips mixed with hay and dry feed serve as valuable winter fodder for horses and cows. They can be left in the ground all winter without damage from freezing, avoiding late autumn harvesting. Spring digging is simple by plowing near the row and pulling by hand, with a quarter acre producing 100 bushels. Tops are cut back to prolong feeding.
The Michigan State Horticultural Society annual report outlines pruning and thinning techniques for small fruits and peaches. It covers summer pruning, pinching back raspberries and blackberries, thinning to improve fruit size and tree health, cross fertilization methods for strawberries grapes and apples, and green rye plowing for peach orchards with yearly green manuring.
Household hints cover bread dough water temp to avoid holes and bread texture, making a pliable clothes line by boiling before use, drying potatoes dry and mealy, removing starch from irons with beeswax, and mint sauce storage extending up to ten days.
Quote from New York Evening Post notes that the first mint sauce signals the start of summer, illustrating a playful seasonal mood and literary flavor in the column.
Philadelphia Record reports new toxicology findings by Drs. S Weir Mitchell and Edward T Reichert showing many snake venoms contain two or more distinct poisons. Fresh venoms from cobra rattlesnake moccasin and copperhead vary in intensity and components, with moccasin venom containing three protides and a fatal poison.
The howling monkeys are the largest in America and famed for the loud vocalizations of the males. Found mainly in the Amazon and Orinoco forests, a single male can produce a night roars like a legion. A hollow nasal organ unique to them enhances the call. They are large, stout, shy, with strong grasping tails and rarely captive.
The inner ear is a membranous fluid filled bag within the skull bone. Three semicircular canals extend from the vestibule in three planes and contain otoliths and nerve filaments. Injuries to them affect balance rather than hearing, noted by Popular Science Monthly.
French officer seizes a Tamatave vessel until duties paid aboard. Fire devastates Liptoszentimiklo Hungary with many missing and a police prefect among them. Roubaix riot injures police commissary. several rioters arrested. Cholera strikes Ghizeh Cairo suburb with five deaths and a cordon set. Japan declines alliance against China per French ambassador. Earthquake quake felt in Cairo. Tennessee reports twenty dollar gold coins circulating. Gen Tom Thumb dies in Marlboro Mass. Apaches on warpath in Sonora. Reading minister's wife arreste for beating. New Haven Wire Works damaged by fire, major loss and workers displaced. Fire destroys Belleville business core. Vermont Shade Roller Co. burns. Two Tenn. youths fatally shoot. one dies en route. Barbara Miller found accessory before murder judge to be hanged Sept 14. Lightning and fire strike New Lots and St Paul area. DuPont powder mill explosion kills two, injures others. Theft hits Tennessee state treasurer’s ledger. Indiana University building burned, historic collection saved. London notes treaty Germany Spain signed. Count de Chambord dowager claims to throne. yellow fever vessel possible quarantine. Various court cases and rail labor notes included.
At Lloyds' a crowded merchants and shipowners meeting passed resolutions opposing the new Suez canal agreement and urged the Lord Mayor to convene another protest. Other items report cholera in Egypt, a Prussian church bill sanction, Tonquin anarchy, French hangings, and various international incidents.
United States Marshal Brackett arrested R C Mitchell proprietor of the Daly Tribune and late receiver of the land office for frauds tied to preemptions. Dr Mary Walker travels to regain pension office standing while Commissioner Dudley heads to New York. Treasury reports warrants for 14.6 million for army and pensions and posts continued postal surpluses for the fiscal year.
Endorsements from Hon Kenneth Rayner and Dr Levi Yates praise Worthingtons Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine as a capital remedy for diarrhea dysentery cholera cramps and stomach pains. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by druggists and dealers.
A rule in Paris imposes a heavy price on anyone who strikes a policeman. The warning emphasizes that anyone who raises a hand against an officer will face consequences, signaling strict police protection and enforcement.
An advertisement list touts Frazer's with a medal claim at Centennial and Paris expositions for horse labor relief. It also promotes Wells' Rough on Corns with claims of quick relief for corns warts and bunions. A Dakota widow’s claim and a schoolgirl remark are briefly noted beside medical product promotions.
A collage of medical ads and notes cites remedies for impotence and nervous weakness, urging readers to request pamphlets from Wonp's Dispensary in Buffalo. Other items mention yacht sailing, carboline hair dressing, milk poisoning in Utica, a tall broccoli stalk flowering in Enterprise Florida, and various testimonials from Albany to San Francisco. The page also notes Brown's Iron Bitters and a thirty day trial offer from the Vortaro Belt Co. in Marshall Michigan.
Mrs. Madden of Plymouth County Iowa is 110 years old and frequently walks two miles to do her shopping. Tar Soap by Caswell Hazard & Co New York is promoted for chapped hands pimples and skin cures and a cod liver oil product from Caswell Hazard Co is advertised as superior and fragrant.
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