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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1882
Page
4
The article contrasts old neglectful farming with modern dairy care, noting filthy stalls and poor feed in earlier times and praising clean, well-ventilated stalls, better-fed cows, and higher milk yields. It argues improved dairy stock raises pride, profits, and stimulates wider adoption as districts modernize their husbandry practices.
The author advises choosing the heaviest gobblers aged two to four years and keeping gobblers and hens unrelated. Use no more than four hens per gobbler, avoid starving in winter, and watch for nesting prior to egg laying. Create a secure nest, trap the turkey away after laying, and avoid raw feed.
The article describes a simple method: prepare soil, mark rows, drop sets along rows, barely cover with soil, then cover the entire bed with eight to ten inches of straw. Weeds may emerge through the straw and be pulled. Proponents say yields are larger and potatoes look better than conventional growing.
The article outlines a progression from simple grinding to obtain flour with bran intact, to coarse repeated grinding with air separation, and finally to an electric method using revolving hard rubber cylinders charged by sheepskin contact. Bran is separated by air and side channels while Middlings are crushed to produce fine flour.
The primrose is a biennial plant often treated as an annual and can produce large specimens in the second year with careful care. It is typically best grown in small pots and refreshed with new seedlings after blooming. Seed sowing is possible year round, with April to July the optimal period.
A detailed home guide outlines stripping upholstery and cleaning old chairs with potash or soda solutions. It covers varnish removal, table top planing cautions, pearlash paints, lye washes, soft soap, sanding with grain care, dent repair by steaming, veneer matching, and veneer repair methods with hot glue and weights.
Practical tips include using camphor to deter mice in seeds and storage trunks, sewing flannel bags to keep knives and forks rust free, and aging hard water with ashes in a bag to soften it. A recipe note suggests flavoring cold lamb by boiling with whole cloves and cinnamon infused in the cooking water, then basting.
A historical cooking note describes frying birds in olive oil. It covers cleaning and drying, chilling on ice before frying, seasoning with pepper and salt, dredging with flour or crumb coating, and frying until a pale brown, then draining and serving hot and crisp.
A colonial recipe describes making a coconut based candy. It uses one coconut and sugar heated with coconut milk, then coconut is grated and boiled, forming a paste. The mixture splits into a plain base and a nutty filling with raisins almonds pecans and walnuts before setting in a tin and cutting into bars.
Drain and chop oysters then mix with water and liquor. Combine flour and salt with part of the liquid, then add remaining liquid oil and beaten eggs. Stir oysters into batter, drop spoonfuls into hot fat, fry brown, drain, and serve hot.
A recipe lists the requisites as two pounds of flour four eggs a pound and a half of butter ginger caraway seeds citron half a pint of cream milk and a little yeast. Mix butter with flour heat eggs add cream add spices then yeast and milk to form a thick batter. Bake spooned as cakes after rising by the fire.
Rub butter into flour and sugar, mix in egg yolks and brandy. Roll thin, cut with a tin cutter, glaze with remaining white, dust with sugar, and bake in a warm oven.
A historic kitchen note explains rolling cranberries into a paste, wrapping in flannel, boiling for two hours, and serving with sweet sauce as a preserved dessert item.
A quirky 1917 recipe suggests four tablespoons boiled cider three of sugar and water two of flour and one egg combined and baked between upper and lower crusts in a deep dish. The instruction notes mixing and baking steps for a novelty dessert.
Instructions describe beating egg yolks with sugar and milk, then mixing flour with baking powder, folding into butter, flavoring, and baking into a biscuit. The yield includes twelve yolks, half a pound of flour, milk, baking powder, and butter as key components.
A New York clergyman in a sermon on courtship claimed there is a mate for everyone if they wait for the right one. The female members over 40 dismissed the idea, saying the speaker knew little, and warned that the ideal man often fails to appear before age 40.
A Brooklyn agle reports a case told by W A Davenport of Butler Pitkin Co New York. Ezra D Clarkson of near Newark New Jersey suffered a severe rheumatic case resisted by other remedies. Davenport met him and urged St Jacobs Oil leading to a noted improvement.
A Philadelphia religious newspaper uses editorial asides in italics urging readers to recruit new subscribers. the quip suggests the editor’s soul is at stake, humorously noting editors struggle to keep soul and body together.
The Newark Sunday Call notes a Cincinnati exchange referencing St Jacobs Oil curing rheumatism and neuralgia for Haldeman and his wife and others. A rich broker in town reportedly has no money after a confrontational question from a quiet man in the room, the details unclear and the scene tense.
A Sorrow woman in humble life replies she did not presume to understand the sermon from a stranger, saying she would not presume to claim comprehension.
Evening Express extols Hop Bitters as a medicine rather than a beverage claiming cure for diseases. It contrasts real hop strength with beer and notes pharmacists and doctors recommend the product. A Philadelphia Sunday school cherub humorously calls Christmas caramels a Christmas car. A mother remarks on a boy’s biscuit preference, and a 4-year-old answers.
Women declared curable by leading physicians have been fully helped by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Massachusetts, for pamphlets.
A four year old boy remarks that his brother Harry has both sides of the bed, explaining why he is in the middle. The mother worries about fairness as the kids share a bed.
A 19th century note claims rheumatic diseases come from torpid liver and castive bowels with poisoned blood. Kidney-Wort is said to restore secretive organ action and expel rheumatic poison, effective in liquid or dry form. Inter-Ocean advertisement style.
A fragment shows a youthful speaker aged four answering what assets earth yields with Worms named as a principal find. The tone hints at a classroom or educational scene about minerals and nature.
A little girl, amused by a statement, exclaimed that she would remember it for life and when she forgets she will write it down.
An ad emphasizes back pains and weaknesses from standing. It claims Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure prevents these troubles. The piece also notes a sleepy alligator with a snapping instinct and an Irish tale about a nose left in a crowd with a taykettle.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers Electro-Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances on trial for thirty days to anyone with nervous debility loss of vitality or similar troubles. It guarantees restoration of vigor and vitality with no risk. Address given with no delay.
In Deadwood a line asks how many carriages to haul the grief, reflecting a stark remark on funeral customs and somber mood in the town.
A Boston patent awards a method to clean fish by feeding them snuff so that when they sneeze their scales come off. The technique is described as simple and novel, promising a quick cleanup for fleets handling fish.
Advertisement for Allen's Brain Feed claiming cures for nervous debility and weakness of generative organs. Priced at $1 and sold by Allen's Pharmacy at 313 First Ave New York. Request circular from the same shop.
A western paper quotes a proverb about grasping a rattlesnake by the neck to avoid harm and keeping a mile ahead as a sound plan. The wag adds humor noting another lie nailed when a merchant posts a sign reading at cost.
A friend notes Dickens finds a sculptor ill shaped yet skillful in society, and he replies he always cuts a pretty figure. Hannah tells a servant to share bad news before dinner, saying small acts influence yearly meals.
The passage urges readers to comfort neighbors with the claim that consumption is curable. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as superior to cod liver oil and hypophosphites and notes testimonials of recoveries once deemed incurable. A reflected joke about twins closes the piece.
A traveler asks why the brand is called Horn of Plenty and a Kentucky bartender explains it will corn you copiously, a humorous exchange reflecting local whiskey lore.
Dr. Pierce of Buffalo claims Favorite Prescriptions cure many female ailments and strengthens the system. The Golden Medical Discovery is said to treat severe coughs spitting blood and early consumption while purifying the blood, with druggists selling both remedies.
In a public school scene a teacher asks about the fall campaign and a sharp student replies Adam. The quote suggests a debate over religious sentiment framed as a song versus a circus. The exchange reflects classroom humor amid political discourse.
The notice touts Hop Bitters as a cure for mysterious illnesses causing wasting and weakness. It claims patients improve from the first dose and regain perfect health, urging afflicted readers to obtain the product and noting more details in another column.
Quoted outburst in a Victorian style exchanges shows Gibbs declaring he will leave his wife nothing and insists she has always had her will, a pointed remark that a gun is the only thing that kicks without legs.
Advert says Kidney-Wort aids overworked kidneys and cleanses the system of bad humors. A physician allegedly endorses it as a reliable remedy. Sold in liquid or dry form by druggists in Boston Post.
A housewife, about forty years old, recommends cutting out usable portions of napkins and table cloths and storing them in labeled bags for future sickness. She also advises separate bags for flannel and old cotton cloth for the same purpose.
Carboline deodorized petroleum hair renewer and dressing from Kennedy Co. of Pittsburgh sold widely. A home tip explains repairing lace curtains with starch to conceal holes after laundering, preserving the netting’s appearance.
An advertisement touts Buchupaiba as a quick cure for urinary affections and kidney diseases. It offers the drug at $1 by druggists with prepaid express at $1.25 and discounts for multiple bottles. The snippet ends with promotional quips about wealth and appetite.
An advertisement touts Dr Kline claiming a nerve cure claimed to stop fits. It invites readers to write to 931 Arch Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania for treatment or information.
Messrs. Morgan and Headly of Mutual Li Building at Tenth and Chestnut Streets advertise a superb stock of extra fine diamonds at low prices. They claim top quality stones available at prices as low as the finest first quality pieces, urging customers to buy.
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