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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1882
Page
4
The article argues farmers should prefer heavy fleece and high meat yield breeds such as Merino and Cotswold over scrub stock. It praises Southdowns Shropshires and Cotswolds for superior wool and flesh, noting higher profits in prosperous times and urging adoption of fine breeds across cattle horses hogs and poultry.
Article on correcting crooked tree stems with stakes before wood hardens and keeping horse stables ventilated. Advises positioning stakes to counter bend, bracing, and periodic removal by October. Also notes poor ventilation in many stables and urges clean, airy conditions and regular washing of stalls for horse welfare.
When hogs are fattened in pens there should be two apartments for feeding and sleeping. Clean one daily and keep the other well littered with straw. Mix in feed three or four times a week a teaspoonful of sulphur and a teaspoonful of pulverized copperas. Feed three times daily and provide a rubbing post. Place under shelter a trough with rotten wood charcoal athes and salt. These practices promote herd health.
A Western paper notes flour of sulphur as a triple and effective worm remedy for pigs. It should be mixed into gruel or sloppy food. dosages are a teaspoonful for pigs under three months and a tablespoonful for older ones. Administer four days in succession twice weekly with sour milk, green food, celery tops, acorns, and sliced raw onions. Avoid stagnant water and provide charcoal and ashes access.
An old note explains cows chew bones for sustenance and seldom hurt themselves if left undisturbed. It warns that sudden movements or fright from a pion or master animal may tempt a cow to swallow the bone.
A fragment explains that deep pulverization increases surface exposure to sun light causing electrical changes in particles. It notes exposed earth becomes more electrified and interacts with air and water, implying a transformation through secular exposure.
Coal ashes help young trees and shrubs by mulching and suppressing weeds while preventing soil drying. A simple cattle ice treatment uses wood ashes dusted over animals every other day and brushed clean the next day.
A historic instruction describes filling a sack with hay and suspending it from a loft to let a horse repeatedly kick it as it swings. Proponents say it trains the animal until it stops resisting, while critics view the method as cruel and impractical.
In Prussia the potato crop is cultivated with peculiar success by heaping earth around the stalks. As the plants grow only three leaves remain at the top, creating a roof effect that increases yield and is reported as astonishing by observers.
A homemaker’s excerpt packs quick steam pudding steps using flour currants suet and optional eggs with a rich sauce. It covers vaccination care for children adults and cautions. It closes with recipes for pancakes fried ware fish cream layer cake baked eggplant and various stews and desserts.
A humorous blank verse scene on the towpath features two lovers gazing at Mars and trading mythic quips. The exchange likens the god of war to Achilles and a grim avenger, blending playful romance with classical imagery.
Indianapolis News reports letter-carriers like J. H. Mattern suffer rheumatic pain from exposure. Mattern recalls an ankle sprain in Civil War service and credits St Jacob’s Oil with lasting relief after several applications. Other carriers at the post office also favor the German remedy for sore feet and rheumatism.
Brown compliments a book while Fogg insists he is not a flatterer. Fogg claims insomnia relief from the book, saying he can sleep before finishing half a page. Brown replies with a simple oh and walks away, not repeating the flattery charge.
The New York Spirit of the Times notes the cure of George Drake of 46 Fifth Street Indianapolis Indiana from a severe water rheumatism using St Jacob's Oil, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A soda fountain display in a drug store shows a sign reading bovine vaccine. A young man asks for bovine, and his companion jokes she will try a vaccine, as onlookers share a light moment.
In all his writing of prescriptions he seeks the best element combination regardless of cost. The Pad experience inspired him to develop a notable plaster. We safely claim this plaster is the best ever offered to the public.
In Portland Maine a public school teacher asked pupils where Longfellow was born. A child replied with a joke that the poet was born in Patsy Connor’s bedroom, noting the old Longfellow house still stands and is known to city children.
Suffering is Needles Brooxlyn N Y June 21 1881 H H Warner Co Sirs I find that pulsation of the heart shortness of breath dyspepsia and pains in the kidneys yield easily and gracefully to your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure Resert H Tuvrston.
A young lady notes the paradox that the tortoise, source of tortoise shell combs, has no hair at all. The observation highlights a little known quirk of nature beyond casual understanding.
A London theatre scene features a deaf man asking for louder sound during a pantomime. The ad copy touts Carboline and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as cures for skin diseases and female ailments, claiming broad, positive results.
A man recounts doctors advising he limit intake to three drinks daily. He consulted another physician who echoed the warning, noting that combining the two estimates would total about six drinks a day.
A playful verse contrasts barber, upholsterer, butcher, carpenter, and angry man by calling their offspring different tiny versions such as little shavers and little lambs. The poem uses metaphor to compare crafts to offspring.
A method for producing glossy enamel on photos involves toning washing and trimming, then immersing prints in a warm filtered gelatine solution with sugar. Prints are pressed face down on a glass plate coated with colloction and air dried, with a backing paper.
A bright looking man complains of bilious symptoms and back pain and receives a recommendation to take Kidney-Wort. The ad claims Kidney-Wort is the sure cure for biliousness and constipation, noting it as a doctor recommended remedy featured in Long Branch News.
New York plans to pay gas firms for street lighting at varying rates per lamp. The New York Gas Light Co covers south of Grand Street at 17.50. Manhattan Gas Light Co between Grand and 34th Streets at 17.90. Mutual Gas Light Co between 34th and 79th Streets and parks at 17.50. Metropolitan Gas Light Co between 34th and Sev-enty ninth at 17.50. Harlem Gas Light Co north of 79th St to Spuyten Duyvil and Harlem River at 19.50. Central Gas Light Co in the 23rd Ward at 29.40. Northern Gas Light Co in part of the 24th Ward formerly West Farms at 32. Yonkers Gas Light Co remaining part of 24th Ward at 39.00.
Advertisement touts Hop Bit ters as a universal cure able to relieve kidney and urinary troubles Brights disease dia betes and liver complaints. It claims no disease can resist its curative power and positions it as the great family medicine on earth.
A new dry method to separate gold from sand without water was completed and tested in New York. The device uses centrifugal force to throw sand at a mercury wall while an air blast removes the sand, claiming to recover gold efficiently and allow profitable processing of tails from other mines.
Women urged to mail five three cent stamps for a copy of Strawbridge and Clothier's quarterly. The issue presents 120 pages and 1000 engravings of new fashions with four pages of new music from Strawbridge & Clothier located at South and Market streets in Philadelphia.
The article notes that recast brass often loses original proportions causing poorer results. It explains zinc burns off quickly and lead may burn away, suggesting adding metals to old recast brass. It recommends about one pound of zinc and lead to 16 pounds of brass for better sound castings.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan advertises Elect o Voltac Helts and other electric appliances on trial for 30 days to cure nervous debility and loss of vitality. No risk with a 30 day trial. Also notes a French chemist extracting a gutta-percha like gum from birch bark resinable for india rubber and gutta-percha use.
An assortment of patent medicine pitches proclaims Allen's Brain Food cures nervous debility and generative weakness with a one dollar price and a mail circular offer from Allen's Pharmacy New York. A lawyer jokes with a countryman in a witness box about lying and pay. Wells' Health Renewer is claimed to triple a husband's vitality with a dollar price and pamphlet by E R Wells Jersey City.
Tam taunts Jock about forty pianos at the station and a piano forte joke. A pitch about "Dr Lindeey's Blood Searcher" promises quick improvement for weak appetites. A lazy fisherman who avoids church for comfort is mocked as hypocritical.
A contractor notes a gang member's bruised face and says Jimmy admits they had a fight with sticks during a discooshin at Bill Mulligan's last night. The exchange captures a rough mood amid local labor work.
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming cures for consumption with testimonials and requests two stamps for pamphlets. A Buffalo association promotes nerve and memory pamphlets. A provincial dialect sketch features Mrs McGinnis and Mrs Malley discussing a dead letter at the post office.
An advertisement proclaims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the best restorative tonic for debilitated women, framing it as a remedy to restore strength and vitality. It presents the product in a health-boosting, trusted light.
Dr. Rogers reports a Kincardineshire hireman expressed to his minister the high regard for personal virtues. He ended his eulogy with a quip asserting steadfast independence and a claim that he fears neither God nor man.
An advertisement claims Habitual Constipation and kidney liver disorders harm American women and promotes Kidney-Wort as a universal remedy available in liquid or dry form. The Boston Sunday Budget endorses its efficacy for constipation and related ailments.
An actress playing Juliet pretends to die and asks Romeo how the scene plays. He says the pit must umbrella to shield them from tears in the gallery. The column shifts to medical ads touting Hop Bitters and Sellers Liver Pills as cures and warnings about quack remedies.
A parent writes to Jd. B. Mayen praising his treatment for rupture. The son is described as cured after using the Liviment, and the baby’s double rupture at birth is also declared cured. The writer says faith in the method has grown with their children's success and intends to continue treatment.
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