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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1882
Page
4
A farmer explains sorghum as superior feed and forage for cattle and work animals. He outlines planting from April to August, harvesting methods for tall and short stalks, curing, and stacking. He notes sorghum’s drought tolerance, non bleaching, and high yield per acre, with seed quality comparable to corn.
Advice on keeping hens healthy in cold months. Maintain clean quarters and ventilation, remove droppings, prevent drafts and board cracks, feed a balanced diet with soft morning meals and whole grain at night, and avoid overfeeding. Regular supervision ensures abundant winter eggs.
The editor notes Patrick Kenny, Esq., once suffered rheumatism and tried many remedies. After using St Jacobs Oil he reports relief from pain and renewed health and strength. Kenny endorses the product enthusiastically.
The article urges farmers to stock up on straw and corn fodder as feed during coming fall and winter amid corn scarcity and high food prices. It warns against over‑economizing on feed, suggests culling inferior stock, and notes that full feeding improves market readiness and overall profitability.
Reports describe storing winter apples under water to stay near freezing, excluding air and stabilizing temperature. When water stays cold the fruit remains sound, while warmth swells skins and causes cracks from moisture. grapes have been kept similarly. A damp but cold cellar is better than a dry one that causes shriveling. warmth invites decay.
Mr. George Guyett of Guyett House endorses St Jacobs Oil for neuralgia after using it himself. He reports confident recommendation to others suffering similar pain and relays the information to the newspaper representative.
The writer notes some prefer tallow post rendering for certain frying and pastry tasks. A acquaintance who is a skilled cook claims it is the only suitable shortening for mince pie crust.
Guidance recommends cattle in fattening and milk production stages receive maximum rest and minimal vigorous exercise to prevent fat decomposition and preserve quality.
Hams are packed tightly with warm lard filling all voids left by meat. The spring method favors minimal frying and emphasizes careful space filling for best texture.
Instructions describe preserving brxr for farmer use by cutting it up, frying slightly, packing in a crack, and covering with warm beef tallow. Tallow should be clean and fried until prepared for storage.
In Rochester a physician details his near death from Brights disease and urges early kidney focus. He cites remedies and warns of widespread misdiagnosis while promoting Warner's Kidney and Liver Cure. Interviews with Mr. Warner and Dr. Lattimore underscore rising cases and the need for early detection.
A man recounts kidney illness and a doctor’s dire prediction, crediting Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure with recovery. He and Dr. Lattimore describe analyses showing albumen and casts, asserting Brigit's kidney disease is dangerous yet curable and urging its availability nationwide.
The petition to begin construction for a Broadway underground line is examined by Commissioners. Experts warn of injury to adjacent buildings while gas engineers fear unsafe handling of mains during tunneling. Traffic counts at Broadway and Walker Streets show heavy activity, with thousands of pedestrians and vehicles daily. A note discusses ice sheet subsidence and long lasting crust depression after ice retreat.
At a Paris Academy meeting M. D. Calladon described experiments by M. R. Thurry using a copper wire between two houses and earth connection. Two telephones with resistances 4.5 and 2.5 ohms picked up a lightning flash, producing a characteristic sound in the phones at the moment of seeing the flash, indicating induction effects in the wire.
Mr W Lachlan praises the future of secondary batteries for traction in a recent address. He claims battery propulsion can cut cost to one third of horse power and notes the sunk capital of horses at 200 dollars per unit is ignored in his comparison.
The plains grasses are three types: gramma grass about ten inches tall with two oblong heads, buffalo grass around four inches tall that lies close to the ground and is curly, and bunch grass that stays green at the roots through winter. Cattle and sheep subsist on them year round and grow fat.
A wild baboon can overpower two or three men without weapons, showing its surprising strength and aggression in close encounters.
A Civil War era style anecdote recalls a horse thief jailed near De Witt in Clinton County. A mob threatens lynching until lawyer Green argues for his client and exposes innocence, saying the man has cash and counsel. The column also touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women’s ailments with a pamphlet offer.
A western congressman in St Louis questioned a West Point classmate of Cadet Whittaker who is not in the army. The man denied Whittaker cut his ears but suggested he was removed to prevent more Black cadets from entering West Point.
An New England narrator humorously explains that lovers drift apart not from fate but because basic goods like butter at 45 cents per pound and sealskin sacks up to $500 set tough priorities. The riff suggests economic pressures delay intimate union as necessities price out romance.
Henry Whiting of Boston Mass thanks Dr R V Pigrog of Buffalo NY for curing his son’s two year fever sore with the Golden Medical Discovery. He expresses deep gratitude in a short letter dated in Boston.
In a girls school examination a class of young children discussed who makes laws. A girl replied Congress, and when asked how Congress is divided she confidently answered civilization levels civilized half civilized and savage. The column also notes an ad for Dr Pierce’s Pellets and mentions a NH schoolteacher and a bashful speaker at a pupil assembly.
W. L. Carter reports from Moysrok Michigan on September 25, 1875 that Hop Bitters cured his kidney and bladder inflammation after four doctors failed. He describes the remedy as magical in effect.
A poetic aside notes a long haired poet sighing under the moon. The author jokes that a barber and careful grooming might help him attract a walking companion, a playful remark on courtship norms and appearance.
A collage of coarse ads and wry misfits runs through the page. The items tease cures for nervous debility and baldness while lampooning fashion excess and a Dublin exam—plus quips about coal, ice, and a boastful suitor ending with a blunt comparison to an egg.
A cryptic aphorism cites Wuar as that state no one desires yet no one wishes to relinquish, described as a bald eid in the fragment. The line hints at a paradoxical identity or concept provoking both aversion and attachment.
A. Thiellier states lubricants should be non oxidisable and not oxidise other substances. Oils should lack mucilage and free fatty acids. No method details are provided for preparing the best lubricants.
Kidney-Wort moves the bowels and cleanses the blood, curing kidney diseases, gravel, piles, bilious headaches, and pains from disordered liver and kidneys. Thousands have been cured and druggists tout it as highly successful in both dry and liquid forms.
Geneva dispatch says bombardment to redirect rockslides threatening Elm began on December 2 but thick fog and heavy snow limited progress. Elm has been evacuated.
A witty seventiagenarian in Albany declared I am 70 and you are 17. Will you do me the honor of becoming my widow. The remark, made in a social setting, drew gasps and laughs from onlookers.
An angry husband confronts his wife with accusations of foolishness. She replies calmly that he insults himself and that he is a self-made man in every respect.
A historical note extols Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a swift remedy for colds coughs and asthma while lamenting the season's sadness and a separate remark praises ladies hats seen at the theatre as a sign of stage fashion evolution.
At a central New York ceremony a plumber electrified attendees with his remarks and presented his bill which was receipted in full.
A sick woman credits Hop Bitters with her recovery and shares how her family reacted with praise. The piece includes a shark avoidance joke about motion and a courtroom exchange about a prisoner and a deceased| a humorous street-corner collection of odd quotes and lines.
The piece urges troubled readers to try Kidney-Wort, claiming it heals both liver and kidneys for complete relief. It notes back pain and kidney disorders as targets and echoes farmer and mirror letters praising the remedy. An Irish attorney is quoted about a court point, illustrating varied commentary.
Newspaper ad notes thousands of women report relief from female ailments using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It directs readers to send for pamphlets at Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts. The rest of the text shifts to humorous items about a Colorado man and a cow named Serial, and a quip about girls kissing.
M Mouches director of the Paris observatory plans meteorological observations from a captive balloon at an elevation of 2300 meters. The balloon will be filled with ordinary coal gas and aimed at gathering data to aid atmospheric retracement calculations.
A Sure Cure for Fits will be sent by mail for one dollar to any address. Dr Raoul Pictet recommends sulphurous anhydride to replace sulphur fumes in bleaching. Vapor from burning sulphur harms workers and may stain cloth. Sellers' Liver Pills remain a long standing remedy. The largest room in the world is in St Petersburg, used for displays by day and a grand ballroom by night, lit by twenty thousand wax tapers.
Advert says Anakesis by Dr. Silsbee offers a near certain cure for piles after 40 years of study. Claims 500000 sufferers tested, doctors endorse, relief of pain and tumor compression, with free samples and $1.00 per box from a New York address.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers a thirty day trial of Electro Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances to any person with nervous debility or related troubles. They guarantee complete restoration of vigor and ask readers to address for details. No risk is incurred and an eighty day trial is allowed.
Morgan and Headly of Mutual Life Building at Tenth and Chestnut street present a superb stock of extra fine diamonds at prices as low as stones of first quality. All stones are perfect in cut and shape.
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