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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1881
Page
4
Advice on using chickens in the garden to control insects. Let mother hen brood in the vegetable plot with chicks allowed to forage. chickens scratch for worms under the coop as it moves to new soil. Chickens eat many pests and help keep insect numbers down, especially in well manured gardens. When they grow large enough to harm plants, relocate them.
The article argues against shaping trees and shrubs into grotesque forms by artificial means or crowding. It cites James Vick and a historical remark by Wellington on steam-gun progress, comparing distorted growth to an imagined improvement in weapons.
The cranberry adapts to many soils and climates and yields well with low, moist, level land use. It can be grown like strawberries, with ground kept moist by swamp muck or sawdust. Even a small start in a flower pot can produce ornamental vines and a fruitful future crop.
Testing dairy cows involves weighing milk daily and recording the results under each cow's name with date. A week of trials per month yields a fair annual average and butter yield can be measured by churning separately to gauge milk quantity.
The speaker contrasts agricultural soil with subsoil and warns premium prizes for smooth furrows harm farming. He argues soil should be crushed and covered, advising shallow airier soils to lift and enrich by turning, while light lands may need flat furrows for compaction.
A sudden cold snap drives cattle to seek sheltered corners and quiet stalls. Farmers report decreased grazing and increased energy use for warmth as animals huddle to conserve heat.
A reflective line wonders where yesterday vanished and where tomorrow originates, expressing timeless musing on memory and fate through concise poetic inquiry.
A fragmentary caption shows Morue Err teaching a young girl letters. The girl responds with a playful request to repeat the letter W, saying Double me. The brief scene captures a playful classroom moment.
A fragmented note echoes a desire to stay under social radar, using a play on "eggs" and "hen sets" to imply quiet, overlooked status. The text hints at financial scrutiny and a wish to avoid excess attention from authorities.
A comical vendor proclaims his wares as a “melancholy mug” able to draw tears and sadness at a public event. He boasts of making people weep for funerals, then flees as a paste pot flies past, leaving a blue streak.
In Rome an American woman Mrs. Raggles of Missouri asks if the Apollo Belvedere is a master-piece. The artist confirms its famed beauty and refers to a later quip by Mrs. Raggles who declares she has seen both Apollo and Raggles and prefers the latter.
Humorous regional chatter recounts exaggerated tallies of men to women in Dakota territory and a litany of domestic misadventures. A spinster quips about preferring a half man to none, while a chorus of quirky family calamities unfolds at a rural home.
A playful remark recalls a young woman at an English fancy ball as a powder puff. It links to a tale of a young man at an American ball who dressed as a rifle and caused a stir when he “went off half cocked” and stumbled into the crowd, earning the jab son of a gun.
A brief chatter between two women unfolds a rumor about an ill husband. One denies the tale and calls it vile slander, insisting the outing was merely an excursion, not a picnic tied to the health crisis.
A promotional note urges readers to subscribe, claiming many men who have died over the past decade never read their country paper. It presents subscribing as timely and essential.
A woman opens the street door for her husband as he tries to unlock the bell knob and then lets him sleep on the hall floor in a quiet domestic scene.
A fellow who wed a poor girl claimed he did so to look after her. He stayed out late and, in retaliation, she pulled out his hair.
A little girl admires her aunt Mary’s front tooth glittering with a gold filling and exclaims she wishes for copper-toed teeth like hers, capturing a moment of childlike curiosity about dental adornment.
A call for a boiler-iron shoe designed for a small boy promises a fortune to the inventor. The item must endure for about fourteen days and be suitably durable.
A fellow in New Orleans reportedly swallowed a box of Castile soap to fade freckles. The outward freckles remain on his face, but his insides are said to be freckle free.
A Southern paper, lacking hard news, reports a seaside clam bake where two young men ate so freely the dish supposedly protruded from their ears. The tale uses exaggeration to amuse readers and poke fun at overindulgence.
A wry mirror of family life hints that vocal piety does not guarantee the highest bills. The passage critiques social pretenses while noting practical costs and everyday labor.
In a tense courtroom a Western judge scolded a prisoner while the inmate deflected with a cheeky reply claiming the judge’s remark was a personal reflection. The exchange highlights heated rhetoric during a trial.
A girl listening to her mistress asks her husband to bring Dombey and Son when he returns for dinner, and she sets two extra plates for the anticipated guests.
A Vernon company purchased 2,000 raw hides not intended for use in public schools.
The present weather allows numerous youths who bought ulsters early in the season to come out in full form on the field, signaling a strong turnout and spirited play despite earlier conditions.
A Virginia penitentiary card game taught by a prisoner who did three card monte is described. The beehive is mocked as a poor fallback, and a moral note hints at residual goodness. A homely exchange ends with a child asking for mudder’s fodder.
A Boston newspaper advertises a plain cook and notes the cost of graduation for farmers at the Agricultural College. The item references the Albany Springfield and Washington baseball clubs and calls for comment on the issue.
Simple home guide to making bread using boiled potatoes and potato water as a sponge. It details preparing a light sponge with yeast, mixing with flour and soda, kneading ten minutes, rising in stages, shaping into leaf forms, and baking about one hour fifteen minutes, with tips on keeping sponge, using salt, and wrapping to finish.
A Detroit man recounts years of his wife’s undisclosed illnesses and costly remedies before trying Hop Bitters. After two bottles, his wife recovered fully, at a cost of two dollars, proving his earlier skepticism mistaken.
A practical home note explains coating iron tea kettles with tannite of iron to resist lime build up. Boil oak bark in a new kettle with water for several hours to form a black tannic coating that prevents lime precipitation. Reapply by repeated boiling if needed and avoid overheating to redness.
The article urges daily oat meat for children as genuine bone and muscle food to aid growth and nerve health. It suggests using oat meal mush for the last meal and for morning nourishment to promote better sleep and overall health, reducing neuralgia among women.
A compact instruction describes broiling one shad with two ounces of buttermilk half a teaspoon pepper and salt. The fish is split through the backbone, broiled ten minutes over high heat, then dressed with butter pepper and salt and served piping hot with lemon quarters and a parsley sprig garnish.
A deodorized extract of petroleum named Carboline is marketed as a natural hair renewer. It is prepared without distillation or rectification and contains no mineral poisons. It is described as perfumed and clear as spring water.
A solution of one and a quarter pounds of white soap and three eighths of an ounce of spirits of ammonia dissolved in twelve gallons of soft water will impart a lasting whiteness to yellowed flannels. Stir briefly, then rinse well in clean cold water.
Mix one tablespoon of white starch into half a pint of cold water gradually. Dissolve a small lump of borax in hot water and add the cool solution to the starch. Dip collars in the mixture rub them smooth with linen and iron first with a flat iron then with a polishing iron.
Card collectors urged to buy seven bars of Dobbins Electric Soap from any grocer and write Cragin & Co. Philadelphia Pa for seven free cards in six colors and gold featuring Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man. Ordinary price 26 cents.
The text states once water boils the fire can be reduced since only a small amount of heat is required to maintain boiling. It argues that furious boiling offers no advantage because heat escapes as steam and does not raise the water temperature.
Public notices warn residents to request Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup only and avoid other brands. The item is priced at 25 cents, with notices urging vigilance against substitutes.
Boston readers learn from New York that the Comstock Lode near Story County Nevada has yielded sixteen bonanzas in twenty years. The 1800 foot Keystone mine leads the field with promising reports by engineer John Barry while the lode’s ore has averaged 46 dollars per ton in value, totaling over 323 million dollars in net profits from mills and sluices. The report notes gold and silver proportions of 45 and 55 percent respectively.
Cut bread into two inch slices and cut out cylinders then fry to a golden color in hot lard. Drain and hollow centers then mix minced chicken remnants with ham or tongue and mushrooms. Fill croustades, top with mushroom, cover with parchment, bake until hot and serve.
A board of physicians and chemists announced a new medicine Hop Bitters that cures many diseases. Skeptics doubted it but trials proved its merits, leading to honors for the discoverers as benefactors.
Dr James D Dana presents findings in recent papers asserting that limestone in Westchester County New York and New York Island with conformable metamorphic rocks belongs to the lower Silurian period. He extends the claim to Green Mountain rocks from Vermont to New York Island as also lower Silurian in age.
Thousands attest VEGETINE as the best medical compound for renovating and purifying the blood eradicating humors and poisons from the system and invigorating a debilitated body. It is described as a great health restorer by many users.
An English mechanic devised a horseshoe made from three厚 cowhide strips pressed in a steel mould and chemically treated. The design lasts longer than sheet metal, weighs a quarter as much, resists hoof splitting, needs no calks, and remains highly elastic.
In four days of shooting at Croxteth in Lancashire six guns killed 6344 head of game. Pheasants numbered 4832, ducks 197 and hares 999. This performance is described as unparalleled in sport.
An 19th century Courant note touts Kidney-Wort as a universal remedy. It claims cleansing the blood removes foul humours and restores organ function, warning that torpid kidneys and liver cause gravel diabetes constipation piles and rheumatism.
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia presents an optimistic annual statement. The report notes a prosperous year with operations aimed at reliable life coverage at the lowest cost and high success in achieving that goal.
The article proclaims an absolute cure for piles by Anakesis from Dr Silsbee, challenging centuries of quack remedies. It casts death as uncertain and frames the discovery as a monumental medical breakthrough, promising relief for sufferers.
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