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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1882
Page
4
The article contends against uniform crops arguing for a leading crop suited to local soil and markets while supporting some diversification as insurance. It notes cotton’s dominance in the South and Iowa's higher corn profitability, warning against blanket shifts to corn and wheat and emphasizing prudent, feature-focused farming.
A farm report notes butter tainted by atmospheric odors from a nearby pond and neglected Veal blood residue. When the pond was drained the butter taste returned to normal, illustrating how easily butter can spoil from environmental factors and poor handling.
The rovers Journal argues young breeders should rear animals for early finish rather than maximum fat. Heavier feeding yields large cattle but such 3,000 pound plus steers sell poorly for producers and butchers unless for show. Early development is emphasized to create valuable beef at a practical age.
The article notes many cellars hold stored fruits and vegetables for family use or future sale, including apples turnips beets and pumpkins. It warns winter decay will occur if cellars are poorly kept and unfit produce should be fed to stock rather than polluting upper rooms with foul odors.
Experiments show that shorter intervals between milkings increase milk richness. In one case two daily milkings 12 hours apart yielded 12.5 percent cream, while five daily milkings yielded 17.5 percent. Evening and early morning milking schedules tend to maximize morning cream due to longer rest.
Keep only cows that yield butter with good clot flavor and texture. Feed pure water and sweet foods like early cut timothy and clover hay plus corn meal. Maintain scrupulous stable cleanliness, cows in good health, and contentment. Use a churn finishing in thirty minutes and keep milk and cream near sixty degrees, churn when slightly sour.
Grubs in the head of sheep are caused by gadfly eggs in the nostrils during summer and autumn. They cause pain but are not usually fatal. Prevent with tar on noses or tar in feeding troughs in July and August. If hatched, cure by blowing tobacco smoke into nostrils or syringing the nose with a tobacco decoction.
The value of feed rises from one dollar per unit when the cow is dry to one dollar fifty cents per unit after calving. Digestive efficiency drops in poor condition. cattle in good health digest more and maximize feed value.
European capitalists have acquired two million acres of Florida land in a deal that could affect future land interests, financing, and development prospects in the state. The transaction signals growing external involvement in Florida's real estate market and may influence regional economics and policy considerations.
Herr Zander, a German musical director and choir master, observed that voice quality shifts with barometric weather. He found that clear weather preceding rain weakens the voice and lowers pitch, while stormy weather clearing to dry, brightens and strengthens it, with higher pitch tendencies. He spent years directing a church choir and teaching singing, lending credibility to these observations.
Charles Nelson of Nelson House credits St Jacob’s Oil with curing his rheumatism after doctors offered no relief. He says his arm withered and he was in despair until trying the remedy, which allegedly relieved him instantly and, with continued use, cured him, and it also cured his wife.
Describes three older metal finishing recipes for coppering and bronzing zinc. The first combines blue vitriol and cyanide with pipe clay to coat a cleaned object. The second uses verdigris cream of tartar and soda dissolved and mixed with pipe clay for bronzing. The third mixes blue vitriol calcined soda and glycerine with pipe clay to form an application paste.
At age about twelve, Mr Geisman recalls a horse accident that fractured his skull and caused ongoing rheumatic pains. He says Stob's Oil recently gave almost total relief from the pain.
A theory proposes cementation converts iron to steel by diffusion of amorphous carbon into porous iron or graphite powder. carbon diffuses into porcelain at high but nonfusing temperatures, suggesting steel forms as carbon permeates the iron while soft or expanded.
Ad claims a patent remedy from Allen's Pharmacy at 818 First Ave N to treat nervous debility and weakness of generative organs. It advertises a $1 price to druggists and offers a circular by mail.
M Land reports that light induces electricity in solutions and metal electrodes. Bichloride of copper formed from sea salt and copper sulfate attacks mercury while copper chloride reduces silver sulfide under solar exposure. Photo electric currents arise from various electrode combinations.
The advert promises Hop Bitters as a universal cure using common plants like hops buchu mandrake and dandelion. It claims wide testimony from all classes including pastors doctors lawyers and editors who have been cured, urging readers to try them.
Excavations near Seversk in Sakubar district reveal two elaborately ornamented glass vessels hooped with gold rings and set with rubies, plus heart-shaped pearl-tipped chains. A golden cup-holding with griffins and a gold plate with bas-relief historical scene were also found. Historian M Felizin dates the artifacts to Persiah II. and suggests the grave belonged to a high-ranking person.
The article notes higher immigration from Europe in 1882 with many passages from Germany to the country and a greatly increased number from Great Britain. Ireland appears steady, while Canada farmers prepare to cross the lines, many heading south.
An improved CarBourne product, a deodorized petroleum extract, is advertised as the only article that truly cures baldness and now touted as the finest hair dressing.
The Dutch repeatedly send expeditions into high latitudes to study ice movements and related details essential before costly vessel investment. They are portrayed as the sole group pursuing Arctic research with a sane scientific approach.
A New Orleans chamber of commerce committee made 936 soundings at the Mississippi mouth about a week to 80 days ago to determine water depth behind Captain Eads jetties. The shallowest point found was 26 feet on the bar crest, with the tide about two feet below average flood.
A brief quote reflects the speaker attributing their deeds to deliberate and steady thinking. The statement emphasizes self control, mindfulness, and the belief that inner discipline guides behavior.
A Boston woman questions a Chicago admirer about Bronson Alcott's theory of esthetic eating. He replies that his hunger flavored meal with mutton chops porterhouse steak buckwheat cakes eggs and hash is esthetic enough, while she insists the theory concerns people not pigs.
A 1876 Harousts Station letter touts Favorite Prescriptions restoring health after long illness, praising the remedy used by the writer and his niece. A cryptic neighbor tale follows about enacting revenge using trained dogs to ruin another's business and provoke tears of anger.
Advert says young and middle aged men suffer from nervous debility and related weaknesses. It offers Part VII of a Dime Series Book and requests three stamps to Worlh’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York for the material.
An Massachusetts lawyer was seen frantically searching for his hat at noon recess in North Hampton court. He accused a hat theft as officers noted his scatterbrain moment. the joke ended when he realized the hat was on his head and left for dinner.
Advertises Dr Pierce's Pellets as cures for bilious headaches and digestive complaints. Claims quick relief from sick stomach and bowels with a 25 cent vial price and notes no cheap boxes to waste the virtues. By druggist.
In a brief exchange among the boys Pendleton’s legacy is debated. Fogg quips that “the enemy of mankind must be the enemy of Pendleton,” while noting Pendleton had few if any personal foes.
A garbled chat near the rink ends in mutual mishearing and a fluent apology as the two speakers seek clarification. The awkward moment interrupts a band performance and leaves both parties silent briefly.
Mrs Lydia E Pinkham of 233 Western Avenue Lynn Massachusetts has gained a notable reputation for cures in female diseases attributed to her Vegetable Compound. Send for pamphlets.
The article notes that twelve thousand shovels are made in the United States each week yet a man seeking his own shovel after dark must search through over two tons of soft coal. He claws amid the coal while muttering remarks that could blister a shovel hiding by the shed.
J. F. Davis of Portsmouth Ohio sold fourteen thousand boxes in a year claiming cures for malaria. A North Carolina justice of the peace married a couple from a mule throne scene, while a servant quips about kitchen to parlor leftovers and high butcher bills.
A Toledo Blade advertisement urges women to treat constipation with Kidney-Wort, claiming it improves digestion and cures kidney and liver diseases. The copy asserts thousands are cured monthly and promotes quick use.
A delegate grew weary during a butter makers convention and contemplated ending the meeting by motioning to a churn. A child amused herself beside her mother with a pun about being beside herself, saying she totl was beside ’n.
A man nicknamed Pat reveals plans to weed a cucumber bed while the phrase interim amuses him. A visitor asks for Mr Smith who is working beyond, and a prisoner on trial is accused of theft with a juried guilty verdict after cross examination about liquor and hidden money in boots.
Dr Jacob of Baltimore Maryland issues a New Year calendar with weather wisely predicting notes and illustrations claiming cures from his Oil. A vignette shows a Samaritan giving a quarter to a tramp who plans to drink stolen whisky before seeking food. The piece mixes hokum calendar hype with a moral anecdote.
An early ad asserts that most women suffer some disease and claims Kidney-Wort tonics will cure bowel complaints headaches kidney issues and piles, promising new life. It also notes a punning postal clerk from a humorous postmark joke seeking a new job.
A collage of light vignettes and quotes: a minister dismisses one theme to take another, a gallery heckler yells spades in euchre, and a deacon assists a next-deal exit. Also snippets tout insurance gains, ads for Hop Bitters, a rubber cushion idea for skaters, and quips about immigrants, health cures, and a lamp-post loafer.
A 19th century classified style notice announces Rough on Rats and roaches products for pest control. It touts 150 boxes and promotes a stock at MuxuAN and HEADLY of the Mutual Life Building at Tenth and Chestnut Streets. It also markets diamonds offered at prices comparable to first quality stones.
The Voltaic Belt Co of Marshall Michigan offers electro voltaic belts and other electric appliances on a thirty day trial to persons suffering nervous debility and loss of vitality with a promise of complete restoration of vigor. The offer emphasizes risk free trial and suggests benefits to men seeking renewed vigor.
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