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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1882
Page
4
The article warns against using artificial heat for fowls during winter, noting risks to stock health and future vigor. It advises ample natural warmth via well protected houses with glass on south and east sides, letting some eggs be sacrificed to preserve flock strength, and suggests Plymouth Rock as a hardy, general-use breed.
The article notes that a cow's comfort and absence of flies improve milk quality. It cites experiments showing fat content drops when cows are excited by dogs or harsh handling. Heat, cold, and even cows in water affect butter yield and milk secretion, with a Albany case linking mistreated milking to a child’s illness from the milk.
Several plans are described to preserve eggs by sealing the shell pores. Methods include boiling briefly to create a thin film, smearing with lard or oil, and shellac varnish, though each has drawbacks. The boiling method spoils eggs for sale and varnish requires individual treatment and risks discoloration.
The article explains heating gypsum to 272 degrees drives off water to create plaster of Paris. Rehydration with water restores its original chemical form and potential as a fertilizer when ground. Application on clover is typically in spring as vegetation emerges.
Instruction on silently following a hawk with a chicken, disturbing it before completion, and placing a steel trap with feather bait to catch the pirate bird. The tactic aims to seize the hawk for removal home, detailing steps and timing.
Pruning Norway spruce depends on goal. For hedges, dwarfing by cutting back new growth in June keeps a compact form. For shaping, remove or shorten branches in autumn before severe weather. There is no single proper time to remove lower limbs.
Well cured corn fodder offers feeding value nearly equal to hay. When cut fine and fed with bran and corn meal, it serves as prime provender with the butts identified as the best part.
A historical recipe instructs soaking black beans overnight then simmering with a ham bone to three quarts of thick soup. It suggests mashing beans, adding hard boiled eggs, lemon slices, red pepper, and optional forcemeat balls. Costs total about 20 cents.
Mr. Aug Kickbush stated St Jacob's Oil proved excellent and most useful in every family that used it. A large majority of cases deemed incurable were entirely cured.
Osier willow culture in Texas is a niche practice that succeeds only with favorable site soil and steady demand. It profits from damp edges of drained swamps where cuttings are planted. by year three roots emit many shoots on six to ten foot shrubs. These willows serve as baths for binding corn stalks.
Observation and testimony indicate average growth for leading timber varieties after twelve years in belts or groves. White maple reaches about one foot diameter and 30 feet high, ash and box elder about one foot diameter and 20 feet high, white willow 1.5 feet diameter and 50 feet high, yellow willow 1.5 feet diameter and 34 feet high, Lombardy poplar 10 inches diameter and 40 feet high, blue and white ash 10 inches diameter and 25 feet high, black walnut and butternut 10 inches diameter and 20 feet high.
W T Lee publisher of the True Record states he is convinced of the oil’s efficacy in curing rheumatism and has no hesitancy in recommending it.
When nails begin to rust prevention is better than cure. Mix linseed oil with black lead, heat nails red hot and steep in the mixture. Drain and shake in an old bag until dry. The film of varnish guards against moisture. Proportions cover an almost indefinite quantity.
Instructions for a bread recipe using sweet milk boiling water corn meal flour and salt. Mix in a warm place allow the yeast to rise twice and bake with a final salt adjustment for seasoning.
An advertisement touts CarBoine a deodorized petroleum extract as the sole remedy for baldness claiming it will positively renew hair. The copy asserts it is a unique product capable of restoring growth.
A short extract describes corns treatment using sal ammoniac dissolved in spirits and water to saturate a sponge applied between the toes, changing twice daily to harden skin for easy removal. It also suggests chalk rubbed on soft corns and cotton wool between toes to prevent pressure and dry the corn.
Promote safe and easy access to Warner s kidney and liver care products for women. Addresses relief from suffering with claims of safety and simple use.
Instructions for making a pork sausage mix using two thirds lean pork and one third fat with salt pepper and powdered sage. Details include warming, mixing by hand, packing in jars, shaping into small cakes for frying in butter, and storage in a cool dry place.
Mix two eggs two cups sour milk one teaspoon soda and a pinch of salt until thick. Stir in cherries raspberries currants or other dried fruit. Steam two hours keeping water boil steady around the bag. Serve with cream sugar hard sauce or a liquid sauce.
Ad copy touts Sellers Liver Pills as a gentle purgative for headache liver complaint and biliousness. The text urges use as the best means of curing these ailments and repeats the product name for emphasis.
The text discusses best practices for insulating steam pipes using materials such as dry wool felts shoddy mineral wool asbestos cork and similar nonconductive substances. It recommends leaving an air space between the pipe and covering and notes sawdust as a suitable fill for underground pipes.
An Austin House couple of the upper class, recently married, were overheard arguing. The husband snaps at his wife, recalling happy strolls before marriage whenever she opens her potato trap.
The advertisement proclaims the Gulden Medical Discovery will not raise the dead or cure advanced consumption but claims to serve as a pectoral and alterative. It is said to cleanse and enrich the blood, heal pimples and eruptions, and help severe throat and bronchial conditions.
An old described view notes that a man may struggle with sewing and nick his thumb, yet once he finishes and breaks the thread, the button stays fast long after the fabric wears thin at the knees.
In a police court the prisoner admits uttering seditious cries at two this morning. He cites a lonely neighborhood and recent street robberies, claiming he trusted in police patriotic zeal for protection.
A minister tells a tearful flock not to rely on tears but on funds, noting a project cannot run by water. The piece touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women’s weaknesses, claiming it relieves backache and bearing down, available from druggists.
The Marquis of Bute started a daily Welsh newspaper and sunk about 400000 dollars, then shut down the operation. The noble title could not offset the difficulties in journalism, and the venture ended with the paper closing.
Mrs Cleanwell is described as pizen nice. Cleanwell recalls catching his better half washing off Easter eggs he had paid fifty cents each for, and he claims there is such a thing as being too neat.
A brief item notes John Phillips died in an accidental shooting by his brother as a memorial phrase. A piano with carved legs and oak case is offered for sale by a woman about to cross the Channel.
A ragged string of humor and ads appears with Dr Pierve pellets pitch and sugar coated remedies. A traveler seeks clabber at a farm house but is refused as the farmer sells it to hogs first come first served. A classroom exchange about senses and a cemetery contemplation add to the miscellany.
An advertisement claims troubled children who wet the bed should not be scolded but given Kidney-Wort as a tonic medicine for the kidneys and urinary organs. The text urges readers not to fail to obtain it.
A milkman offers milk to Toozer at the bank door. The child replies with a pun about udder milk, prompting the milkman to step away along a chalk line.
A man with a search warrant searches for a sprinkling cart bearing his advertisement. The article notes that even in a drought a poor newspaper cannot match a city's circulation.
A US attorney from Warne County relates how persistent kidney pain left him unable to find medical help until Hop Bitters provided a cure quickly. The ad emphasizes relief and a testimonial tone. It also notes that some poor readers pay high annual sums for tobacco and whiskey, praising the country’s freedom.
A string of short quips and observations appears, including typographical humor, moral jests about honesty, social scenes, and reflections on a drink remedy. The passage features dialect exchange, a colorless young woman, a playful math of commas, a steadfast man, a clergyman’s awkward remark, and a memorial note to Lydia E. Lindham.
Two dressed women study a terra cotta Andromeda statue while one asks where it came from. A polite editor greets a well meaning newcomer who climbs to the editorial rooms to offer advice about the paper. The exchange hints at newsroom tensions and misunderstandings.
On a pleasant fall day some persons will thoughtlessly expose themselves as in summer and take a severe cold. For such immediate relief offers itself in Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, 25 cents a bottle.
A Brooklyn man reunites with his sister after fifty years. she was the boarding house cook and he recognized her hash style. The narrator reflects on pride and the fragile value of human worth.
A collage of lines notes health claims and social remarks. It cites Kidney-Wort as a remedy, comments on Sunday suicide risk among women, theatre crowds anxious about deadheads, and praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Also includes light anecdotes about fashion, timepieces, and sailors bred on the seas.
An assortment of ad blurbs and remarks including Allen's Brain Food claim for nervous debility, a boast about Dr Lindsey and Blood Searcher cures, a joke about stomach humor, a note on beer schooners, and a corn cake recipe with detailed ingredients and baking steps.
The ad praises Dr. Silsbee and the proprietary medicine Anakesis as a 40 year proven cure for piles. It claims immediate pain relief and cure, offering a free sample via P Neustaedter & C. New York, and urges sufferers to follow the printed circular to prevent recurrence.
Absolute care for nervous debility and physical decline. Price options include $1 prepaid to express, $6 for $5, and $125. S. Weis, Jersey City, New Jersey.
The Voltaic Belt Company of Marshall Michigan offers a thirty day trial of Electro Voltaic Belts and other electric appliances to any person with nervous debility or weak vitality. They guarantee a complete restoration of vigor and masculine strength. No risk is incurred as the trial period is allowed. Address and apply as above.
Missrs Morn and Headly Mutual Life Building at Tenth and Chestnut advertise a superb stock of extra fine quality diamonds. They claim stones of first quality color and shape can be sold at notably low prices.
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