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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1882
Page
4
Agriculture note urges permanent landmarks to mark property lines. It describes sinking colored stones as markers, with a finder stone above ground and fence posts offset from the corner. Winter, with mild weather, is ideal for installing stable boundaries.
A writer recounts his method of filling felings with heated linseed oil to keep wagon tires tight. He describes heating oil to boil, dunking wheels on a rack, and warns against overheating to prevent wood ignition, noting longevity of tightened tires and the shared profit in wheel repairs.
Moon age debate resolves that trunks do not elongate after formation. Observers note branches can rise due to growth under roots and uplift from external forces. Dr Lipham shows trees on rocks lifted by woody matter added to roots, raising trunks over time. Science and popular belief converge through this evidence.
The Department reports 181583 acres in grape cultivation producing about 25453827 gallons of wine valued at 13426174 dollars. California leads in volume, but eastern states combined fetch more value due to better market access. non California crops have over twice the value of California’s.
The text advises keeping Dey road dirt in dry storage for use in damp or frozen weather. It should be free of gravel and works with hen manure and plaster as a preventive. Used in privies it absorbs liquids and removes odors. It can be dusted from floors of poultry houses and stables or mixed with liquid manures.
The text warns that butter, cream, milk and flour readily absorb effluvia and must not be kept where moldy rooms or sour liquids, or strong odors from onions, cabbage, turnips, smoked fish or bacon may linger. It cautions against storing these items in spaces with strong flavors.
The text advises setting turkey eggs under a turkey hen and warns the eggs must not chill or dampness. It notes hens stay on the nest and care for young. warns against filth. It also gives old horse care tips for mares and foals including moderate exercise and feeding guidance.
The article explains simple grapevine propagation by cutting a piece with a bud at each end and planting one end to root. It also mentions Geary bodies chosen for height near colored bodies show strong color contrast phenomena with black or white substances.
Ornamental and useful Es may harbor weeds grasses and insects if neglected. Examine farm implements to remove hardened grease with kerosene.
An illuminated chromo in Adams Express Company’s New York office depicts a rustic temple and a pilgrim with a label reading St Jacobs Oil. Edward J. Douglass credits the image and Mr Hall for his recovery from severe sciatic rheumatism after applying the remedy, noting swift relief and renewed work ability.
A large flounder is cleaned, skinned, and poached with butter, parsley, thyme, onion, white wine and bouillon. Oysters, mussels, and a rich ham veal sauce are added, thickened with egg yolk, then poured over the fish and garnished with croutons mushrooms and small fried fish.
To Bow Riow Saranway Fashion. Take one pound of rice and pick it thoroughly to remove black seeds or red rice. Wash the rice in three waters to remove pulverized flour. Boil in three quarts of water with salt until fully boiling, 20 minutes. Drain, cover, and rest 15 minutes. Shake into serving dish. Never use a spoon. The rice should not be glutinous.
Moses How of Haverhill endorses St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism citing effects seen in his factory and in his own family. The endorsement appears in a Massachusetts exchange cited by the Bridgeport Standard.
Heat one quart new milk and blend with a dessert spoonful of butter and a teaspoonful of flour. Thin with hot milk, return to the pan and boil five minutes then heat five minutes more. Off the fire add two lightly beaten egg yolks, mix, strain, and beat until very light.
Instructions describe boiling a flour bag in water for three hours then drying and grating. One tablespoon mixed with a teacup of milk forms a base, with optional water, a pinch of salt, and a five minute boil.
An Orster Omztette presents a method to make a savory oyster omelette. Chop fifteen to eighteen oysters, mix with flour and enough milk to form a cream, melt two ounces of butter, beat eight to ten eggs with pepper and salt, then fry and fold in a well buttered pan.
A dated recipe describes making a crust with yeast powder and greased pot, lining sides, and finishing with a thick apple filling layered with agar molasses salt or butter and nutmeg. It tops with a thin crust, then adds two cups boiling water and boils for an hour as a chowder dinner dessert.
An 1890s craft note explains dyeing white kid gloves to black purple or lilac using one part logwood extract to three parts brandy. Apply with a sponge, rub thoroughly until dry, and keep rubbing hands together to soften the gloves.
A village lad, caught with stolen apples, confesses to the groop country parson who had preached practical morality. The minister notes the boy’s attempt to hide the evidence and cites the sermon about avoiding the appearance of evil.
A Providence woman writes that her mother suffered neuralgia and a sluggish system, with headaches and nervous prostration. After three months of Mop Bitters use she improved markedly and appeared nearly young again, claiming no other medicine fits the family.
A court witness with fifty years in the dairy trade dodges a fixed cost by saying the cost of keeping a cow depends entirely on how much you feed it. He notes his long experience and dairy background as the basis for his views.
An Illinois girl writes to relatives that her mother recovered after taking Kidney-Wort for long time illness. She claims the remedy restored energy enabling full work capacity and notes many locals now use it after hearing her story.
A moderate guest at a banquet with a radical recalls the Dominican monks massacre at Arcueil. The radical blames priests for the violence, arguing they would not be harmed if priests did not exist, prompting a sharp exchange on accountability.
The census notes a ratio of retera to population at 1 to 574 100. It warns of rising kidney and liver disorders but claims Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is rapidly diminishing these diseases after widespread use.
A man who stopped keeping a diary after failing to find material is said to have faced a string of misfortunes the next day including being run over by a cart and losing three dollars in a dog trade, with insult from a fishwife and a jury summons.
A nervous Chicago man left a dentist chair and, bounding into a room of patients, asked if anyone would take a census for him. The item also touts Carboline as a deodorized petroleum extract and claims it cleans, perfumes, preserves fabrics, and grows hair. A Missouri man with twelve bullets in his body is noted, joking that Federal surgeons would have stripped him for less inducement.
A fragment from a Port Jervis Gazette item mocks exaggerated verse about Bessie's sunlit swing and striped stockings. It contrasts cadences with Rhode Island travelers hearing the ocean and a fiancée seeking to untie a failing engagement knot.
A chaotic jumble of schoolyard quips and card game maxims appears folded into a scene where a boy named Lrrrtz Harry cuts his finger, a baker is called a loafer, and merchants joke about pricing. The text mixes play, insults, and humorous proverbs about life and vice.
A Rion dentist asks an architect for a home style. The reply suggests Tuscan as a fitting choice for the proposed fine residence.
The advertisement promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the best remedy for coughs colds and related ailments. It highlights a price of 25 cents per bottle and urges readers to purchase for health relief.
The article extols Vegatine by H. R. Stevens of Boston as the great medicine of present times. It claims rapid cures, strong blood purification, and widespread testimonials from respectable, high-status individuals, including a prominent Boston family, attesting to its value.
The yucca plant, known as bear grass or Spanish dagger, is praised as a century‑old, drought‑tolerant fibre source suited for bagging and rope making. It grows naturally south of 31 degrees, yields strong coarse fibre, resists shrinkage when wet, requires little cultivation after year three, and could be worth ten to fifteen cents per pound cleaned.
Our grandmothers taught that timely care saves trouble. Dr Pierce's Pellets cleanse stomach and bowels and prevent illness by acting early. The text notes phosphorescent ice observed in arctic regions by J Allen, with light from shattered ice pieces likened to sugar breaking in the dark.
Advertises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a perfect permanent cure for diseases peculiar to females. Claims tonic and nerving properties relieve stomach and heart discomfort through reflex action, banish backache and dragging sensations, and restore health under its strengthening effects. Sold by druggists.
A fragment describes how people in St Paul react to a virus sourced from a lover's arm, noting one man at St Paul swears, sits cross legged, and smokes a briar root pipe during the process.
A Cinorsnati lady dressed as a book agent made twenty six calls to various offices. She claims she did not know that older men could tell sweet lies and deceive. The ad touts Golden Medical Discovery for weak lungs blood spitting weak stomach and night sweats as a specific remedy. By druggists.
A Pennsylvania woman sues a dentist for $5,000 after a jaw dislocation. The note adds a quip on the value of a woman and an ad seeking a young man partly outdoors and partly behind the counter. A wag ponders the door slam outcome.
A reader recounts kidney trouble relief after using Kidney-Wort and urges others to try it. The ad claims Kidney-Wort cures when stomach derangement affects kidneys and liver, with liquid or dry forms working equally well.
The passage argues factory confinement harms workers causing pallor poor appetite and lazy vital organs. It recommends Hop Bitters as the best remedy to restore health by giving exposure to outdoors sunlight and rosy cheeks, claiming it costs only a trifile.
A reflective piece describes inner conflict when a boy attempts a first smoke and debates whether the boy smokes the cigar or the cigar smoke the boy. It also portrays a housewife with a carving knife looming as a menacing, murderous figure in a spooky domestic scene.
An aged ad era lists Allen's Brain Food claiming cures for nervous debility and weak generative organs with a dollar price, plus a Sellers Liver Pills pitch at 25 cents. It muses on pillars of the church and quail on toast while noting lamp uppers and a doctor at a cemetery seeing toothy smiles on tombstones.
An old-style ad urges asking druggists for Rough on Rats to clear rats mice bed bugs vermin flies and insects at 15c per box. It also promotes Dr Kline s Great Nerve Restorer described as the marvel of the age for all nerve diseases with a free trial offer and a Philadelphia address 931 Arch Street.
Notice advertising Mrs Morgan and partner selling an off stock of extra fine diamonds at low prices. The ad highlights high quality stones with perfect color and shape, available at 10th and Chestnut street location in Baye.
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