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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1884
Page
4
Mrs. Palmer learns economy by valuing leftovers over waste and illustrates thrifty methods. The aunt suggests calculating bread cost and using stale bread creatively in scalloped dishes, bread pudding, and meat sandwiches, plus suggestions for drying and storing bread for future use.
In a Liars' Club gathering at Struckdam Tinkins residence last evening, members traded tall eggs stories. Saphirus Elkins boasted of a Cochin hen laying twenty four eggs daily but hard boiled in heat. Ananias Barnum claimed a hen that hatched beer kegs. Senator Spriggins described a ten foot diameter egg weighing thirty pounds. the medal shifted hands as the meeting dissolved.
A man recalls a visit by a stranger who claimed his name was well known and sought a written legal opinion. After dinner they toured the house and office, the visitor finally presented a fifty cent bill from a local tin shop for repairs to a teapot nose. The tale ends with the stranger’s bill and a humorous note.
A Philadelphia Call quotation notes that many youths who set out to celebrate end up getting drunk or akin to painting their noses. The line warns of wasted effort and poor outcomes from reckless revelry.
An early 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain in children. It claims to relieve crying and pain, also curing dysentery and diarrhea, regulating stomach and bowels, curing wind colic, softening gums, reducing inflammation, and providing energy. The syrup is presented as pleasant tasting and widely sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents per bottle.
Whitmer and Lincoln of Coburn Pennsylvania announce they have leased the Grain House of Smith and Co. in Coburn for several years and are prepared to pay cash for Wheat Rye Barley Corn and related grains. August 1 1884 Coburn PA.
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