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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1883
Page
4
Dr. Sturtevant of the Geneva experimental station reports success against the cabbage worm using a kerosene oil and soap suds emulsion. Mix one ounce yellow soap one pint kerosene and one and a half gallons water. Apply with a rose watering pot to thoroughly wet worms without harming the plant.
The article explains soil texture from sand to clay and notes mixtures with sand and some clay and organic matter suit agriculture. It discusses how sand improves tilling and moisture absorption varies with clay, then shifts to cream and butter making, churn practices, and effects of churn size, cream temperature, and methods on butter yield.
Mrs. Oliphant recalls a tale from the Century about a state ball near a betrothal. A rose given by a young lady to a princely suitor led to a coat being slit to fit a buttonhole, symbolizing the couple’s final union. The Queen reportedly praised the union as shaping a remarkable life.
Across Europe commemorations mark Martin Luther's birth with a statue unveiling in Eisleben and ceremonies in other German cities. Paris debates US mediation with China while Madrid honors the first Spanish Republic president. Numerous fires, crimes, and political notes fill the day’s news.
General dispatches report anti Jewish violence in Hungary with troops quelling the mob and arrests made. Other items note a fatal English colliery explosion, Luther anniversary in Berlin, London Lord Mayor’s show, British Parliament prorogation, Italian cabinet resignations, and various European political moves. Reports also cover yellow fever in New Orleans, a Maryland court appointment, a new railroad charter, and planned expositions in Nashville. Additional notes include school discipline in Hoboken, Utah politics, and a French Tonquin subsidy bill with Russian army activity and Crown Prince Frederick William’s visits.
The Baltimore market report shows varied prices across grains and staples with flour ranges at 400 to 475 and corn in the mid 50s, while wheat from Southern sources sits around 110 to 113 and oats in Maryland quoted at 335 to 377. Cotton values hover near 10 to 11 cents, hay and tobacco notes appear, and butter and eggs carry modest levels.
Senor A de La E Delgado reports a single application of St Jacobs Oil cured rheumatic pains in his left arm and aided neuralgic pain in Mrs Garcia. Mr D Herman Decker, a German, credits the remedy with relief from mysterious arm pains. The brother shows improvement from paralysis-like symptoms after one or two applications.
A long miscellany of civic admonitions and medical adverts urges belief in false stories, warns against scandal, and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for female ailments. It also touts Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners, Carboleve hair dressing, Wells' Rough on Corns, and Wells' Corn remedies with brief claims of relief.
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