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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1882
Page
4
The article argues that abandoned or timbered lands on farms produce poor pastures with stunted stock. It calls for thorough breaking, soil preparation, and seeding to restore pasture value, noting that good grain crops require paving the way for grass and that tilling is essential for meaningful yields.
The pig is an economical meat producer, yielding a pound of meat from less corn than cattle or sheep. It carries off fewer soil minerals per ton than beef, aiding soil fertility. Promoting pork production benefits exports, dairy waste utilization, and overall farm profitability.
The article advises widening grapevine spacing from eight to sixteen feet, trimming along trellis tops, and keeping one vine per rod. This increases light exposure to grape clusters, reduces rot, and aims to improve fruit quantity for eating and wine.
The article advises careful planting of celery with earth to avoid rust. Keep soil light and bank weekly from now until frost, applying small amounts at a time to prevent covering the plants too thickly. Avoid getting soil into the heart of the stalks.
The method advises collecting thirty to fifty dozen eggs in summer after hatching time, or buying fresh eggs. Prepare a squid by mixing one pint of galt with one pint of lime in four gallons of boiling water, let it settle, then place cooled eggs in the liquor in stone jars, fully covered. Do not use casks or wooden containers. stone jars preserve the eggs for twelve months in good condition.
A farmer notes that skim milk mixed with oats yields excellent dairy cattle feed. Alternate oats with linseed and cottonseed meal to supply bone and muscle material and promote a strong constitution and well formed frame.
A general purpose lubricator and preserver for farm tools uses cas tor oil with a bit of kerosene. For saws mowers buggies and similar equipment the mixture adds body and reduces gum compared with other oils. The kerosene portion should be adjusted to the intended use.
A columnist suggests using a large barrel near the well to create hot ash water for washing. Two panfuls of wood ashes are added, coals skimmed, then left two days. Use boiling hot water to cover and blanket dresses overnight. Wring out next day for strong white results, especially for weak workers.
Advertises sending 25 cents to Stawbridge and Clothier to receive a Fashion Quarterly for six months. Claims nearly 1000 illustrations and four pages of new music in each issue.
An inexpensive method using straw bundles on roof tops was tested in Tarbes and adopted by eighteen communes in the Hautes Pyrenees. Reportedly no lightning accidents occurred in the district after deployment.
William J Coughlin of Somerville Massachusetts describes a lung hemorrhage and a large hole in the lung in 1876 77 and reports recovery after using Dr William Hall’s Balsam For The Lungs a friend recommended. Baker’s Pain Panacea advertised for pain relief in man or beast claims external or internal use.
Wash and slice potatoes then soak in cold water. Dry in a towel before frying in hot lard, fry in batches until brown and crisp, drain, and keep warm in the oven for a crisp result.
Small onions are peeled and brined for eight days in a strong brine, changed every other day. Dry onions, pack in glass bottles with spices and red peppers, then cover with strong cider vinegar. A tablespoon of olive oil helps prevent turning yellow. Mustard seed horseradish allspice cloves peppercorns and mace suit the spices.
Purified cod liver oil from select livers sourced on the seashore by Caswell Hazard & Co New York. Labeled as absolutely pure and sweet with patients preferring it over all others. Physicians deem it superior to other oils. Juniper Soap by Caswell Hazard & Co New York claims to cure chapped hands face pimples and rough skin.
A vintage instruction describes making orange cake by beating egg yolks with sugar then folding in stiff egg whites, adding butter milk and flour, baking in pans, and layering with a filling of lemon and orange zest juice sugar corn starch and water.
Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners prevent boots and shoes from collapsing at the toe and heel. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers for use in new footwear.
A simple lemon pudding recipe uses one pint sugar one quarter pound butter three lemons and four eggs combined with water and baked. The dish is finished with a meringue by beating egg whites with sugar then spreading over the warm pudding and browning briefly.
Dr. Kline touts the Great Nerve Restorer as a marvel of the age claiming it ends fits and cures nerve diseases. Address for correspondence is 981 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa.
A paste from alum and flour keeps months for canning and cleaning. Fry fish in flour egg wash and crumbs in lard or mixed fat with lemon garnish. use fat from salt pork first. Butter sauce blends eggs and dairy over heat to spread on toast. A fruit omelet uses eggs cream and batter cooked on a buttered griddle with fruit and sugar.
A humorous family scene unfolds as a husband is found kissing the cook. The spirited wife confronts him with Iva and outrage, but he offers a flimsy excuse about tasting what’s for dinner. The incident ends with forgiveness tied to a promised Fall bonnet.
A lecturer unsettles ladies with a near tearful passage then defends Dr Bull s Cough Syrup. Brown dodges direct answers in a comic back and forth while Kidney Worth is praised. An Arkansaw judge discharges a prisoner boasting a rooster theft confession and multiple hens.
A Lone Jack resident reports using Hop Bitters since Sept 14 1879 for liver issues and malaria fever and calls it superior to all other medicines. Signed P. M. Barns.
James and Henry divide a fishing take with misadventure and hats. six men invest in a cooperative store and $250 remains equal to one fifth of each man’s stake. a fifth of U S corn victims and cure costs are explored. a medical warning favors Mrs Frinkham's Vegetable Compound over narcotics and stimulants.
A Scottish minister questions a stout girl during catechism in front of the congregation. When pressed for her name she retorts that he already knows it, recalling the family pub and a joke about bringing ale on a night.
In morbid blood conditions diseases like salt rheum ring worm boils carbuncles sores ulcers and pimples occur. Try the VeereTing blood purifier to cleanse and cure these afflictions. Its effects are wonderful and it claims to be unequaled among purifiers.
Foote, dining with Mrs. Thrale, rejects every dish as unsatisfactory. When the servant removes the final neck of mutton Foote calls out to bring it back declaring it neck or nothing.
Riv James N. Krys reports in 1881 from Decxrrtony New Jersey that H. H. Warner & Co. Safe Kidney and Liver Cure proved beneficial. He states he is glad to testify in the most positive manner to its efficacy.
A gentleman complains about paying a bill twice. His companion asks why he paid it. He claims he did not pay but that it jay bubbled from him. The text then mentions Natural petroleum and Carboline as a hair restorer made from it.
A reporter spoke with a prize fat woman weighing 720 pounds who denied claiming the title. She called herself the largest large lady on exhibition and declined to acknowledge the world’s largest distinction.
Dr Jarvis R Wilcox of Baltimore writes that VEGETIVE acts as a valuable adjunct in treating hereditary strumous conditions and lymphatic and bone issues. He criticizes patent medicines but endorses Vegetine and hopes the testimony will help more patients.
Boston March 22 1881 letter from Miss L A Spooner testifies that after trying many remedies she used VEGETINE and was permanently cured of a lingering canker. The endorsement notes the product helped her and she signs respectfully.
A man declares I want a divorce in court but the judge rebukes him stating this is no place for divorces. He admits no marriage exists yet says a breach of promise suit from a fiancée is looming and he wants a divorce to gain leverage. he is ejected from the courtroom.
A reader from Flemington thanks Dr. R V Pierce for Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets after healing extensive ulcers. The letter praises cures for skin conditions and touts other Pierce products.
An advertisement mentions remedies like Buchu paba curing pain irrigation retention and deposits with gravel. It offers a pamphlet from E. Wells in Jersey City NJ and oddly includes a quip asking for the extreme penalty for bigamy as two mothers in law.
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