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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1882
Page
4
A Brooklyn girl comes home from a male and female boarding school with an A B degree and jokes about returning to society. She converses with her father about suitors, social life, and money, ending with a remark on the risks of mixing sexes at school retreats.
An analysis of the Comte de Chambord illness and potential royal succession shifts. It argues his death would consolidate Bourbon claims in the Comte de Paris, diminish Legitimist support, and threaten the entire royalist cause, with Orleans options unlikely to rally broad constitutional backing.
The piece surveys poetic myths about flowers, linking color and form to legends. It notes white lilies and red roses arise from tears or blushes, cites Venus, Adonis, Helen, Pyramus, Thisbe, and the violet’s blue as outcomes of rivalries and wrath among gods and poets.
Agricultural notes discuss Bisulphide of Carbon as a grain insecticide and a method to apply it in bins. The article also condemns tight bearing reins and nuisance packs on horses, explains ammonia vs sulfurated hydrogen in manure, and notes rising dairy cow numbers and insect outbreaks after a harsh season.
A practical farmer notes calves do better on milk not rich in fat. He advises using milk from cows with poorer butter yield to feed calves, as calves gain more while the richer milk yields more butter later.
Charcoal powder mixed with water is highly recommended to relieve cattle suffering from stomach derangements such as bloat. The text asserts its efficacy and urges reliance on abundant concurrent testimony.
Kansas pushes dairy expansion with a large Stockton creamery using gathered creamery methods. A sample butter from this plant impressed the Elgin Board of Trade for quality. By year end additional creameries to boost production will start in areas once deemed unviable for dairying.
Garden advice suggests treating worm infestations in flower pots by mixing one ounce of ammonia in a gallon of water and sprinkling the solution over the pot soil.
A collection of old fashioned cooking tips and methods. Includes cod chowder, chicken pudding batter crust, rice preparation, beer tongue brine, watermelon sherbet, drops, tomato pickle, chicken panada, and seasonable drinks. Also features aprue tarts, layer cake, springfield rumet snaps, plum desserts, and quick cakes.
A humorous tale from Austin depicts a municipal election where a candidate learned that Black voters outsmarted him. After losing, he suspected a trusted servant lied about his ballot. The servant admits to voting against the candidate and humorously exchanges candor for dollars, revealing repeated disloyalty.
An 19th century advertisement extols Kidney-Wort claiming it cleanses the bowels and liver, cures bilious headache, and improves skin and blood. It asserts the product is sold by druggists in dry and liquid forms as a free state of the bowels. The source labels it as Zon’s Herald.
The narrator recalls paying Charles Matthews a graceful compliment from Douglas Thompson the elocution professor. Matthews retorts that he will not tempt the Hamlet role and will strive to keep Thompson’s good opinion by avoiding the part.
In Pirrsroup Massachusetts on September 28 1878 Mrs J W Tuller of the Rec Women's Christian Temperance Union endorses Hop Sitters as beneficial to users. A German wife is described as a servant in America while in Germany she is treated as the husband’s dependent, with a burly Teuton asking Gretchen to prove love and wifehood by removing his boot.
In this period ad copy a medical claim links nervous disorders to blood disease. It promotes Vegetine as a blood builder and nerve medicine, claiming it controls the nervous system and alleviates debility through improved blood condition.
Chowder mutters he cannot smoke the cigar much longer and jokes about it not being much shorter. He glares at an onlooker, then hails a streetcar and leaves for home with a heavy heart, wondering about the dangers of being outdoors to hail carriages.
A collage of endorsements and stray quotes from 1881 includes H H Warner & Co Liver Kidney Cure praise by H. F. Nonnemacher, a Warsaw hostess quip about a professor, Carbeline hair restorer touting universal appeal, militia reculls, and a tout for Sellera Liver Pills as a remedy for headaches liver complaints and biliousness.
A fragment quotes Pat answering a question about dryness with a boastful retort that dust spews from his mouth when he shakes. The line captures a rough rustic mood and character voice.
A St Louis preacher who had never tasted whiskey bought half a gallon to study its effects for a temperance sermon. He locked himself in his study, threw the key away, then within hours climbed out a window, slid down a lightning rod, fell into a barrel, kissed a woman, fought two men, damaged property, stole a dog, and insulted a policeman before being jailed. The court sentenced him to thirty days. his church forgave him and allowed him to return, promising future theoretical remarks on temperance.
Advice to consumptives describes early symptoms such as debility appetite loss pallor chills night sweats and cough urging prompt relief. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a superior anti scrofulous blood purifier and strength restorer with claims of superiority to cod liver oil for weak lungs and related ailments. It offers a treatise on consumption for two stamps from World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
Staten Island man Elmer Bush knocked down a highwayman with an accordion, who then fled. The item’s reputation as a defense and offense tool is noted with tongue in cheek remarks about potential harm if pursued. The piece also advertises medical pamphlets and ends with a quip about Mollie seeking a bigger catch.
An amusing vignette recalls Dr. Pierce's Favourite Prescription as a joke prop. Jack is told to come home earlier, while his mother teases him about Esmeralda sitting on his hat. Jack explains he felt delicate about the hat situation.
A sick man asked a druggist for a cure and was advised Kidney-Wort which quickly cured his kidney symptoms. The ad urges readers with similar signs to obtain a box or bottle today, claiming a safe and sure cure, referencing a Knoxville Republican origin.
For dyspepsia and general debility the Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya by Caswell Hazard & Co New York is touted as the best tonic. It is sold by all Druggists and recommended for fever prevention and recovery. The note also mentions Vennor failing to predict correctly and seeking free advertising through abuse.
A collage of patent medicines and jokes sells quick cures for urinary troubles and nerve diseases while spoofing social banter. It promotes Buchupaiba and Dr Kline products with prices and ordering details, interspersed with quips about marriage and manners.
Frank James swears to kill Jesse James's widow if she proceeds with her planned lecture tour, though he concedes there is some goodness in the man.
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