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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1880
Page
4
Agricultural guidance advises cutting stalks close to ground with a scythe soon after growth but before seed maturity. For close-to-ground branches use a sharp hoe. Cut several inches below soil to prevent suckering and consider salt, sulphuric acid, lye, Paris green or London purple for root destruction.
A dairyman reports pigs as his most profitable livestock, keeping two pure Berkshire sows and a boar, raising four litters yearly. Pigs bring in over $250 yearly, with costs under $50 aside from feed. Berkshire and Berkshire Chester White crosses prove best feeders, lean meat sells well, curing hams and bacon boosts profits.
A practical method to store potatoes by burying a hollow six inch diameter tree pipe in the ground. Layer straw, potatoes, corn stalks, and dirt to build a covered pyramid over the pipe. Leave the top open for steam to escape and only cover during cold weather. Access via a south side hole while keeping it closed when not in use.
A South American report says tomato leaves used as mulch around peach trees stopped curculio and other pests. A grower cut vines, observed insects abandoned the trees, and later found tomato mulch offered perfect protection for the fruit.
The fall is the best time to sow timothy seed. Farmers report soil rich and season favorable, with grass growth unlikely to harm wheat. The main danger is usually the opposite direction, meaning insufficient grass establishment.
Apples and pears are best planted in the fall to allow more time for establishment. Prepare the ground by thorough plowing and soil conditioning. Upon arrival, unpack trees, bury roots in fresh soil, and water the roots stems and branches.
To wash mourning calico, place the dress in a boiler with cold soft water and heat until hot to the hand. Use hard soap and rinse thoroughly. In the final rinse add blueing and a little dissolved glue. Do not use milk or salt and water for calicoes.
A fashionable London event featured a fruit and flower tent where a single young married lady sold a buttonhole bouquet for 50 dollars. Several gentlemen collected money by charging five shillings to point out and name the professional beauties.
The report notes a gender imbalance with five men to one woman in Leadville. Silver Cliff records seven to one and Pitkin fourteen to one. Older cities like Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Georgetown Boulder Central and Golden have more balanced female representation.
A costumer compliments a madame on her fit for a tableau and she smiles. Inside she harbors life that means death to him, a fatal wish driving the scene.
A New Brunswick young woman was shocked by a friend dressed as a stage demon. The prank induced a seizure and a long bout of insanity lasting six to eight years before her death.
A stringy rattling voice signals incipient throat trouble and Dr Bull's Cough Syrup is recommended for timely use to avoid trouble. For sale by all druggists.
The article urges that both girls and boys learn sewing from a young age using simple needle work. It argues sewing builds useful skills, self reliance, and practicality that machines cannot fully replace, stressing early instruction and routine practice.
Advertisers claim Hot Bitters is widely used and effective, building up health. They compare its taste unfavorably to whiskey but liken its effects to traditional bone set tea, urging readers to try Hop Bitters for malaise.
The article argues three food classes oils sweets and starches mainly support animal heat and fat. It urges eating less fat forming elements and more lean meats fish fowl whole grains peas and beans with fruit acids in wild form and more outdoor activity to reduce fat without harming health.
Instructions describe boiling clarified sugar to a brittle stage, adding lemon juice and lemon essence, then pouring on a marble slab to cool. When set, cut into strips and twist. Keep away from air to prevent softening.
R M Kennedy of Pittsburgh buys the Smithfield Cherry block from 3d to 4th Avenue for 275000. Plans call for removal of the block within thirty days and construction of a new building costing about one million dollars.
Two quarts Graham flour and one quart white flour with a cupful molasses and half a cupful yeast. Only white flour is sifted. Add one quart tepid water to mix to a stiff batter like pound cake. Bake in roll pans for breakfast.
GOLPEN-ROD can staunch bleeding remarkably and save lives and animals. People prepare small amounts of it for ready use in emergencies.
An advertisement touts Dobbins Electric Soap by Cragin & Co of Philadelphia. It claims the soap is pure and white as snow and urges readers to have their grocer obtain it for them.
Do not wash vegetables until use as washing early spoils lettuce and potatoes. Cop Cream combines oil of almonds, white wax, rose water to form a light, white unguent for softening skin and preventing chaps.
A glass of this delightful drink may be made from the tea remaining in the teapot along with sugar, lemon slices, a little juice, and cracked ice. If too strong, add water.
A compact baking note lists ingredients for Waite cake include one cup butter two cups sugar three cups flour five egg whites one teaspoon soda two teaspoons cream of tartar and one cup milk.
Government proposes a post office site between Third and Fourth streets in Pittsburgh fronting on Smithfield and Cherry avenue. It sold the ground buildings to Kennedy of Carbo line fame who must remove them within thirty days. Kennedy is building twenty five houses in Homestead, owning about nine tenths, employing twenty girls and seven men plus offices. He runs three printing presses and a paper box factory, buys paper in large quantities, and sold up to two thousand bottles of Carboline last week.
In a humorous courtroom exchange, a widow explains her husband died on a Friday in a cause that mimics a tragic accident. The judge probes basic details but the tale remains comic, with dialogue about a fall, a window, a cellar door and a choking gesture.
A Cincinnati gathering of The Deaf Mutes of America last week puzzled a newspaper reporter who misread sign language as beer orders. He searched for liars and perjurers, sure the event hid misdeeds, while delegates exchanged signals in the hall.
A collage of anecdotes and old-time quips including a Humble brag about Hop Bitters curing a wife, a sentry given a louis d or for tolerating a cigar, a cornucopia of social satire on fashion and markets, and a Delaware Prisoner suing the state after a wall collapse.
A testimonial from Waseca Minnesota dated April 6 1879 endorses Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription for female weaknesses nervous disorders and related conditions claiming it restores health. The letter from Rs E B Parmalee heralds its value and notes the positive guarantee and memorandum book available from druggists.
An advertisement claims Bap Breath stems from the stomach and says Simmons' Liver Regulator corrects acidity and inflammation. It recommends a half tablespoon after meals to aid digestion and prevent bad breath. The Delaware Democrat endorses it for dyspepsia and bilious complaints, asserting safety and reliability.
In a mid-channel dialogue Robinson questions Mrs. Smart about meeting attractive British aristocrats and then confronts her with the ugliest, most offensive specimens she has encountered, to which she replies that it is among the British aristocracy.
The New York Weekly Sun urges support for Hancock and English and National Republican Democracy candidates. It announces postpaid subscriptions at twenty five cents till the presidential election and calls for campaign clubs, promising no discounts, with five dollars financing twenty subscriptions.
A promotional note suggests taking a pill marketed as kidney art to cure constipation and kidney or liver diseases. It warns against rushing to use it and cautions about potential poisons from haste.
A. W. Brown M D of Providence R L says he has used Hunt's Remedy in practice for 16 years and recommends it as a safe reliable remedy. He claims all diseases of the kidneys liver bladder and urinary organs are cured by Hunt's Remedy. Trial size priced at 75 cents.
A historical advertisement extols Anakesis, Dr. S Bisbee's external pile remedy, as a safe, prompt cure for piles. It claims half a million sufferers endorse it, doctors prescribe it, and sells for 100 per box with free samples upon request to P Neustaedter & Co., New York.
In Walpole Massachusetts on March 1889 Mrs. David Clark reports relief from Erysipelas Humor after a year on Vegetine. She says the medicine has done more than any other and plans to recommend it widely as a blessing.
A letter from Newmarket Ontario dated February 9 1880 notes satisfaction with Vegetine sold by H R Stevens of Boston Mass. It states a delicate 17 year old girl improved greatly and her parents credited the remedy for more benefit than all prior medical treatment.
Loud testimony from Toronto on March 8 1899 touts Vegetine as a blood purifier and remedy for sluggish liver. Boston agent H R Stevens notes quick sales and strong customer praise.
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