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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1879
Page
4
The Kansas harvest shows varied wheat handling methods from sweating in stacks to threshing from shocks. Mills prefer sweating in straw, claiming it improves color and plumpness. A barnfield threshing scene unfolds with a horse powered separator, dusty air, heat, and exhausted workers resting after long hours.
An elderly woman in Calico dresses seeks her "lost daughter" Becky Raney in St Louis. She declares Becky age seventy but the woman claims to be 117, recounts Revolutionary and New Madrid earthquake memories, three husbands buried at Alton, and notes Becky's alleged three dollar monthly earnings and a spree. Police report finds no young Becky.
The article parses fence economics for 90 acres divided into four pastures to hold 30 cows. It estimates 720 rods of fence at $1 per rod, 20 year life, 5 percent annual decay, 5 percent annual repair, and 7 percent interest, totaling about 122.40 dollars yearly per pasture. It cites Williams of Walworth County, Maine calculations and Ezra Cornell's 1862 NY address confirming roughly one dollar per acre annually.
Draining plays a vital role in successful farming by preventing wet soggy soil and hard summer crusts. Drain tiles, though costlier upfront, outlast other drains and pay off by boosting crop yields. A case study shows pear trees revived after installing three inch tiles, yielding heavy crops and strong growth.
Instructions describe preparing a nest from a split barrel or grass sod, placing the hen at night, and providing water and food. It covers using fake eggs, keeping her on the nest, and watching for fertilization. Brahma hens require careful feeding with bran mixed with milk for sitting.
A bootblack boy and a stranger discuss a dollar's fate. The man tests the boy's honesty, then reveals he only wanted to see his reaction. The boy jokes about hiring someone to pare his feet to fit a futility of a number seven. The stranger walks away never exposing the dollar's fate.
When bowel disorders appear, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is presented as the reliable remedy. It aims to relieve constipation and misdirected bile without gripe, offering gradual natural effects to aid digestion and calm mucous membranes, promoting calm sleep at night.
Domestic guide lists several mildew remedies for linen. Methods include lemon juice and sun exposure, chloride of lime, and chalk with soap. Alternative treatments use lime in water, muriatic acid washes, and chalk rubs, with repeat applications as needed to lift stains.
No map can do a good job of work preach a good sermon try a law suit well doctor a or write a good article when 16 feels miserable and dull with slug gish brain and unsteady nerves and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be easily removed by a little Hop Bitters.
A historical recipe describes mixing one pint of molasses with half a cup of butter a teaspoon of salt a teaspoon each of ground cinnamon and cloves one nutmeg two teaspoons baking soda dissolved in hot water or coffee for richer color and flavor then add flour to make a spoonable batter and bake about half an hour.
A vintage recipe lists two and a half cups sugar one cup butter one cup sweet milk four cups flour four eggs two teaspoons baking powder for three baking sheets two white sheets baked then reduced to less than a third add two tablespoons molasses one teaspoon cloves one teaspoon cinnamon one grated nutmeg mix with extra flour for the dark batch and top with a thin frosting.
A simple preparation of a balm for rough hands combines one pound of mutton suet with three pounds of spermaceti two pounds of white wax and one pound of camphor cut small. Melt gently stir until camphor dissolves and pour into moulds.
A remedy for fever describes steeping tea sage balm and wood sorrel in a stone jug. Add thin lemon peel, pour boiling water, sweeten and cover to steep.
An advertisement claims Dr Bull s Baltimore Pills will restore good condition after drinking too much. It touts rapid relief and a cure for intoxication with a medical tone and promotional language.
A historic recipe describes soaking tapioca in milk overnight then cooking with eggs and sugar. After boiling to thickened cream, it is cooled and flavored with vanilla or lemon for a rich dessert good enough for a king.
A recipe for a sealing cement combines three parts resin one part caustic soda and five parts water. The mixture is then combined with half its weight of plaster of parts. It sets in about forty five minutes adheres firmly and resists heat water better than plain plaster.
Advertisement promises a free cent per pound soap recipe from I L Cragin & Co. Philadelphia, makers of Dobbins Electric Soap. Also lists hermit cookie style ingredients and directions with eggs sugar butter currants spices and soda
Four tablespoons sugar two tablespoons butter and one tablespoon flour are beaten with the white of one egg for an hour. Add a gill of boiling water and stir quickly. Flavor to taste.
Pracu Corpial. Make a rich syrup of one quart of peach juice and one pound of white sugar, when cold add half a pint of the best brandy. For a drink, dilute with water at the time of using.
Justice Morgan hears a humorous case as Ed McDurmut from Kangaroo Town Australia lies in the street to rest. He explains his origin and attitude, claiming tiredness and inability to return home due to drinking and a playful misunderstanding with locals.
During a temperance meeting in Ocean Town a deacon on stage repeatedly interrupted the speaker shouting Thank Heaven for that. A gentleman declared his heart and soul for the cause and promised benefits for the people. The deacon again shouted Thank heaven for that and an absent minded man was escorted outside with two men sitting on him.
A short advice note urges stopping costly doctoring and fake cures. It promotes nature’s simple remedies and Hop Bitters as the greatest remedy, urging readers to rely on it and to consult another column for more.
A lady in the French Bazar at London’s Albert Hall serves tea as a solemn gentleman asks for the price. She quotes one shilling but treats the cup as a sovereign when she tests it. He returns the coin and asks for a clean cup in a formal exchange.
A Missouri man protests a newspaper item while a gentle editor remarks on seeing the back of his head. A fashionably dressed youth and an Irishman joke about cooling waters. The stage manager orders entrances from left, noting changes and a plea for more study.
An advertisement touts Hoefland's German Bitters as a cure to liver disorders, claiming it will set the liver aright and improve health. The language emphasizes quick relief and overall wellbeing, typical of 19th century patent remedies.
A collection of proverbs and quips about wolves goats dogs bears and truth. It blends cautionary lines about greed pride and deceit with playful and pointed aphorisms reflecting human behavior.
The article warns that printed or written paper used to wrap butter cheese and other foods may transfer ink or contaminants to the product. It notes concerns from German papers about harmful substances and perspiration in handwriting contacting food. It urges dealers to use clean unused paper, stressing cost should not justify risky wrappings.
The Boston Public Library and its branches hold 363 983 volumes today. Historical note adds that horses were not shod until about five hundred years after the Christian era.
Large sales highlight the syrup as the preferred remedy for baby disorders with Dr Bull's gaining more customers than competing products. The advertisement emphasizes effectiveness and widespread trust among patrons.
In a domestic scene Rosalie argues with a mother about a next Sunday outing. The daughter pleads she promised her aunt to spend the afternoon, while a baby interjects claiming the aunt has become a sergeant with a striped coat and a long sword, prompting tension.
The article recalls an Oxford professor who forgot to return after turning away from the wind while snuffing, then notes the continued use of drastic cathartic pills. It praises Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as sugar coated and reliable for stomach liver and bowels, sold by druggists.
The notice claims AstaTic CHOLERA and related ailments including cholera morbus summer complaint colic sour stomach diarrhoea and all bowel disturbances are cured at once by Dr Janes Carminative Balsam. It soothes irritation calms stomach action and is pleasant tasting for all ages.
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