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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1883
Page
4
For the farm and home note recommend washing cabbage with strong soot and water, then dusting the soil with quick lime on dry days and removing caterpillars. Over winter apply gas lime in ridges to catch frost, as strong odors deter moths butterflies and moles from the land dressed with it.
An editorial warns against feeding unripe wormy apples to cows, arguing it lowers milk quality and harms health. It compares cow digestion to humans, urges feeding control, and contrasts cows with hogs. The piece also includes a recipe for dairy use of apples and a chicken and tomato dish with rice.
Three storage methods discussed include barrels for easy handling and disease checks, bins for near cities, and cellars for light exclusion and cool air. Underground storage reduces evaporation but requires digging and ventilation planning. avoid overfilling bins and use lime as an odor absorbent. Separate curios from farming notes cover monkeys with leopards, data on army ranks, a London musical dog, and remarks on art and color.
A historic recipe excerpt describes Sally Lunn bread batter using eggs milk salt lard or butter flour and yeast with overnight rising and a long moderate bake. It also details a Green Pea Soup simmered peas with onion parsley mint and stock finished with butter for serving.
The origin of executing criminals on Friday is uncertain with theories linking to unlucky Friday beliefs, Freya and Odin, Brahmins in India, or the crucifixion of Jesus. Some say Friday’s bad omen led to hangings, while others doubt the religious association explains the choice.
A eight hour battle near the Red River between French forces and Black Flags left two French officers and fifty men dead. Black Flags losses estimated between 509 and 600. Other items note Gladstone's Copenhagen visit, China France mediation talks, a Cuban exile plot, quarantine changes, a Baltimore fire, and a double homicide in Millville with a knife found in the bed.
London reports keep the France China conflict unresolved as the French Cabinet meets. Other notes include Luther’s quarter centenary in Wittenberg, Bismarck ill, alleged plot against King Alfonso, a Norwegian ship sunk in the Channel with twelve dead, and the Proteus Arctic expedition crushed by ice. Also: Warner balloon incident in Pittsburg, New Jersey Democrats nominate Leon Abbott, Olympia fire destroys land records, Norfolk-Portsmouth backing Richmond and Danville line, and Ireland-Agram Jewish riot links.
A wide storm affects Smithville and coastal towns with hurricane force winds. The Atlantic gale harms ships, pilots and fishing fleets while docked vessels face repairs. London notes Canton riots amid European trade tensions as Tonquin surveillance rises. Fort Smith Arkansas suffers a major fire with heavy losses.
Surgeon-General Hamilton reports from Dr. Main in Brownsville Texas that vast locust swarms are in Huastico Tamaulipas near Tampico Rio Verde Eastern and St Luis Potosi moving northward and leaving desolation in their wake. Postmaster General Gresham explains why postal notes are payable only at the issuing office and not universally accepted. Utah commission reports Edmunds act enforcement disfranchising about fifteen thousand polygamists from voting or running for office. Secretary Folger returns to relieve John C New who plans to depart Indiana for good.
A gathering of several women leads each member to narrate a recent new thing learned. Topics include darning cashmere with court plaster, deodorized sulphur for hair growth, and crimping hair with long comb pieces. The lively exchange ends with a question praising the plan.
Havana Crns reports Dr D Francisco Garcia says St Jacob's Oil eases neuralgia from teeth and is a remedy for toothache earache bodily pains and accidents. He notes it gives satisfactory cures for patrons of his Royal University affiliated practice.
A collage of period snippets promotes patent medicines and cures from the World's Dispensary Association in Buffalo with claims on cancer and tuberculosis. Other items tout Frazer axle grease, Wells products, Brown's Iron Bitters, and a mix of fashion notes and miscellaneous notices. The page blends sensational health pitches with trivial trivia and local notices.
A prisoner attempted a hasty breakout at the Tombs. The report mentions scarlet fever in the facility. An ad urges Lyon's Patent Hell Stiffeners for new boots before running them in. Governor Blackburn of Kentucky plans an institution in Louisville to treat drunkenness and opium addiction.
A 1883 letter from B Craix, a former Maine Central Railroad employee in Newport, endorses Hunt's Remedy for kidney and bladder weakness once deemed diabetic. He reports relief from back and side pain, clearer urine, and restored health after using the remedy, and urges others to try it. An additional note mentions a temperance leader influencing a rich English miller to destroy a cellar of port wine.
An advertisement touts Rosadalis as a blood purifier and health restorer curing scrofula syphilitic disorders kidney debility and various internal diseases. It also promotes Dr Roger's Vegetable Worm Syrup claiming instant worm destruction and removal of secretions. The piece ends with a political quip referencing Proctor Knott.
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