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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1879
Page
4
A humorous examination of the mosquito discussing species, biting habits, and myths. It notes female mosquitoes bite, tests on their blood hunger, and a sardonic look at scientific theories from quinine antidotes to homeopathy. The piece ends with advice to slap to cope with bites.
A tall stranger near Woodward Avenue endures a prank by local youths who plan to shine his shoe for a bet. The shoe-polish attempt ends with the man soaking his shoe in water, exposing their ruse and a sharp retort about not mistaking baking soda for salve.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York grows its business due to a new incontestable policy form despite critics clinging to rigid contract terms.
Agricultural discussion notes the rise of factories over rural spinning and the drop in black wool demand. It argues no blood-based cause for lamb color, attributes variation to maternal perception, shares Missouri origin of black lambs, and recounts shipping 240 black sheep and a carload of black mutton to Chicago at four and a half cents a pound, advising avoidance of black sheep due to wool depreciation.
The article advises using a cotton sheet to shield horses in harvest work to cut heat dust and flies. It suggests washing with soft sponge and carbolic soap, cooling the skin, aiding perspiration, and refreshing animals. Evening river baths for short durations are recommended, with drying and rubbing. A scythe-edge scraper can remove moisture after washing.
Regular feeding, not generosity, sustains animals better than short bursts of excess. Avoid stinted or irregular feeding periods. Keep consistent feeding times throughout the season to ensure contentment and steady growth.
The article notes cattle chew leather wood and bones due to a lime phosphate deficiency. It advises adding a daily teaspoonful of bone meal with grain to correct the habit and supply the missing minerals.
Three night before George Frederick Cooke died he played Richard III and was startled by a coffin scene the actor feared a carved walnut pall bore his own name. Macready feared a toad and fainted at caricatured frogs in Hamlet. Lucille Western foresaw her sister’s death, later verified. A famed manager was visibly nervous before new plays and feared stage omens like a coffin moonlit through trees and a horseshoe over a stage door. The elder Booth and other stars believed in airy omens from dreamland.
Before starting a cake, ensure all ingredients and tools are on hand. Use the best flour, sift and air it, choose fresh butter, avoid brown sugar, and rely on real eggs. Break eggs into a saucer to catch defects, then pour good whites into the mix and reserve yolks.
A historical method describes making ginger beer with 2 1/4 pounds leaf sugar 1 ounce cream of tartar 1.5 ounces ginger root 2 tablespoons fresh brewers yeast 2 lemons about 3 gallons water. Mix bruise ginger boil water add sugar cream of tartar lemon juice and peel then cool warm yeast stir cover ferment 12 hours skim pour off liquor bottle cork and age 3 4 days.
A Chicago railroad official attests Hop Bitters cured a man of insatiable liquor thirst, calmed nerves, and halted cravings for over two years. He cites others who were similarly cured and abstaining since.
Boil water to wet two cups meal then mix in butter sugar eggs salt and milk. Stir in molasses nutmeg cinnamon raisins and bake slowly three hours. For variation use suet instead of butter or substitute dried whortleberries or apples for fruit.
One quart cranberries picked over boil in one pint water until soft. Mash hot and press through a colander into sugar, dissolve, then pour into moulds and chill for at least twenty four hours. Makes beautiful table molds when water use is minimal.
Butter a smooth saucepan and slip in eggs one by one in a hot oven without crowding. Add small butter pieces, pepper, and salt. Bake until whites set in minutes for a delicate result. An ounce of prevention. Dr Bull's Baby Syrup helps babies resist cholera infantum and colic.
A Victorian recipe discusses using fat bacon as a greaser in buckwheat cakes versus turnips to reduce odor. It then provides CuHocolate Cake instructions: two cups sugar, half cup butter, three eggs, milk, four ounces chocolate, three cups flour, vanilla, soda, cream of tartar. Suggests extra egg and butter for richness.
The passage argues humorously that music pleases all to some degree yet opera requires cultivated listening. Natural spontaneous melody touches every soul, but true opera delight rests on artificial, intricate sound combinations mastered by study and repeated listening.
A Washington DC Reverend condemns public figures endorsing dubious medicines while praising Hop Bitters as a meritorious and trustworthy remedy for family use. He stresses clergymen should avoid promoting quack products unless proven valuable and widely known.
A daughter reports a butcher's faint praise of a steak as tender and noble. The father reacts with disbelief, asking what he is being fed with. The girl explains she was given taffy and laughs at the misapplied compliment.
A minister pats a ten year old boy and asks if Charley is well behaved. The father replies the boy will be a credit to his father, while the youth quips that the old man is a solid Muldoon and jokes about revealing him.
A lady teased a popular divine about his sermons being long. The priest replied that she may not care for the sincere milk of the Work, while she noted fashion favors condensed milk, ending their witty exchange with humor about preaching length.
A shopper named A Laby complained that stockings were too short and asked for the longest hose. The clerk retorted that she should apply to the next engine-house, delivering a witty institutional burn and a humorous exchange.
Miscellaneous quips and anecdotes accompany an ad for Dobbins Electric Soap by Cragin & Co Philadelphia noting its labor saving claim. The item uses light humor about marriage stiffness and humorous exchanges to fill the page.
A collage of sensational quips and cures from a Boston 1878 advertisement sheet. Claims include Allan’s Anti Fat reducing seven pounds in three weeks, Dr Ball’s Baltimore Pills, and various pun laden lines about fashion, farming, and public life. The letter from druggists Smith Doorittet & Smith supports the product.
A Joyful Announcement to suffering motions proclaims a cure for piles via Dr. Bilsbee's Anakesis. 600000 users report it infallible. doctors and empirics praise its simplicity and efficacy. The product combines a soothing poultice, supporting instrument and medicine and claims to prevent piles as well. Sold everywhere for 1.00 per box. samples available from Neustaedter & Co., New York.
The article extols the mocking bird’s musical notes and uncanny ability to imitate other birds and animals. It describes its southern habitat, nest sites, and fierce defense of the nest against snakes and predators. It also outlines domestic behavior and a detailed feeding regimen for captivity.
A fragmentary ad style text claims Hoofland's German Bitters cures dyspepsia and constipation. It also includes quaint dialogue and references to health claims and a boy noting a new jacket. The snippet resembles vintage tonic promotion language.
The passage discusses indigestion harming the stomach and bodily systems, causing languor and loss of power, and asserts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can rectify the disruption by invigorating the stomach, increasing blood vitality, and regulating bowels and liver.
A simple jelly cake recipe uses sour cream sugar egg and soda with flour to make a thick batter baked in rounds and spread with jelly. Ammonia is recommended as a toothache remedy by applying a saturated cotton bit for temporary relief. Charcoal in water is advised for headaches caused by stomach acid.
A historic notice promotes Dr Jaynes Carminative Balsam as a reliable remedy for cramps cholera morbus diarrhea colic and bowel complaints. It urges households to keep the medicine handy especially this season.
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