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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1882
Page
3
The American Agriculturist advises farmers to process kitchen bones by breaking them with an ax or hammer, mix with unleached ashes, and keep the heap moist so alkali can soften and crumble the bones. When dried, the fine bone pieces serve as valuable fertilizer for growing plants, improving phosphoric content.
A Rural New-Yorker article advises on proper blue grass management to avoid waste and drought, stressing controlled grazing, soil moisture preservation, and stocking limits. It covers corn cultivation methods, manuring, and fertilizer use, then shifts to sheep raising with Merino and Cotswold crosses, sharing practical results from breeding, shearing, and fattening experienced by a Michigan farmer.
The article discusses widespread use of coloring compounds in butter across major dairy regions. It notes the practice disguises butter with a rich yellow hue, driven by demand and prices, despite debates over potential health effects and the claim that colors are plant-based.
The Chicago Tribune reports concerns that many so called prime creams are adulterated with oleomargarine and coloring. Consumers cannot tell the difference as hundreds of barrels of the oil used for oleomargarine reach creameries. High butter prices tempt producers to pass off inferior substitutes, raising widespread suspicion of the dairy industry.
A jumble of kitchen recipes and tips for soups and desserts from a vintage collection. Includes methods for Sacrsem and Tomato Soup, Brandy Snarps biscuits, Bioz and Apere Puppine rice dish, Aropie Fairrrs apples in sherry, Cream Pir crust dessert, and notes on daily soup usage and stock preparation for home cooks.
The High Priest wore a costly breastplate featuring twelve stones in four rows, each stone engraved with a child of Israel's name. Scholars argue whether the stones reflect tribal order or encampment, and whether they denote the Drim and Thummim. The Urim and Thummim remain debated. The Czar favors church visits but fears a dynamite chant in his hymnbook.
San Francisco Microscopical Society hears H G Hanks describe a Utah mineral from Shenandoah Mine in Wasatch County. The impure dolomite glows red yellow when rubbed or struck, a phosphorescent property explaining miners’ superstitious fear. The report notes crystalline beauty under the microscope and easy diffraction to powder.
A collage of old health claims and humorous anecdotes fills the column. Advertisements tout Dr. Guysett’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilin, Lydia E. Pinkham remedies, and various patent cures. Humorous vignettes mix with product pitches and stray witty lines about piano makers and church stories.
An editorial excerpt praises Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and related ailments. It claims the tonic improves appetite, cleanses the blood, relaxes bowels, and strengthens vitality, preventing malaria and calming the nervous system, while noting a humorous remark on red noses and hay fever. The piece cites Norristown Herald as the source.
In Bombay on April 14 1882 Nathoo Moojee a druggist faced suit by M H Ballentine agent of Perry Davis Sons for infringing the Pain Killer trade mark. The court found him guilty of pirating the mark and fined 500 rupees. Perry Davis Sons affirmed their rights to Pain Killer abroad and at home. A literary aside follows with June plant imagery and a farmer remark about calves.
The article warns that green fruits and vegetables common in spring and summer often upset the stomach causing cramps diarrhoea and dysentery. It promotes Penny Davis Pain Kiner as a safe quick remedy available from druggists. A quip about a judge asking what a man is charged with and a policeman replying with whisky is included.
Prof. G. S. Rice, celebrated teacher and author, touts a music teaching system claimed to be thirty times faster than rival methods. Readers may mail to 245 State St, Chicago, for a subscription to Rice’s Musical Reform Journal at 50 cents a year with a free sample. A Sunday-school query about favorites ends with a thoughtful boy answering that few and short were the prayers he said.
A fragment from an old advertisement asserts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures pallid unattractive symptoms caused by functional irregularities. It cites thousands of testimonials and notes the druggist as supplier. A cartoon caption shows a waiter quipping about color blindness to a customer seeking fish.
A dense collage of patent medicine boasts and comedic asides from the 19th century. Claims praise Great German Hop Bitters for dyspepsia and headaches, with testimonials and satirical notes about heaven, pork. notices on false branding and a Louisiana find of a large shell. Multiple ads promote patent remedies, tonics, and tonics claims, including Brooxlyn clergy, Vermont farms, and quack cures, plus lines about cholera infantum and liver pills.
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