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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
15
An artist repurposes ordinary calendar mounts by slipping small circular landscapes beneath the top opening. One scene features a brownish red sunset, another presents a bluish landscape with green foreground, both set against brown or gray mounts for a harmonious effect.
A health note advises starting infant baths at six weeks with a soft towel in the basin. Use Ivory Soap only, as fragrant soaps may harm a baby's tender skin. Written guidance attributed to Eleanor R. Parker.
A reflective line notes that some believe poverty isn’t disgraceful if one can borrow from neighbors. The remark hints at social reliance and stigma attached to financial hardship in close communities.
An 1880s advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and claims catarrh covers nine of ten cases. It offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh deafness cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure and notes circulars, Toledo based firms, and Druggist sales at 75 cents. A closing line malforms into a social quip about a young girl post love affair.
Advertises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children used by nurses at a New York Children's Home to treat colds stomach troubles teething disorders and to destroy worms. Claims 24 hour relief and lists 25 cents price with mail order sample. Ends with a proverb about learning at any age.
The text touts H. H. Green's Sons of Atlanta as world leading dropsy specialists with a liberal offer in another column. It includes various promotional lines for Dr. Kuine's nerve restorer and other consumer products and quips on manners and wills.
A reader's testimonial endorses Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for gynecological relief. The letter describes back pain menstrual pain and sleep issues improving after use. The note urges working girls to seek the remedy via Mrs. Pinkham Lynn Mass with a New York City address listed and a disclaimer about forfeited proof.
Farm guidance explains that excessive working damages grain and creates a green salty butter. The key is excluding air by brine and storing in a sweet cool place with a stable temperature just below sixty degrees.
A Danish experimenter finds large eggs break more easily than small ones after examining thousands of boxes. He recommends year round lime for poultry, careful grading, and packing material to curb losses that exceed packing cost.
A step by step method describes setting four ground poles eighteen feet high and sixteen feet apart. Build a square roof from 2x4 frames that sit between poles, bore inch holes up each pole, and use eighteen inch iron rods at corners to lift roof sequentially until level. Lower roof onto stacked hay to shelter wagons or horses when not in use.
A 2 inch notch in post a accepts brace at j while brace b rests on c leaning toward a. Smooth wire around the assembly holds brace, g sits square on b, and d’s top is spiked to the post. This creates an under draft, pressing the short brace to bear on the other and stabilize the corner post in the ground.
Illinois experts test milk by the Babcock method and adjust cream or skim milk to meet a legal standard. The plan ensures uniform quality so consumers receive what they pay for, while small producers may rely on cow selection to approach the target composition.
A historic description explains movable frame hives with grooves for easy removal and inspection. The article notes smoke calm method replaces killing bees and allows safe handling during hive openings and comb examinations.
Findings near Newburgh New York include mastodon bones scattered amid muck and many buried tree trunks. One trunk fragment three feet long shows polygonal faces numbering fourteen to sixteen and a dark brown hue, likely preserved by the surrounding muck. Tooth marks on nearby trunks fade when dried, suggesting beaver activity originally but later unclear.
A collection of letters touts Peruna as a cure for catarrh coughs and aging ailments. Testimonies from Isaac Brock Major Frank O Mahoney Samuel Saunders and others credit Peruna with improved hearing digestion and vitality in old age. Readers urged to write Dr Hartman for free advice.
Minnesota Senator Nelson mispronounces several Spanish names during discussion of a statehood bill. Senator Elkins, fluent in Spanish, privately corrects by whispering the proper pronunciation. Nelson persists, prompting Elkins to remark on the mispronunciations before the exchange ends.
A new Russian church jurisdiction will operate in China with a bishop elect over Charbin and Peking appointed to lead the bishopric. The move signals formal church reach in Asia and confirms the leadership structure binding Charbin and Peking under one head.
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