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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
6
A folk health ad warns that persistent symptoms reveal liver issues and suggests a laxative cure Cascarite. It touts herbs and tonics, promises appetite boost, blood purification, and general well being. The ad urges readers to buy from druggists for 60 cents and requests stamps for a health booklet.
Advertises a vegetable bowel regulator and liver tonic named Edgar's Cathartic Confections. Describes it as pleasant tasting candy with no gripe or pain, claiming to be harmless and positive in effect.
An American Agricultural expert notes a method to thin milk with water when cows are well along with calf or a mixed herd with fresh and calved animals. Water added warms with the milk to keep it fluid, improving cream rise and churning. Such milk tends to be viscous and foamy, delaying cream separation and may ride into buttermilk if not properly churned. Further study is suggested.
Illinois farmers discuss ensilage impact on milk and pasture, noting silage shortages and high silo capacity. Hoops and stave silos details are offered, with care tips and expected lifespans. Celery blight causes, shading benefits, and spraying with ammoniacal copper carbonate or Bordeaux mix cited from Maryland and Kentucky studies.
A simple guide describes making a milk strainer using a board sized to cover a pan or bucket, with a centered smaller insert. Four corners support a cloth held by small points. The method claims easier cleaning than a standard strainer, though it adds washing and scouring steps.
A Breeder’s Gazette outline promotes using smooth brome and Kentucky blue grass to outcompete wire grass approach. It advises breaking sod to seed deeply, sowing heavy seed, and combining new grasses to ensure persistence after wire grass dies in fall. It also covers summer fodder care for cows, with spring plantings of fodder corn benefiting cattle, hogs, and horses.
Farmers with light soil should sow turnips early if planting wheat, clover, or grass in August, or midsummer for spring sowing to cover ground. Turnips grow quickly and can be plowed under before August, or used to cover ground when summer crops are harvested, aiding fallow periods.
Burdocks are easily eliminated by cutting below the crown while well grown. Plantain proves harder to eradicate. in small patches persistent root cutting helps, but large areas require hoed crops as the only recourse.
A visitor recounts from the London Telegraph how inhaling sulphur fumes cured a severe throat pain. She woke with a swollen throat, inhaled the fumes, coughed, and found the soreness relieved by breakfast.
A fragment from the Ohio State Journal shows Hungry Hank and Layaround Lucas trading insults over a mailing incident. The exchange references an inducement and a misdirected item, with terse lines highlighting a dispute between the two individuals.
A garbled Chicago Tribune snippet mocks grammar teaching with a pupil and teacher exchange. The pupil mispronounces tense cues while teasing phrases like one triple bought and South ten hundred South. The exchange ends with the pupil finally grasping the playful phonetic of numbers and directions.
An overheard exchange in Lippincott's Magazine contrasts Democratic and Lincoln campaigns. A German voter questions Douglas's long presidential aim while praising Lincoln's rising profile after joint debates with Douglas. The dialogue ends with laughter as the debaters’ ambitions are mocked.
In Vienna, Marie Friedl aged 15 and Felix Kopsteiin aged 18 were detained after helping an old woman carry a heavy package. A municipal statute grants exclusive rights to messengers for carrying, leading to six hours of arrest and a caution for the youths who aided the woman.
A family quarrel over a newspaper tale about a boy saved from drowning by his cousin’s masthead dog leads Mr. and Mrs. Morse to debate danger and safety. The son jokes that a big dog would keep him safe, prompting the father to drift to mining stock quotes.
A physician questions a mother's worry about her growing boy’s appetite. The mother retorts, and an anecdote from mountain days is shared about a waitress offering fried fish, steal s bacon, potatoes and toast while Ned demands it all plus eggs.
The text traces apples from early centuries when few varieties existed to modern times. It notes crab apples as small sour fruits linked to wild rosebush origins and describes how faintly different varieties evolved from a common ancestral stock.
A note from the bookkeeper reports that the junior partner will not be able to come to work for several days. The reason given is that his wife has been cutting his balance.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Florence Nightingale’s father Iyeng William Shore who took Nightingale in 1515, linking the surname to old Peter Nightingale and Arkwright’s spinning Jenny era. It notes patent rights disputes and land in Dethyshire near Cromford with the Nightingale line tie to historical figures and mills.
Dr Jenner's Kidney Pills claim to restore kidney function by rebuilding shrinking tissue and curing urinary troubles. The ad asserts these pills are unmatched, sold and recommended by Andrew J. Joekstedt, druggist, Now Win, Minnesota.
In New Ulm Minnesota, the probate court orders proofs of the alleged last will and testament of A. J. Grimer, deceased, to be presented in open court. Dated August in New Ulm, Minnesota, the date set is indicated for the hearing with public notice by weekly advertisements.
Western route tickets will be sold to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle Salt Lake Denver and other western points with favorable return limits for summer travel. Frequent fast trains through sleeper cars chair cars dining cars offered. For dates of sale and details inquire at ticket agents Careage & North-Western Ky.
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