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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1890
Page
4
Agricultural hints describe an easy cool storage method for milk butter using a shaded pit with a windlass lift and brick vaults. It details dimensions, framing, drainage, and a four by four foot top opening to refrigerate dairy products without a cellar.
Western Rural offers practical guidance on drying asparagus for winter use and testing pears before picking. It notes rising potato prices, warns against careless fruit gathering, urges burning overripe weeds, and discusses melon markets, orchard fertilization, and the dangers of fig culture in California.
The American Agriculturist forecasts a major drop in corn by four to five hundred million bushels from last year, about a quarter lower, with wheat and oats also reduced. Potatoes seed declines in the West and drought elsewhere, while cotton should exceed last year’s seven million bales but demand supports higher prices. Fruit crops especially apples will be scarce with several regions near failure, lifting winter fruit prices and narrowing exports. Veal? No. Cattle and hog numbers fall, boosting beef and pork prices amid tight grain stocks. Farm and Home.
Campbell Brown argues that butter yields must be measured with one ounce of salt per pound and the product fully worked for market. He cites tests and an official Jersey standard, urging Holstein breeders to adopt the same rule for fair comparisons and reliable market readiness.
An illustration from American Agriculturist shows a simple restraint method to immobilize a bull or cow with a rope looped at the horns and a second loop around the hind foot. The head is drawn toward the operator as the animal lowers, allowing safe hoof care and nails removal.
Eli Perkins argues for two story cars in American cities inspired by Paris and Russian railways. He claims upper decks double capacity on suburban routes and could boost New York Chicago and Philadelphia traffic. He notes open or glass enclosed upper levels with wide ventilation and smokers allowed, with higher fare than lower decks only in Europe, not in America.
Essay compares asphalt streets and two story omnibuses in Paris London Brussels and Berlin with nostalgia for horse drawn conveyances. Details fares cab costs and operating practices in London Paris Madrid St Petersburg Albany and Chicago area rail excursion offers for Home-Seekers trips with one fare round trip valid thirty days.
The passage markets travel remedies and household products. It mentions Sea-sickness cures and a Stomach Bitters for stomach, liver, and bowel disorders from rough travel and Malaria. It also notes Dobbins Electric Soap and cautions against imitations.
Warns against catarrh remedies with mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urges asking for the genuine product. Also a political cartoon gag about lending money from Somerville Democrat.
A collage of eighteenth and nineteenth century advertisements touts Syrup of Figs Carter's Little Liver Pills Hale's Honor of Horehound and Tar and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Claims promise relief from bilious disorders coughs toothache and general ailments with price points noted and quips about sales and remedies.
An advertisement extols patent medicines that boost vitality better than many doctors, focusing on Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It claims blood purification liver invigorating effects and appetite restoration, in a bid to prevent bilious typhoid and malarial fevers, urging readers to start now.
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