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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1889
Page
4
A collection of home tips on cooking lemon flapjack, Lima bean soup, and strawberry acid. It includes health notes, guidance on humane poultry handling, walking for young ladies, and prudent farm finances. Also contains commentary from Country Gentleman and The Journal of Health on household skills and manners.
An old agricultural note explains pig feeding limits to prevent brain congestion and paralysis from overfeeding. It recommends reducing daily rations to about one quarter if overfeeding signs appear, details a forty pound pig needing two quarts of milk and four ounces of solid food, and describes gradual intake as pigs grow from weaning onward.
The article argues floods rise with forest destruction, noting rivers like the Po Seine Rhone Ebro and Ardeche swell unpredictably. It cites the Yangtze as the world’s most destructive flood, with vast death tolls and famine-linked suffering, reflecting a need for reforestation efforts in France and across Asia.
Practical guidance from the Christian Advocate on ventilating cellars and milk rooms. Open windows at night for cooler, drier air, then close before sunrise to avoid humidity. If damp, place a peck of lime in an open box to absorb moisture and dry the space.
The New York Evening Post reports that ancient Mexicans played tlachtli a form of ball game similar to football. They used rubber balls struck with the body, especially the hip, and played for mantles, gold, and feather-work. The arena was a long ground room with walls and a hoop-like goal. Spaniards banned it, replacing it with bull-fighting, prompting debate over policy.
In Matagorda County Texas a number of Africans natives were brought from Guinea during the republic era. They preserve many customs of savagery use their own language among themselves and retain fetishes superstition beliefs.
A Weatchester County man trains two cats to play Home Sweet Home on a piano and watches one sit on a cradle rocker to soothe a baby at night. Stump the dog lives with a pilot-boat captain on the Jersey coast and must stay in water to sleep, while catching fish for the crew. A New Jersey garden hosts a snake colony aiding pea vines with knots as gate security. A Long Island editor uses a pet turtle as a paper-weight and as a nightly ink-eating paper stacker. A New Hampshire parrot accompanies a churchgoer to prayer and helps lead singing by knowing hymns.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch piece shares tobacco tips from a man who sells cigars. Advice includes keeping cigars mouth end down in the waistcoat pocket to prevent wrapper damage and avoiding the right pocket for billiard players to protect the wrapper. Also notes drinking water to prevent nausea and briefly letting a cigar go out before relighting may improve flavor.
P G Hamerton argues that great men emerge in times of crisis from hidden reserves. The piece cites Cromwell Grant Lincoln as examples and notes how external circumstances awaken buried gifts. It warns against fixed limits on potential, using Scott Eliot Byron and Miss Evans to illustrate unpredictable paths to achievement.
Rev Canon Melville has resigned the rectory of Great Witley Worcestershire given by the late Earl of Dudley in 1857. While chaplain he preached to his patron on Lord remember David and declared his wish to become rector. The Earl then provided the living. Independent notes this anecdote.
The Rock Island Pacific Railway offers round trip excursion tickets to multiple states and territories at one fare. Sales dates include August 6 and 20, September 10 and 11, and October 8, with a 30 day return limit. Travel highlights include solid vestibule trains with various cars to Omaha and Denver routes. Contact Jon Sebastian, Gen Ticket and Pass Agent, Chicago. A San Francisco firm built the world’s largest wine cellar, capacity 100,000 gallons, cost $250,000.
An assortment of advertisements tout home remedies for consumption and stomach ills, investment and employment offers, railway facts, and consumer pitches. Notable items include Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, and recruitment notices from May Brothers and B F Johnson & Co. The text mixes health claims, shipping routes, and sales inquiries with light editorial quips.
The text cites the fastest train time of ninety-two miles in ninety-three minutes on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad. It claims a test of Dobbins Electric as economical and pure after 24 years’ use. It notes the Manhattan Elevated Railroad carries 525000 daily passengers and 191,625,000 yearly, the Kinzua viaduct at 305 feet, and the Poughkeepsie cantilever bridge span at 548 feet. It also mentions a Sore Eyes remedy and a generic line about fate and a life long toper.
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