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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1876
Page
7
This fragment offers practical recipes and maintenance advice. It covers biscuits using Graham flour and soda, a cedar oil bug-killer for bedframes, banana-like pancakes from rich buttermilk, cookies with sugar and spice, and a quick method to clean painted surfaces with whiting. It also discusses fodder corn for cattle, grass use, and basic plant cuttings and geranium care, plus a critique of small farm efficiency and education.
Spread Eagie Farming Myre defends land ownership, arguing love of land fuels ambition to build estates and govern vast holdings. It warns that profitability comes from high yield per acre, not sheer acreage or grand titles, urging farmers to maximize returns from every field.
The article advises cutting flowers with a sharp knife rather than severing stems with scissors. Best at sunset to keep fresh, except in storms. cloudy days lessen timing importance. It explains sap rhythms, stemless bouquet methods, and specific cuts for roses carnations heliotrope verbenas with brief notes on display and storage.
In this Iowa State L Register excerpt the author argues flies signal dirty housekeeping and urges neat households to install door and window screens with gauze or mosquito bars. It notes flies are scavengers and can be beneficial to dirty areas, but a clean yard and home reduce infestations and complaints.
A cutting is one to four inches long from a young shoot cut at an acute angle. Plant ends are inserted in soil or sand, with hardy or tender stock suited to the method. Soft wooded plants root well when cut between joints. geraniums rot if not trimmed. Slips can propagate some species. spring and early summer give best vigor. Begonias caladiums and oleanders root readily with rainwater, but evaporation must be controlled.
Guidance on propagating hardy shrubs and vines by herbaceous cuttings, with root formation checks by leaf drop. Details on when to take cuttings from soft and hard wood, moisture care, and use of leaf cuttings for thick-leaved species like begonias and gloxinias.
John E. Elliott of Clinton presented the Memorial Hamilton College with a centuries old English clock. It traveled from Rev John Eliot via multiple generations, marking time for 245 years. The clock links to Eliot family history and to the 1663 Bible translation work. The piece underscores the era’s scholarly pursuits and the fragile line between athletic confidence and heart strain according to a life insurance medical examiner.
A young man mutters about evil communications at a supper party and admits the spread from guests to himself, noting he has been surrounded by tumblers all evening and now he is a tumbler himself.
An old health column praises keeping the liver in order to support digestion and elimination. It argues that calomel and mineral pills only offer partial, temporary relief and promotes Tostetter’s Stomach bitters as a safer, more powerful remedy for stomach, bowel, urinary issues, and for general vigor, also claiming malaria antidote properties.
An old advertisement extols Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic as a remedy for summer lethargy and loss of appetite. It argues the tonic imitates gastric juice, aids digestion, and supplies deficiencies when digestion falters, claiming many physicians endorse its use for dyspepsia. It states the tonic contains no acids and is sold by all druggists.
An 1875 testimonial extols Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Pierce s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as liver and blood purifiers. It asserts cures from scrofula to sores, rotting humors, and tainted systems, with a Vermillion, Edgar County, Illinois case of a child healed in three weeks.
An early advertisement extols Withert's Toxtel-A Bark as unsuperseded by any remedy, promising softening influence on the spleen and liver detoxification. It cites GR Fintayr & Co of New Orleans as proprietors and urges druggists to offer Truine's White Wine Vinegar for purity strength and flavor, ending with a sensational quip about Shallenoerger's Pills curing acne.
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