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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
8
The fragment touts a cure for neural pain and sleeplessness through a so called oil remedy. It claims thickening of nerves and a “gracious prise” after free use, suggesting pain, worry, and fatigue will lift and the “machine” runs smoothly again.
A playful dialogue describes a young Boston boy and a man asking if fish are biting. The boy explains fish do not bite but try to swallow bait, as the hook catches in their mouths. The fish are unusually wary that day.
A fragment suggests a patent remedy, likely bitters, recommended for chills fever nervousness rheumatism and related discomforts. The text mentions orange tang and overlie usage in traditional remedies of the era.
George B. Hall a 16 year old of 86 Esne street was killed this afternoon in Dan iels farm after falling from a bicycle. He and a friend rode to the country. his pedal failed on a steep hill and he struck rocks. Two apples in his pocket stacked over the solar plexus as he landed, causing fatal shock. An embedded buckle bore marks. Bridgeport coroner reports New York Sun.
A sermon praises Cascarets candy cathartic as missionary medicine that purifies body and mind. It argues internal cleanliness leads to charitable thoughts and brotherly love, urging readers to take Cascarets to cleanse the intestinal canal, stimulate the liver, and improve mood.
The New York Sun notes that a groove or channel cut on each side of a spirit level provides a hand hold, preventing drops during transport and on ladders. The design, once patented, marks a simple but notable advance in level manufacturing.
An advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as essential for health promoting daily bowel movements and gentle cleansing of liver and kidneys. It claims cure for sick headache and lists prices at 25 and 50 cents.
A humorous quip from the Detroit Free Press features a exchanges about education and marriage. Billy boasts his college yell used on the baby at night to make him scream for his mother.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cold cure with a pharmacist refund offer if it fails to work. The price is listed as 26 cents.
Dr. Tange of Budapest notes digestion speeds differ by activity after meals, with horses improving after exercise while dogs and humans show the opposite, suggesting caution in generalizing animal results to humans. The text also advertises Glenna press preparations and a granter fromonlenn’s Sulphur product claiming relief for rheumatic symptoms.
An Australian led scientific expedition travels to the Ellice Islands north of Fiji to drill deep into reefs and test Darwin's hypothesis of reef growth on sinking land. The notice also advertises writing machines and maps with contact details for catalogs and a Klondike map.
An Agriculturist describes a winter feed system using corn fodder. Cows housed in a barn lot received ear corn, fodder, and husked corn, yielding about four and a half pounds butter and ten pounds pork weekly per cow. Pigs were fed buttermilk and skim milk alongside scraps.
The article offers methods to control rats in corncribs and near poultry houses using elevated posts with tin, ferrets and dogs, carbon bisulphide in bins, and cautions about flammability. It also covers winter window plants care, temperature guidance, and pest control tips for chrysanthemums roses and aphids with fumigation and tobacco smoke.
M Dancel reports to the French Academy of Sciences that increasing water intake raises milk quantity in cows fed dry fodder. Experiments show daily water from eighteen to twenty three quarts with salt-enhanced fodder boosted milk to twelve to fourteen quarts, with good butter quality. Water consumption is linked to expected milk yield.
The self-propelled steam traction engines facing road use are declining in favor. Eight to ten horsepower engines on trucks can be pulled by farm teams without frightening other teams. High cost and heaviness reduce appeal and risk to bridges prompts notices limiting crossing where such engines may be required to take on risk.
The text discusses linseed and cottonseed meal as animal feed. It notes animals with strong digestive organs can eat cottonseed meal when diluted with straw or hay, though serious injury is uncertain. Linseed meal is said to be sold at about the same price as cottonseed meal.
A fragment discusses orchards of fruit and nut trees and adds that maples beech or oaks planted alongside will grow into a magnificent avenue, with a nod to American Gardening.
Pigeon notes advise investing in a few quality birds, promptly removing sick birds, treating or culling if needed. Hemp seed aids moulting, leg bands and records help prevent inbreeding, monitor red mites, and keep nests clean with sawdust and tobacco stems.
Weaning foals should be transitioned to eat grain, pulses, and other nutritious foods before separation from mares. Milk loss harms growth, so hay or grass cannot fully compensate. a varied but judiciously kept diet is advised with grass or hay and corn as staples.
The text warns to save small potatoes only as seed if regulatory form allows. They may be the sole seed in spring, with discard if not needed at planting. It does not endorse small potatoes for planting and states large seed is preferable in all cases.
A farmer can raise more bushels of grain on fifty acres of well underdrained land than on real wet land spanning a hundred acres, with less than half the labor and expense.
Practical tips on livestock value and management. Good pedigrees raise horse value and careful feeding aids horses after hard work. Butter cows exist across breeds and scrubs. Self-reared horses yield the clearest profit. Shelter is essential for winter stock. Even straw and manure help land spread. Small sheep can yield more wool than large looking ones.
Ball's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Prices seven cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials available. West & Truax and Walding Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
A New Britain Herald opinion suggests a revised Connecticut statute edition in two parts. The first would contain enforceable laws while the second would list laws not to be carried out, aimed at placating public opinion.
An advertisement touts Couching Leads to Consumption and Kemp's Balsam as a remedy to stop coughing immediately. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle, with available sizes of 25 and 50 cents, and warns that delays are dangerous.
The article notes that about 100000 tons of carbon rise from London chimneys annually as smoke.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger department reports all trains resumed with restored schedules. A double daily solid service runs from Cincinnati Chicago Louisville Evansville and St Louis to Nashville Memphis Birmingham Montgomery Mobile Pensacola and New Orleans. A double daily Pullman buffet sleeping car service operates from northern cities to Jacksonville Florida.
Nickel Plate Road Passenger Department advertises a six color lithograph map detailing routes costs and outfits for the Klondike Gold Fields. Send two cents stamps to Cleveland Ohio for the map.
Fragmentary notice describes telescope claims and star counts, noting “about 50,000,000 stars are visible” and offering an “Agents Wanted” opportunity with earnings up to $4,000 plus yearly sums. Location listed as 1371 New York.
By actual count 10000 people left the Pacific coast for the gold fields of Alaska and the Yukon region between July 1 and August 28.
A Philadelphia reader from Regent Street testifies that Piso's Cure for Consumption saved him from large doctor bills. The message credits the remedy to C. L. Baker with address 4228 Regent Sa and shows endorsement of the treatment.
A man asks for a woman’s counsel in a manner that reveals his intention to belittle her. The brief exchange centers on tone and respect, highlighting gender dynamics and social signals in a dated advice context.
A lithographed wall map of Alaska showing overland trails and water routes to the Klondike Gold Fields will be mailed upon receipt of five 2-cent stamps. Send to Advertising Department, the Nickel Plate Road, Cleveland Ohio.
An advice column urges immediate care for ovarian disease symptoms and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A reader testimonial from Mrs L Myers of Quakake Pa credits the remedy with restoring health after severe pains and backache. Pinkham offers free guidance by mail from Lynn Mass.
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