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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1892
Page
3
An old farming guide describes constructing a portable fence panel from boards and posts with hooks for quick assembly and removal. It details panel size, post spacing, cost estimates for lumber and posts, and notes on versatility for moving and storage. It also outlines a practical hog pen built in a hog lot corner with a sliding door and ground chute for easy loading.
A retired VI physician, now aided by an East India missionary, touts a vegetable remedy for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments and promises a radical cure for nervous debility. He offers free samples and detailed instructions by mail to those who write. The note also mentions a Kentucky experiment station bulletin finding commercial fertilizers do not increase wheat yields, though potash benefits corn and potatoes.
The article details a two foot wide iron tool used with a beam and mold board to cultivate soil three to four inches deep. Drawn by a horse, it works between strawberry rows and for planting potatoes celery raspberries and young trees. It also mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Prairie Farmer endorsing incubators and brooders for poultry.
An advertisement claims Dr. Haines' Golden Specific permanently cures alcoholism by a powder that can be taken in beer coffee or tea without the patient’s knowledge. It promises a lasting cure for moderate drinkers or alc holics and cites thousands of successful cases with no harmful effects. The ad directs to Golden Specific Co 186 Race Street Cinclona.
A fragment lists knot names and types from a pamphlet on rope work. It explains the principle that moving rope parts should not lie alongside when slipping. The bowline is highlighted as a useful knot that does not slip and unties easily after strain. It gives basic tying steps with a bight and end through the bight under the stand.
Instructions describe knots H K M and the square knot to avoid slipping under load. The timber hitch S tightens with strain. The wall knot appears complex but is built by a sequence of wraps and passes as demonstrated in engravings AA BB CC and requires taut hauling.
An advertisement touts Dr Gregg's Electric Belt and Home Treatment as the sole effective electric method for curing long-standing ailments. It asserts both women and men have been permanently restored, offers the Gregg Foot Warmer and Electric Insole, and promises testimonials and a free circular.
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