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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1896
Page
15
A jumble of curiosities and tips from Popular Science describes seeds for rat control, a claim about tincture to stop tooth pain, a joke about weighing objects, and a note on thunder. It also offers a rust stain remedy using hot water and acids and warns against soap with ammonia softened water.
Readable passages describe Jesus teaching in Galilee and performing powers. The text names acts of healing, prophecy, and the crowd's reaction, noting expectations of the Messiah and the messenger from God. It references Peter, Mary, and other followers and frames events as a divine visitation.
A scrambled note cites Deboo as author of Robinson Crusoe and claims Comper needed three months for production of John Gilp Motley. Motley allegedly took six years for The Blue of the Dated Republic. It also mentions George Eliot for Middlemarch in four months and Eugene Sue for Wandering Jaw in eighteen months. Hawthorne supposedly spent six months to a year on each of his works.
The American ship W. F. Mathcork sailed from an eastern port bound for the western shore. Capt. Graham and crew battled gale and ice as deck spray froze across rigging and hatches. A two foot ice layer formed, crew felled rigging ice with axes and hammers, while the captain and wife endured a brutal night at sea.
Practical advice on using lemon or orange peels as kindling, dissolving soda in cold water to avoid gas loss, dredging meat with salt before cooking, and removing fat before making soup stock to enhance flavor. It also notes slight ham flavor improves stock and suggests an ounce of ham per gallon of water.
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