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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
4
In Chambers Journal style, a narrator recalls a wife converting meals under a health course, banning bread and haricots, arguing for wine, milk, and dairy caution, while nitpicking every item from oysters to sugar. The piece weaves anecdotes of dieting zeal, humor, and social commentary on self-styled medical wisdom.
A newly married couple reacts to a flyer for a six lecture course on the ethics of food by Prof. Spurling. The wife becomes fanatical about diet, banning meat pickles and even tomatoes while the husband jokes, then faces fear of illness as the lectures unfold. Their weeklong experiment shifts to eggs vegetables and fish, ending with a scare about spots and leprosy.
Progressive farmers in Abington Township Montgomery County Pa vote February 21 1895 to borrow 79000 at up to five percent to fund permanent highway improvements. A Road Improvement league backed by Supervisors Daniel Webster and Joshua Longstreth supported the measure amid a public debate over road quality and statewide highway policy. Extracts discuss Indiana road plans and Governor Chase urging better highways to boost farm prosperity.
Readable notes on hare soup sweet breads currant buns and cocoanut balls with codfish balls and apple bread pudding from American and Detroit papers. Also a detailed look at American seed farms describing harvest, seed pod processing, drying, threshing, packaging, and storage across seed houses and barns.
A passenger chewing an unlit cigar drew the conductor’s ire on a downtown street car. The cold air made the passenger blow clouds of warm breath, which the conductor mistook for smoke. After repeated rebukes, the man explained the cigar was unlit and apologized, while others watched in astonishment. The exchange ends with both sides unsure if rule breaking occurred.
Advertises Royal Baking Powder as essential for best results in cakes and biscuits. Claims leading hotels and homes exclusively use it for quick rising foods and asserts it never disappoints, avoids sour or soggy outcomes, and leaves no lumps. Encourages readers to follow directions for best results.
The fragment discusses deafness causes and treatments, including Eustachian tube inflammation and constitutional remedies. It advertises Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters as cures or preventatives, mentions disease risk from malaria prone regions, and references a newspaper’s handling of a poet’s sentence—Washington 2 News.
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