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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1872
Page
4
A reader offers a rain based method to renew old feather ticks by laying the tick on clean grass during June rain, brushing grease spots with hot suds, and drying on flat-work. Repeated summer rains over years leave feathers clean, though not suitable for immediate use until aired out.
A detailed Victorian method describes making an iron bound butt with two nested tubs and charcoal packing to form a self contained ice house. An inner tub is one third filled with ice and cooled by an outer frigid chamber, buried four fifths into a dry cellar for long term storage of fish meat and poultry.
A simple home remedy instructs to rub and roast a lemon then squeeze into a cup with three ounces of powdered sugar. Take a spoonful when coughs trouble you. It is described as tasty and generally effective for relief.
The article reflects on instinct as a drive in animals to imitate ancestral acts, noting hexagonal honeycomb and tarantula nests as examples. It contrasts animal instinct with human moral and physical instincts, arguing that only Divinity can fully explain instinct.
Fears of a peanut famine grow as North Carolina ships 2000 bags this year versus 20000 last year and Virginia supplies fall by half. With new crop not arriving until October, four months exist for stock to cover demand, risking shortages and possible corners. Ocean trade delays and preference for white meat curb African imports, leaving economy as the remedy.
In 1832 Morgan County Kentucky Judge Samuel Woods borrowed 6 cents for apples from Col Samuel Matthews during Black Hawk war recruiting. Recently they met. Woods paid principal plus interest totaling one dollar, noting his rise from penniless youth to a 3000 acre landholder worth about a quarter million dollars.
A guide stresses value for brides housekeepers and large families urging purchase facilities from the New York Purchasing Bureau at 704 Broadway. Endorsed by prominent New York men, it invites readers to send for a circular.
A friend recalls a man dying from a liver complaint treated with a strong spirits based patent medicine. The piece advocates Walker’s Vinegar Bitters as a safer tonic and claims it cures catarrh and related gland issues, promoting Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy with nasal douche, sold for $2.
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