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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1886
Page
6
Readable tips cover poultry care from egg setting to hen behavior, harness upkeep with oiling and washing, and rose bed planting. Advice on ducks feeding, slug remedies, rose care, and transplanting roses, plus soil notes on potatoes, compost, and muck use.
A brief farm column outlines tasks for fieldwork and garden care under unfavorable conditions. It advises on timing, soil readiness, and cautious scheduling to prevent crop stress while highlighting practical chores for growers during tricky weather.
A San Francisco reporter interviews a local hair dealer about the value of hair and the lengths of the longest pieces. He recalls selling a seventy four inch piece in New York for twenty dollars an ounce, ten ounces total, turned into a switch sold for seven hundred fifty dollars. He shows a fifty inch tress valued at twenty dollars per ounce and mentions other bundles and wigs ready for sale, including a very heavy white hair packet and a shelf of imported hair worth about twelve dollars per ounce.
The article lists vegetables with therapeutic claims, noting dandelion greens for acidity, asparagus for nerves and rheumatism, tomatoes for the liver, and beet and turnip benefits, with lettuces and cucumbers noted as cooling. The tone suggests a home remedy guide emphasizing plant-based cures.
The Japanese Feast of Bong lasts several days and nights with orations and rituals to the dead, lanterns and banners, temple processions, and food offerings at cemeteries. Devotees camp by graves, hear lore from dignitaries, and end with a nighttime parade, boat rites, and fireworks, as families share meals and tea amid lights and flowers.
A Baltimore American piece describes a compact hamlet with 700 to 800 houses where about a hundred tradesmen work along a river. Terraced rice and sugar and orange groves dominate, with hemp palm oil and bamboo manufacturing locally. Farms of four acres yield five to six hundred dollars yearly through on-site processing and crafts, reflecting frugal, self-reliant labor.
Dr Stephen Smith presented before the New York Academy of Sciences on how shade trees reduce heat and air pollution in cities. He cites thousands die yearly from heat in arid treeless streets, noting shaded areas stay cooler and trees lessen lung-harming particles, urging systematic urban tree planting.
In Aspen Colorado a group reached the top of a sixty foot fire bell tower for a city view. Eppa Stewart leaned near the edge and crushed legs drove feet toward the knee. Her left arm bones splintered and five right ribs broken. She survived the fall but suffered severe injuries during the ascent.
A broad column discusses women’s fashion for girls, health tips, and the burden of household labor. It contrasts leisure for husbands with relentless domestic toil, noting strikes’ impact on wives and the need for economic support and self-improvement for women. It also mentions urban household services and a Parisian sewing system as a model.
The item surveys summer fashion and grooming themes with mentions of bonnets, beaded nets, veiled hats, silk hosiery, parasols, and new fabrics like moire and satin. It notes shifts in hair, footwear, and accessories, plus commentary on fashion terms and common language usage in the era. It also briefly discusses government terminology confusion in a separate paragraph.
A fragmentary account recalls a lively stage show with disabled performers and dancing acts. It describes wooden prosthetics, sedated dancers, and juvenile energy, noting remarkable display and crowd reaction amid references to war era governance and a call to mobilize resources.
A Montevideo letter to Chicago describes the gaucho as a product of South America steeped in Indian and European blood. It details his dress the poncho sombrero and chirreps his diet meat and rara vegetables and bread and notes his life on the pampas with cattle herds and a booming cattle industry exporting meat totaling about $10 million yearly while exports have risen since 1804 from 10,304,000 to 16,000,000 horned cattle.
A fragment described paper counterpanes made of two large sheets tied with twine, edged with gummed margins to prevent tearing. Upper surfaces feature designs, with hot iron smoothing wrinkles. Sold for seventy five cents a set, touted as neat bed clothing that retains heat in cold weather. Includes stray dialogue about avoiding a drink.
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