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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1896
Page
8
A historical analysis explains how milk souring depends on air exposure and temperature. Experiments show bacteria and spores contaminate milk after drawing, with dust and microbes forming colonies within hours. Contaminated milk spreads typhoid, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and scarlet fever, often from outside sources or infected cows.
An illustration shows a method to prevent winter freezing of farm water pipes. Surround the pipe where it exits the ground with cemented eight inch drain pipes to create a dead air space. Wind the pipe with felt and tarred paper for extra insulation. If piping rises under a barn or stable, seal with boards to create two air gaps for security.
A New York Farmer writer explains why some fruit businesses fail despite proper cultivation. Begin picking earlier, around September 20, to avoid overripe fruit and waste. Emphasize careful handling, sorting, and organized packing with baskets, burrels, and packing tables to maximize profit and minimize damage.
A simple potato sorter from Rural New Yorker uses a frame of two by four lumber with side beards to keep tubers on track. Potatoes roll down narrow strips with upward edges, spaced about two inches apart. Distances adjust to separate small from large tubers.
A Victorian era illustration explains a homemade potato sorter built from wooden strips and leather to create holes of differing sizes. Smaller potatoes fall through while larger ones roll over, with canvas strips protecting nail heads and a bag at the bottom to catch tubers as they descend.
Instructions describe making ice cream by surrounding a two thirds full milk can with crushed ice and salt, freezing until solid. After freezing, remove sheaters, wrap the freezer, let it rest, then beat the cream with a paddle and chill several hours before serving. A warm spoon aids serving.
An 19th century advertisement excerpt touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole constitutional treatment for catarrh, with claims of blood and mucous surface action and a $100 reward for any uncured case. It includes testimonials and mentions other tonics like Warner's Safe Cure and Dr. Kline's nerve restorers.
The Passenger Department of the Nashville Ry issues a hundred page book describing soil resources and capabilities along its Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Western Florida line. Includes a county map and is offered for ten cents. Also contains scattered ad like quips from periodical chatter and advertising lines.
A compact clipping lampoons fake cures and medical scams while advertising remedies. It cites tarnished banners like Stomach Bitters and No-To-Bac, includes mock dialogue about fevers and rheumatism, and notes various patent medicine appeals as misleading. The piece rails at quackery and parodies medical hoaxes common in periodicals.
The text proclaims that loss of appetite signals digestive trouble and praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for restoring appetite digestion and sleep. It includes a testimonial from H.H. Thompson praising cure of vomiting and regained appetite and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a gentle safe constipation remedy.
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