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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1882
Page
4
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The 1881 per person intake shows sugar thirty seven pounds, molasses forty five hundredths, tea one and a half pounds, and coffee seven and a half pounds annually. Comparing 1860 and 1881 reveals rising per capita sugar and coffee, tea up about twice, molasses down from a gallon and a half.
A New York Herald reader, a Southern farmer, describes a method to improve soil without direct manuring. He sowed winter oats and buckwheat, letting oats seed and buckwheat hold the land, with oats reappearing after frost. Pigs mulch buckwheat straw, protecting oats over winter, enabling two annual crops and gradual land improvement. Buckwheat sown with grass seed in August reportedly yields good results, while destroying weak spring grasses during dry summers.
The piece describes dentifrice from charcoal and honey to whiten teeth, relief for corn with turpentine wrapped on the toe, and a poultice for colds or croup using soft soap thickened with Indian meal or flour. It also notes a belief that sleeping with the head northward may be healthier and mentions a physician backing Earth’s electric currents affecting nervous systems.
A Rochester article republished here follows Dr J B Henson’s account of Brights disease and a dramatic rescue story. Interviews with Dr Henson Mr Warner and Dr Lattimore emphasize misdiagnosis dangers and claim a remedy Ward’s Life Kidney and Blood Purifier offers a cure supported by analysis and testimony from medical figures.
Fragmented rail timetable lists multiple through connections and Pullman services from Petersburg to New York and southern routes. It notes through sleepers to Chattanooga Memphis Houston and San Antonio, with limited changes via Lynchburg and Bristol. Details include arrivals and departures at Abington Marion Wytheville Roanoke and other points, reflecting a dense travel schedule.
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