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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
2
A collection of kitchen tips covers cleaning ammonia usage to prevent burns salt storage tricks and lemon to remove grease. It includes a green vegetable wash with vinegar to deter insects and a milk yeast bread starter with precise steps. Ginger Shrub recipe explains making a chilled lemon ginger drink with mint cherry and lemon rind garnish.
A diagram shows a simple shoe cleaning device with brushes on top and sides to remove dirt, a scraper for the sole, and a pan underneath to collect debris. It can be placed on a doorstep for easy use and emptying. Prepared Mustard recipe follows with mixing mustard sugar salt vinegar and storage in a jelly tumbler.
The article describes cleaning gloves with white soap milk and soft rags for a quick dry finish. It also explains cleaning enamelware by boiling a kettle filled with water and a teaspoon of chloride of lime for several hours to restore whiteness.
A newspaper tip recommends mixing two tablespoons of kerosene with two of water in a basin. Wipe with a soft cloth and dry with newspaper. The method cleans flyspecks from glass and paint more effectively than water and soap and leaves a better polish.
Instructions describe using a star-shaped bottom to press into unbaked cookies to imprint star patterns. Flour the glass before stamping to prevent sticking and ensure clean marks.
Advice on preventing sticking or scorching when boiling milk custards and dressings by wiping the rims with a cloth greased with lard before heating to avoid sticking or scorching.
Ruth Cameron critiques slipshod thinking and ignorance as a costly bliss. The essay warns against avoiding responsibility, urges facing clocks, bills, and life squarely, and advocates choosing informed, thoughtful living over convenient delusion.
A fragmented article offers sewing tips using weights and paper clips, measuring tools, and buttonhole guidance. It also includes outdated domestic counsel urging wives to spend time with husbands and maintain appearances, followed by garbled medical instructions about insomnia and wrist methods.
A fragmentary verse piece titled Gems In Verse by Byron with lines describing a clash of sea and wind and a wrecking of treasures. The voice laments ungovernable mind and sea peril while imagery of wine, cloth, and cargo washed ashore appears.
Fragment of a romantic dialogue where lovers debate faithfulness and forgiveness. A unnamed speaker questions infidelity and promise, while the other pledges uncertainty and resolve to be true despite temptations.
A rural tale by T A Daly in Catholic Standard and Times tells of Aunta Rosa famed for immense faith who prays to lose fat while refusing exercise. A doctor cautions action, yet she continues prayer as weight grows, prompting questions about the power and limits of faith.
In Black-and-Whiteville a humorous exchange questions if an eight hour workday is believed in. The line hints at workplace norms with a wry city-wide joke about labor and schedule expectations sourced from a St. Louis Post-Dispatch quotation.
A Delineator note recounts a toddler named Katherine in new shoes who was photographed. When asked why she did not look at the camera she replied she wanted to see if her new shoes got their picture taken.
A New York Times excerpt quotes a couple discussing marriage. The man claimed he had visited the bride’s mother multiple times and intended to marry, prompting the questioned response about the mother’s awareness.
Vignettes stitched from old columns include a salon misstep over a head knot believed to be the customer’s own hair, a Edinburgh organist prank about anthem titles, Lincoln’s witty consul remark, and a child’s polite yet comical replies in domestic life.
Fire alarm boxes listed by location including streets and landmarks such as City Hall High School Building Market Street and Harbor along with notes that imaginary boxes marked with an apostrophe are so. The notice also advertises Luck to Smoke Pack The Better than 5c Cigar and The Cigar in the Green Box 748 from Herald Printery 408 East Wishkah Street.
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