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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
2
A guide to linen care emphasizes a front to back linen press, avoiding hot air cupboards, mending before laundry, and proper hemming. It advises yearly stock reviews, periodic replenishment, and careful handling of pillow slip buttons while noting German hausfrau practices with linen bands.
A指南 style note advises home bug control methods from a Spokane paper. It recommends sugar mixed with plaster as a bait for beetles cockroaches and other pests and tarred or sticky fly paper to attract ants fleas and small insects. Burn or replace filled sheets and repeat as needed.
A Sunday through Saturday guide outlines varied methods for potatoes. It begins with mashed potatoes enriched with milk and butter and salt, then shifts to jacket potatoes, roasted beef companions, creamed potatoes, steamed whole potatoes, butter fried thin slices, and ends with boiled potatoes.
A dainty dressing table cover is described using three embroidered handkerchiefs joined by wide lace insertion and two rows of lace beading. The edges are finished with edging and ribbon threaded through the beading to complete the decorative cover.
Instructions advise making a lather with soap and hot water then squeezing lace through the mixture several times without wringing. Rinse in milk for crispness, add coldies to milk to reach a cream shade, and iron on the wrong side using thick soft material.
The article explains mending boys stockings by darning over a small net placed over holes especially at knees and heels. Lay the net over the stocking and stitch in and out of the mesh to form a neat, strong repair quickly.
Ferns thrive in cooler rooms from 50 to 65 degrees and in shaded moist spots. Start with six to a pot, repot sparingly, and use coarse soil with charcoal to keep porosity. avoid overwatering and large pots. wash to combat pests, especially scale insects, and apply liquid manure during growth to enrich soil.
Warm storage prevents granulation while cooling causes candied honey. Restoring granulated liquid honey involves hot water. Adulteration fears fall short as pure honey remains clear when kept warm. Comb honey is praised for its purity and value in cooking as a sugar substitute.
Do not use a lighted candle to detect gas leaks open windows to vent gas. Mix soap with water and apply to the pipe. bubbles show the leak. Rub a soap cake on the spot to stop the leak temporarily until a plumber can repair it.
Instructions describe methods to loosen a stubborn glass stopper. Heat the bottle in hot water or drop oil between the stopper and decanter using a feather. Then strike the stopper gently with wood and repeat if needed. A flannel strip around the neck can create friction to aid loosening.
Spread newspaper on the floor and dust with pulverized resin. Roll and twist into strands of suitable length for the stove. Place four or five sheets in the fire box and cover with three shovelfuls of coal. Ignite to get a ready fire without pine kindling.
The guide advises matching yarn shades to the rug and using the weave stitch. For minor fraying mend directly. for large holes baste fine canvas on the back and weave colors and designs into it.
A reader offers simple historic kitchen dishes featuring Shrimp Fricassee with lard flour onion tomatoes and two cups hot water plus Creole Rice with bacon onion and tomatoes. Also included is Griades a beef dish browned with lard onions tomatoes and a light flour gravy with water and optional garlic for flavor.
A description of Corsican death rituals notes new burial garments for all classes, rapid burial within a day, and dramatic mourning rites. Prose-improvisers memorialize the dead, while “death hunters” test mourners’ affection. Hair tearing, fake wounds, and widow blindfolds mark grief as ceremonial.
Practical tips to speed up kitchen tasks and preserve utensils. Warm knifeboard before use and sprinkle snuff to deter crickets. Fold tissue over cheese blades, whip egg whites into cream, and add cocoanut to Waldorf salad. Hang tools on fine wire and gloss starch with turpentine in cold water. Drain shrimps briefly before serving.
A physician is described as testing various Latin prescriptions while the patient unknowingly swallows them. The article extols using forest herbs such as Cypripedium and Unicorn root with glycerine extracts, praising Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic remedy for women’s weaknesses. It cites authorities and promotes a booklet mailed from Buffalo, NY.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports that damp iodide of nitrogen on bass strings exploded when sparked by specific vibrational frequencies. A note of sixty vibrations per second caused the dry compound to detonate, with the G string triggering but the E string not.
Harper's Weekly recounts a convalescent merchant who, after typhoid fever, desires food but learns the doctor’s rule that all things must be in proportion. A skim of meals, a steaming bedside dish, and a request for a postage stamp reveal his lingering appetite and the nurse’s measured care.
A Harvard hoax exploits Memorial Day by printing a fake Crimson full of sensational items. The Lampoon published a spoof Crimson with notices of bomb plots and revelry, then hosted celebrants at Lampoon House. The prank recurred next year as Lampy refuses repetition.
Listing of fire alarm boxes by number and cross streets across Aberdeen Highland Home and nearby areas. Noted imaginary box is Box No 45 marked with asterisk and includes mills docks depots schools mills and lumber companies.
The Herald remains the most widely read paper on Gray's Harbor attracting wise advertisers who recognize its reach and influence.
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