Louisiana leper home shows cures and hopes for treatment
A Louisiana leper home in Iberville Parish near the Mississippi reveals progress in treatment since 1894. Drs Dyer and Topkine report several cures, ongoing observation, and a care regime emphasizing nutrition, baths, and sun exposure under state supervision and Sisters of Charity leadership.
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Louisiana
United States
Toursiana
Iberville Parish
Mississippi River
Indian Camp Plantation
Ieper
Safore Dyer
Ralph Topkine
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Wits Padiout
Jesious
Sisters of Charity
Moike and the Rat Tale from the Irish Strait
Scrappy, partially legible dialogue hints at a rustic scene with characters debating fate and drinking. The fragmentary text mentions a rat, whisky, and a request to kneel with a bottle, ending without clear resolution or names.
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Quote from Chicago Record-Herald on smoking
Snippet shows a humorous remark on diplomacy and smoking. It cites Chicago Record-Herald quotes about a husband quitting smoking and a line about Mrs Winslow pretending she did not know he was present and comparing respect for a monkey to a man who uses tobacco.
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Cogal Mess Lanses
Delicate Table Delights From South to Kentucky Waffles
South Carolina Griddle Cakes and Peanut Wafers feature in a dainty menu. Recipes detail creaming butter with sugar, adding eggs, milk, and flours, then baking on a hot griddle. Also included are Kentucky Waffles and Hot Cross Buns with yeasts, spices, currants, and almond substitutions.
WHEN YOU ARE A NURSE
Keep the patient in a quiet sunny room with an open window. Maintain a temperature just below 70 degrees and remove heavy curtains. Keep the patient clean and neat, avoid medicines visible, and prohibit perfumes. Wear washable gown and slippers. Feed the patient frequently with attractive portions and remove flowers from the room.
Baked Eggs and Bishop Slips for Babies
A dainty luncheon recipe instructs hollowing bread slices to hold a cheese and milk mixture with an egg baked atop each piece. Also described are bishop slips made from pink and blue ginghams to reduce laundry for a waiting baby, a simple home craft.
Varnish Removal For Tables Promoted In Early Advice
A historic tip explains how to strip varnish from a wooden table using varnish removers from paint shops. After washing and drying, rub in boiled linseed oil to seep into the grain, then apply white satin and weekly oiling with cloth to achieve a higher polish over several weeks.
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Chase
NAILS IN THE WALLS AND Simple Home Fixes
A mid century style guide notes careless decorating with nails. It suggests using picture rails and small rods with gilt wires to hang art, plus cork backing to protect delicate wallpaper. Also includes two old time recipes Hoarhound Taffy and Almond Cream Cake with step by step prep and ingredients.
Footbath care guidance for sore and tender feet
The article advises limited nightly foot soaks to once a week unless feet are sore from walking. For relief, dissolve washing soda in hot water and soak ten minutes, rinse, dry, and rub. Avoid hot water on perspiring feet, bathe nightly in cold borax water, and use a strong heal salt bath for tender or burning feet.
Vegetable Soup From a Historic Recipe Card
Readable lines describe making vegetable soup with white turnips potatoes leeks carrots tomatoes onion garlic parsley celery sugar drippings or butter water pepper and croutons. Steps include sauteing onions in drippings until colored then simmering with carrots and water, then adding potatoes celery turnips tomatoes and herbs and finishing with parsley and croutons.
Old Fashioned White Cake Instructions
A vintage recipe outlines a white cake: three cups flour, two cups sugar, two teaspoons baking powder, one cup butter, one cup milk, and the whites of five eggs. Mix well and bake in a loaf lined with buttered paper to prevent burning.
The Gunt Rows Movement Extends Public Roads Reform
The article urges a nationwide push to improve U S roads. It cites an Office of Public Roads finding of about 500 billion Flos in U S roads with annual spend around 75 million dollars. It notes only five percent of roads have hard surfacing and calls for cooperative action among citizens, local officials, states, and the federal government. It highlights the growing American Roadmakers association and the 15 year rise of state aid laws, urging continued state cooperation and informed legislation to fix road construction and funding.
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Office of Public Roads
United States
Gur
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United Effort
Te American Loadmakers’ Association
New Jersey
A Straight Cin On the Boys
A past facing talk to boys on self discipline and success. The speaker urges work, healthy living, savings, and prudent career choices, warning against idleness and smoking while praising reading, study, and gym activity as keys to future achievement.
Modest Birt Happy Fame and the Money Factor in Divorce
A reviewer ponders why money drives divorce in many cases. An anecdotal lawyer cites a millionaire heiress who married and divorced three times, noting that couples with modest means have fewer chances to stray as money limits social distractions and opportunities.
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Chia
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