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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
9
How to Make Chestnut Stuffing
Roast about 50 chestnuts until done then shell or crack them. Mix with 3 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon salt and 1 third teaspoon pepper. Toss lightly and stuff the turkey. Oysters can be added for variation.
Heat Remedies for a Stomach Ailment and Blues
A regional guide suggests relief for stomach trouble with hot liquids, including a gallon of water sipped every few minutes to flush the system and induce perspiration. It also cites heat applications such as a hot flannel, hot bran, or a brickbat bag for those with the blues, noting these cures require rest from activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Geography Letter Game
A simple party idea uses a box of letters either printed or on pasteboard. Players toss the box and call a geographic name beginning with the landed letter. the caller takes the letter. The game ends when chosen, and the player with the fewest letters or most remaining wins.
Cleaning Plush and Delicate Garments with Turpentine
Instructions suggest turpentine on grease stains until dry, then air dry and brush. Delicate plush items and children's plush coats can be cleaned safely with borax and water, using a soft sponge and a teaspoonful borax per quart of water.
How to Fry Cold Turkey in a Quick Meal
Cut the turkey into neat sections then dip each piece in beaten egg and seasoned bread crumbs. Fry in hot fat until golden brown and serve on a hot dish with a drizzle of brown gravy.
How to Imitate Ground Glass and Drill Lessons
A terse note explains dissolving epsom salts in beer for imitation ground glass and claims a year of military discipline teaches young men how to drill and handle arms.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Constitutional Disease
The advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity for catarrh a constitutional disease taken internally and acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars if it fails to cure and invite readers to send for testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo sold by druggists for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilall
Hall
F.j.cneney & Co
Toledo
Castoria and remedies fill ad filled page notes
A busy page lists medical cures and patent medicines from DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve to Park's teas and Mystic Cure for rheumatism. It mentions druggists D D Bales and L M Bosworth and cites early 1900s advertisements, testimonials, and home treatment claims with addresses in Ames and Newburg New York.
Trotting Meeting at Moscow Offers Fifty Thousand Rubles
An advertisement notes fifty thousand rubles in purses at a Moscow winter trotting meeting. It touts Aver's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier, backed by testimonials, urging readers to try it this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Aver
Ayer
The Best Salve For Skin Ailments Advertised
An 19th century ad offers salve for cuts sores ulcers and many skin eruptions with money back guarantee. It also promotes Early Risers pills for constipation headaches and nervousness and includes a short quip about thoughts disturbing men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bosworth
D. D. Biles
Great Cough Medicine Promises Cure All Chest Ills
A 19th century promotional notice touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with trial bottles and money back guarantee. It claims the medicine cures diseases of the throat and lungs and urges purchases at L M Bosworths drug store. Hoods Sarsaparilla is also advertised as a blood purifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
Proper foot position sparks debate among physiologists and dancers
The piece argues against the dancing master standard of heels together and toes out, citing medical consensus for a 66 degree English angle and a 45 degree typical turnout. It notes foot position as essential in diagnosing certain diseases and critiques limited career ambition among young men in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delsarte
Night Face Preparations for Soft Skin Blend
A remedy mix combines one ounce glycerin one ounce rosewater a teaspoonful camphor spirits and eight drops hartshorn. Apply a few drops to face lips and hands before bed then rub in until nearly dry and dab with a dry towel if still sticky.
How to Learn Music and Practice Effectively
Learn through the library and reading as well as practice. Focus on exact details, strengths, and energy in every repetition. When starting a piece, note key, harmonies, fingering, and effects. Concentration and self critique matter. begin each session where you ended yesterday and connect daily work.
How to Make an Autograph Tablecloth
In Vienna the latest autograph craze has guests at dinner writing their names in pencil on the tablecloth. The writing is then worked over with colored wash silks to create a permanent trophy of distinguished occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
How to Make a Fowl Tender
The method describes drawing and stuffing a fowl then wrapping it in two layers of brown paper and tying tightly. It cooks in a very hot oven for one hour to an hour and a half, then the paper is burned with the grease. The bird is dredged with flour, basted, browned, and served with rich gravy. grown pigeons are said to rival squabs.
Origin of the word shebang and its mining frontier use
The term shebang traces to a Dutch East India merchant named Shebanger. His temporary trading shed, called his shebang, gave the word to describe makeshift structures and coverings used in mining and frontier life.
Electrolyzed sea water set to disinfect Paris sewers
In France M Hermite invents a disinfectant by electrolyzing sea water, flushing Paris streets and sewers including the St Francis district. The process reportedly kills microbes and could extend to seaboard cities and even rivers, with widespread military disarmament ideas cited and Canada immigration bonuses criticized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
France
M. Hermite
Paris
St. Francis
Europe
Gold coin needed to cover $50 million bonds
The amount of gold coin required to pay for the fifty million dollar bonds issued at not less than 117.20 will be about fifty eight million dollars.
Notable Oddities and UK and US Notables Across the Nation
The passage lists diverse facts from individuals in several states and nations. John C. Smith of Brazil Indiana is father to 35 living children. Mrs F C Johnson of Nebraska a pomology authority. Frank Miller of Bridgeport claims John Hancock’s pet arm chair. a family in Philadelphia preserves a four-generations old wedding gieve. Blondin nears 70 while still performing aerial feats. Enoch Pratt declines re election after 84 years as Baltimore Clearing House president. Prof S W Burnham wins Royal Astronomical Society gold medal for double stars discoveries. Mrs Bronson hosts guests in New York with lavish rooms. Prince Bernadette, tied to Miss Monk, named head of the Norwegian navy. J B Tyrell of the Dominion Geologic Survey cites a vast reindeer population in the North. Ex Governor Curtin appears vigorous in Stratford Hotel Philadelphia. Samuel Wyllys Dabney, former US consul at Fayal, dies. Dabney family long served Azores as consuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Pratt
Baltimore Clearing House Association
5. W. Burnham
Chicago
Royal Astronomical Society of England
Bronson
New York
Prince Bernadette
Miss Monk
England
J. B. Tyrell
Dominion Geological Survey
Curtin
Stratford
Philadelphia
Samuel Wyllys Dabney
California
United States
Fayal
Dabney
Azores Islands
Methodist Hospital Brooklyn Cared For Over 900 Patients
The article notes that more than 900 patients were cared for at the Methodist hospital of Brooklyn last year highlighting a noble work of Christian practice and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Hospital of
Brooklyn
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria
A brief comic item notes that Pitcher’s Castoria was advertised for children and claims a child can live out of water for at least 18 days. It also mentions South Carolina craters forming coastal ledges up to 10 feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel
South Carolina
How to Clean Rugs and Remedy Tender Feet
The text explains rug cleaning using naphtha or ammonia wash with tepid water, advising caution about flames due to naphtha. It also describes foot soaks with bay rum and ammonia, followed by rubbing dry. It then previews Edward W. Bok’s Cosmopolitan piece on young men’s business opportunities, noting firms’ need for capable young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
Cosmopolitan
Mr. Bok
New York City
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