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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1893
Page
8
Practical guidelines from a periodical on eye safety. It advises avoiding exposure to foreign particles, using goggles when chemicals are handled, and seeking immediate medical care for severe injuries. It includes techniques to remove under lid debris and cautions against lime and roman cement, with stepwise rinsing using water, vinegar, lemon juice, ammonia, or baking soda.
A historical note explains the salute as a hand lifted to the forehead from the start of English military history. It traces the custom to medieval tournaments when knights, after the queen of beauty was crowned, passed the dais and shaded their eyes from her radiance.
Reading the recipe, six large smooth tomatoes are prepared by trimming stems and scooping seeds. The filling combines ham mushrooms bread crumbs parsley salt cayenne and butter. bake in a granite pan for about eighty minutes until done.
A fragmented recipe describes combining shredded material with old naphtha in three to thirty four parts, adding shellac in sixty four parts, and heating until dissolved. The mixture is applied while hot to metal plates and poured onto sheets once temp reaches about two hundred fifty degrees.
A guide advises against washing the face with cold water after a quick shopping trip to avoid worsening redness. Instead dash water on the neck, lightly sponge Florida water, apply powder, dust off excess, and present a fresh, cool appearance before meeting the guest.
The article lists wart removal methods using poison remedies to touch daily such as tincture of oak or blue vitriol nitric acid or chloride of zinc. It notes a harsher method to pare the wart until blood appears and apply lunar caustic for quicker action.
The text urges thorough watering to wet the undersides of leaves and banish pests like the red spider, recommending a florist’s brass syringe for precision. It also offers a home remedy for mildew: rub linen with soap and chalk, lay on grass to dry, then wet lightly for a second treatment.
A chaotic collage of patent medicines and attested cures fills pages. Prominent ads trumpet Krause's Headache Capsules and Parks' Cough Syrup while L. M. Bosworth's drugstore touts various remedies. The prose also notes famous people and events with antiquated moralizing tone.
A simple recipe combines one egg with a half tablespoon of flour and a quarter tumbler of cold bouillon. Beat and pour into boiling bouillon, stir, then boil five minutes until thickened.
Claims one hundred ward for unrecoverable catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cheney & Co and West & Truax, Toledo wholesalers, advertise the remedy. Internal use targets blood and mucus surfaces of the voice. 75 cents per bottle. testimonials free.
A New York Telegram excerpt argues for immediate home training for girls from cradle to school age. It stresses hands on tasks like cooking and cleaning, gradual delegation of duties, and home management during vacations, warning against early cram schooling and massed knowledge.
The speaker argues that popular government must welcome discontent and strive for higher political life. He notes that democracy exists in name but real power is uneven, citing Athens and the need to extend suffrage beyond current limits while recognizing women remain excluded.
The legendary sword Ethan Allen drew in 1775 has passed through the Allen family and is now owned by Hannibal A. Hopkins of Lansing Michigan. He has offered the relic to the government for exhibition at the National Museum in Washington, aligning with references in Allen's autobiography to its use at Ticonderoga.
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