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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
19
A brief, poignant note on the heavy burden of kidney illness and the lifelong battle against pain, fatigue, and urinary disorders, describing the persistent struggle without offering resolution or medical specifics.
Mr Jacob Schaefer of 103 West Front Street Portsmouth proprietor of a popular restaurant praises Doan's Kidney Pills. He recalls backing the remedy in 1498 and says it cured his backache three years ago with lasting results. He urges Portsmouth sufferers to buy from Fisher Streichs drug store and complete a course. Sold by druggists 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Practical household hints cover door hinge lubrication with pencil lead, removing white stains using hot milk and turpentine or oil, and preventing cake burning by placing a pinch of salt on the oven shelf under the cake tin. The tone resembles a pioneer era guide offering quick, everyday remedies.
Directions advise adding two tablespoons of carbolic acid to warm water for mopping to leave wood sweet and healthy. To deter mice, scatter small camphor pieces in cupboards and drawers as they strongly dislike the scent and will move away.
Bright bedroom drapes combine chintz or cretone fabric with delicate prints. A denim border in harmonizing or contrasting shades adds a simple, affordable decorative touch. The piece highlights economical styling for home decor.
A historian notes a simple home remedy for carpet moths involving scrubbing floors with hot salted water before laying the carpet and a weekly to biweekly light salt sprinkle worked into the fibers.
To fill jars with hot fruit or jam place the jar in cold water and pour the fruit in several inches to where the water comes. Remove the jar from the water and finish filling slowly for proper sealing.
An old recipe advises mixing a handful of whiting with a gill of methylated spirits to form a paste. Apply to windows, rub on, let dry, then polish with a clean duster or leather for brilliant polish.
Ice should be cooked with dairy or stock to supply fat. Steaming rice is advised as boiling wastes valuable components in the cooking water.
A traditional Jenny Lind cake is described using one pint of sifted flour three tablespoons of melted butter one cup of sugar one egg a half teaspoon of soda dissolved in a teacup of milk one teaspoon of cream of tartar and a pinch of nutmeg for flavor. The directions indicate combining the dry ingredients with the wet to form a smooth batter and baking until done.
Instructions describe removing spots from dresses using fuller's earth paste for cloth dresses and dry French chalk for light face cloth. Also provides a recipe to make imitation honey by boiling white sugar and water, then adding alum, cream tartar, and rose extract to cool for use.
A historical instruction advocates a preservation test for canned goods. It describes listening for a small rush of air when the knife first punctures the lid as proof of perfect sealing. It also advises turning out the contents immediately after opening each tin to ensure safety.
A historical formula describes mixing quick lime with linseed oil, boiling to a thick paste, then spreading on thin plates to harden in shade. It can be dissolved again over heat and reused as needed, producing a heat resistant cement-like substance.
A simple pancake method uses half a pint of milk one egg and two small tablespoons of flour with half a teaspoon sugar. Beat sugar and egg, add flour and milk, butter two saucers, divide batter bake twenty minutes, remove, and spread jam between the layers.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery are advertised as solutions for female weakness and related conditions. The ad touts a $500 reward for any cure failure, cites a testimonial from Miss Belle Hedrick, and promotes Dr. Pierce’s medical adviser sent free with stamps.
The recipe describes mixing yolks from two hard boiled eggs with two ounces of butter and three ancho vies, washed free of saltpetre, then spreading the mixture between bread slices cut into rounds or other shapes. It is piled on a covered plate and garnished with tiny parsley sprigs.
A short home recipe describes mixing three tablespoons of fine oatmeal with one of flour a pinch of salt and half a teaspoon baking powder. Add a teaspoonful beef drippings and boiling water to form a thick paste. Roll thin, dredge lightly, cook on a girdle until slightly curled, avoid burning.
A collection of old fashioned instructions covers potted ham with spice seasoned meat pressed in pots, a Madeira cake method with creamed butter and lemon, and using eggshells as miniature plant pots. The egg shell section notes a French gardener claiming shells protect roots and ease transplanting.
A simple corn omelet recipe uses one can of sweet corn chopped finely mixed with an beaten egg salt and pepper to taste half a cup of sweet milk and a tablespoon of flour. Fry in butter in a skillet for a dish resembling fried oysters.
The Colonel declares tonight his last at the club and contemplates becoming a hermit. He explains his long tenure has him knowing everybody’s family history and his habit of thinking aloud. The Chorus questions his plans as he jokes about leaving.
A New York Press critique notes brokers stand above bookmakers, with 1,100 Stock Exchange members and 600 firms earning vast sums. It estimates brokers net about $29 million on $20,000 yearly incomes, plus $10.5 million in office wages for clerks and staff, totaling $42.5 million paid by customers to support the industry and its “great machine.”
The letter V traces to a two horned sand viper from ancient Egypt. Priests simplified hieroglyphics into a V with a dash, then Phoenicians adopted it and later dropped the dash, leaving the horns. The snake remains common in Egypt. Biblical reference in Genesis mentions a related serpent. Travelers note the creature’s habit remains.
Dublin boasts many superlatives including Europe’s widest street and largest park. The piece praises Dublin’s women, noting an Irish beauty with a sad, expressive air. A traveler’s remark highlights the city’s abundance of truly beautiful, nonvisitor women and the famed “Dark Rosaline.”
The text recounts Mozart as a child prodigy who learned thirds at age three and minuets by age four, began composing before six, and toured Europe with his sister. By age ten his reputation was established, and he matured to fulfill that promise before dying at thirty five while composing a requiem.
A Philadelphia professor dining in a Boston hotel orders a bottle of hock and quips a silly line about “hock-hiee” as the waiter, who had been to college, smiles and hesitates. The professor asks why he is standing there, and the waiter points out the mix up: he ordered it but later declined it.
A Philadelphia Ledger passage notes a man described as the most eccentric genius the speaker met, while another voice counters that the average genius is eccentric and his lack of eccentricity makes him even odder.
Mrs Oldcastle recalls that both grandparents on her mother’s side reached nonagenarian ages while a hostess questions if that is s97. She notes her maternal lineage as HBaptists, contrasted by Josiah’s Methodist family background, reflecting diverse religious roots in a Chicago Record-Herald filing.
A school master warns that foolish jealousy erodes happiness at home, describing it as a microbe that eats away the merriest heart. The remark underscores how envy disrupts domestic harmony and affection.
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