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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1894
Page
6
A New York Advertiser style guide lists home remedies for berry peach and cherry stains on damask linen. It advises against washing first, using boiling water, sulfur fire to remove spots, and lemon salt treatments laid out with step by step until stains fade.
A frugal housing tip describes building a corner wardrobe using two long wood strips in the wall corner 6 feet up, with a roof formed by a board and a cross rod for hanging a curtain. Cretonne or printed cotton curtains, hooks and optional shelves create a cheap, dust free storage nook as a practical substitute when closet space is scarce.
Instructions describe making a doll bed from an oblong fruit basket cover with silk canopy, paper frame, and fabric canopy, finished with a muslin mattress, flounce, and draped front pieces. A small pillow and sheets may be included, using embroidered linen or similar material as desired.
Instructions describe crafting a plush evening bag with satin lining and pockets for glasses and cards plus a method for making orange marmalade. Steps cover cutting satin and plush pieces, assembling a bag with a pocket, elastic casing, and decorative braid, followed by peeling oranges, preparing peels, mixing with fruit, and boiling with sugar for canning.
A scanned guide lists home remedies for removing stains from textiles and fabrics. Methods include javelle water for long white linens, oil or lard for sewing machine stains, and turpentine plus chloroform for fur fabrics. It cautions washing, rubbing, and repeated rinses.
Practical household notes on pickle skimming and storage with vinegar aging tips. Directions for glass and resin mixes, salt and brine procedures, and a brief segment on boiling potatoes for serving and peeling. Ends with a curious note on a musical dinner service that plays with tableware.
A garbled medical treatise suggests slow death by self harm and misreads of foods. It muses on cucumbers as highly nutritious in summer, warns against heavy meals, and hints at temperamental digestion. The prose shows odd spellings and era language, with many garbled food recommendations and quips.
A fragmented 19th century note describes a hanging widow garden outfit with a windowsill display. It argues simple, inexpensive framing can support miniature gardens, using hooks and chains to suspend decor from a window frame. The piece notes many readers can grow plants in such a hanging garden.
The article describes current hair styling with minimal false hair, emphasizing a wave throughout thick hair, a loosely formed soft knob at the back, and a top coil. It notes bangs or Eine are discarded and smarter wearers part hair in the middle with waves at the back as a desirable outline.
A traveling man tells Washington Star writer that Mexico’s private intelligence network surpasses even the French system. He cites pervasive surveillance of public figures, covert troop movements, and extradition actions like the Horley case, underscoring broad reach into American affairs and the protection of government secrecy.
A Paris letter to the London Telegraph notes corset wearers defend the stays as useful in preventing harm from tight lacing while a married official's wife confronts a suspected affair. The encounter ends with minor dagger injuries after the corset deflected blows, prompting police intervention and gossip. Also reports medical inquiries into contaminated ice cream and linguistic obstacles hindering African missionary work.
A fragmentary recipe describes drayage and preparation for a roast turkey with dressing made from bread crumbs, eggs, oysters, and seasonings. It covers trussing, dredging with flour, basting, roasting times, giblet prep, and serving with cranberry sauce. Also includes a brief anecdote about a town meeting and a laughing incident from the Leydenston Journal.
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