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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1904
Page
4
A Woman's Home Companion style piece extols borax as a versatile household antiseptic and cleaner. It describes dilutions for washing hair, treating sunburn and dermatitis, aiding dental care, softening hard water, whitening laundry, polishing silverware, and maintaining kitchen tools, with various practical tips and cautions.
The article prescribes weekly polishing with parallin oil and turpentine, followed by soft linen, then chamois. Daily rubbing with chamois or linen is advised. For white spots use kerosene, or if deep rub with linseed oil and powdered rotten stone. Avoid excessive pressure and keep powder from drying.
Spiced cherries make a durable relish stored for winter. Four pounds of whole cherries are covered by four days of boiling vinegar with two pounds sugar, lemon peel, cinnamon, and cloves in a muslin bag. On day five boil the mix with cherries and seal hot in jars. plums or damsons may be pickled similarly.
A soap on a toilet table suggests lemon juice cleans skin pores and nails for shine and healthy roots. It then shares home cement formulas using plaster of Paris with egg white, white lead, or waterproof glue in warm milk for crockery repair.
Practical home remedies warn against common alkalis with acids and note poisons require fats and magnesia. A cook suggests using milk with dissolved soda for baking, while humorous exchanges reveal gossip about a young doctor and Sunday piano.
A New Idea Magazine tip shares Ma Las aos alwats lines about bare floors. She reveals Linseed oil, minimal coating, and heavy rubbing to protect pine floors. Floors are wiped with warm suds before each oiling and dusted with a soft mop between treatments.
The method advises filling the ear with warm olive or sweet oil until comfortable, then inserting cotton and repeating after an hour. After overnight soaking, syringe with soft, boiled, unscented soap-suds and warm water for five to ten minutes. If little benefit, stop. otherwise wax fragments may emerge, ending long earaches.
A household note from Woman's Home Companion extols the benefits of benzoin tinctures. Compound tincture stops toothache when a cotton wad is saturated and placed in the tooth, and painted on minor injuries or burns to ease pain and aid healing. The simple tincture serves as a bath additive and toilet prep, while the compound forms an air tight coating wherever applied.
A spoonful of borax added to rinse water whitens white fabrics. Do not blue lace. instead rinse in skim milk for a creamy tint and slight stiffness. Rice water boiled to a gelatinous starch yields a fine stiffener for lawn or canvas collars and cuffs. dip items and iron between two cloths.
The guide specifies blanching ripe tomatoes in boiling water for about 30 seconds, then shocking in cold water until cold. This makes skins slip off easily while keeping the flesh intact and firm for use in recipes.
A simple craft describes turning an old shirt waist into a kimono. Remove waist gathers and collar band, cut a V neck, and detach cuffs. Add a two inch wide contrasting cloth strip around the waist, sleeves, fronts, and neck to complete the dressing stick.
Select small solid tomatoes and drop them into rapidly boiling water. Boil five minutes. Cool, peel, and open them, add a little butter and salt, then dip out with a spoon. Boiled tomatoes taste nice with toast for breakfast.
A brief note describes making a sardine sandwich with toasted bread lettuce bacon and a sardine split and boned between slices. The instructions emphasize to toast bread layer lettuce bacon and sardine for a simple snack.
For cleaning windows mirrors and all glass articles nothing equals waste made of ammonia and whiting. Polih with crumpled clean tissue paper.
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