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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1883
Page
3
Practical advice spans cleaning ivory brushes to preserving yeast and preparing fish. Tips include using tar for ants, shellac repairs for china pieces, and self sufficiency guidance on economy, gardening cuttings, and simple desserts. An anecdote about Auber closes the piece.
A mother explains her unusual rule for keeping children at home in the evenings. She lights the sitting room and parlors to full blaze and keeps the house warm, insisting a cheerful light is worth the cost and she will economize elsewhere if needed.
A practical guide to starting new garden plants from cuttings using clean sand in a shallow dish. Keep sand moist and warm, expose to light, and transplant when roots and new leaves appear. The method claims high success and minimal loss.
Brown praises Turre while Fogg laments Ladmire’s claim that Pingrey has gone to Europe for a couple of years as noted in the morning paper.
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