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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
3
Cleaning wood floors requires three cloths for washing drying and final polishing. Use kerosene sparingly. wash with soapy water for grease spots but remove soap immediately. Wax in a rapid even layer. finish with dry polish and cure time before stepping.
A dated home remedy article describes mixing raw eggs with lemon juice and lemon to create a tonic for strength, followed by a questionable method for dyeing hair. It also lists a recipe using two ounces each of alcohol, green tea, and garden sage, strained and corked to preserve it. It oddly mentions brushing teeth after shampoo and using warm water to remove residue.
A historic tip explains wrapping tape around a bottle neck and rapidly fraying it. The friction heats the neck causing the cork or stopper to loosen and be withdrawn more easily.
Instructions on cleaning brass bronze iron and wrought steel using vinegar and salt oxalic acid and ammonia soap suds with steps to wash rinse dry and polish. For wrought iron a lime dust finishing gives lasting color and rust resistance while avoiding acid on bronze surfaces to prevent pitting and damage.
Recipes and household tips describe making short cakes with butter sugar lemon peel milk and caraway topped with comfits and baked until pale gold. A separate note explains destroying plant pests by fumigating with tobacco fumes in a covered wooden or tin container for fifteen minutes to kill insects.
A simple two step method to create a shampoo soap from castile soap. Heat water in a saucepan, melt one inch of castile soap, simmer an hour, add ammonia, cool and jellied. Beat one egg white stiff and fold into the mixture, use immediately or store in a cool place for soft fluffy hair even with hard water.
Instructions describe building a simple water filter using a flowerpot, sponge or moss, sand, and charcoal. The setup uses a cloth and layers to purify water by passing it through the filter materials into the pot below. The process aims to produce clearer water by filtration.
The article discusses using pure alcohol on eyebrows as a tonic and introduces a Fenech tonic said to stimulate growth. It lists ten grains of red vaseline and ten centigrams of boric acid as ingredients.
Step one wrap the veil around a pasteboard roll. Stretch foil width and let it dry on the roll. The veil will regain stiffness and look like new.
Practical tips for pillow renovation using feathers with careful containment and room preparation. Instructions cover pillow ticking, ripping, and re stuffing methods. Also advice to enlarge armholes and resew waists for a modern overblouse using velvet or silk.
Instructions describe constructing a baby scale from webbing tape and hooks to suspend a basket from a chandelier. Weigh by placing the baby and clothing in the basket, then subtract basket weight to obtain the baby's exact weight.
Learn to slip house plants using young green shoots. Dip slips in sand, place in a sunny window, water daily with a light nutrient mix, and transplant once roots form in two to three weeks.
A simple rainy day idea uses an old tomato basket and cloth scraps. Children weave small boats from the basket, using cloth as sails and a bathtub as water play, keeping them occupied for hours.
A brief guide on comforting tender feet suggests daily baths with aromatic oil or cologne water. It notes being careful with shared preparations and treats sensitive feet with refreshing care.
The guide suggests covering the chiffon blouse with powdered ammonia. Roll the garment and leave it for a day or two. Then shake out the blouse. it should look like new.
A fragment from Coventry Patmore’s Page of Life opens with reflections on life and dreams. It shifts to Edmund Clarence Stedman’s rendering of Aucassin and Nicolette, where lovers debate heaven and earthly joys and reject priests and purgatory for companionship, sport, and shared love.
A collage of literary excerpts featuring Tennyson, White, Burns, Lowell and Omar Khayyam. Verses blend themes of faith, mortality, wonder, longing and escape as fragments move from intimate infant cries to cosmic night. The voice shifts across poets, offering reflections on life, hope, and illusion.
Train times and connections for Southern Railway from Durham to Greensboro Salisbury Raleigh Selma Goldsboro and beyond with sleeper and dining car services. Includes links to No 8 north No 39 33 11 37 south and Nos 7 12 35 29 and 136 with stations at Greensboro Salisbury Salisbury Asheville Knoxville etc and agents listed for contact.
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