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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
4
A reader warns against giving medicines prescribed for others or for adults to children without medical guidance. The piece stresses consulting a physician, danger of incorrect dosages, and risks from unfamiliar formulas. It also includes home remedies using vinegar, salt, and pine tar for fainting, odors, or minor ailments.
A mid recipe note describes several salads using green peppers lettuce and tomatoes. It covers pepper baskets filled with chicken or lobster salad cucumber ribbons shaved from cucumbers served on lettuce and garnished with cucumber ribbons and pepper slices. It also mentions tomato and cucumber combos with diced tomatoes and lettuces, and cucumber boats with shrimp as a pleasing supper option. Mayonnaise is served with the salads.
A health piece emphasizes pest control and sanitation with guidance on covering garbage and manure, screening receptacles, using lime or kerosene, and proper sewage care. It notes flies breed behind doors or under tables, and recommends pyrethrum powder to kill houseflies while praising cleanliness and modern medical care over old home remedies.
An article describes historical hair styling methods with artificial foundations and brushed backs. Coils are arranged high around a knot, with a smooth braid encircling it and wisps slicked with brilliantine. Small invisible pins secure the look, favored by the tailor dressed girl wearing a large sailor hat.
The passage describes pendants for brooches or hair pins with a golden top fitting over a chain and a screw-in back design. Cameos are heavy and large, allowing removal from the frame to pin on attire, though not suitable for hair decorations in a diamond or gem setting.
Instructions describe washing oil painted walls with soap and water using a soft cloth, drying with linen, and finishing with a damp chamois leather. It covers varnish care with beeswax and turpentine, and an olive oil turpentine mix for polishing and wood grain. Also notes chrome ash and potash as cleaners and advises a soft linen cloth for drying.
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