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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
6
A fashion overview for school wardrobes as summer ends. It highlights checks in shepherd style fabrics black blue brown and white, plain frocks with white collars and belts, and washable accessories. The sailor blouse suit remains popular with variations in fall lines and silk cords with tassels.
An article explains how many personal cards to leave during calls for women and men, noting rules for hosts, guests, and family members. It covers card designs, name formats, use of initials, and how to present double cards and addresses.
A trusted housekeeper is defined by orderly management that keeps the home cheerful and comfortable. She knows where everything belongs, times meals precisely, and keeps children neat and happy through a planned daily system.
Advice on cleaning valuable china bronze and glass with care. Use warm soapy ammonia solution for china, dry with linen. Bronze cleaned similarly then polished with chamois. Glass washed in ammonia water without soap and rinsed with cold water.
Miss Parlon provides direct instructions for cooking and serving string beans. Clear steps cover preparation, simmering or boiling times, seasoning, and serving suggestions for best flavor and texture.
The article outlines preparing dried beans to reduce bitterness and improve digestion through soaking and boiling in fresh water, emphasizes adding fat for flavor, and recommends blanching and cooking green beans. It covers soaking, salting, soft water use, and a pork-simmered method for green beans.
An early 20th century guide urges frequent ablutions for women, praising soap and water as a skin tonic and outlining cold, warm, and hot baths. It covers methods to ease cold-bath shock, ideal bath temperatures, before dinner vs before bed timing, and various improvised milky and scented baths. It also suggests disinfectant and aromatic baths for travelers, plus remedies for hives and rheumatism using baths with herbs, oils, and soaps.
The article instructs how to preserve brushes by draining water after use and avoiding resting on bristles. Long handled brushes hang by the heads while short ones stand or suspend. Hearth brushes benefit from hanging. A soda solution is suggested for cleaning, using one pound of soda per quart of water.
Summer baby care guidance urges proper feeding schedules by age, avoid stimulants, and use cool, quiet spaces. For heat illness, place infants in cool rooms, bathe with ice cold water, and seek medical help. do not rely on home remedies. Maintain hydration with water between feeds if illness occurs.
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