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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
6
A historical guide presents a rich wedding cake and Christmas plum pudding method with home and catering options. It covers mixing a day ahead, steaming or long baking, brandy use, fruit prep, and a step by step fruit cake and pudding recipe, finished with decorative icing and serving tips. Emma Paddock Telford.
An article notes the alcoholic cocktail ban in refined dining and presents non alcoholic alternatives and a few recipes. It describes zero alcohol options like clam oyster and herb infusions, and shares recipes such as West Point and Sint Cocktails with lime juice mint and fruit juices including pineapple and grape fruit variations.
New York girls embrace quaint pendant earrings not requiring ear piercing thanks to screw fastenings. A second style features a necklace of narrow black ribbon threaded through jeweled clasps and a high jeweled dog collar, offering another ornate accessory trend.
Hopping on alternate feet strengthens balance and muscles, best done before bed with windows open for fresh air. Hop barefoot on soft floor with padding if needed, repeat on the other foot, and note that morning stiffness just shows unused muscles are waking up.
Dolls heads inspire home crafts for gifts such as heart shaped pincushions. Create double sided silk covers with ribbon details, add a doll head in the V of the heart, or finish with hanging loops. Square cushions and pen wipers use layered silk disks and ribbon frills with a central doll head for a decorative bureau accessory.
E W Goodloe of Dallas reports strong results from Dr King s New Life Pills against malaria and biliousness. The pills are praised for not grinding or gripping and cost 25 cents at Dreier Bro s drug store.
A vintage tonic claims to revive sluggish livers and cleanse the system with its advertised elixir. The copy touts quick effects and health benefits to entice readers to try the remedy.
Use bitter orange or orange and grapefruit marmalade diluted with cold water. Add a touch of lime or lemon juice and pour over chipped ice in a small glass. A section of grapefruit pulp in each glass improves it. Lemon marmalade can be used similarly.
A recipe describes placing chipped ice in a glass then adding a layer of ice cold fruit. Suggested fruits include shredded orange, pineapple, banana pieces, cherries, peaches, white grapes, or any in season, with juice lightly used. A final sifted topping completes the preparation.
Directions for festive drinks using grape juice pineapple juice currant jelly and crushed sugar with lemon cups. Includes Mint and Lemon Cocktail Cranberry Cocktail in Lemon Cups and steps to prepare chill serve and garnish with shaved ice mint and lemon twists.
Prune Cocktail soaks prunes twenty four hours in cold water then cooks slowly till tender. If water evaporates add more water and strain. Chill the prune mixture and add lemon juice with sugar to taste. Serve in glasses topped with orange pulp.
C V Pepper describes how Dr King’s New Discovery halted hemorrhages of the lungs and throat after doctors faltered. He credits instant relief and rapid recovery, allowing him to return to work in three weeks. Trial bottle offered. Dreier Bro.'s drug store sells 50c and 1.00 sizes.
Instructions describe making leather hat pins with brown leather biotlaces or dyed layers, using a Turk's head knot. Steps show winding lace around the thumb, building a multi ply knot, sliding the knot off to shape, and threading the pin through to hide ends. Buttons are formed similarly with long shanks for sewing.
A druggist refund guarantee for Foley's Honey and Tar promises to cure coughs and colds and prevent pneumonia. It stresses no opiates and a yellow package for authenticity. Drefer and Bro advertise Pinesalve Carbolized as a poultice for inflammation, antiseptic healing, and skin use. Sold by Meyer Bros. in Calhoun Street locations.
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