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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
6
A historical note describes Christmas handmade gifts for women, including a wall hung necktie holder, a hexagonal sewing box, a bead needle case, a rose leather pen wiper, and a Dutch boy pin cushion. It details materials such as light wood, satin fabrics, beads, ribbons, and embroidery like tulips and roses.
Mrs Roosevelt crafts a dark green felt waistcoat for President with a starfish embroidery pattern in green chenille and red silk. Other societal figures including Mrs Cleveland and Mrs Longworth also craft perforated felt vests for their husbands, featuring snowflake and chenille designs.
New York City public school cooking classes blend practical work with modern chemistry to teach girls and future mothers how to feed babies. The course analyzes a potato to reveal water, woody fibre, starch, mineral matter, and trace protein, then explains proper cooking and serving methods.
Step by step recipes mix New Orleans molasses with sugar butter and vanilla for a crisp filling then dip in vanilla chocolate. Chocolate taffy combines sugar grated chocolate and water to crack stage with vanilla and nuts. Burnt almonds use almonds coated in caramel syrup and butter for a hard candy finish. Peppermint lozenges form from a sugar syrup with peppermint and confectioners sugar in a brittle candy. Coffee brittle blends coffee cream and brown sugar to a hard candy then squares.
Melt chocolate and butter then mix sugar and milk and boil to soft ball stage. Cool and cut into squares. Prepare a second mix of powdered sugar cream cocoa and butter, heat briefly and stir to prevent burning for three minutes.
Start by boiling water, add potatoes in a saucepan, and simmer until fork tender. Add salt around the 15 minute mark, then drain thoroughly and let stand uncovered to prevent steam from condensing on them. If keeping warm, cover with a towel to absorb steam.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for digestive and liver ailments with a testimonial from S A Brown of Bennettsville South Carolina. It claims benefits for chills fever malaria biliousness and kidney and bladder issues priced 50 cents by Drefer Brothers. It also notes a New York City block on San Juan Hill with 6 173 residents as the world’s most populous.
Advertisement touts Bee's Laxative and Honey and Tar cough syrup as safe for children under the Pure Food and Drug law of 1906. Claims no opiates or poisons and compliance with the national standard.
The text describes blanching almonds by pouring boiling water over them, loosening skins, rubbing off the skins, drying, toasting until golden, and dipping in a chocolate coating. It also mentions melting vanilla over boiling water and stirring once melted.
A peanut candy method uses one cup each of shelled peanuts molasses and sugar. Boil until brittle in cold water then add prepared peanuts and remove from heat. Pour into buttered pans and cut into squares. Hickory nuts English walnuts or almonds may substitute for peanuts. Emma Paddock Telford.
A. T. Ashmore outlines current fashion freedom in hats gowns and sleeves. Em pire and princess gowns along with separate bodice and skirt outfits remain popular. Sleeves vary by event with mid sized shapes and waist emphasis. skirts grow fuller with trains while pleats persist.
A cautious guide notes many causes of night crying in children from feeding issues to indigestion sleeping environment and possible medical problems. It urges patient investigation of both physical and nervous factors and warns against harsh punishment.
A Davenport Iowa woman reports asthma relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad claims a twelve year sufferer was cured by one fifty cent bottle and laments delayed treatment. The note adds a separate line about Suez Canal shipping dues rising from 1.5 million to 20 million.
Rhoads & Co. offer Pine Salve carbolized as a highly antiseptic remedy. Widely used for eczema bites and skin irritations, it is sold by the store.
Willis T. Morgan a retired U S A commissary sergeant from Concord New Hampshire testifies that Dr King s New Discovery kept him in perfect health after two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines He calls it the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases Sold by Dreier s druggists at 50c and 1 00 Trial bottle free.
Leading researchers now lean towardradium being a compound rather than a chemical element. The shift reflects new experiments and debates among prominent scientists discussing the nature and classification of radium.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney and bladder disorders, prevent Bright's disease or diabetes if used timely, and strengthen kidneys and bladder. Dreier & Bro.
New York City's fire alarm equipment is described as the most antiquated among large cities worldwide. The article highlights outdated systems and calls for modernization to improve emergency response.
Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup promises permanent relief from habitual constipation by stimulating the liver and restoring natural bowel action without irritating the organs. It claims to avoid nausea and gripping while being mild in effect.
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