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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
3
Attractive homemade cotillion favors for Christmas and New Year parties include a dramatic firefly light on a wire frame with green crepe body, black net wings, yellow underbelly, and a tiny internal battery. Parasol favors with tissue petals, and sunflowers with black centers and white eyes offer bright decorative options for dances.
Expert Emma Paddock Telford shows amateurs how to make at home a wide range of Christmas confections from fondant candies to colored fruits and crystallized flowers. Detailed steps cover fondant formula, heating, coloring, fillings, dipping, and drying with emphasis on neatness and safety.
This items notes a simple rain outfit using an old cloth suit for inclement weather. It advises minimal trim, a shorter shirt, a plain three quarter length tailor jacket with long sleeves, and recommends dark or plaid cloths as smart options for winter wear.
The piece weighs fashion norms for coats and hats, favoring small hats with ribbons or quills and veiled practicality. It notes long versus three quarter length coats, recommends cravenette cloth for waterproof outerwear, and warns velvet hats attract rain droplets while rubber coats suit carriage use.
Toonds, a cup English walnuts, two cups shelled peanuts and one cup Brazil nuts sliced. Put two cups granulated sugar and a half cup water in a saucepan and dissolve the sugar, then boil until it slightly colors. Pour hot syrup over greased pans spread half inch deep, let stand in a cool place and cut into bars when nearly cold.
The article urges parents to cultivate love faith and confidence in children and to guard their words and actions. It warns that loss of parental trust disrupts a child’s belief in right and wrong and stresses that early trust forms the basis of future self control and a strong character.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney and bladder diseases in any form and strengthen kidneys to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes if taken promptly. Dreier & Bro.
Home Notes advises that arms and legs require warmer clothing than the torso in winter. Many people cover the shoulders with heavy furs while the arms are underprotected, a common mistake that leads to colds.
A health note urges studying vegetables and fruits for medicinal qualities to cut doctor bills. It lists liver friendly tomatoes, nerve tonic lettuce and celery, beans as meat substitutes, onions for colds, eggs easy to digest when soft boiled, and cautions on dry fish for rheumatism.
Chas Oswald of Rensselaersville New York reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured Seth Burch of a severe neck sore described as the ugliest he had seen. The remedy claims to prevent blood poisoning and aid healing for cuts wounds burns and sores and is sold for 25 cents at Dreier & Bro’s drug store.
A column discusses a wife’s needs for affection respect and companionship, noting praise as meaningful. It then advertises Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar for children, claiming no opiates, compliance with the 1906 Pure Food law, and sale by Rhoads' drug store. The piece ends with a proverb about dice.
The notice describes a Mrs. Ford apron pattern for a child eight years old needing a yard and three quarters of 36 inch material with edging, and offers guidance on sensible eating, self restraint, and allowances to foster honesty and financial discipline for boys.
The poem speaks in a coquettish voice as a maid declines traditional greens. She refuses the laurel cedar holly willow bay and places mistletoe as her Christmas wreath suggesting a playful, festive image. The verse reflects social nuance and decorum in Christmas whimsy.
Notice to customers advises Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults Dreter and Bro
A reflection on aspiration as a lasting joy and inexhaustible possession, likening it to a solid estate that enriches life year after year with continual pleasurable activity. Louis Stevenson’s counsel frames aspiration as a perpetual source of vitality.
A compact 19th century style note suggests reuse of old gloves for Christmas tree crafts. The backs of light colored gloves become face and leg coverings for dolls, bundled in threes or fours to trap heat. Boiled black kid gloves yield a jelly used to revive black lace and fabrics.
A new treatment named ManZan Pile Remedy is offered in convenient collapsible tubes with a nozzle for direct application at the affected area. The ad claims rapid relief from breeding itching or protruding piles and offers satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by Rhoads' drug store.
A moral reflection asserts that faithful fulfillment of duty defines personal purpose and builds manly character, emphasizing steadfast effort and self-discipline as the path to virtue.
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