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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1907
Page
6
Practical summer wear guidance for boys and girls with rompers and frocks in white linen chambray and gingham. Describes Russian blouse style, sunbonnets, bloomers, jumpers, and pinafores with color contrasts, trims, and fabrics suitable for seaside wear and easy laundering.
Guidance on thoroughly cooking cereals for kids, serving options, and safe feeding tips. Includes molds, molds care, sugar avoidance, and varied grains like sago, tapioca, farina, and cracked wheat with specific water ratios and cooking times.
A short recipe note instructs rolling one tablespoon of pearl barley in hot water to cleanse it. It suggests pouring off the cold water portion, amounting to about a quarter pint. The fragment ends with unclear further instructions.
A simple breakfast dish uses one-half cup farina cooked in four cups salted water for thirty minutes. Add two sliced apples after thickening and cook until tender. Mould and serve topped with whipped cream.
One cup hominy is added to three cups boiling salted water and steam for three hours. The fragment suggests a simple traditional preparation method with long steaming to tenderize the kernels.
The passage instructs rinsing rice until water runs clear and draining, then cooking one cup rice in four cups salted boiling water. Add rice gradually, lift with a fork to prevent sticking, do not stir, boil twenty minutes, then drain and keep warm with door open. Rice should finish fluffy with separate grains.
Wheatina is prepared by using one cupful to four of boiling salted water. Cook for forty minutes in a double boiler.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is recommended for women and children due to its mild action and pleasant taste. It aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritation, avoiding nausea or griping typical of pills and ordinary cathartics. Dreier & Bro. endorse Orino.
An old newspaper tip explains how to fix worn stockings. Cut a top piece from another stocking to cover from toe to toe, join to the ankle stock, and add a sole piece to cover the heel. Sew around the foot to create a stocking that lasts as long as a new one.
A Salem resident, Robert R. Watts, describes severe kidney disease for five years and a dramatic recovery after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He urges others to attend to kidney health, noting summer heat and excess drinking can cause irregularities and recommending the remedy. Dreier & Bro.
A preparation to restore mahogany color uses half an ounce of alkamet root chopped fine, mixed with a pint of linseed oil. After one week, add half an ounce of powdered gum arabic and one ounce of shellac varnish.
A early 20th century opinion urges summer conduct reform for young women. Quiet, well mannered behavior is praised over loud talk and showy poise. The piece emphasizes restraint, good breeding, and forming selective acquaintances in social settings.
A New York Press writer notes poor circulation causes red arms and offers several home remedies. Keep extremities warm, exercise, eat nourishing foods, and avoid damp clothing. Treatments include soap lather massage, lime juice rubbing, and oatmeal borax paste applied and dried on the arms.
David Parker of Fayette New York who lost a foot at Gettysburg praises Electric Bitters claiming they cured years of stomach trouble after costly medicines. The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a grand tonic for the aged and for female weaknesses, a great alterative and bodybuilder, a cure for lame back and kidney issues, guaranteed by Dreier and Bro druggists at 50 cents.
Fashionwriter advises on choosing veils to suit height and facial features. It covers mesh sizes dots colors coordinating with hats and gowns, warns against trying veils over faces, and explains lace, chiffon, and umbrella veils, borders, and seasonal trends for 1907.
The Daily Mail notes for married sweethearts in Paris, gifts mark each anniversary with themed materials from cotton on the first year to silk on the twelfth and porcelain on the fourteenth, through tin, wood, woolen, crystal, silver, pearls, rubies, and a golden fiftieth anniversary gift reflecting enduring prosperity.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as quick pain relief for felons and sores. It claims strong performance for cuts burns boils and chapped skin and notes sales at Dreier Bro and Rhoads drug stores. A London court report mentions a wife sending for police after witnessing abuse. The Richmond suburb raises librarian wages to 3.75 weekly and porter to 6.25.
The Ipswich corporation votes to permit dogs to ride electric street cars as paying passengers with a 2 cent fare. The move follows earlier transport policy changes and aims to improve animal access on urban transit.
A 30 day treatment promises relief for kidney and bladder troubles and rheumatism for $1.00. Money back if not satisfied. Pineules contain no alcohol and are easy to take. Sold by Rhoads drug store.
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