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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
6
Notes from a farm column urge better fences to prevent cattle escapes and neighbor disputes, quarantine new animals, and improve pasture with cowpeas and soybeans. It stresses keeping machinery tidy, testing seed, and following balanced rations while raising quality stock to boost profits.
The piece highlights a new boudoir line using rattan and leather in stools parasol stands and boxes. It notes foot stools with leather surfaces, three-foot-high wicker stands for parasols, oblong collar boxes, glove boxes, and medicine cases with leather padding and ivory accessories. Also described are wicker leather writing tables, leather finishes, and a Louis XV waistcoat in brocaded damask.
The article describes gentle warm baths to relax nerves and revive the body. It details camphor, pine, and herb baths with recipes including tinctures, benzoin, and essential ingredients, plus a salt bath substitute. It notes benefits for complexion, circulation, and sleep, with cautions on temperature and post bath care.
The article proposes a dual purpose tea cabinet table that also serves as a buffet or console. It hides a complete tea service behind curtains, with beneath shelves for clips and saucers. It can double as a bookcase or magazine rack in living rooms, with silk or cretonne curtains matching room decor.
A Pennsylvania town family faced a delayed weekly wash when the colored wash woman failed to arrive on Monday. She later explained she stayed home to receive her deceased brother’s remains sent from Pittsburgh, detailing she was not sick.
A renowned English barrister defended a cook charged with murder and poisoning his master. After a brilliant defense the cook was acquitted. Grateful, the cook asked how to reward the barrister, who replied: do anything you can, but for God’s sake, don’t ever care for me.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a powder curing painful and swelling feet and aiding growing nails. It promises comfort, ease with new shoes, and relief for sweating feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with a free trial package offer from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Freddy asks what a social scale is and his father explains it as a place where money is weighed. The fragment uses a family dialogue to illustrate the concept of value and social standing in simple terms.
A vintage ad promotes lemon pies described as easy and inexpensive using “OUIL-PIR” preparation. It claims three flavors lemon chocolate and custard available at grocers and Yocents, with a push to share the product widely from D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY.
A quirky ad from Lewis' Single Binder in Peoria promotes cigars and tobacco products. It jokes that a man’s true character appears in what he avoids paying and what he does not say, hinting at local consumer culture and smokersaudience humor.
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