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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
A historical piece warns mothers and nurses to support a baby’s head and neck when lifting and to avoid placing the child on laps without secure positioning. It recounts a nurse misstep on a porch where a baby’s arm was injured, underscoring the need for careful handling to prevent lifelong injuries.
Advice column covers foot soreness from tight shoes with turpentine and lard mixes, then bath and soak routines, and safe foot care. Recipes for a hair moisturizing cream and an oily scalp lotion are given, plus cautions on washing frequency and ammonia use. Also includes guidance on child carrying safety, summer social behavior, and bunion relief with a skin food formula and cucumber cleansing cream.
A reader request asks for a cucumber cream recipe printed in the Sunday issue. The editor notes letters cannot be answered in the same week due to mail volume, and promises the recipe content to readers soon.
A column notes that the mail volume prevents immediate Sunday replies and urges including a self addressed stamped envelope for quicker responses. It also offers home remedies for skin and eyebrow growth using lactic acid glycerine rosewater oils and vaseline with cautions about skin irritation and eye safety.
A reader submits home recipes for freckles and brown spots, hair loss, bald spots, and a skin food. Ingredients include salicylic acid, bay rum, glycerine, tinctures, wax, lanolin, coconut oil, benzoin, and flower water. Instructions urge applying mixtures morning and night and claim cosmetic benefits.
This article advises proper perfume use avoiding contact with clothing, suggests two main application methods, and emphasizes subtle fragrance. It notes testing by use, value of expensive bottles lasting years, and recommends violet and heliotrope scents with exotic notes, plus ornate atomizers and matching sachet powders.
Molly argues for turning over a new leaf with the season rather than midwinter. She says social changes should be lasting and points to reviewing the season to learn from social missteps. She notes winter is spent with old friends while spring brings new dynamics requiring steadier sympathies.
A historical column argues that self control in women yields greater social influence than beauty or charm. It asserts amiability brings power, progress, health, happiness, and longevity to oneself and loved ones, contrasting with the harm of a bad temper.
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