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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
7
A mix of cosmetic recipes and body-appearance advice appears, including eyebrow growth oils with lavender and rosemary, freckle cream, skin formulas, and fashion guidance. The text also offers exercises to broaden the chest and shoulders, plus shampoo and nail care recipes.
A historical recipe page describes camphor cream jelly for skin, a toilet water blend with violet and rose essences, and an old fashioned skin lotion with spermaceti wax and almonds. It includes steps for maceration, mixing, and dissolving components for topical use and beauty preparations. It also notes dental care advice urging cleaning and dentist consultation to prevent tartar and tooth loss.
In the Sunday column a note explains delays in replying to letters and requests self addressed stamped envelopes for urgent replies. It then details a home cosmetic formula with benzoin and carmine, plus masks and powders for skin, plus a dentruff remedy, waist reduction tips, and an eyebrow ointment. Also listed are DIY cures involving mercurial soap and a staphisagre lotion.
A historical wash for tender skin calls for beracic acid distilled water hazel and rosewater two ounces each and one dram beracic acid. Apply nightly with a complexion brush using warm water and soap rinse with warm water then finish with an orange flower oil massage.
A feature on artificial jewelry discusses creating hair curling fluids and skin whiteners from simple ingredients, the growing popularity of imitation gems, and tips for wearing cameos and rhinestones. It contrasts real jewels kept in safes with affordable fakes worn to events, noting risks and fashion advice.
The article claims electricity removes superfluous hairs permanently with pain if done by a competent surgeon, leaving smooth skin and no trace. It notes treatment frequency depends on hair thickness and density. It also prescribes wart removal by applying paraform mixed with flexible collodion to the wart three times daily until the epidermis peels and the wart comes off.
The writer cannot name a surgeon and advises asking a personal doctor or pharmacist for a local referral. The city likely has many reputable surgeons and the reader should obtain a name and address through trusted local contacts.
Instructions describe skin care and eye appearance tips including treatments for inflamed skin and a red nose. Treatments use boracic acid, zinc oxide, rosewater, hazel, olive oil, calamine, glycerine, and aromatic oils with cautions about finger nail skin and eye size.
Instructions describe smoothing skin before applying court plaster to avoid creases. A cosmetic rouge is specified to tint the skin pink. A strawberry infusion with water and alcohol forms a color-changing mixture to be applied to the cheeks with cotton.
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