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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
3
The article details elegant baby pillows and covers filled with down and white fabrics, with intricate embroidery in blue, pink, and olive green. It notes pure white bases, silk colors, French knots in yellow centers, and delicate edge finishing, describing multiple designs for cribs and carriage use.
The article details making a ribbon bag from gay textiles for a fan or lorgnette. It covers choosing length, widths, two ribbon lengths, padding, batting, silk, and decorative bows. Color pairings like peach pink with chivabine or blue and white are suggested for a refined look.
A fragment discusses summer table linens in various colors including pink cream orange gray and Dresden blue. It notes delicate embroidered designs such as roses arbutus and forgebsne and claims the fabrics command admiration of hostesses. A cryptic line mentions whitewash brushes used on fences to drive away mosquitoes.
A mosaic of practical notes covers kitchen sauce ideas and stain tricks. Tips include tomato for white fabric, tomato-based Savory Tartare with olives, capers and tarragon vinegar, plus bread and batter guidance. Also offered are moth repellents from tansy, laundry color care, and general home maintenance anecdotes from a grandmother’s era.
A collage of kitchen notes and recipes from various magazines. Instructions cover testing when dough is baked, making a tomato sauce with capers, pineapple canning, cherry preserves, and crullers with oysters. Also includes pastry tips for fruit pies and English style tarts.
Instructions from Ladies Home Journal describe preparing currant jelly by selecting ripe currants, cooking to extract juice, adding sugar, skimming, and testing for jell. It covers white and red currants for color and yields a clear jelly, plus a gooseberry jelly method using half a gallon of ripe fruit and a jelly bag.
In rooms with heavy traffic lay newspapers on floors and spread clean straw over them before laying carpet. This wards off dust during cleaning and helps carpet last longer. In spare rooms scatter tobacco to guard against moths and insects over years. Chicago Newey
Disjointed 19th century style clippings cover social mores, fables, and medical pitches. Notable lines reference time is money, matrimony, and penny pinching, with stray names and phrases like Hostetter’s Stomach Hitters and Glenn's Sulphur Soap appearing amid fragmented vignettes.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative benefiting the kidneys liver and bowels. It claims health advantages, pleasant taste, and rapid relief from constipation fever and colds. It notes availability in 500 and 1 bottles and ties the product to the California Fig Syrup Co with manufacturer branding.
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