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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
9
The article describes children's headwear and coats with the season's finery. It highlights eyelet embroidery, daisies, and pinks in lace and lawn, with ribbons and delicate trims. Leghorn and straw hats feature black velvet or satin ribbons and floral accents, while coats of sheer fabrics and English embroidery remain smart and varied.
Practical guidance on sewing lace to chiffon and muslin, gathering with a running thread, overcasting edges, basting insertions on the right side, hemming, and rolling edges. Tips cover beading with ribbon and placement, plus sewing machine or hand methods for precise embroidery edges.
A recipe describes combining a quarter pound dried rose leaves powder a half pound powdered orrlehool two ounces powdered tonquin ban one ounce vanilla bean and two drops attar of almond. The powders are sifted together to create a mixed blend.
Daily outdoor exercise is essential and proper posture aids movement. Avoid tight sleeves and rings to prevent irritation. keep the chin raised to align the spine. Use ergs skin as a remedy for eye swelling. walk with relaxed arms and upright head. Cover the head with a Silk handkerchief to improve sleep in cold conditions.
A period description outlines a blue fine serge costume featuring a gathered skirt to waistband, foot trimming with galloon, and an inset blouse jacket with galloon trim. A blue straw hat with matching silk trim completes the outfit. Materials listed include four and a half yards of 45 inch serge, four yards Saleen, and about ten yards galloon.
A Home Chat item describes trimming hats with hatpins as a new season fashion. Untrimmed hats in neutral tones are selected and decorated with birds ribons and flowers. Morning ensembles feature birds and black velvet, while afternoon looks shift to roses lilies or violet tones with pale pink rosebuds.
A simple salad recipe uses one apple cut into small pieces and one orange cut similarly. Add a quarter cup seedless raisins and a half cup sugar with one cup milk. Mix and let stand for a half hour.
A quirky domestic recipe page lists Vegetable Soup with tomatoes potatoes onion carrot celery and seasonings, tips to prevent stained fingers, Cranberry Raisin Pie and Fry Doughnuts with vinegar in fat. Norwegian Fish Balls with butter flour milk sugar salt and nutmeg, Lobster add ins, and a classic Fish Chowder with haddock potatoes salt pork onion and crackers. Also describes a freezerless mousse dessert from whipped eggs sugar water and whipped cream with flavor options.
A vintage guide describes gutting a ripe pineapple, hollowing the shell, dicing the fruit, and mixing with fresh strawberries. It instructs adding sugar and sherry, chilling, occasionally basting, then filling the hollow case and serving on a platter with geranium leaves.
Instructions outline making burnt almond ice cream from cream sugar and almonds. Toast almonds with sugar, coat, cool, pound, sift to powder, mix with cream, cook, chill, and freeze. If color is too light, add caramel or burnt sugar.
Three tablespoons rice in a cup of boiling water cook until water is absorbed. In double boiler add one pint milk a piece of butter three tablespoons sugar and a pinch of salt cook until rice is tender. Off heat stir in beaten yolks of two eggs return to stove briefly while stirring. Add vanilla, then frost with beaten whites browned in oven and sugar folded into whites.
A fragmented kitchen note lists almond and green soups with steps. Almond Soup uses knuckle of veal, beef stock, almonds and cream, with butter and cornstarch to thicken, then seasoned. Green Soup instructs washing spinach, pressing moisture, simmering with stock, lemon, and pepper, finishing with a pat of butter.
Step by step old fashioned recipes describe stewed kidney with tomato and parsley, mashed potatoes, and a biscuit ice cream method. Includes strawberry oatmeal shortcake mold method, and elderberry blossom wine instructions with sugar, yeast, and aging steps. Recipes emphasize home kitchen steps and pantry substitutions.
Cut Cooklea describes a faster method for shaping cookie dough. After preparing dough, roll a long five inch thick round on a bread board with the hand. Slice into half inch pieces with a sharp knife, place in a baking pan with space to spread, and bake to a perfect staple.
Levi P. Brockway recounts five months in a hospital ending in discharge as incurable with heart issues spells and near blindness. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for improving his condition and reports feeling well since. Sold by all dealers. 60 cents. Foster-Auburn Co Buffalo, N Y.
Mrs Louis Beck of San Antonio Texas writes about her two year old son suffering with severe eczema. After three months of doctors and six months of worsening sores a Curettura remedy group treatment brought sleep and relief. Within two months the sores vanished and the face cleared. She states the child has not had eczema since. April 15 1907.
A garbled passage shows a young man seeking favor with Hobby's sister. Bobby confirms knowledge of the sister and a remark about a caller, with confused dialogue and misspelled phrases. The excerpt reflects informal street interview style and teen social dynamics.
The article recalls old backcountry methods to destroy kangaroos, including digging pits and driving them into wire fences. It notes skins lost value years ago but now in high demand as kangaroo products regain value. It mentions the appeal of young kangaroo meat and kangaroo tall soup as a recent delicacy.
A vintage advertisement touts a $100 reward for proof of cure and claims a patent medicine named Catarrh Cure can treat catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The text markets testimonials and urges readers to send for proof of testimonials while naming F. J. Cheney & Co. as Toledo Drugists and listing other products.
In Harper's Weekly, Little Clarence endures his first bath in a cold room. His mother leaves briefly, and he reacts with shock as goose flesh appears on his skin. He pleads for warmth, exclaiming Hurry up mamma Tilt turning Into 4& chroken.
The notice urges careful examination of every bottle of CASTORIA to ensure it bears the signature In Deo For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought and looks forward. A quoted exchange features Anamiaz preferring profit and wealth over being called a medicity representative.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer scene shows an editor wary of a suburban poet caller who quips about wives defects, then critiques the caller for familiarity. The piece shifts tone as a Worcester courthouse scene introduces Bett A. Peabody and a nurse's cheerful baby news amid a business inquiry and misheard names.
A historical ad proclaims Allen s Foot-Ease as a cure for painful and ingrowing feet, promising quick comfort and easier shoe fit. It notes sweating feet relief, costs 25 cents, and urges trial and substitution avoidance with a free trial package, mailed from Olmsted La Roy N Y.
A dismissive exchange unfolds as a real estate agent questions a man about paying rent instead of buying. The man offers a brief reply and keeps moving, underscoring a restless, evasive stance on ownership.
A smear of misprinted cures and advertising phrases cites PETTIVS EYE SALVE, Howard Bros Buffalo NY, Lewis Single Binder, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and Wood County Court notices. The fragmentary text blends medical claims with product pitches, legal notices, and miscellaneous society remarks, reflecting a swath of 19th or early 20th century newspaper advertising and notices.
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