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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
2
Tempting recipes offer hearty dishes to lift spirits amid grim winter. Creamed cucumbers and fried oats on the half shelf appear alongside sweet potato and almond croquettes. A cider frappe complements three daily meals as authorities urge epicurean delights to combat the chill.
A fragmentary recipe page lists dishes and steps for Creamed Celery in a Cheese Shell, Open Cranberry Tartlets, Poached Oysters on the Half Shell, Pork Cake, Sweet Potato Croquettes, and related confections. It provides prep hints, sauce bases, fillings, and finishing details with measured ingredients and cooking notes, albeit with OCR errors.
A oldfashioned household guide promotes comfortable feet with gentle shoes and daily care. It prescribes warm baths, lemon rubs, and mineral foot soaks, plus weekly nail trimming and callus removal. Remedies include boracic acid, carbolic acid solutions, and salt foot baths for swelling and perspiration. A decorative trunk cover idea is also described.
Fashion notes discuss Nusstan and Louly XV dress conts and details. It compares Russian and Louis XV coats, velvet fabrics, lace jabots, fur trims, belted styles, and the effect of long seams and basques. It mentions redingotes, hunting green velvet petticoats, and accessories like fur borders, collars, cuffs, and hats.
The text outlines cleaning and maintenance for shellac floors with soft brushes or dry cloths, removing tough dirt with warm water and soap, and applying a turpentine and linseed oil mix for worn surfaces. It also covers sanding worn areas with No 7 sandpaper and recoating with shellac, plus cautions on oil usage and dust removal.
A noted tip suggests loosely twisted knitting silk is better for darning woolen undergarments than wool itself. The method prevents shrinking when washed, and the darned area should resemble the original texture in appearance after care.
The article describes fashion trends with storm collars used when present, modified lines, bed shapes cut round to frame the throat, and collars turned down. It notes new waist designs with separate waists, nets and date shows, square necks for evening gowns, Albostrose cloth in outfits, and silk skirts in winter street wear.
Battle abbey near Battle, Sussex, founded by William the Conqueror after 1066, has passed through many owners and was recently sold at auction to Sir Augustus Frederick Webster. The tale recounts its Benedictine origins, later ruin and rebuilding, and a tapestry of owners from Viscount Montague to Henry VIII’s era, with anecdotes about the Duchess of Cleveland and a monk’s curse.
Thousands urged to exile for lung cures. Dr King’s New Discovery claimed to cure consumption coughs and throat and lung diseases at home. Trial bottle relief and astonishing cures cited. Z T Baltzly offers free trials with guaranteed bottles priced 50c and 1.00.
Blown to Atoing. The old idea that the body needs drastic purgatives is exploded. Dr King’s Life Pills gently stimulate liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the system, and absolutely cure constipation and sick headache. Only 26e at Balizly's drug store.
Prominent Chicago woman Dr Roxa Tyler testifies to Chamberlains Cough Remedy relieving a severe cold that threatened pneumonia. She says it was pleasant to take, stopped her sickness, saved three doctor bills, and she would not be without it again. Also promotes Ely Bros products and Winslow soothing syrup for teething and diarrhea at forty cents to twenty five cents per bottle.
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Pain Balm as a cure for rheumatism with claims of relief after one application. It lists sellers E B Craig T Baltzly and Rider Sayner and notes historical mentions of mirrors and glass in biblical times and exploration. It also includes casual dialogue about love marriages and various kinds of love.
Readers are urged to try Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles with a free sample bottle offer by mail. A medical book explains how to detect kidney issues and the ad notes regular bottle prices and pharmacy availability.
Dr James W Kidd of Fort Wayne Indiana announces a mysterious Elixir of Life free to any sufferer. He claims cures for rheumatism neuralgia stomach liver kidney and many other diseases with rapid permanent relief. He asserts the remedy purifies blood restores nerve power and grants instant perfect health. Send for the free remedy by mail and state the desired cure.
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