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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1884
Page
4
A stern warning on how frightening methods used by nurses and parents shape children's fears. A case at a fashionable boarding house details a little girl frightened by a dog and a threatening nurse, leading to a fatal illness and a grieving family. The article underscores the lasting harm of such discipline on young minds.
A square garn piece about ten inches with plush and velvet patchwork forms a wide-spread fan. Black velvet corner blocks support moss-rose ribbon embroidery draped over the fan and edged with lace. Suitable as a block in a quilt or sofa pillow.
A simple method to fix a palm leaf fan is by painting it. Mix ultramarine or Prussian blue with silver white and thin with boiled linseed oil. Paint both sides and the handle, add a poppy or buds if desired, tie a blue ribbon, and hang it. Pink option uses crimson or madder lake with white.
The article explains using black velvet ribbon as a framing for quilt blocks to enhance their effect. It suggests brightening with embroidery silks and notes that brocade silk gains emphasis when figures are outlined in contrasting silks.
Advertisement touts Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain and crying babies. Claims include relief from diarrhea and dysentery, soothing gums, regulating stomach, easing wind, and restoring energy. Says endorsed by physicians and sold globally at 25 cents.
A home remedy outlines applying a layer of common salt soaked in laudanum to the burn. Secure with a simple bandage to hold the dressing in place. The text claims the smarting sensation will disappear rapidly.
George Stinson & Co. of Portland Maine publish millions of pictures and spend over five hundred thousand dollars on postage in five years. They employ about five hundred workers, ship to Tasmania and South America, and run a daily trade of about ten thousand dollars. They credit newspaper advertising for much of their success and advocate affordable, refined art for American homes.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Kessier English Cough Medicine as a reliable remedy for croup and whooping cough and claims success in colds and lung troubles. It promotes McDonald’s Improved Liver Pills endorsed by physicians with a trial package, plus McDonald’s Celebrated Worm Powders as a plant-based worm de stroyer. Sold and warrantied by B M Eby Newport Pa Johnson Holloway Co Philadelphia agents Eisenhuth Maillheim Pa.
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