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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
8
Advice on washing woolens and delicate fabrics with specific techniques. Includes sugar of lead cautions, turning stockings, merino care, soap lathers, washing soda and ammonia solutions, and home fluids for laundering. Mentions risks of skin contact and odor from soap. Offers broader tips for hard soap use and starch whitening.
A starch paste is made by dissolving one ounce of starch in a small amount of cold water to a smooth paste. Add one pint of boiling water and boil for a full half hour, stirring constantly. Cover after removing from heat to prevent scum, then add half a teaspoon of the aart while boiling and strain before use.
Practical guidance on cleaning and kitchen care including washing flatirons with warm water and lard, storing silver in special bags, using sparse soap on polished floors, melting wax with turpentine for floors, and simple methods to clean a hair comb. Also notes on cabbage’s nutritive value and serving shredded cabbage with French dressing.
The article surveys Canada’s western expansion from Manitoba to Alberta, noting rapid growth in farms, towns, and schools. It cites Winnipeg as a banking and trade hub, with C P R and lands sales surpassing $1.5 million and over 12,000 settlers arriving from the United States last year, reflecting widespread optimism and rising responsibilities.
A brief comic exchange centers on a blunt man and Mrs Torklis. He admits to sometimes liking children while describing a meeting with a charming young person at a deaf mute asylum, highlighting irony in social gruffness.
Do Your Feet Ache and Barnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Drug Stores 25¢ Sample sent Free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York
Advertising pitch touts Swanson's 65 Drops Rheumatic Cure as a universal remedy. It claims quick relief from rheumatism and related pains with a 26 cent trial and prepaid large bottle offers, urging readers to write to the Chicago address for details.
An advertisement touts Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life as a tonic for rheumatism indigestion liver and bowel health and all nervous ailments. It claims to purify blood regulate heart and kidneys induce gentle perspiration and offers a free trial package by mail to readers who request it with a 2 cent postage stamp to M R Zaegel Co P O Box 831 Sheboygan Wis.
During a fire drill at the naval academy in Antrapolis Maryland Cadet Stephen P Rowan was run over by a steam engine breaking his arm. He rolled clear and jumped to his feet saluting Lieutenant Commander Stoney the drill officer and reporting his injury with composure.
Readers are told catarrh is curable in all its stages by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The medicine is taken internally and targets blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any failure to cure and invite testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Half a Family Pills are also recommended.
A Chicago Record anecdote recalls Bobby claiming he only stuck his head in the parlor door to make faces at Mr. Hopkins visiting his sister, insisting he did not enter the room.
An advertisement proclaims Kemp's Balsam will stop a cough at once and urges customers to visit their druggist for a free sample bottle. The product is sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles with a warning that delays are dangerous.
A tense confrontation unfolds as a father accuses a suitor of kissing his daughter and demands an apology, prompting the boy to admit the act and seek reconciliation. The exchange underscores propriety, family honor, and teen romance in a small community setting.
This notice promotes the largest irrigated district in America suited to livestock alfalfa sugar beets and cantaloupes. It invites individuals and colonies to inquire for full information at A. Ke Bent in Lamar Colorado.
Rev Dr Landrum asserts God intends to remove worldly mindset from believers so they reflect a bright spiritual witness to others. He urges transformation toward godliness and public virtue.
Ad copy promises $25.00 a week for agents selling a new household invention aimed at women. It directs readers to Imperial M g Co in Chicago for correspondence and product pitches. The text includes unrelated quotes about past possibilities and nervousness remedies and ends with a quip about a night key harvest.
A French scientist argues alcoholism threatens civilization, citing France as a case study. He notes France consumed 58 million gallons in 1898, averaging high per capita, with dramatic rises in recent decades and a surge in spirits production despite population growth.
A newspaper note recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson’s smoking ritual with a clay pipe. He kept a tobacco jar, a box of pipes, and methodically smoked and destroyed each pipe before starting another, refusing to reuse any pipe once exhausted.
In Studies from the Psychological Laboratory of Chicago Prof Buck notes overestimation of vertical lines compared with horizontal. The error increases slightly when the observer lies on their side with head and eyes at right angles, arguing against the eye movement explanation of the illusion.
A vintage style advertisement urges use of Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural, gentle laxative. It promotes education over force for digestive health, claims guaranteed relief from constipation, and offers prices and mail order options from Sterling Remedy Co. with warnings against frauds.
A Nebraska contractor Carl T. Roberts praises Peruna for curing his family’s croup pneumonia and stomach troubles. Testimonials from Hon. William Youngblood and others claim improved catarrh, nervousness, and overall health. The advertisement touts Peruna as a household safeguard and offers a free work on chronic catarrh.
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