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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
3
A metal suction washer combined with a stove eliminates carrying water for laundry. Heats water with fire beneath, improving cleansing efficiency. A force pump on top aids rapid agitation, enabling quick removal of dirt after soaking soiled clothes.
Instructions for cleaning brushes with tepid water ammonia and soda to prevent warping and for washing woolen trousers using two waters with blue, quick drying and ironing guidance. Highlights include bristle-down drying, no soap on brushes, and air drying woolens between folds.
This excerpt describes a rhubarb conserve method using peeled chopped rhubarb, brown sugar, raisins, and lemon juice left to stand, then slowly cooked to thickness. It instructs placing two young sweet or rose geranium leaves in the bottom of the tumbler for flavor.
The article teaches methods to cook steak on a small gas stove or improvised setups. It compares frying, sealing and slow cooking, and traditional broiling, noting timings for rare, medium and well done and giving tips on pan heat, turning, and oven use.
Invitations were written on a correspondence card with a gilt heart pin. Guests brought pins of all kinds, papers, cubes, pin balls, cushions, and gift pins for veils and cuffs. A rime on the bride’s card promised happiness as pins were used to adorn each place setting. A leather velvet scarf pin case and a shirt waist set of velvet bow pins completed the curious gift line.
An easy hostess project suggests making a white linen hot biscuits cover with a square center and four pointed ends. Embroider two biscuits on a point, tint brown for realism, outline edges, or stitch the words Hot Biscuits. Prepare this cover to impress guests with needlework and baking.
A fashion note describes a white silk faille suit styled with a Chinese willow pattern in blue. The open cart design keeps a neat look while revealing peeking elements, creating a soft, charming oriental mood praised as a pretty, months-old trend.
A homemaker crafts guest towels with crocheted edges and satin or cross stitched initials. Tutorials describe edging towel ends with colored mercerized floss, forming a picot border, and placing a colored letter. Cross stitch wreaths and baskets decorate towels, with baby towels featuring rabbits ducks or chickens outlined along one edge.
An old style home advice piece urges sanitary, efficient and economical fridge use. It covers placement, drain piping, air baths for wood shelves, boiling water and formaldehyde treatment, and strict rules to avoid bacterial growth from damp shelves and decayed food. It warns against sewer gas from drains and emphasizes immediate refrigeration of cooked or uncooked foods to slow bacteria.
Practical tips include removing stains on fingers with hydrogen peroxide and creating a healing ointment by mixing one part bismuth with three parts white vaseline. Use unscented, mild soap with little alkali and no coloring to protect delicate skin. Avoid using powdered charcoal or pumice on teeth as it damages enamel and accelerates decay.
At a Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration Simeon E Baldwin former Connecticut governor urged that insurance could deter war by protecting capitalist interests and banks. Baldwin, a New England lawyer, served as Connecticut chief justice and ABA president. The piece also recalls his father Roger Sherman Baldwin and notable 1839 slave ship case where John Quincy Adams assisted.
A simple bean soup method uses two quarts of overnight soaked beans simmered with the end of a ham in plenty of water. Keep the beans whole, water should be a third more than beans, and serve with toast or crackers.
The article offers recipes and care notes including a rhubarb and banana stew method, orange to rhubarb ratio guidance, a calf binding cleaning mixture with glue glycerin and flour paste, and a borax wash routine to prevent colors from fading. It presents utilitarian home advice with specific measurements and steps.
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