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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1892
Page
5
A physician argues that home sterilization cannot yield perfectly sterile city milk. He describes challenges of keeping sterilized milk, stresses steaming, and details factors from milk age and fat content to breed quality, urging careful heating to protect infants and health.
An advocate argues Jersey cattle are free from disease, praising Jersey milk for nourishing children and invalids. He details sterilization methods for milk bottles, emphasizing cleanliness, spherical bottles, avoiding corners, and daily washing with baking soda and soap mixtures to kill germs.
Frances Fisher Woop explains various home sterilizers, bottles, and stoppers, including submerged water and live steam systems. She warns on aging milk, proper heating times, and using boiled water for dilution, noting limited family use due to cost and potential nutrient loss.
Dr Ephraim Cutter outlines bed rest as essential when catching a cold to reduce lung congestion. He argues a uniform body temperature aids recovery, explains reduced heart workload in bed, and supports persistent warm skin to prevent cold spread. He endorses mustard plasters, hot baths, and light diet while ill.
Dr. Epuraim Cutter argues grippe is caused by a parasitic ciliate rather than a microbe. He urges hygienic measures, proper nutrition, rest, and medical examination with a microscope to identify asthmatos ciliaris. He warns against relying on feelings and criticizes sensational illness reporting while calling for careful physician selection.
A graceful bamboo flower holder can be made at low cost from stalks of various sizes. The largest piece forms the stem with surrounding pieces as legs and supports. Curved sections are steamed to shape and allowed to dry to retain form, adaptable to small mantels or large room corners.
Bess Bramble lampoons early 1900s fashion of praise for women in power and beauty standards. She mocks Washington correspondents puffing wives of prominent men as virtuous and angelic, exposes false ideals, and attacks home decorating fads and overprotective gender advice.
A discussion of how thimbles reflect female character and taste. The piece contrasts extravagant fitting with overly tight rings and hints that plain preferences indicate a sober mindset.
A reflective sketch describes different women and their needlework accessories. A generous soul favors deep markings and a threaded needle while a selfish woman equips a diamond or turquoise thimble set. A fairy-like spender selects a china thimble matching Dresden patterns.
A decorative cushion blends linen and silk for an elegant effect. The heavy gray twisled linen is embroidered with olive and gold designs and blue floss accents. The piece uses stem stitch and gold couching to create a refined, practical pillow.
A Dispatch analysis outlines crisp Russian inspired blouses and flamboyant flare trends for spring. It notes the blouse as a knee length, no back seam garment with varied fronts and sleeves, plus possible head dress patterns and heavy decorative belts. It highlights flaring skirts and sleeves, French influence through Worth and Watteau back silhouettes, and new fabrics like wrinkled wool crepons and challies shaping the season.
A vintage guide describes cornmeal porridge and corn bread variations. It covers scalded mush in thin pans, baking times, and serving suggestions with milk. It includes a playful phonetic Southern narrator and notes on puff cakes and fried mush from the Mississippi River region.
A design for an indoor gown labeled A Pretty House Gown draws notice for its charming simplicity and practical appeal. The featured style emphasizes comfortable silhouette and decorative details suited to home wear.
An American lady sent Queen Victoria a large pressed flower collection. The Queen enjoyed it for three months, then returned it with a note explaining etiquette forbids gifts to the sovereign. She parted from the collection with evident regret.
Reliable dealers hold Dr Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts as the standard flavors nationwide. They are regarded as among the most successful and creditable products and, if consumer opinion is worthy, the purest strongest and finest flavoring extracts in the world.
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