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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
7
An old article advises moth control methods for garments. It debunks camphor naphthalene and tobacco as kill agents, favors brushing and airing, and prescribes carbon disulfide fumigation in a closed trunk with moth marbles, plus paper packing or benzine for in-place infestations.
The article advises blankets need not be washed more than twice yearly with airing and shaking between washings. It praises washing machines for gentle cleaning and warns against rubbing by hand, suggesting a dolly method with lukewarm water and mild soap or powder instead of soda.
Instruction outlines a method to mend holes in stockings using circular patches cut from saved legs. The patch is lapped over the worn area and catstitch secured on both sides for a flat seamless fix, claimed to be more comfortable than a visible darn.
Ruffled curtains are set to dry straight after starching with ruffles pinned for shape and ironed dampened. Floor coverings feature vivid grass green Crex with large stars and Indian motifs in woody browns, offering striking rug designs in 9x12 and long narrow formats.
Instructions describe hard cooking six eggs, removing yolks, chopping whites, and keeping them warm. Six hot buttered toast rounds are spread with deviled ham to form a center cavity for each yolk. A thin white sauce with chopped whites is prepared and served in Brava boats as part of the dish.
F A Sutton of Salem Oregon describes ten years of kidney and rheumatic pain with severe headaches and sleepless nights. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he walked with two canes, then improved quickly and after three boxes felt better than in 15 years with lasting effects. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A playful exchange from the New York Weekly sketches the struggling writer De Posey who denies poetry novels and plays, then reveals a life shift to selling clams to survive. The dialogue satirizes literary fame and public literary success.
Immense coal beds are worked beneath the sea off Cape Breton. The submarine mines span about a thousand acres and rise from the shore. Operators run the vein under water for over a mile while seawater remains excluded by fireclay roofing and compacted sediment under pressure.
A quotation from Henry Frederic Amiel compares life to a soap bubble hung from a reed. It rises with colors then vanishes, leaving only turbid water, illustrating that appearance and disappearance define life for beings from butterflies to nations to stars. The excerpt reflects on birth suffering and death as the entire journey.
In a negro school a teacher extolled Tuskegee and Booker T. Washington as ideals. A pupil who had not followed the talk exclaimed, in response to the teacher’s prompt, with confident surprise, the name Joe Gans.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as scientifically made and instantly served. It claims the product is pre-digested, fully cooked at the factory, and easily assimilated, with grape sugar inherent in the granules. The copy notes serving ideas with cream or hot milk and mentions the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
A NY family sisters piece recalls a well known New York clan where one wife is married and a young girl, beloved by aunts, grows weary of their advice. The little lady finally bursts with humor saying she has always been grateful that her father married the sister they all share.
A Rockingham County cousin suffered a birth skin disease for six years and a costly treatment failed until Cuticura was used. After about two months the child recovered completely, leaving soft skin and no scars. The witness, Mrs. W. P. Ingle of Burlington, cites the 1905 report.
London writer P. T. O. asserts the Mafia, rooted in Sicily for over 300 years, surpasses the Naples Camorra Paris Apaches and the Black Hand of America in power and fearsome reach. The piece highlights its silent, swift operation and long-standing protection against foreign rule.
The article extols white Wash goods and the value of home laundering with proper starching. It recommends Defiance Starch as the first essential, claiming it provides the necessary stiffness without thickening and improves the appearance of laundered work.
A fragment references Miss Sue Bretter with a heavy spear tied to a new piece and mentions Dr. Kine's Great Nerve Restorer promising cures for nervous diseases. The scene shifts to domestic dialogue and a pun on cigars from Lewis' Single Binder, ending with a thrift joke and ad-like line.
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