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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
2
Spring styles favor bordered tub fabrics with immense variety from sheer to heavy wools. Silks, voiles, and linens appear in numerous patterns with borders as a key feature. Coats emphasize waist lines, hats stay largely similar to last season, and morning dresses embrace low necklines with bordered wash fabrics for warm days.
An afternoon bridge party introduced a chicken paste sandwich with whipped cream horseradish and gelatin, served on bread with olive rings and lettuce. Recipes for Russian tea jelly prune desserts wafer wafers lemon tea gelatin and a tomato jelly with nut meats and olives are provided with preparation notes.
Advice on edge finishing with tiny buttonhole stitches, threading technique to reduce knots, using a hammer for machine hemming, supporting lace with pasteboard while cutting, and prewashing and shrinking flannel and linen for blouses for better appearance after wear.
A detailed craft sketch shows making a compact case for hatpins and brooches from silk or brocade with a wash leather lining. It features a central cushioned guide, a rolled cotton wool ridge, stiff back, side space for pins, fold over flaps, ribbon ties, and a decorative outer panel with initials and floral silkwork.
A girl with easily irritated skin may endure winter better by using oatmeal on the washstand as a soap substitute. Rub a handful thoroughly into the skin to cleanse and whiten while keeping the skin soft and smooth.
Separate nine fresh eggs and beat the yolks until creamy and the whites until stiff. Add sugar to the yolks, then whisk in boiling milk. Let cool, then add cream cognac and whipped egg whites with nutmeg. Freeze like punch and serve chilled in cups.
Bake a pie crust in a tin then prepare a filling from three quarters cup sugar two and a half tablespoonfuls vinegar one and a half cups boiling water two eggs yolks beaten one large tablespoon cornstarch with cold water lemon juice and walnut sized butter Cook until thick then fill crust bake 15 minutes and top with meringue from the egg whites.
Boil two cups water and steep bruised fresh mint leaves for 15 minutes. Add one cup sugar and strain after dissolving. Cool then mix in two thirds cup grape juice. Freeze to mush like texture and serve in sherbet glasses with a crystalized cherry garnish.
A passenger asks about holidays on a train as a man explains the sequence from New Year through Saint Patrick's Day. The conversation reveals confusion over St Valentine’s Day and St Patrick’s Day with a challenge to the calendar and a threat of confrontation if someone insults St Patrick.
A comic urban tale follows a dentist in the jungle who frets over pulling a tooth while hinting at breakfast schemes. The scene balances humor and a toothy predicament with playful dialogue and jungle bustle.
Colonists can buy one way tickets from Chicago to the Pacific coast aboard the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line for $33.00 during March and April. Low fare from all points. Double berth in tourist sleeping car only $7.00 through to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. No extra charge for escorted tours. Write for itinerary and details to 8S A Hutchison Manager Tourist Department 212 Clark Street Chicago Ill.
A Houston Post quotation contrasts two marriages with sharply different personalities. One daughter wed an artist who beats her, while the sister married a coal heaver who shows devoted affection and never raises his voice.
Advertises Murine as a safe eye remedy meeting the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Claims to ease red weak weary and watery eyes and soothe eye pain without smarting. The copy emphasizes professional backing and consumer use in days of regulated drug claims.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and quotes from figures like St Francis de Sales and Socrates. Includes Garfield Tea for constipation, Brown's Bronchial Troches for throat relief, BromOQuinine branding, and Lewis' cigarettes plus admonitions on virtue and cheerfulness.
Mrs E Hanson of Columbus Ohio says the remedy helped her through change of life and made her able to work again. Mrs Charles Barclay of Graniteville Vermont reports relief from nervousness and health restoration during the change of life. The ad notes the compound, made from roots and herbs, has served as a standard female remedy for thirty years.
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