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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
7
Quiet cooler fabrics top the season as serge, cheviot, and Panama cloth lead in spring suits. Light tones of tan gray and brown prevail while vivid winter colors appear in trims. Coats range from short belt-length to hip-length with contrast cuffs and collar detailing.
Advice suggests tepid baths and borax to soften hard water and renew youth. Do not eat or work while exhausted as digestion may fail. Treat finger pain as felon risk with a salt and turpentine paste heated and applied, claimed to cure within 24 hours.
The piece argues stripes appeal but fade when wardrobes strain. It notes the trend’s Paris origins and warns that frugal shoppers avoid fleeting fads while fabrics look worn. It reflects on following trends with prudent modifications.
The passage advises discretion in buying striped effects for women and highlights a black and white striped cotton jumper dress with a coordinating jaunty coat. It notes blue white and brown white combinations as suitable three piece outfits in a similar striped fashion.
Instructions describe a portable hat pin case made from flannel and an outer fabric like art linen or satin. The 10 by 12 inch piece is finished with rounded corners, stitched edges, and buttonholes at the corners with buttons to secure when rolled, keeping pins dry and rust free.
A detailed old recipe describes washing a 15 cent beef shank, boiling it with onion carrot and tomatoes, skimming, then simmering hours. It advises celery salt, optional carrot strips, and serving hot. The soup is praised for aiding weak stomachs and recovery from ailments.
Recipe for two servings uses water cornmeal sugar yeast buckwheat and white flour to create a living starter. It rises overnight then repeats with salt sugar and soda, keeping batter starter for weeks with caution about salt until baking.
Instructions for a chocolate pie filling using milk eggs flour and chocolate with a crust, then a meringue topping. Also instructions to broil lamb chops in buttered paper cases to keep juices in and aid digestion with creamed potatoes as a side.
Instructions describe making dandelion wine from blossoms picked in sunshine. Soak in boiling water, then combine with citrus peels, boil, strain, add sugar and fruit pulp, add yeast, ferment a week, strain, bottle after fermentation ends.
Wash and scrape the carrots and cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain, slice and place in a pattered baking pan. Sprinkle spar ingly with sugar, salt and pepper, and dot over with butte. Add a half cup of water and bake in a hot oven until brown.
A terse note discusses placing a damp newspaper under the back to absorb perspiration and then replacing it with a cool dry sheet. The fragment hints at a practical household trick rather than a full article.
An advertisement touts Billion Dollar Grass and related seeds from John A. Salzer Seed Co. offering weatherproof claims and a 10 cent mail offer for an original seed catalog. It highlights high yields and exotic seeds including Victoria Rape and Silver King Barley, urging readers to send money for catalogs and samples.
An elderly man admitted in a coma in New South Wales Victoria Hospital appeared bitten by a venomous snake. Investigation showed the bite came from a dog that died soon after from snake venom. Medical treatment succeeded and the man recovered from the indirect snake poison.
A collage of 19th century patent medicines and ads touts Halls Catarrh Cure and Garfield Tea, cures for piles by PAZO OINTMENT, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and laxatives. It includes promotional lines about cigars, child safety products, and moral quips, reflecting period consumer satire and health claims.
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