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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
7
A contemporary vouches for a home carpet rejuvenation method. Mix yellow soap lather with hot water and borax, cool, then add alcohol ammonia and glycerin. Apply to small area, scrub with clean cloth until stains lift and color returns, yielding a remarkable improvement.
A tested recipe for salsify fritters instructs scraping and boiling salsify, then pressing dry to preserve flavor. It with flour baking powder salt eggs and milk makes a muffin batter. Fry in pork drippings or olive oil until brown and serve hot.
Hang a child’s blackboard in the kitchen with chalk. It is easier to use than pencil and paper and not easily lost. Use a clean brick to rest the iron on while ironing. New shoes polish better if rubbed with a cut lemon or raw potato as a substitute.
A simple recipe uses one can sugar corn half a pint milk half pint cream yolks of three eggs butter egg size salt and pepper sugar whites beaten to stiff froth folded in Bake slowly 25 to 30 minutes and serve in the baked dish.
Instructions describe making caramel in a mold using six tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar and water. The sugar melts and browns on the stove while constantly stirred. When golden brown turn and cover the mold, then pour in the mixture to form the candy.
A historic pickle recipe describes preparing Higdon style pickles with three dozen cucumbers and eight onions chopped and mixed with salt. The mixture drains overnight, then mustard seed pepper and vinegar are added before packing into Maso.a jars.
Mrs. Anna Beebe of Anoka Minnesota reports relief from rheumatic back and hip pains breathlessness dizziness and urinary issues after using Dean's Kidney Pills She can do her own work and worries of recurrence have faded Sold by all druggists 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A cynical quip attributed to Senator Platt involves a Western millionaire's daughter at the Manhattan Beach hotel. When she asks what political economy is, he reportedly replies that it is the art of never buying more votes than you actually need.
A mother reports eczema on her baby aged three months improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After several doctors offered different treatments, a friend recommended Cuticura. Within days the baby's condition improved and, after six months, is cured using one cake of soap and two boxes of ointment for a total of $1.25. The testimonial is signed C. F. Kara, 343 East 65th Street, New York, March 30, 1906.
A lecturer praises Heart Throbs as a book with a strong radiating personality that invites warm reading aloud. A Christmas gathering recalls reading the book aloud beside a farm organ, sharing humorous and poignant prose and verse. The piece also includes quotations and advertisements interwoven with reminiscence and moral text.
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