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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
7
Dr. Woods Hutchinson in the American Magazine urges well ventilated bedrooms with windows open to create a gentle cross breeze. He favors light clothing, firm elastic mattresses, and high pillows while condemning heavy feather beds and airtight bedding as unhealthy relics.
A collection of household tips covers polishing with alum and stove polish, scalding milk for custard pie, sweetening with brown sugar, and keeping a cookbook page open with elastic. It offers shoe toe protection with chamois, skirt storage tips, window lubrication with lard, and stain removal methods. Also included is a French pancake recipe with milk eggs flour sugar and cream.
Cut the corn from six ears without tearing the cob. Fry with one tablespoon butter until brown, stirring often. Remove from heat, stir in half a cup hot cream and salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot at once. Good for breakfast or lunch.
The article prescribes washing floorcloth with a painter's size solution to create a flossy surface and extend wear. It then gives a recipe weighing four eggs with equal sugar and flour, butter, and vanilla, baked in a buttered mold for twenty minutes.
B Frank Doremus of Indianapolis describes severe kidney trouble starting after military service. He suffered headaches dizziness sleeplessness dropsy and drastic weight loss. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills his swelling eased urine normalized and pains faded. he has remained well for nine years. For sale by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A lady extols concrete hollow-block construction noting air spaces insulate and ventilate for a healthier home. A visitor counters with a frame house joke about locking a cat in the cellar and releasing it from the attic each morning.
Walter W. Paglusch of Chicago reports an itchy eczema that kept him awake until he tried Cuticura Soap Cuticura and Resolvent Pills costing a dollar twenty five. He says he was completely cured. The note ends with a quotation about courage and honor from James Allan.
In Mantua Italy a young woman Cornelia Orlandelli aged 18 from a reputable family was immured in a lunatic asylum by her relatives to prevent correspondence with a man of her station. The shocking act has caused a great sensation and reads like a medieval melodrama.
A nineteenth century advertisement offers a reward for an incurable catarrh remedy and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from Walpine Kinnan and Marvin of Toledo praising F J Cheney Co and describing the product as internally acting. It notes price 75 cents per bottle and availability from all druggists.
Consul G. H. Scidmore of Nagasaki reports the 1906 catch of Japanese deep sea fishermen valued at 557085 dollars. They also took fish along Korean coasts worth 140415 dollars and captured whales valued at 68000 dollars.
Home laundry users seek better stiffness without hiding fabric beauty. Defiance Starch offers stronger hold allowing thinner application, improving appearance and wetting quality.
A Portuguese king famed as an expert marksman can pick off rising fish at the palace lake. An ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria and ends with a French quote about scars.
The emperor of Japan reportedly maintains more than thirty residences, each described as a model of comfort, reflecting the breadth of royal housing across the nation.
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