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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
A 1906 baby wardrobe feature surveys evolving garments from undergarments and nightwear to gowns and petticoats. It notes knit diapers, flap-buttoned garments, Gertrude gowns, and practical night drawers while praising modern fabrics, safety, and the shift toward hygiene and comfort for infants.
An old letter offers home remedies for warts and skin care including sulphur and glycerine treatment, jaborandi tonic, skin foods, lotions for oily skin, and a hair and eyebrow regimen. It warns against tampering with moles and details a skin cream with wax, spermaceti, lamotin, coconut oil, benzoin, and orange flower water.
A guide suggests keeping invitees within a close age range or dividing a large party into groups. Have many favors available, offer a variety of sandwiches and simple cakes, and stock engaging games to prevent dull moments and ensure a successful event.
A fragmented excerpt discusses housekeeping duties and the proper care of dusting doors and windows. It contrasts an old-time approach with a modern true housewife who maintains regular dusting and damp-rag cleaning to keep furnishings clean.
A short tip advises adding a small amount of brown sugar to reduce saltiness in cooking. It suggests this adjustment will mellow the salty flavor without needing to taste test extensively.
The text recommends a liberal diet rich in starch and sugar including potatoes, dairy, fruits, vegetables, fish, and desserts, plus outdoor life and moderate exercise. It advises well ventilated sleep, avoiding narcotics, and suggests gymnasium or bicycling as ideal programs. It warns against internal disease and stresses calm nerves and regular routines.
Inquiry asks for repeat of bust formula from the Vaucaire remedy previously published. The note cites Ss. E. B. and references a reply to Mrs. H. K. It seeks the exact preparation steps or proportions used to treat a bust condition as described in the prior paper.
A reader offers a hair curl solution to resist moisture. Dissolve one ounce Arabic gum and one ounce good moist sugar in a pint hot water. When cold add two drachms each of alcohol bichlorate of mercury and salammoniac, mixing separately before combining. Add water to make one pint and perfume with rose or lavender. Moisten hair before wrapping in papers or curlers.
A married woman seeks advice on skin whitening for a yellow neck and thin cheeks, a skin food remedy, heavier eyebrows and lashes, removal of a sac wart and moles, and general guidance for a shakily health condition. She asks for practical prescriptions and cautions about reliability of advice.
A reader asks where to obtain Dr Vaucaire’s remedy and the cost. The reply notes the formula is published under Mrs H K’s letter and can be made by any reliable druggist from that formulation, with a caveat about quoting prices.
A reader asks where to obtain the Vaucaire remedy and how to have a depilatory formula prepared. The advisory reply declines naming a dealer, suggests any reliable druggist can prepare the formula, and notes removing the nose hair with a plaster stick may be obtained from a druggist or toilet articles dealer.
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