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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
4
Practical guidance covers removing iron mould with ceric acid or lemon salts, wiping gas stoves with turpentine, and lemon rind usage. It notes fashion trends like Baby Irish and light-weight laces, tailoring hints, child growth advice, and bath routines. Spread across diverse topics, the fragment hints at daily domestic know how.
Alvena Sperling of Chicago credits Lydia Compound with restoring her health after a severe infection and tumor, describing it as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms and urging others to try it.
A historical overview traces the Bible’s sixty six books from Hebrew and Greek sources to English translations. It notes the May 1895 unearthing of a Matthew leaf older than the oldest Greek New Testament and describes the King James Version’s influence, followed by modern revisions like the American Standard Version. It highlights manuscript discoveries, scholarly committees, and language updates that clarify sacred texts for today.
A returning American from the Orient laments the harsh, shrill voices heard in Hindoo villages. He notes American men, women, and especially women, differ from the gentle tones of bygone grandmothers, recalling receptions where such quiet voices were scarce.
The London Chronicle explains taste localization, noting sweetness on the front tongue while the back senses flavor for most substances. It warns that the sides of the mouth are less sensitive to certain tastes and advises connoisseurs to sip rather than gulp to savor flavors.
Experiments in Germany pump water under pressure into borings to prevent explosions from coal dust. The approach aims to suppress dust and reduce blast risk in mines.
Line a pie plate with puff paste and fill with strawberries. Sprinkle thickly with sugar, top with a crust, rub edges with butter to prevent sticking, bake until light brown. When cool, lift the cover and add a cupful of whipped cream under the top crust, then dust with powdered sugar.
Recipe tells how to mix half a pound of rump steak with parsley pepper and gravy, press in tins lined with pastry, cover with pastry, vent, brush with egg, and bake for thirty minutes. Includes note on a 25 cent bottle of a medicine.
Peel five grapefruits and soak skins in light brine overnight. Boil repeatedly in fresh water, then simmer with two cups water and two cups sugar until peel is candied. Roll hot in sugar to crystallize for a sweet tea table or bonbonniere. Washington Star.
An excerpt shows Senator Sorghum criticizing poetry as a tool for shifting authorship. He likens it to sending an anonymous letter and notes some men use it to avoid responsibility for their statements.
An advertisement page fragment touts Allen's Foot-Tabs for foot baths to remove smarting odors and refresh feet, plus Allen's Foot-Ease to relieve weariness and sweating. It notes availability in regular size, substitutes, and mail order from Le Roy New York.
The National Nurses Association Alumnae opened its thirteenth annual convention in Mendelssohn Hall New York City with 500 delegates present. An order barred hats more than two feet in diameter, prompting pleas to remove large hats so all could hear and see the platform. Miss Jane M. Pindell urged compliance as Miss Jane A. Delane spoke of nurses pursuing preventive work and further study of disease causes and treatments.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet notes a reversible musical comedy where the final curtain falls on Act III on Monday night and the following night the show runs backward, presenting the third act first as a playful device.
A New York Tribune note describes using illustrated advertisements cut from magazines to entertain very young convalescents. Mothers and storytellers alike used these pictures to craft tales, from Cinderella to thrilling adventures, aided by the visual cues of motors, birds, gums, and camera ads. A drug ad at the end promotes Teal Gee Ser for eye conditions.
A domestic scene in Harper's Bazar where a maid informs the mistress of a visitor demanding payment on an installment purchase. The mistress asks the maid to determine whether the item in question is the encyclopedia phonograph brass bed piano or sewing machine.
A partial OCR read mentions names and places in a fragmented text about a local event or notice. The readable content is insufficient to identify a clear event, date, or outcome.
The Washington Star suggests using stale marshmallows to make marshmallow fudge. Boil two cups sugar and one cup milk, add one and a half squares grated chocolate and two tablespoons butter. Cook ten minutes, cool until stiff but pourable, then layer marshmallows in a dish and pour fudge over them.
A patient describes twenty five years of severe head neck and shoulder pain that affected his wife and others. After exhausting doctors and hospital treatment with no relief he tried Cuthura Remedies and claims cure. The text notes previous six months hospital care and a belief that help lay beyond this life.
William J. Sadner of Philadelphia reports his face cleared after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for ten days. He tried doctors for months without results and credits the products with his recovery. May 1, 1909.
A husband confronts his wife about copying Blankem's catologue, while she deflects by claiming her shopping list is the source. The scene reads like a domestic moment from a Harper's Bazaar snippet.
A Kansas City Journal note recalls a quarrel between Ben and Jim Wombat, with the line You had a feud with Jim Wombat, didn't ye. and the reply I did, but Jim's dead. The speaker claims to be Jim's executor and hints at looming consequences.
Thomas M. Ferrell of Glassboro a former U S congressman state senator and collector of internal revenue for New Jersey reports a back pain and kidney relief after using Doans Kidney Pills. He recommends them as a reliable remedy noting the price 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y as the distributor.
A Boston Post feature by Lucy Lee suggests turning an electric iron upside down or using a zinc plate to fry meat eggs toast coffee or bake potatoes. Potatoes near halfway baked are flipped to finish both sides for a light housework friendly meal.
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