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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
7
The speaker defends a woman against accusations of fickleness while asking the vane to remain constant. The poem compares a woman to a weather vane, noting wind from all directions and urging unwavering resolve from the vane and by extension the speaker.
The article describes specialized spoons once common in England, including a perforated berry spoon with a spiked handle used to pour perry and sugar over mulberries, a marrow spoon double ended for bone marrow, and caddy spoons used with tea. It notes these items are now museum curios.
Instructions describe making dandelion wine by soaking one gallon blossoms and roots in boiling water for 24 hours, add water to make a gallon, add five lemons and three pounds sugar, boil two minutes, let stand two weeks, strain, bottle and seal.
The school management committee of Chicago public schools is authorized to pilot sterilized milk sales to pupils at one cent a glass. The project is run by the Permanent School Extension committee of Women's Clubs. It hopes the nourishing milk will replace doughnuts or candy as a recess treat.
A quirky list offers practical tips for cooking and household tasks. It praises boiling water for eggs to keep yolks bright, warming eggs to prevent cracking, adding egg white to whipped cream, turpentine for tar stains, hotter ovens for biscuits, boiling potatoes before baking, and leather-lined iron holders to save bulk.
A local woman known as Herbe plans frequent elaborate surprise parties for friends. She once borrowed railroad fare to meet her husband for a joke, but he was away. She organizes many schemes ending with fizzling results, as guests often fail to react as intended.
A concise reflection on children’s dutifulness as the cornerstone of virtue, echoing Cicero’s maxim about family duty shaping moral character.
Property owners seek cheapest painter and paint to cut costs but risk wear and satisfaction. National Lead Company offers a free House owner's Painting Outfit No 49 from 1902 Trinity Building New York. Includes color schemes specifications and a paint adulteration detector instrument. It urges using National Lead pure white lead and offers arrangements to obtain it.
A dialogue snippet shows a character blaming bad luck for missing work as the sun comes out after snow melts, with a light humorous exchange about employment and weather. The line contrasts effort and misfortune, highlighting rustic speech and character voice.
A family reports persistent watery eczema in a baby with severe itching and bleeding from scratching. They spent $50 on ineffective treatments as doctors struggle to cure the disease.
A mother from Burnt Cabins Pa recounts costly failed treatments for infant eczema. After trying Cuticura Remedies she reports dramatic improvement with the baby's face fully clear and no scars. Sold by Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston.
Old Uncle Latzen berry recalls Almira Stang ending her eight year engagement to Charles Henry Tootwiler over his thrift. The scene shifts to laundry advice praising Defiance Starch for strong, thin applications and a quip about theater timing and sailing vessels.
In a playful exchange, Clarence Generous asks Miss Sharply for a dance. She curtly refuses, saying she does not want it, prompting a lighthearted moment on the social scene.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure and treats catarrh as a constitutional disease. The ad claims a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio with sales through druggists. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A collage of ad copy and quips from an old publication. Notable lines advertise Garfield Tea Red Cross Ball Blue Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion with various praise and slogans. The fragment includes a reference to Madrid as Europe’s highest city.
An old tobacco ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars as a preferred choice over 10e cigars with dealer contact at Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. The copy stresses reliability and certainty in enjoying the product.
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