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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
1
A list of home remedies and beauty tips appears, including bottle with perforated stopper, foot baths for warts, chalk for warts, nail and hair care recipes, cleansing and massage creams, and advice on digestion, nervousness, and felons. It describes tonics, shampoos, and folk cures using common household ingredients like lemon juice, soap, ammonia, orange flower water, and turpentine.
Childre n should not be burdened with professional beauty regimes yet taught careful personal care. A mother is urged to use invitations and imaginative goals to guide children toward tidy habits, with long remedies for rough nails and chapped hands, including a fading recipe of cocoa butter and powders. Emphasis on orange intake and skin care as practical, daily virtue.
Four Hints cover bias piecing, stacking fabric to avoid crushing, protecting delicate fabrics with paper layers, and cutting through silk and paper together. Tips include making belts from remnants, oilcloth aprons, one piece dresses, pillow covers, hangers for one piece dresses, two skirts for the price of one, and preserving whalebone with cold water and pressing.
Fashion notes describe new dress elements from the era including ground chains worn on the wrist, silk and net combos for waists, long lace insertions, and the return of white shoes with white gowns. Pique fabrics appear in skirts and jewelry features include cameo motifs and rings on the index finger.
A vintage fashion note praises tin and green as harmonious pairings. It highlights tan and green shades with a tan chiffon brass trim and pale green beads on slim hands, a dainty waist, a collar edge piping in a matching tone, and suggests pairing with a picture hat in brown or tan.
A fragmented column of domestic hints covers wood polish, stain removal, mosquito deterrents, curtain restoration, shoe lining, bath towels, and mirror repair. It includes methods to grind coffee, soften wax, refresh lace curtains, mend blinds, seal edges, and deter mice with cayenne filled holes. Contains several specific household actions and improvised remedies.
A dated column argues husbands should avoid burdening wives with daily business woes. It contrasts unhappy homecomings, where men recount troubles, with cheerful, relaxed returns where laughter and conversation flourish. The piece advises sharing burdens only with the police, not at home.
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