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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
3
A 1920s style column urges women to sanitize daily toiletries and brushes, wash and boil towels and sponges, and keep grooming tools free of germs. It covers tooth brushes, combs, buffers, hair care routines, soap uses for sewing and cleaning, and personal hygiene to prevent disease transmission.
Cretonne offers a cheap stylish material for bedroom slippers with a firm sole, elastic top, and ribbon accents. The article also covers using cretonne flowers to decorate curtains and lace, plus guidance on teaching children to care for toilet articles, shoes, and clothing, fostering pride in belongings.
A Boston woman extols cordial manners as key to popularity for a hostess. She says a hostess should speak pleasantly and greet guests warmly even if insincere, noting the value of making visitors feel glad to be seen.
A nerve specialist prescribes a collector’s habit as a cure for nervous illness. The patient adopts a new collecting fad gathering pot lids from potted meat containers. Early Victorian era decorations make the lids noteworthy.
The article notes landscapes and views of historical places or paintings, while describing pomade pot lids and ginger jar tops. Lids are framed in wood or velvet circles and displayed on a plate rail. Coloring and prints are praised as interesting, and the collecting trend is newly developing and not costly yet.
A Delineator style sermon urges women to update hair use and dress, arguing even middle aged figures can look younger with proper hairstyle and color choices. It also offers home gardening tips for asparagus and rhubarb, plus sewing and housekeeping hints such as cleaning curtain hooks with ammonia to remove rust.
Quoted verse exhorts steadfast men to resist demagogic flattery and public corruption. It praises tall, honorable leaders who will not bend to spoils or mob mentality, urging strength of character in public and private life. The speaker emphasizes duty, integrity, and justice.
A brief excerpt describes a man meeting solitary animals including beavers otter and seals in mild climate and a man with a baby who is offered a street car seat. The creatures claim they skinned for his wife’s furs then remark they too were skinned. Wisden is advertised as purchasable on installment with high interest.
The Delineator urges mothers that domestic science and the domestic arts offer the most promising vocation for their daughters. Graduates find ready employment. boards of education seek trained teachers and supervisors, with cities offering salaries such as 3000 a year for a supervisor of domestic arts. Skilled dietitians are also in demand in schools, hospitals, dormitories, and restaurants. The article also advises travelers to carry a small folded muslin strip with safety pins to cover bedclothes in sleeping cars for cleanliness and privacy.
A readable set of vintage dessert recipes including Raspberry Charlotte Russe with cocoa and meringue, Nougat Sauce with maple sugar and cream, a novel peppermint ice cream, and sponge cake shells filled with ice cream. Instructions cover mixing, baking, whipping cream, gelatin, and decorative borders.
Household etiquette guidance covers how to eat soup with a spoon, handle lettuce and asparagus, peel oranges, and fold napkins. It advises against scraping plates, shaking pepper pots, and using teeth to pick bread. It also notes variations when dining at homes versus restaurants and cautions on sharing utensils.
A New England grammar school teacher discovered a student’s Longfellow composition. It states Henry W. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, while his parents were traveling in Europe, and mentions friends Phoebe and Alice Carey. The fragment includes a remark on cheerful activity and interest in others.
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