Household recipes and home remedies from old column
The page compiles a long list of kitchen and household tips including pumpkin pie with bohea pumpkin, cornmeal batter, marshmallow candy, stuffed peppers, fried marentos, and other food prep notes. It mixes cleaning hints such as removing paint, softening water, and fabric care with minor medical and hygiene tips. The tone resembles a busy domestic arts column with many recipes and practical tricks.
Household Sewing and Stain Removal Tips
Rockford expert R. H. Shumway offers practical advice on sewing late to avoid lace distortion. He also explains how to fix sour milk with vinegar and provides a stain removal method for blood using starch and sun drying.
Curious Patent Plethora and Patent Cure Ad Mix
An early 20th century collage notes patent applications in Washington for electrical novelties, a claim of one day cure for deafness via Catarrh Cure, and a laxative Brom Quin ine patent tout. It references Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children and promotional remedies alongside farm and village satire.
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Farm Journal
Patent Office
Washington Am
J. Cheney
Toledo
Record-Number of U.S. Deaths Exceeds Six Thousand Annually
Government figures show more than 6,000 persons die yearly in the United States. The statistic highlights broad mortality trends across the nation.
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United States
Liet
el Staré Res
Roffieh
South ‘Africa
Wimber
Sweden
Curious 19th Century Patent Remedies Promised Quick Health
A garbled ad shows Munyon's end Remedy touted to cure head and throat ailments in a day and claim multiple benefits from coughs to kidney issues. It mentions other tonics and colonial context with references to European markets and a claim of vast fortunes from secret formulas.
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Munyon
Monron
Poisonous weed and medical claims fade in early reports
Government scientists say the ioco ward loses its poisonous qualities from soil Varieties of a weed are discussed along with advances in lamp technology and pavement materials in Paris and Ly The text notes larynx removal at a Baltimore hospital and U S exports worth 1 5 million decline with Canada and Europe being primary destinations.
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Ioco
Paris
United States
Canada
Europa
England
Philippines to surpass Alaska in gold output says Manila engineer
A Manila mining engineer says Philippines gold production could exceed Alaska's in coming years. He notes early export to China, renewed American exploration, and new machinery may lift output to at least 5 million dollars annually with long term prospects unseen deposits and total value potentially reaching 100 million dollars.
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Philippines
Alaska
China
A. Helse
Manila
Washington Herald
Helse
War Department
Islands
Crouch
The Tin Wedding And Family Hearthside Echoes
A nostalgic vignette from a Chicago Inter Queen column describes a bustling holiday gathering. A family reunion fills the manor with laughter, paper parcels, and the clatter of cookware as generations mingle around the old rocker. The piece contemplates aging, memory, and shared harvests over years.
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