A Cold Dinner at North Pole Mention
Mrs Benham jokes about ensuring they have found the North Pole while Benham notes cooking there isn’t a reason. The exchange hints at humorous domestic dialogue between the couple.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
7
Mrs Benham jokes about ensuring they have found the North Pole while Benham notes cooking there isn’t a reason. The exchange hints at humorous domestic dialogue between the couple.
A mother from Mill Hall Pa describes infant eczema severe enough to cover the body and scalp. After eight weeks of bandages and failed treatment, she reports rapid improvement and hair regrowth following Cuticura Soap and Ointment use. She adds a testimonial note and ad invitation for samples from Cuticura, Boston.
Mary Dean outlines stylish home sewing for negligees and house gowns using soft materials like satin and silk, with lace and ribbon accents. She emphasizes versatility of scraps for nightgowns, wrappers, and convalescent wear, promoting practical elegance over shop-bought outfits.
A fashion note on using bright color accents to personalize dresses. Designers describe jabots and neckwear crafted from crepe, lace, and velvet ribbons, with contrasting hues and decorative stitching to emphasize style.
The article explains using a machine for hemstitching to achieve neat, delicate hemming quickly. It describes drawing threads, folding, basting, adjusting tension, and stitching near the edge, with tucks also possible by this method as noted in Harper's Bazar.
The description notes a decorative item with central bows and square steel buttons studded along a ribbon. Details are limited to surface features with no event or location context provided.
Describes a Magyar style bodice suitable for cashmere or fine wool. Open front to reveal a silk vest, scalloped lower fronts joined by silk straps and silk covered buttons. Collar and cuffs bound with fancy alk, worn with a satin waist band.
A testimonial recounts severe back pain and kidney trouble ending after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The narrator describes years of distress, catheter treatments, and that after five boxes of the remedy, they recovered fully and have remained well for five years.
A domestic quip escalates to a medical urgency as Mrs Justwed offers pudding with sauce and Mr Justwed replies to call a doctor after a playful exchange. The exchange hints at a sudden health issue prompting action.
A reader weighs leakage and baking powder choices arguing cheap brands fail in baking and cost more in failures. It praises a specific brand, Co. MET Baking Powder, as reliable and awarded at a World’s Exposition, endorsed by leading physicians and chemists.
Howell expresses fondness for travel while Powell invites a social visit with promises of dancing and care for a baby. The text jostles with playful banter and hints at a cold remedy promoted by Hamilton Wright Mable and Mrs. Winslow's Syrup for Children amid gossip.
A humorous anecdote recounts how a study of Russian language was interrupted by a family physician who prescribed medicine to break up a cold. The dialogue hints at missteps in learning pronunciations and the influence of health on intellectual effort.
An old advertisement claims Cole’s Carboli salve stops pain from burns or cuts and heals quickly to prevent scars. It pledges 25 cents and 50 cents by Crugents with free samples offered by J. W. Cole & Co., Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
The passage reflects on kindness versus genuine appreciation and cites a remark about wisdom comparing a silly man to Solomon. It includes a medical ad claiming a cure for piles in a short period and ends with Beecher’s quote about a lost golden flour.
A seven year old named Freddy bursts in on a startled mother as she dresses. She scolds him for knocking and nearly exposing herself. Freddy rationalizes he looked through the keyhole first. The joke, attributed to Judge, plays on etiquette and child mischief.
An old advertisement touts Murine Eye Rem as a non patent medicine for watery eyes and eyelid irritation. The copy notes the product is compounded by an oculist and sold by Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago with septic tubes and labeled as a dedicated ophthalic remedy.
A set of remarks features Senator Sorghum and others discussing accidents in government. The exchange hints at the value of accident insurance and critiques of public decision making.
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