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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
7
Practical kitchen guidance and recipes from a 19th century home page. Tips on preventing scorched food, frying oysters, reusing leftovers, and making dishes like Porcupine Apples Escalloped Potatoes and Nate Macarrons. Includes method notes for drying fat and browning meats for best flavor.
Testimonials from Mrs. E Hanson and Mrs. Caan Banclays praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments during the Change of Life and general recovery. The piece notes the remedy's thirty year history and recommends use for women seeking health improvements.
A nurse recounts relief from backache and weakness after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. Mrs Judson Filis of Jackson Michigan cites renewed ability to work since treatment. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A garbled paragraph discusses rheumatism cures and the dangers of cocaine and morphine. It mentions the Pure Fold and Drug For asse grockets and a price around 124,000 with twenty percent of the Dominion in carrying trades. It references someone offering a remedy and a looming timeline of thirty or forty years for rail industry employment.
The fragment describes quack cures and bottled tonics with archaic language about opium use and supposed cures. It cites vendors such as Spolin Medical Co. in Goshen Indiana and references prejudice toward Chinese and Korean consumption, noting rare alcohol use but opioid association.
A guide explains moisture testing by palm impression to judge seed sowing conditions. Too wet soils lack aeration, while ideal soil springs back and crumbles slowly, signaling proper seedbed.
A mother recalls a severe chemical burn to her baby caused by grease and skin irritants. She describes removal of burned skin, medical care, a week of healing, and later nearly complete scar absence after Cuticura remedies. The notice includes a testimonial from Mrs. Hare of Teary Street South Shields and cites Potter Drug and Chemists in Durham and Cuticura remedies from Boston.
The fragment suggests Buttermik as a top cosmetic for ekin skin claiming smoothing softening and bleaching effects. It mentions butterpilky as a beverage and asserts a curing result, though details are unclear.
Fashion hints discuss linen and madras for waist tailoring with striped collar cuffs and a batisté blouse. The text then shifts to health and skincare tips comparing a laxative product and facial care, emphasizing gentle cleansing and careful rubbing for smooth skin.
Alfred N. Anderson plans the world’s largest porcelain bathtub at his Seattle residence 718 Mines Avenue. Two inches longer than the Kaiser’s tub, the 40 foot wide room features Alaska marble walls and ceilings, a mosaic floor, a 6 foot 6 inch high mirror, and sterling silver trimmings with a lavish dressing area and shower annex. The project runs two weeks with a total cost in the thousands.
An anecdotal tale recalls winter worship in aging Newburyport churches when heat was scarce. Parish clerk Starvey, sexton Uncle Nat Badiley, and Milton's stern pastor faced chilly pews, flickering candles, and soot stained stoves as the service pressed on with a starkly humorous hymn.
Readers observe children at play with one child chasing the ball to a distant corner while another stays calm. The excerpt notes the early influence of money on behavior and actions.
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