Building for readers offers free expert advice from William A. Radford
The article promotes William A. Radford as a top authority on building, inviting readers to mail inquiries for free guidance. It details a compact 20 foot wide house design with a 2,000 dollar estimated cost and features like a fireplace, dining room, pantry, and three bedrooms on the second floor. It also includes historical anecdotes about Puritan meetings and youth mischief in colonial times.
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William A. Radford
UW Fifth Ave
Chicago
Killing Time in the Garden Delays Vogstables Purchase
A humorous exchange suggests Wombly will not tend the garden due to distraction. The speaker jokes that someone who spends mornings chopping weeds and watching ants build a subway is less likely to buy vegetables from a greengrocer, implying delayed gardening and purchases.
Charm of Flowers Hats Dominate Summer Millinery Trends
The June season ushers velvet facings and velvet crown leghorn hats trimmed with roses and ribbons. Velvet touches, tule roses, and turned brims refresh classic shapes while durability keeps hats through several summers. Roses, wreaths, and garden flowers decorate hats paired with white dresses for a harmonious finishing touch.
Massage for tired feet from East Indian method
The article describes a three step foot massage to relieve fatigue. It recommends raising the feet, rotating strokes from toes to mid calf, and a firm palm rub. Do not massage with feet at head level. For burning feet, alcohol. for aching feet, hot vinegar and water soak for 15 minutes with ankle massage.
Garment Description for Sailor Style Skirt and Blouse
A model outlines a skirt with a tight-fitting yoke and a pointed front, the lower portion plaited and joined to the yoke. The blouse features a waller style with collar and singlet edged in braid, and a sailor knot under the collar. Materials listed include Biz fabric, 49 inches wide, six yards.
Teddin skirt and knee movements in fashion
The article discusses skirt fashion trends focusing on a design hampered at the knees called the aeroplane skirt now known as the teddin skirt. It notes the effect is achieved by a stitched sash or ornamental fold holding fullness at the knees.
Pumps for Street Wear
The article notes new street wear pumps feature ankle straps improving practicality for outdoor use. It advises stockings worn with these pumps be plain and fine, suitable for street use, while house wear allows embroidered styles according to the wearer’s taste.
Practical Household Tips From Old Notes
Tips include lavender scented sheets aiding sleep and five cents of dried lavender to scent a closet. Also suggested is using plaster of Paris mixed with vinegar instead of water, and advice to dry gloves thoroughly to avoid dampness from warmth.
Inexpensive Menu Recipes for Beef Stew and Sides
Readable excerpt lists inexpensive kitchen recipes for beef stew with lima beans, cabbage salad, and rice with milk. Includes ingredient lists such as potatoes onions carrots beef water bread crumbs butter lima beans cabbage and seasonings with cost notes. Also includes preparation steps like mashing vegetables browning beef simmering beans soaking beans and serving in heated plates. Total costs cited around a few cents per dish.
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Puiain
St Ieee Ae
Tve
Jellied Chicken from Boiled Chicken Stock
Three pounds boiled chicken cut from bone folded into a quart of clarified rich stock laced with lemon juice parsley celery salt salt and paprika. Dissolve gelatin and stir in, then add chicken and mold. Chill with a pan of ice to layer jelly and chicken evenly.
Vegetable Roast from a Historic Recipe Card
A described dish blends cooked beans or peas strained to remove akina with ground nut meats, seasoned and baked in two layers with a crumbled bread dressing, sweet mason, salt, sage, cream, and a cranberries garnish, served in slices after about ninety minutes in a buttered dish.
Shrinking Wash Goods For Soften Creases In Laundry
Instructions describe shrinking fabric delivered in creases by soaking in water, laying on the tub bottom, and draping on a broom to drain and dry. A pinch of salt in the water is said to help set color while the material remains pressed and smooth after removal.
Minnehaha Cake Recipe by Mary J Lincoln
A recipe for Minnehaha Cake with butter sugar eggs and flour. Instructions describe creaming butter in a warm bowl then adding sugar and eggs, mixing baking powder with flour, and alternating additions with water before baking in three layers with raisin filling.
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Mary J. Lincoln
Woman Says Lydia Pinkham Cure Saved Her From Surgery
A testimonial from Mrs. Bates Mullen of Ed wood reports relief from a potential operation after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims doctors warned she could not get wet and faced one leg issue, but regained health taking several bottles. The ad invites women to seek free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
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Lydia E. Pinksham
Elwood
Tod
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bavte Mullen
Edwood
Lydia
Epms
Sinaia
Pinkham
Fiakha Athy
Statue praise for Prof Wells and memory in Paris
A Washington dentist lauds the French statue honoring Horace Wells born Hartford 1816 pioneer of nitrous oxide use. He notes the unveiling in Paris with global scientists and calls Wells a benefactor to mankind despite being dead 50 years. A parable from Puck ends with a quip on price and trust behavior.
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Washington
Horace Wells
Sim
Plaed Des Etate Unis
Paris
Wells
Hartford
A Wonder Worker and a Ragged Exchange on Electricity
A humorous exchange features Miss Koone and Mr Sapleigh debating electricity. Still Chance questions love and loss as a young woman probes the divorced man who has endured three marriages.
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Rapleigh
Miss Koone
Mr. Sapleigh
Chance
FEED CHILDREN On Properly Selected Food
A mother reports her children improved after changing foods to include fruit stew or canned fruit Grape Nuts with cream Pontum for meals and vegetables at dinner. She notes a teething baby with bowel trouble improved after Grape-Nuts with rich milk. The ad urges intelligent feeding and cites The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
Pepe
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