Household Hints From A Bygone Page
A collage of kitchen tips and culinary notes on cleaning breadboards and iron sinks using sand salt and hot soapsuds. Includes tile polishing by a Moor elf tale, safe hot water egg timing, and disinfectant ideas with turpentine. Also offers cooking pairings for meats fish and game with herbs spices and garnishes.
How to set colors before first wash and cloak cleaning tips
The Boston Traveler advises setting color before air exposure to prevent fading. Use a strong cold salt bath for 12 to 24 hours, applied just before laundry to keep pinks and greens bright. Alum solutions work for blues and browns but fade faster. renew after several washes. Macintosh cloaks get scrubbed with cold water and yellow soap, then rinsed, air dried. Turpentine can remove paint. soap and scrubbing finish.
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Great Lakes Ports and Their Great Cities
The article notes that several Great Lakes ports host populations above 250,900, with five US cities meeting this threshold. It contrasts inland lake ports with the Atlantic coast, where only five locations exceed that population level from the Bay of Fundy to the Florida Strait.
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Great Lakes
United States
Atlantic Coast
Bay of Fundy
Florida Strait
In Peace as It Were Silent Hours at Home Advice
A London doctor urges every man to take a daily silent hour at home. He notes some would prefer this quiet period away from home but emphasizes its value for reflection and well being.
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London
Man tells experience with kidney trouble in public notice
Joseph Wilsis of Montpelier Ohio describes irregular kidney secretions, retention and frequent night urges, with pain and discoloration. He reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills and endorses them, noting improved health. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box. Poster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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First Flower of Spring in Snowdrops
Snowdrops are the earliest sign of spring in the northern United States thriving in partial shade and even on narrow passageways. The piece cites Country Life in America and Marion Harland, including an Allcock's Plaster endorsement, a Scottish minister tale, Defiance Starch praise, and Rochefoucauld on effort, from Denver US edition 1906.
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Rossetti
America
Marion Harland
Eve
Defiance Starch Promises Time Saving Fight Against Froning Fatigue
An ad style note promotes Defiance Starch as a solution to avoid tiredness on ironing days. It claims the starch prevents sticking to the iron and highlights a large 16 oz package priced at 10 cents at the local grocer. The surrounding text mentions unrelated names and phrases.
World gold production through six centuries and current stocks
The article estimates over twelve billion dollars in gold mined in the last 600 years, with just over half confirmed. It notes about one to one and a half billion dollars held in monetary stocks globally in the United States, which is believed to own between a quarter and a half of the known reserves.
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