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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
7
A Reader essay argues that women bear the lifelong labor of feeding men. It notes the fatigue of constant meal planning and serving, portraying nourishment as their heroic task from birth. The piece suggests women seek escape when male presence eases, imagining banishment of hunger with moonlit strawberries.
Practical tips on using bacon fat for pastry to outperform lard or butter, lamp maintenance by camphor drops, velvet pile revival over hot water, cleaning cake tins with soap extract, and washing a new blanket to remove sulfur before final cleansing with lukewarm soap lather.
A simple mouth wash blend combining tincture of orms essence of white rose alcohol and peppermint. Mix one ounce of each with 20 peppermint drops, then dilute with half a glass of water and rinse the mouth thoroughly.
The article endorses using rouge cautiously to appear younger and brighter. It notes excessive use invites criticism and praises a Paris made crimson stick sold in Chicago for 25 cents as skin friendly.
A basic breath sweetener is prepared by mixing one pint distilled water with one tablespoon borax one ounce liquid myrrh and five drops thymos. Add one tablespoon to a glass of water and drink it three times daily.
The opium poppy grows more successfully in Vermont than in Texas or California where the agriculture department is conducting trials. The report notes Vermont’s climate and soil favor the crop compared with the other states.
The Greenfield Gazette and Courier reports on the risky method of burning off old paint before repainting. It cites insurance concerns and fires linked to the practice, urges use of pure linseed oil and genuine white lead, and advises owners to source reliable brands to save costs and prevent damage.
A tortoise hidden in a coal cellar woke from hibernation to startle a new cook in an English home. The cook, unaware of the animal, broke a coal-stone when the tortoise emerged, prompting the housekeeper to reveal the astonishment and the kitchen spectacle.
The latest South Australia vintage yielded 2,655,947 gallons, up from 2,345,478 the previous year. A stray line mentions Chiheaeses from cover to cover without noting further context.
A 1905 testimonial recounts dramatic relief from a worst form of eczema after using Cuticura Remedies, claiming full recovery after six months and noting additional cures. The clipping also includes unrelated ad snippets and generic advisories.
In China a traveler’s passport is a palm print pressed on thin paper with oil paint and an official signature, serving as the passport document. The method relies on a personal imprint rather than a conventional paper booklet.
In Claston England a wood legged candidate urged artisans to elect him claiming a wooden leg would bring pleasant variety among the wooden heads there now. His slogan was Vote for Peggy.
Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of Castoria, a cafe and cure remedy for infants and children, and see that it remains pure and properly labeled for safe use.
New York City priest Denis P O Flynn lived humbly and gave away all he had. His assistant says he died poor with little insurance, leaving no discoverable estate beyond a library donated to the Paulist fathers and meager funds for his funeral.
A policemen s college in St. Petersburg trains applicants for the force. It combines a museum with the school where pupils study tools of criminals and contrivances for robbing boxes. The Russian passport system is studied in detail and dvorniks the assistant police are taught their duties.
A plea on maternal nerves and child welfare links female weakness to child distress. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is touted as the cure with testimonials from Mrs Chester Curry and Mrs Charles F Brown praising relief from nervousness hysteria and insomnia. Free advice from Mrs Pinkham is offered to sick women seeking guidance.
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