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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1907
Page
4
A Chicago Chronicle piece notes slimness as not defeating charm and advises grace, skin, eyes, hair, and teeth. It contrasts natural limits with compensating style and hygiene, then describes a dancer wearing turquoise celluloid jewelry and accessories to simulate luxury.
A physician warns against fashionable celluloid hairpins combs and hatpins used with heat from fireplaces. he cites risks of burn death. The letter condemns ornate celluloid accessories and extravagant hats as dangerous to women in public.
Practical etiquette notes on hosting, urging even distribution of attention to guests, light tea service, and managing crowding. Advises asking a daughter or girl to pour tea for small gatherings, while servants handle larger events. Encourages a bustling, slightly crowded rooms atmosphere as guests depart with a better impression.
A reader describes burning feet as painful and unattractive and offers a home treatment. Soak feet nightly in hot water with washing soda, dry thoroughly, then apply a powder made of five grams powdered alum five grams salicylic acid and sixty grams talcum rubbed into the feet.
A babies' hospital house physician warns that listlessness in normally healthy children should be corrected promptly by parents not through punishment. If neglect leads to lifelong laziness, harming ambition as the child grows.
Yesterday several churches hosted meaningful services. Rev Lytle R Free delivered closing sermons at Second Church while Rev Ferguson preached at First Church, with communion observed at the 2nd U. P. church.
The Rev. John Ferguson of Buffalo preached at the First United Presbyterian Church using Hebrews 13 9 on grace and a God established heart. He stressed the need for strong character, not stubbornness, and praised Ferguson as a capable speaker who held the congregation's attention.
The Second United Presbyterian church concluded a week of special meetings with a communion service. Rev. Lytie R. Free of Tingley Iowa preached in the morning on Christ our Passover and in the evening on The Overcoming Life. He likened the passover lamb to Christ and urged turning from sin to partake of it. He described life as a battle and named indifference selfishness carelessness dishonesty and impurity as enemies to overcome. A large audience heard the strong sermons.
Pastor Rev George D Rogers delivered two well attended sermons at the Baptist Church. Morning text John 15 15 spoke of Jesus friendship and equality with believers. Evening text Proverbs 1 7 emphasized the fear of the Lord as the beginning of knowledge. M J Kennelly arrived this morning on the Rock Island from the east.
Frank Webb advertises a 25 cent transportation service called De Pot with citywide coverage and a note that family horsebreaking is a specialty. The message includes a contact or identifier 89-66.
Special notice states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults, sold by all druggists.
Homes writers advise transforming closet doors in dining rooms by replacing with glass or hanging curtains of cretonne to showcase fine china while hiding ordinary ware. Mirrors offer full length views but costly. curtains in bedrooms preferred for washable fabrics. avoid dusty wire-framed photo doors favored by schoolgirls.
The bedstead has evolved from a simple frame to a grand, costly piece of furniture. Brass offers warmth and luxury, while nickel appears cold and less popular. Solid brass is avoided for strength by ironed supports, mahogany framed bedsteads convey solid comfort, and twin beds are now preferred for health and modern décor.
A list of folk cures includes using dried fig in milk for gumboil relief and rhubarb juice for gout. It also suggests lime milk for upset stomach, borax dressing for cuts, mustard poultice for chest colds, egg white with sugar for hoarseness, camphor and bismuth subnitrate for cold sores, and camphor to reduce inflammation.
The text advises dampening clothes in the evening after drying, using a fine bristle hand brush as a sprinkler, straightening seams, folding, and placing garments in a basket with a white cloth. Handkerchiefs may be dampened and layered then rolled into bundles for ironing the next day.
A housewife discovers a method to improve boiled eggs. She places a napkin ring in a saucepan with hot water and sets the egg small end up in the ring. She punches a hole in the top and boils the egg so gas escapes, improving flavor.
Instructions advise using a deep ruffle under the cage and an elastic to cover seed cups, and transferring seed to a clean tin box with a funnel when opening new seed boxes. This minimizes waste and deters mice from accessing the seed.
Local citizens and visitors filled the weekend with travels and stays. D F Macon plans a sale on February tomorrow. Keota and Richland trips, wedding party movements, and neighborly visits populate the local social scene with multiple households hosting relatives and travelers.
Notice directs all fire department members to report to Firehall immediately wearing rubber coats. Also an unrelated puff for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve by John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine claiming relief from chilblains and other skin conditions with a 25 cent price at Stewart's Pharmacy.
Misses Mame and Annie Ross are set for a town Saturday appearance with plans announced locally. The event will feature performances and community attention in the afternoon and evening.
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