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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1912
Page
3
The article blendshomilies on attitude with home canning tips. It notes that life follows the set of the soul, not storms, and warns that fruit flavor suffers after rain. It provides practical canning methods for pineapple currants and jelly, including a boiling water process and jelly bag technique. It ends with a science aside about matter’s conservation and Aquinas.
A reader describes a simple setup with glass tubes corked ends and caustic soda to demonstrate that burning a candle does not destroy matter. By weighing the apparatus before and after burning and reconnecting air flow, the weight increases, illustrating conserved mass despite combustion. The explanation hinges on the chemistry of carbon and oxygen exchange.
The piece contrasts that grandmothers avoided flaunting expenses with today's social woman who spends on beauty services and a multitude of gowns and accessories. It notes false beauty aids and a shift from one special dress to many outfits for every social occasion, with annual glove costs around a hundred dollars and larger sums for tailored suits, ball gowns, and wraps.
In Silverdale, the town debates Richards mining deal and the town lights that flicker reveal a Morse coded SOS. Miss Coyne decodes the signals proving Richards and Hutchings stranded on a canyon ledge and a rescue party races through snow to reach them.
Joseph E Davies of Wisconsin named secretary and Col John J Martin reelected sergeant at arms as Democratic national committee members listed from states including Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Hawaii Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin and others attend or send proxies at the Comcrete hotel meeting in Chicago. The note also cites Chamberlains Liniment as a remedy for muscle soreness.
French researchers Dr Jadin and Dr Astrug report arsenic occurs naturally in humans and animals and can be derived from edible plants. They tested thirty nine plant substances finding arsenic levels from 0.03 ppm in leeks to 0.25 ppm in almonds and beans among a wide list of vegetables and fruits.
The article recalls old English recipes using rose leaves and rosewater for flavoring. It describes a pot ted roses method combining rose petals with boiled brains and pig, egg yolks, oil, cordial, pepper, and wine then warmed to release a fragrant aroma. It notes a seventeenth century housewife making rosewater for flavoring foods.
Dysentery remains serious but curable, with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy touted as effective even in malignant or epidemic cases. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers the remedy for sale.
Pharmacy advertises Chamberlain's remedy for colic cholera and diarrhoea to be kept on hand before summer. For sale by Leminon's Pharmacy.
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