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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
7
Woman’s guide on managing long skirts for dressy wear. Hold the skirt by the center back, raise slightly to keep sides full, shake to settle folds, and keep the train off the ground indoors. Avoid dragging and ugly positioning. practical tips for walking gracefully.
A brief note on seventeenth and eighteenth century oak dressers. Welsh and Yorkshire pieces are in special demand among old furniture lovers. The piece highlights simplicity and decorative appeal that endure today.
The old pieces serve as a mounting for choice silver and china while functioning as a sideboard. The illustration shows a simple Welsh dresser that adds an ornamental touch, is easy to make at home, and can be sized to fit its surroundings. Its simplicity is one of its strongest features.
A historical home remedy describes cleaning black silk by slicing a medium white potato into thin pieces, pouring a gill of boiling water over the potato, covering, and letting it stand overnight. The next day the mixture is strained and the liquid is blended with pure alcohol to reach the desired solution.
The article notes women participate in elections in France Sweden Ireland and Russia with voting rights on boards and officers and indirect participation in high offices. It also mentions tincture of benzoin used with water as a facial wash with a mild astringent effect and pore contraction.
The guide advises soaking walls with a large, well saturated sponge to loosen old wallpaper. After soaking, the paper can be scraped away with a knife with little effort, enabling a smoother repapering process.
Women learn to distinguish real linen from imitation when shopping for towels and tea cloths. The piece warns that cheap damask labeled linen often hides inferior material, as true linen fibers may feel rough after washing and crease easily, prompting careful judgment.
A mixture of flax and cotton is used for table linen. Bleached versus unbleached damasks depends on use and bleaching access. For country use unbleached is preferable. city households lack bleaching chances. One piece tablecloths are preferable to yard pieces. price difference is small but patterned cloth adds value.
Damask varies with texture and weight from 50 cents to 4 or 5 dollars per yard. Avoid thin fabrics and extreme napkin sizes. The text also promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for skin sores and warns against counterfeits.
Directors A I Anderson and others transact general banking business and exchange in all principal cities of the United States with Europe. All kinds of warrants bought and money lent on good security. We solicit your business.
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