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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
6
The article notes jade’s rising favor in weddings and birthdays in the Flowery Land, valued for luck more than beauty or quality. It describes jade as a status symbol, its green color, and the belief that it carries luck, with beads and bangles popular among women.
The article lists several apple dishes including Russian Apples and Fried Apples with butter and sugar, Apple Salad with lettuce walnuts almonds and French dressing, Apple Fritters with flour baking powder sugar milk egg and apples, and Apple Souffle with butter lemon rind nutmeg and eggs, guiding preparation and serving.
Practical tips advise light warm covers not too cold rooms around 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep bedrooms plain dust free with minimal drapery, sun your bed and air the pillows, vary sleeping positions, avoid late dozing, don’t sleep hungry, and keep feet warm before bed.
Parker learned the alphabet and was asked to name what P stands for at a luncheon. He answers by pointing to dishes and salt, and says P stands for plates, prunes, pepper, Parker, and sauce, reflecting a playful family moment from Progressive Age.
Anna Stéeie Richardson writes in the Woman's Home Companion about turning housekeeping talent into income. She notes many women stay home and still earn well by baking, catering, and offering specialty foods to private clients, grocers, and university towns.
A West Virginia inventor unveils a dustpan with a box like front edge and lid to seal in dust and dirt during emptying. The design prevents fallout by lifting and closing the front as the handle is raised, keeping contents contained.
Practical caregivers guidance on infant feeding awake periods and sleep patterns, hair washing with egg cleansing benefits, camphor in facial grease to limit hair growth, egg remedy for choking, and early dance training for girls to build grace and poise before tween years.
The piece urges women to pursue business work with realism. It notes business is rough and paid to smooth hard places for employers. It warns against relying on connections for entry and advises starting at the bottom and building competence before seeking higher roles.
The Duchess of Sutherland launches a public business aimed at educating and training cripples. Trentham Hall, a famed English palace, will serve as a factory and school employing about 300 workers in pottery, leather, and wood. The Duchess becomes England’s first female head of a public business.
The article explains proper guest etiquette for wedding invitations and receptions. It details card etiquette for unmarried and married women, daytime versus evening events, and when to visit or send cards after invitations. It also covers scenarios when attendance is impossible and how to respond to new names or addresses.
A nineteenth to twentieth century discussion reopens on kerosene light and its health effects. The article notes cycles of human thought and contrasts modern invention with old fashioned practices from a century and a half ago, prompted by a meeting discussion.
The article urges women to adopt regular physical exercise despite busy schedules. It argues that fifteen to thirty minutes daily, morning and evening, improves health and liveliness. It notes businesswomen lack time and leisurewomen may be lazy, but persistent effort yields rich health rewards.
A simple routine uses a large ring held overhead to encourage tall posture and a slender waist. Children raise arms to touch the ring, expanding the chest and engaging the sides shoulders and waist as the ring is raised gradually. Standing on tiptoe strengthens legs knees and ankles.
English diet experts advocate free currant use in daily meals as a key to rosy skin. Currants satisfy cravings for acids and sweets and are highly nutritious as mostly grape sugar fully assimilated. Widespread physician endorsement has made currant bread nearly as common as wheat bread in England.
A recipe for a southern corn cake with cornmeal pastry flour sugar salt milk egg and butter. bake twenty five minutes and cut into squares. Also tips on wrapping white silk gloves with blue and brown paper to avoid chlorine bleaching and a note on nervous women and a shaving brush as a child ear washing aid.
A historical tip advises wetting ink stains with milk and rubbing in starch until it can absorb. Leave the treated fabric for a week, then brush away the starch to reveal vanished stains.
A brief note describes water as a nerve food with a distinctly soothing effect when consumed gradually, inviting readers to test the claim for themselves.
Lena V. Henry of Norristown Ga writes of suffering female troubles and fear of surgery. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improves rapidly and is cured. The letter promotes the remedy as a standard cure for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related pains. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
Ex politician asks how to respond if a paper calls him a liar and thief. The lawyer suggests flipping a coin to decide whether to reform or attack the editor.
London Health Record argues that fresh food and a diet rich in protein and nerve building substances curb dipsomania. It praises nuts, cereals, legumes, fruits, dairy products and urges noninflammatory meals to reduce craving for alcohol and danger of excess intake.
In the Dime Museum a glass eater explains to a doctor that he swallowed a thermometer thinking it was medicine. The examiner attends a freak show incident reported by the Pittsburgh Press.
A logger or reader recalls a battleship stuck in mud spurring talk of a record breaker on the open sea. The remark notes Wells and reflects on speed, mud, and seafaring feats in a Pick-Me-Up style column.
The fragment argues money fuels ego and power, suggesting wealth shapes self image and authority, with a focus on how possession alters perception and status.
Orrin R. Dickey as assignee will auction on April 27 1908 at noon in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts all lots 178 and 174 on Harbor View Avenue and Greenhill Path totaling 7853 square feet, subject to unpaid taxes. The sale follows a mortgage from Edward B Wadeworth to Abbie A Austin dated September 27 1888 recorded in book 1866 page 380 and assigned to Dickey.
The passage argues that patrons judge by presentation and that sending bills or announcements on poor materials reflects poorly on a business. It stresses the need for quality printing to appear professional and convincing to customers.
Plain and Fancy Printing promotes reliable, neat and attractive work for all orders large or small. The shop highlights modern equipment, a wide selection of type and materials, and a competent staff ready to handle any job.
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