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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
3
London antique dealer Lady Auckland argues that a woman's beauty depends on her background rather than skin or dress. She says rooms should harmonize with a sitter's coloring, citing portraits with soft browns for Titian hair and warm tones for pastels, and questions how to suit daughters with different complexions.
Lace door panels enhance entrance doors with attractive appearance. Although initial cost is higher than silk curtains of similar size, lace lasts longer and maintains beauty with ordinary care. The large oblong panel is easily made by a woman fond of fancy work.
The article explains a lace net pattern measuring twenty six inches long and half a yard wide with possible extensions of six to ten inches. It describes making lace motifs before attaching them to the pattern, then basting and sewing the net over the braid in the Marie Antoinette style according to Delineator.
A old column offers home remedies for bilious attacks hair care and beauty. It suggests lemon juice before bed and on waking for digestion and notes egg shampoo and egg whites with milk for cleansing and voice strengthening. Vinegar from pickled onions is advised for ringworm and scented products should be avoided to prevent conflicting odors.
A brisk essay urges choosing shortcuts wisely to save time. It extols terse speech, efficient housework, machine sewing, and streamlined work habits while warning against unnecessary effort. It promotes focus on essential tasks, faster decisions, and eliminating superfluous details for better results.
An old column emphasizes sanitary milk handling including choosing clean milkmen, avoiding dirty milk, pasteurization, proper cooling, and bottle hygiene. It contrasts diligent homemaking with careless practices and notes women build the home, plus a humorous aside about Artemus Ward and the origin of the phrase going out to see a man.
A collection of domestic hints covers selecting heavy grapefruits, drying glassware with whiting, refreshing canned fruits after opening, peeling skin from salted meats, preventing cabbage boil-overs, cleaning candlesticks with hot water, and refreshing lace by drying with flour or French chalk hidden in book pages for grease absorption.
A woman describes years of illness and invalid status from female troubles. After an operation and worsening condition, a friend recommended Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which she credits with restoring her health and easing backache, bearing down, and other symptoms.
A brief quotation records a visitor asking what the boy will be when grown. The reply is a witty answer: “Twenty-one.” The line is attributed to the Herald and Presbyter.
A brief dialogue highlights alarm over Tommy's health and looming medical expenses. Blivens emphasizes illness and costs while Mrs Blivens misinterprets as doctors' visits, then corrects to butchers' bills, reflecting a humorous exchange in a Boston Transcript snippet.
A compact public notice offers free samples of Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for swollen tired hot smarting feet and a free sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad invention. Address listed as Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy.
The new law gives preference to local newspapers for publication of legal notices, with notices to be placed in its columns as directed by counsel. The change emphasizes locality in official disclosures and aims to streamline dissemination.
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