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From: "Diane Murach" <>
Subject: Re: [IADECATU] HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:10:01 -0800
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I remember the Vicks and safety pinned towels too. We also got it stuffed
up our noses. By the next morning we could breathe again.

Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancee Seifert" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [IADECATU] HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.


> Hi Norma: It is sure good to have you back on the List!! Vicks was the
> cold cure in our household. They'd rub it all over our chests and warm the
> large white tea towels; then wrap them around our chests and safety pin
> them; just before we went to bed. So we'd sleep with that 'awful' smell
all
> night.
> They'd even put a 'dab' of Vicks in their mouths and let it slide down
their
> throats (my parents, that is)
> Thank the Lord, they never did that to us.
>
> My husband, coming from a strong German family of l7 children, has
remedies
> that his mother used -- that I can't even fathom!! He said she always had
> turpentine around.. This is a fun and interesting subject to talk
about!!
> My Best, Cordelia Suzann
> (aka Nancee) "I'm having a little identity crisis." :))
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frederick House" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
>
>
> >
> > Nancee,
> > Hello. Regarding the uses of turpentine. When I was about 8yrs old, my
> > parents gave me three drops of turpentine in a spoonful of sugar to kill
a
> > cold. As I recall, it worked. But I sure wouldn't recommend it to any
> sane
> > person to try on their child.
> > Norma from KS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Nancee Seifert" <>
> > >To:
> > >Subject: Re: [IADECATU] HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
> > >Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:23:39 -0500
> > >
> > >Yeah for seedless raisins!!! (Actually, Judy, I was thinking just that
> when
> > >I was typing this.) Anybody know about spirits of turpentine -- for
sore
> > >throats?? My husband said his mother used turpentine for many
medicinal
> > >purposes. Well, I thought you cleaned paint brushes with it.. So what
do
> I
> > >know.. Nancee
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "j chastain" <>
> > >To: <>
> > >Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:57 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [IADECATU] HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Isn't everyone glad we don't have to see those silly raisens
anymore,
> > >can
> > > > you imagine how long it would take to make a raisen cream pie if you
> had
> > >to
> > > > do that. Love this modern world we live in.
> > > > Judy
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Nancee Seifert" <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:14 PM
> > > > Subject: [IADECATU] HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
> > > > > July 23, l896
> > > > >
> > > > > If clothespins are boiled a few minutes and quickly dried every
few
> > >weeks
> > > > it will cleanse them and make them more durable.
> > > > >
> > > > > If a tablespoonful of vinegar is added to the water in which tough
> > >meats
> > > > or fowls are boiled it will tend to make them tender.
> > > > >
> > > > > A paste made of melted india rubber mixed with shellac varnish is
> the
> > >best
> > > > thing to use for fastening leather trimmings on wood.
> > > > >
> > > > > If a strip of webbing two inches wide is sewed tightly on the
under
> > >side
> > > > of a rug, close to the edge, it will prevent the edges from curling.
> > > > >
> > > > > Warm bread and cake should be cut with a knife the blade of which
> has
> > >been
> > > > heated by standing it in boiling water.
> > > > >
> > > > > Before commencing to seed raisins after the stems are removed
cover
> > >the
> > > > fruit with very hot water and let it stand for a few moments. Drain
> the
> > > > water off and the seeds may then be removed quite easily.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > ------
> > > > >
> > > > > Copied by Cordelia Suzann
> > > > > "With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
> > > > > November l3, 2002
> > > > >
> > > > >
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