Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Ursula M. Kinsler, who entered on Facebook.

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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Books - contest closed

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Kind Remembrance

Inscription:

To Elizabeth
This book -
Tis a token of kind remembrance;
Of true and affectionate regard:
Let it speak the kind wish my heart bears
To thee; and oft as it shall ?? thy ??
May it bring a thought of the absent;
And speak to thee of a faithful friend.

J

Delhi, Dec 5th, 1853

Found in "Select Poems of Mrs. L. H. Sigourney" published by Carey and Hart, 1852.

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Cement

Note:

Receipt for Cementing Wood

Shellac dissolved in alcohol will cement wood together

Found in "Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts in all the Useful and Domestic Arts" published by James Kay, 1829.


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Lucky, Part 98

Dried and pressed four leaf clover.

Found in "Article Thirty-Two" by John R. Oliver. Published by Macmillan, 1931.

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Giveaway winner

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Friday Giveaway: 10 Antiquarian History Books - contest closed

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Ruddy

Card #16 from the Arm & Hammer "Game Bird Series" dated 1904. This is Ruddy Duck.

Found in "By England's Aid" by G.A. Henty. Published by Hurst and Co., no date.


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For Pink Eye

Handwritten remedy for Pink Eye:

1 teaspoon of Camphor
1 teaspoon of Boric Acid
Two cups boiling water

Let cool and use as a wash (put in bottle)

Found in "The Arcturus Adventure" by William Beebe. Published by Punam, 1926.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Dorothy Reed, who entered on Facebook.

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