Don’t throw away your worn-out linen napkins and pillow cases. “For grease and milk and acid spots upon furniture, rub the place with cold water, then polish with soft linen,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls suggested on Aug. 19, 1890. “Save old napkins and pillow cases for such work.”
Following are more 19th century household hints collected from historic Northern New York newspapers. I cannot vouch for the veracity of any of these suggestions, as I am only a collector, not an experimenter. [Read more…] about 19th Century Household Hints
The Warren County Homesteading & Youth Fair has been set for Saturday, August 8th from 9 am to 3 pm, at the Warren County Fairgrounds, as well as the Soil & Water office and Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center, all centrally located on Schroon River Road in Warrensburg.