Mrs. Owens' Cook Book (part 7: pp 300 – 368: Laundry; Sick-Room & Nursery; Useful Hints; Advice; Index)

 Conclusion of book posted here, here, here, here, here, and here. This is the final section of Mrs. Owens' Cook Book and Useful Hints for the Household, 1892 edition, by Mrs. Frances E. Owens, Published by the Household Helps Publication Society, 590 Fulton Street, Chicago, ILL. 

Here begin the hardcore household hints, many of which would get you tossed into jail or the mental hospital, were you to try them today…followed by other useful  material, including the index at the bottom.

Enjoy! 

pp.300, 301: THE LAUNDRY
A Recipe Worth One Thousand Dollars

pp 302, 303: ThHE LAUNDRY
Patent Washing Soap;
Liquid Blueing for Clothes

pp 304, 305: THE LAUNDRY
British Enamel for Shirt Bosoms;
How to Wash Blankets;
To Wash Towels with Colored Borders;
Ox-Gall Soap;
To Wash Calico (part 1)

pp 306, 307: THE LAUNDRY
To Wash Calico (part 2);
To Remove Mildew or to Bleach;
To Renew Black Woolen Goods
of Any Description;
To Clean Laces;
To Wash Lace Mitts (part 1)

pp 308, 309: THE LAUNDRY
To Wash Lace Mitts (part 2);
To Wash Linen Suits;
To Remove Grease Spots;
How to Starch Shirts (part 1)

pp 210, 311: THE LAUNDRY
How to Starch Shirts (part 3);
How to Iron a Shirt;
To Fold a Shirt (part 1)

pp 211, 212: THE LAUNDRY
To Fold a Shirt (part 2);
To Renovate Black Silk;
Comforter Shams;
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
Simple Remedy for Expelling 
Substances from the Nose;
Excellent Remedy for a Cut or 
Bruise of Any Kind;
To Remove Moles (part 1)

pp 314, 315:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
To Remove Moles (part 2);
Easiest Way to Cleanse a Nursing Bottle;
To Stop Earache;
Simple Treatment for Croup;
Strange Cure for Inflammatory Rheumatism;
A Cure for Hydrophobia (part 1)

pp 316, 317:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
A Cure for Hydrophobia (part 2);
A Cure for Neuralgia;
Cure for Toothache;
Latest Remedy for Burns;
How to Cure Frozen Feet

pp 318, 319:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
Small-Pox and Scarlet Fever Cure;
Lime Water and Milk;
Egg Lemonade; Baked Milk;
assorted items

pp 320, 321:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
Piles; avoid pork;
Cough Syrup; Whooping Cough Cure;
To Stop Nose Bleed; To Cure Warts;
Milk for Babies (part 1) 

pp 322, 323:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
Milk for Babies (part 2);
SAVE YOURSELF (part 1)

pp 324, 325:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
SAVE YOURSELF (part 2)
Stimulating Sponge Bath
DIET FOR THE SICK:
Chicken Jelly

pp 326, 327:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
DIET FOR THE SICK
Arrow Root Jelly; Rice Jelly;
Sago Jelly; Tapioca Jelly;
Indian Meal Gruel;
Beef Tea; Tamarind Water;
Flaxseed Lemonade;
Beaten Egg

pp 328,329:
SICK-ROOM & NURSERY
DIET FOR THE SICK
Rennet Whey;
Mrs. Garfield's Beef Extract
USEFUL HINTS
To Preserve Boot and Shoe Soles;
To Purify Water; Cut Butter in Cold Weather;

pp 330, 331:
USEFUL HINTS
To Remove Grease from Wall Paper;
Ink Stains; Another; Hair Brushes;
To Clean Willow Furniture;
To Clean White Fur

pp 332, 333:
USEFUL HINTS
Paste That Will Keep a Year;
A Cement for Rubber;
Water-Proof Blacking for Boots & Shoes;
To Prevent Rusting of Tin;
To Prevent Honey from Candying

pp 334, 335:
USEFUL HINTS
For Cleaning Silver;
Indelible Ink; Marking Ink;
Invisible Ink;
Vermin Exterminator (part 1)

pp 336, 337:
USEFUL HINTS
Vermin Exterminator (part 2);
To Gild a Horse-Shoe;
To Stop Frothing of Cream;
To Keep Up Sash Windows;
To Make the Hair Stay in Crimp

pp 338, 339:
USEFUL HINTS
Camphor Ice;
To Beautify Teeth; Scent Powder;
Waxed Floors; Polished Floors;
Paint for Kitchen Floor;
A Home-Made Carpet (part 1)

pp 340, 341:
USEFUL HINTS
A Home-Made Carpet (part 1);
To Prevent Stair Carpets from Wearing;
Make Your Own Court Plaster;
Cologne Water;
Fire Kindlers (part 1)

pp 342, 343:
USEFUL HINTS
Fire Kindlers (part 2):
DYES
Purple; Yellow for Cotton;
Orange for Cotton (part 1)

pp 344, 345:
USEFUL HINTS
DYES
Orange for Cotton (part 2);
Madder Red; Green;
Composition; Orange;
Annato; Black (part 1)

pp 346, 347:
USEFUL HINTS
DYES
Black (part 2); Red;
Seal Brown for Woolen Goods;
BILLS OF FARE
(aka suggested menus)

pp 348, 349:
USEFUL HINTS
BILLS OF FARE

pp. 350, 351:
USEFUL HINTS
BILLS OF FARE
recipes:
Pyramid Paste;
Whistles

pp 352, 353:
AN OLD CITIZEN TO A YOUNG WIFE (part 1)

pp 354, 355:
AN OLD CITIZEN TO A YOUNG WIFE (part 2)

pg 356:
AN OLD CITIZEN TO A YOUNG WIFE (part 3)
RELATION OF WEIGHTS TO MEASURES
Recipe: Blackberry Cordial
NOTES

NOTES

NOTES

NOTES, pg 357:
INDEX
SOUPS; FISH

pp 358, 359:
INDEX
OYSTERS; EGGS; FOWLS;
MEATS; HASH

pp 350, 361:
INDEX
SAUCES, SALADS AND CATSUPS;
VEGETABLES; BREAD;
PIES, DUMPLINGS AND SHORTCAKES

pp 362, 363:
INDEX
CAKES; LAYER CAKES;
COOKIES; DOUGHNUTS;
GINGER CAKES; MISCELLANEOUS

pp 364, 365:
INDEX
CUSTARDS, ICES, AND CREAMS;
PUDDING SAUCES;
PUDDINGS; FAMILY BEVERAGES;
PRESERVES AND JELLIES

pp 366, 367:
INDEX
PICKLES; VINEGAR;
CONFECTIONERY;
PICNICS AND LUNCHES;
THE LAUNDRY;
SICK ROOM AND NURSERY;
DIET FOR THE SICK;
USEFUL HINTS

pg 368:
INDEX
USEFUL HINTS;
DYES;
BILLS OF FARE
Inside back cover