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To Clean Wall Paper

From The century cook book, 1894

Serves 1

This method is excellent for cleaning wall paper.

Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 147. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Clean Wall Paper. The following is a most excellent and simple method of cleaning wall paper and can be used with confidence in every house: Take one quart of flour and stir in five cents' worth of ammonia

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