Saskatchewan and Manitoba Dairy Output Rise in 1915
Saskatchewan reports a 1.5 million pound rise in cooperative creameries butter output and stronger外 markets. Manitoba dairy notes a 1,000,000 pound gain in creamery butter, 427,000 dollars in value, and 4,150,444 pounds of butter with 23 cents per pound average. Poultry fodder and cattle counts climb, with Red Deer cheese factory quadrupling milk, Cardston creamery profits and Northern Alberta production at 3,525,000 pounds.
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Manitoba
Red Deer
Alberta
Calgary
Cardston
Canada
Enveloping silk coats highlight summer wardrobe styles
The article describes timeless silk coat designs in taffeta with ruchings and wide velvet cuffs. It notes plain or changeable fabrics with striped patterns such as flag blue taffeta, a straight cut, waist cinching, cape frill, and velvet ruff details, plus a blue tan model with a long yoke and ruchings.
Footwear Fashion Advances with Vivid Styles for Women
Women embrace lively shoe trends with chic fabrics and patent leather accents. The article highlights three pictured models including cloth tops with patent vamp, light kid uppers in browns and bronzes, and a white to champagne gray low pump, all featuring machine stitching and cut-out detailing. A showy light kid laced boot with black patent bands pairs with summer dress and sports attire, reflecting a season of stylish comfort and versatile footwear.
Sailor Hats Return From Paris Fashion Note
A traveler reports Paris style with large black polished sailor hats and sparing trim. Women wear full short skirts, not as short as in the traveler’s country.
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France
Paris
New Valance Described as Puff Shaped Pew Decor
A pew valance is described as puff shaped and possibly offered with a sinal sized hint about its making. When finished it measures about a foot long and demonstrates simple window dressing craft and home sewing details.
Pink Blouses See Strong Fashion Demand Over Pale Hued Shirts
The article notes pale pink blouses remain popular among women, out selling other pale models in bisque cream and pale blue. It warns pinks wash out to yellowish white and suggests using rose colored crepe paper to tint rinsing water to restore the pink.
Flowers Form Natural Wreath on Sun Shade Display
Field flowers create a riot of color around a large sun shade, featuring dandelions buttercups wheat and mountain blossoms. The wreath looks so lifelike it is hard to tell if the flowers are real, presenting a quaint and novel display.
Window Fitting Method Described As Easy and Efficient
A writer explains a technique where fullness is cut to one and a half to twice the window width, then full to both top and bottom to fit the window. A band with optional fringe confines the lower edge while the upper edge is secured to the valance board, creating a simple and effective appearance.
German invention makes buoyant ring bath suits float
A buoyant material created in Germany allows ring bath ing suits to float and function as life preservers without hindering wearer movement.
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Germany
Making Up Lunch Basket for Picnics and Packing Tips
Practical guide to packing picnic lunches with creative ideas. Tips include bake cake and pie together, leaf cake in a cracker box, easy to pack cream fillings or creamed chicken, and making iced tea from cold water. Recommends disposable tableware and a small first aid kit for minor mishaps.
Modern Priscilla Endorses Quality Scrub-Cloths for Cleaning
The article argues against using old threadbare rags for cleaning. It promotes specially manufactured scrub-cloths made from closely woven twill crash or fiber. Regular 24 inch squares are convenient, and other woven cloths, bought for a few cents, suit windows, pots, sinks. They are durable, easy to clean, and provide better service than ordinary rags.
Quick Kitchen Tips From a Dated Pantry List
Harmless guidance on food handling and recipes references silk stockings care and luncheon ideas. It notes lunch components like bread cheese fruit and split peas soup with pepper cups for presentation. Also covers baking times batter ratios horseradish preparation and clam cooking specifics.
Enforcing the Law Prompts Comical No-Treating Tale
London report describes detectives in dockers’ attire testing the no treating rule at a Liverpool house. A barman is challenged after serving two pints while the detective insists the customer must drink them. In New Brighton a man pays for three bottles but is told he must drink them himself with the barmaid stating she has no role for companions.
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London
British Board of Control
Liverpool
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Temperance influence credited for US industrial dominance
A German commission linked U S industrial supremacy to thirty years of public school temperance education and to the absence of employment for drinkers in 400 lines of industry. The essay notes that state laws mandating temperance instruction arose through persistent work by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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Germany
United States
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Beer Consumption Strains German Resources During War
German liberties to brew waste grain as bread and cattle feed are restricted. Daily barley wastage for beer totals 55 000 hundredweight, and a litre needs nearly half a pound. Some Germans drink five litres daily, provoking critics who say beer drinkers remove bread from others and deprive children the milk and eggs they need.
Wheeling Workhouse Faces Possible Closure
Wheeling West Virginia weighs closing its workhouse after February records show only nine inmates, a drop from prior years. Officials blame the salesclout absence of saloons for the decline as former patrons drift to other towns.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Navy liquor ban extended to officers in 1899
In 1899 Secretary of the Navy Long forbade selling or issuing liquor to enlisted men and extended the rule to officers on the surgeon general’s official recommendation. The policy, seen as critical, led the United States to be mocked abroad and was soon adopted by other world powers.
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Secretary of the Navy
Paris Trees and Cotton Seed Planting Reckon Growth
An irate subscriber complains about a number while a playful Parisian fact list cites 36000 street trees with 26000 planes 16000 chestnuts and 14000 elims. It notes one cotton seed planted and replanted yields 40000000000 seeds in six years.
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Paris
Solomon Island War Times Spur Native Head Hunting
Solomon Island natives use wartime chaos to raid villages and obtain heads. Prewar patrols by British ships reduced cannibalism, but troop movements halted patrols allowing raids. A mountain tribe raid yielded 26 heads with no punishment due to delayed white settlement response. Planters remain on guard as raids grow more dangerous.
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Europe
Solomon Islands
Vancouver
Never Meddle With a Hornet or a Mindful Man
A concise proverb warns against provoking a hornet or a man simply minding his own affairs. The saying emphasizes respect for warning signs and personal space in tense social dynamics.
Orange Mint Salad from the Pictorial Review
Recipe notes a fruit salad with orange pulp sugar finely chopped mint olive oil lemon juice salt and cayenne. Peel and seed removal followed by marination in a French dressing and serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
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Pictorial Review
Creamy Corn Dish From Old Instructions
Soak corn in just enough water for six hours. Cook in a double boiler until tender without adding extra water. Season with butter pepper and salt. Stir in a cup of cream when corn is half cooked to let it absorb.
Quick Currant Cleaning Method for Cakes
A fast kitchen tip shows washing currants by placing them in a colander dusted with flour and rubbing with the hand for a few minutes. The stems loosen quickly and slip through the holes, leaving clean fruit ready for baking.
Mansion House Ice Cream Firm Expands After No-License Vote
Cambridge, Massachusetts, long a no license city, saw the Mansion House roadhouse transformed after the vote into the Mansion House Ice Cream Company. The plant now employs over 45 people, a rise from seven workers when the bar was the principal feature.
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Cambridge
Mass
Mansion House
East Cambridge
Mansion House Ice Cream Company
Saloons and their fate as a moral mirror
A Father C. P. Baron quotation contends that saloons reflect society’s vice and virtue, arguing the good saloon sows seeds of vice while the bad saloon cultivates it, and the devil reaps the harvest. The sharper warning pins blame on alcohol as a social force.
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C. P. Baron
Mayor Gill Confesses Vote While Addressing Seattle Club
Mayor Gill tells 600 members of the Seattle Commercial Club that he voted wet and is ashamed. He cites a lack of complaints about men failing to pay money since January, contrasting with previous months when four or five cried out daily.
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Seattle Commercial Club
Gill
Saloon Says It Is Ashamed Of Its Best Customers
A historic note records a saloon declaring shame toward its most loyal patrons, reflecting social attitudes toward clientele and propriety in the era.
Liquor Dealer Relocates Saloons Before Dry Law
A Portland liquor dealer moved his saloons to San Francisco shortly before Oregon’s prohibition and bought a fine home in Portland for his family, proving a dry city can still be a good place to live.
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Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Dressing for Flank Steak Flavor
A flank steak may be made appealing by spreading a highly seasoned bread dressing over it, rolling tightly, braising, and cooking in a casserole with a bit of savory vinegar.
Fraternal groups bar saloon workers from membership
Twelve million men belong to over 600 fraternal orders in the United States which have passed laws excluding saloonkeepers, bartenders, etc., from membership.
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United States
Imitation Pearlware From Glass Bulbs Described
The method uses thin glass bulbs filled with a fish scale nacre solution or cast with a 10 percent gelatin solution and trace sodium phosphate. The imitations resemble real pearls but reveal themselves where the bulbs are sealed.
Uruguay’s Lone Railway Tunnel Stands Out
The article notes Uruguay’s vast 1,600 miles of rail lines yet highlights the country’s single tunnel. It discusses how this rare underground feature contrasts with the extensive surface network and reflects on railway design in Uruguay.
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Uruguay
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