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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
3
Dick Carlston returns from a lazy mood to find a plot of slippers haunting his days. Susie Bates quietly wields thoughtful mischief to curb his weariness, while Elsie and the family smile at the domestic distant battle. Over time the stubborn habit breaks and harmony returns.
Simple home crafts from the Philadelphia Ledger show how to make a rolled pen wiper from channel skin and cardboard, tying with colored ribbon. Another easy gift is a decorated broom with linen and monogram, finished with ribbons, turning an ordinary broom into a decorative ornament.
An old amusement explains making a musical scale from eight tumblers filled with varying water levels. By running a finger around each glass edge to vibrate the surface, different notes are produced. arranging glasses in order and using precise finger placement yields familiar tunes with sweet vibrations.
Elizabeth was asked to check the adjacent room to see if the clock was running. She returned with the note that the cloak remains stationary and the task remains unresolved.
A writer in a Western American magazine describes a thief resistant lamp socket. The design prevents unauthorized lamp removal by locking the lamp base with a side key shell. The swiveling cap turns with the base unless arrested, obstructing tampering while preserving standard socket parts.
An Oregon inventor shows a washboiler drainer that attaches to the boiler top. Parallel rods rest on the rim and end in hooks to secure the edges. A projecting ledge keeps water off the floor while clothes finish dripping back into the basin. The unit is removable for use as needed.
A note on tides at the Panama Canal endpoints notes similar mean water level but large differences in tidal range. Atlantic side shows about two feet of oscillation while Pacific side reaches around twenty feet, with about ten feet above and seven below mean.
A compact window cleaning head extends from within the building using lazy tongs to reach exterior panes. Tubular rock shafts and rotating handles control extension while a water hose provides pressurized flow to the head. The device, shown in a drawing, has secured patent protection.
An ordinary car in Medicine Hat Canada was run on natural gas without modifications. A steel tank 15 by 28 inches held about 14 cubic feet at 75 pounds. Gas flowed through a globe valve via a rubber line to the carburetor. engine started cold and ran three miles at nine mph. vehicle weight 1700 pounds.
Report notes three miles were run on natural gas with an estimated ten cubic feet consumed. The item records fuel usage and efficiency without additional context or names.
Chemists have largely failed to produce stones beyond a ruby, but within a month artificial sapphires have been announced and reached markets in New York and Paris. The imitations differ in density and hardness, refract colors poorly, and respond differently to acids. Cobalt colors rubies red, chrome aims for blue, yet the sapphire creation process remains undisclosed by foreign makers.
A Belgian engineer reportedly patents a method to cut steel by heating with an oxy hydrogen flame and then applying a small stream of oxygen gas that forms a fusible oxide and flows from the cut. The result is a fold-free, smooth cut about one to two hundred inches wide.
Public schools in Cleveland may be equipped with bourk holders described as a tool to hold books and improve access to reading material, with Wings as a supporting reference to the equipment.
A 1907 fashion piece discusses a rose petal crease de Chine princess gown showing how waist and skirt are joined with lace insertion and beading. It explores substitutes, trims, and construction tips, including fagoting, loops, and lining choices, with cost breakdowns for fabric and notions.
The article surveys extravagant home gown ideas emphasizing evening wear. Pale flesh pink emerges across fabrics like satin crepe silk and mousseline, with brocades reserved for matrons. It notes back and front opening bodices, rich white laces, sheer sleeves, panne velvet trim, and coppery red gold embroidery for standout effects.
Purple dominates this winter as a fashionable tone from lavender to deep hues. The color appears across fabrics from cloth and velvet to silk and gauze, shaping hats and hair ornaments with varied textures and garments.
A descriptive note outlines a long wrap in thick diagonal cheviot serge with a soft dull wash leather shade, braided pale smoke-gray soutache forming lattice corners, simulated belt, and wash leather collar cuffs and facings with large buttons. It also mentions a suede-brown tweed wrap with plaited suede facings.
Fashionable veils feature real Limerick and Carrickmacross lace with Chantilly lace veils in brown leather and Copenhagen Libets, signaling varied styles and materials in current millinery selections.
The article surveys debutante fur ensembles and seasonal fabrics. It highlights costly furs like sable and ermine for evening wear and white fox for matinees, notes the need to match coats and wraps to a slender figure, and describes broadcloth coats with lavish braid and the rise of rainproof fabrics. It also describes mourning collars with high turnover and decorative jabots.
A fragmentary description notes a display featuring small hats in styles styled with fur and feathers. It mentions chinchilla and sable materials and references a display setup likely in a millinery context. The readable portion suggests a period voice emphasizing decorative headwear.
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